Oliver A. Farwell Papers, Circa 1880-Circa 1940.

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Oliver A. Farwell Papers, Circa 1880-Circa 1940.

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Papers, circa 1880-circa 1940, of Oliver A. Farwell, a famous botanist and grandson of Daniel D. and Lucena Brockway. Includes business and personal correspondence, photographs, and records.

7.0 cubic feet; 7 paige boxes.

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 8098156

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Farwell, Oliver Atkins, 1867-1944

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Oliver A. Farwell, a famous botanist, was born in 1867 near Copper Harbor, Michigan, the grandson of Daniel D. and Lucena Brockway. It was at the one-room schoolhouse at the Cliff Mine location that he received what is believed to be the only systematic teaching of botany that he ever had. Thwarted by his mother in his desire to attend the Naval Academy at Annapolis (her father had died at sea and her husband had been almost lost at sea), Oliver pursued his interest in botany. Through family con...

Parke, Davis & Company

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