Correspondence

Summary

Collection ID:: Record Unit 236
Creators:: United States National Museum. Division of Plants
Dates:: 1889-1896, 1902
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

These records consist of incoming correspondence to Ellen W. Cathcart, scientific assistant in the Division of Botany, United States Department of Agriculture, and concern the identification, determination, and exchange of cryptogams. Some of the correspondence was addressed to Frederick Vernon Coville, Curator of the United States National Herbarium, but was referred to Cathcart for reply.

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Prefered Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 236, United States National Museum. Division of Plants, Correspondence

Keywords

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Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Cathcart, Ellen W.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
United States. Department of Agriculture	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
United States National Herbarium	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Botany	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Botanists	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Manuscripts	Genre/Form	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

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Correspondence, 1889-1896, 1902