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Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from George Vasey, for 1849-1883. The correspondence relates to a desire to exchange rare Illinois plants for Texan, northwest of California plants; associated with the Chicago Academy of Science, "Prairie Farmer" and Illinois Natural History Society in connection with the State Normal University; wish for job of botanist of the Natural History Survey of Missouri. Collections for Rocky Mt. expedition; Maj. Powell's report of the botany. Deposit of wood specimens in the St. Louis Academy of Science. Changes in the Department of Agriculture; Vasey's work there. Forest tree collections and exhibit for the Centennial and Engelmann's collaborations on the conifers and oaks.
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Academy of Science of St. Louis, Illinois Natural History Society, Fagaceae, Juncus, Carex, Juncaceae, Cereus, Saxifraga, Correspondence, Botanical specimens, Isoetaceae, Corydalis, Papaveraceae, Pteridophyta, Cupressaceae, Chicago Academy of Sciences, Saxifragaceae, Cyperaceae, Pinaceae, CheilanthesPeople
A. Kellogg (1813-1887), Alexander Gordon (1813-1873), William R. Smith, Chester Dewey (1784-1867), Edward Palmer (1829-1911), Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887), Stephen T. Olney (1812-1878), C. C. Parry (1823-1890), Asa Gray (1810-1888), Robert Ridgway (1850-1929), J. W. Chickering (1831-1913), Elihu Hall (1822-1882), William Henry Brewer (1828-1910), Marcus E. Jones (1852-1934), Allen Hiram Curtiss (1845-1907), Lester Frank Ward (1841-1913), Charles Pickering (1805-1878), George Engelmann (1809-1884), Thomas Howell (1842-1912), F. A. Wislizenus (1810-1889), Daniel Cady Eaton (1834-1895), S. B. Buckley (1809-1884), Samuel Barnum Mead (1799-1880), H. King M.D., Sereno Watson (1826-1892), Joseph T. Rothrock (1839-1922), J. G. Lemmon (1832-1908), Thomas J. Hale (ca. 1834-ca. 1879), Josiah Hoopes (1832-1904), Ferdinand Lindheimer (1802-1879), J. A. Warder (1812-1883), J. S. Newberry (1822-1892), John M. Bigelow (1804-1878), John F. Morse (1815-1874), Friedrich August Wilhelm Thomas (1840-1918), John Carey (1797-1880), George Vasey (1822-1893)Edition | Availability |
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George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914 / Correspondence (Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1), Missouri Botanical Garden Archives.
Finding aid available from Missouri Botanical Garden Library and online http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/molib/part2.pdf.
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