A. Tennyson Beals papers 1882-1946.

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A. Tennyson Beals papers 1882-1946.

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Correspondence, lists, manuscripts, translations, photographs, plant specimens and one field collection notebook related to Beals activities as Secretary-Treasurer of the Sullivant Moss Society and as an amateur bryologist. The major portion of the collection consists of papers of E.B. (Edward Blanchard) Chamberlain. These papers contain abstracts of articles published in "The Bryologist" produced for Botanical Abstracts, page and cover proofs, manuscripts, correspondence and a typescript of plants collected on the first and second polar expeditions of Elisha Kent Kane.

1 box (5.5 linear in.)

New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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Beals, A. Tennyson

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A.T. (Alfred Tennyson) Beals (1870-1955) was an amateur bryologist and a professional photographer. He donated his herbarium of 2000 speciments to the New York Botanical Garden. He was born in Greenfield, Mass. and moved to New York City. His first wife was Jessie Tarbox Beals, the first female photojournalist. He remarried and lived in Hackensack, N.J. but maintained a studio in New York City. He was active in the Sullivant Moss Society, now known as the American Bryological and Lichenological ...

Chamberlain, Edward B. (Edward Blanchard), 1878-1925

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Durand, Elias, 1794-1873

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Sullivant Moss Society.

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Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857

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Elisha Kent Kane was an American naval surgeon and explorer who commanded the second Grinnell Expedition to the Arctic, 1853-1855. From the description of Elisha Kent Kane letter, Philadelphia, Pa., to Bayard Taylor, 1856. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34242180 Elisha Kent Kane was a physician and explorer. From the description of Papers, 1830s-1860s. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616028 ...