Caroline Kathryn Allen papers 1926-1957.

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Caroline Kathryn Allen papers 1926-1957.

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Collection documents Dr. Allen's student work in Botany at the Missouri Botanical Garden and her early career at the Arnold Arboretum.

3 boxes (1.3 linear ft.)

New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7446545

New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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Maguire, Bassett, 1904-

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Allen, Caroline K.

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Caroline Kathryn Allen was a taxonomist specializing in the Lauraceae. She served the New York Botanical Garden as Honorary Collaborator in Lauraceae (1951-1959) and as Research Associate (1959-1974). She was born in Pawling, N.Y., daughter of Howard N. Allen, member of the N.Y. State Assembly. Her training was at Vassar and the Missouri Botanical Garden. Her early studies were in Halenia. She served as Assistant in the Herbarium at the Arnold Arboretum. Her work with Bassett Maguire on determin...