Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Charles E. Bessey papers, 1865-1915
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Main title
- Charles E. Bessey papers, 1865-1915.
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Description
- 37 microfilm reels.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid and index available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
Local shelving no.
- Microfilm 19,341-37P
Biography/History note
- Botanist and educator.
Summary
- Correspondence, letterpress books, speeches, notes, articles, records of the University of Nebraska Dept. of Botany, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to agricultural education, botany, conservation, forestry, the development of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and land-grant colleges. Includes material pertaining to Bessey's associations with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Botanical Society of America, and the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science. Correspondents include Spencer F. Baird, Ernst Bessey, Frederick Clement, Edward D. Cope, John Coulter, Daniel Cady Eaton, William Gilson Farlow, Bernhard Fernow, Asa Gray, Byron D. Halsted, Conway MacMillan, Albert Michelson, Edward W. Morley, Edward S. Morse, Louis H. Pammel, Charles Horton Peck, Gifford Pinchot, Per Axel Rydberg, Charles V. Riley, Roscoe Pound, Adonijah S. Welsh, and Newton H. Winchell.
LC Subjects
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.
- Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897.
- Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928.
- Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895.
- Farlow, W. G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919.
- Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923.
- Gray, Asa, 1810-1888.
- Halsted, Byron D. (Byron David), 1852-1918.
- MacMillan, Conway, 1867-1929.
- Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931.
- Morley, Edward Williams, 1838-1923.
- Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925.
- Peck, Charles H. (Charles Horton), 1833-1917.
- Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.
- Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964.
- Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895.
- Rydberg, Per Axel, 1860-1931.
- Winchell, N. H. (Newton Horace), 1839-1914.
- Bessey, Ernst Athearn, 1877-1957.
- Clements, Frederic E. (Frederic Edward), 1874-1945.
- Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931.
- United States. Department of Agriculture.
- American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Botanical Society of America.
- Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science (U.S.)
- University of Nebraska--Lincoln. Department of Botany.
- Agricultural education.
- Botany.
- Conservation of natural resources.
- Forests and forestry.
- Universities and colleges.
- Botanists.
- Educators.
Other Subjects
- Welsh, Adonijah S.
Notes
- Nebraska: University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Acquisition source
- Purchase, 1986.
Additional formats
- Microfilm of originals in: University of Nebraska Archives (Lincoln) and other repositories. [S.l.].
LCCN
- mm 86061963
Other standard no.
- MSS61963
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home opens in a new window
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
- Microfilm 19,341-37P
- Copy 1
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged