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Records, 1886-1928 and undated
Object Details
- Notes
- For a description of the record series of which these materials are a part, refer to "Forms part of" above.
- Organization
- (1) Incoming and occasional outgoing correspondence, 1886-1928; (2) outgoing correspondence, 1894-1919; (3) manuscript and correspondence related to the Joseph Nelson Rose and John Donnell Smith project on Hauyeae, 1911-1912; (4) Joseph Nelson Rose and Nathaniel Lord Britton project on Cactaceae, 1919-1923, and Rose's work on cacti, 1903-1922; (5) outgoing correspondence, 1894-1909, 1911-1912; (6) incoming and occasional outgoing correspondence, oversize, 1886-1928; (7) notes, bibliographic references, and abstracts of correspondence concerning Rose's research on cacti
- Summary
- These records are the official files of Joseph Nelson Rose as Assistant Botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture, 1888-1896, and Assistant and Associate Curator of the Division of Plants, United States National Museum, 1896-1911 and 1917-1928. They also document Rose's professional career. For an administrative history of the United States National Herbarium and the Division of Plants, see record unit 220.
- These records include incoming and outgoing correspondence with leading United States and foreign botanists, colleagues, herbarium and nursery curators, florists, agrostologists, field agents, amateur plant collectors, Department of Agriculture officials, Smithsonian Institution administrators, agricultural experiment stations, editors, and friends. The records concern examination, identification, and reports on botanical specimens; identification of specimens for publications; transfer of specimens to the United States National Herbarium; exchange of specimens; requests to Rose for information on the flora of Texas and Mexico; requests for bulbs, seeds, and plants; the purchase of cacti collections; research and collecting expeditions; nomenclature; illustrations for journals; collaboration on collecting specimens and publishing; requests for jobs; requests for recommendations of colleagues to systematize cultivated plants; proposals for a building to house the National Herbarium in order to expand the collection; meetings of scientific societies; and requests for Who's Who autobiographical information.
- The records also include manuscripts and correspondence regarding Rose's joint Cactaceae project with Nathaniel Lord Britton; manuscripts and correspondence concerning Rose's joint project with John Donnell Smith regarding Hauyeae; notes, bibliographic references, and abstracts of correspondence relating to Rose's research on cacti; reviews; and occasional newspaper clippings concerning botanists.
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Date
- 1886
- 1886-1928
- 1886-1928 and undated
- Local number
- SIA RU000221
- Creator
- United States National Museum Division of Plants
- Subject
- Britton, Nathaniel Lord 1859-1934
- Smith, John Donnell
- Rose, J. N (Joseph Nelson) 1862-1928
- United States Department of Agriculture
- United States National Herbarium
- Type
- Scientific illustrations
- Collection descriptions
- Manuscripts
- Maps
- Physical description
- 22.74 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (40 document boxes) (3 tall document boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Place
- Mexico
- Texas
- See more items in
- Chronologic Files 1968-1969 [National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Botany]
- Correspondence 1870-1955 [United States National Museum Division of Plants]
- Curatorial Records 1899-1925 and undated [United States National Museum Division of Plants]
- Curatorial Correspondence 1894-1944 [United States National Museum Division of Plants]
- Administrative Memoranda 1896-1953 [United States National Museum Division of Plants]
- Quarterly and Annual Reports 1912-1958 [United States National Museum Division of Plants]
- Expedition History 1918 [Joseph Nelson Rose Botanical Explorations in Ecuador (1918)]
- Topic
- Botany
- Cactus
- Botanists
- Record ID
- siris_arc_216787
- Usage
- CC0
