Papers of William Gilson Farlow, 1866-1919 (bulk).

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Papers of William Gilson Farlow, 1866-1919 (bulk).

Papers provide an extensive documentation of Farlow's professional career, including botanical research in eastern U.S. and Europe, teaching at Harvard, and organizational activities, as well as of his personal life. Also documents growth of field of cryptogamic botany at Farlow Herbarium, at Harvard, and in North America. Includes correspondence, field notebooks, drawings, specimen and bibliographic lists, manuscripts of some of his published works, and notes. Also personal correspondence and financial papers; notes and drafts of speeches and class lectures; scrapbooks reflecting his activities within and outside of Harvard; class notes; certificates and diplomas; photographs, including portraits by Farlow of his students and other botanists, and views of the Farlow family estate and of specimens; and clippings.

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