Gustave L. Wittrock records 1937-1945.

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Gustave L. Wittrock records 1937-1945.

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Collection documents Wittrock's research on the food, dye and medicinal plants of the American Indian.

1 box (.25 lin. ft.)

New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7522245

New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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Wittrock, Gustave Ludwig, 1895-1954

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Gustave L. Wittrock (1895-1954) served the New York Botanical Garden as Docent, Custodian of the Herbarium (1935-1944) and Assistant Curator of Education. He wrote two books on gardening, one specializing in pruning. He was an expert in the food, dye and medicinal plants of the American Indian. He was born in Chicago, Ill. on July 3, 1895. He graduated from Grinnell College with an AB (1924) and an MA (1927). He worked as an assistant in the Botany Depts. of Grinnell, Johns Hopkins, the Universi...