Smithsonian Institution Archives

Curatorial Records, 1899-1918

Summary

Collection ID:
SIA.FA13-280
Creators:
United States National Museum. Division of Plants
Dates:
1899-1918
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
1.58 cu. ft. (1 document box) (3 5x8 boxes)
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of images of cacti maintained by curator Joseph Nelson Rose. Most images were taken in Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, the British West Indies, and the Danish West Indies. Some images of people, buildings, and landscapes are also present.
Materials are mostly glass plate negatives and nitrate negatives. There is also a small amount of black and white photographs, illustrations, sketches, and notes.

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Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-280, United States National Museum. Division of Plants, Curatorial Records

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Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Rose, J. N. (Joseph Nelson), 1862-1928 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Botany Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cactus Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Botanists Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ecuador Place Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Argentina Place Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dominican Republic Place Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
West Indies, British Place Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Danish West Indies Place Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Manuscripts Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Black-and-white photographs Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nitrate materials Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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