Herbarium curator (Jesse More Greenman) correspondence and loan file, 1913-1948.

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Herbarium curator (Jesse More Greenman) correspondence and loan file, 1913-1948.

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The correspondence file was reconstructed from letters and other documents filed by personal name in the library historic manuscript file. A large file called "letters of botanists" was given to the library by the herbarium in the late 1960s; this file was interfiled with other manuscripts in the Historic Manuscript file in 1980. The reconstructed file contains incoming and outgoing letters, lists of incoming plant collections, and lists of determinations by plant specialists. The correspondence with collectors and plant specialists concerns purchases, gifts, exchanges, and outgoing loans of herbarium specimens. There is much correspondence with Greenman concerning his specialty, Senecio. The correspondence and loan file is a valuable supplement to the brief accession and exchange registers and card files described above, because it contains more detail on plant accessions and exchange. There is missing correspondence. Large gaps are found in files with major institutions. Earlier correspondence is found in the Director's records of William Trelease. These records are continued in the herbarium curator records of Robert Woodson. Also included are four bound volumes of Greenman's records on specimens gathered by three men who worked as professional collectors for the Garden. The volumes are labelled: "Plants of the Southwestern United States collected by Mr. Ernest J. Palmer (#1-44518)"; "Plants collected by Rev. John W. Davis chiefly in Missouri (#1-12144)"; and "Plants of Brazil collected by Dr. B. A. Krukoff (#1-12150, ca. 1931)".

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Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library

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Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library

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