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Correspondence from Increase Allen Lapham to John Torrey, dated 1838-1842, discussing the flora of the Amrican Midwest, and the many plant specimens being sent back and forth between himself, Torrey, and other botanists. The collection includes a calling card from Lapham's daughter, Julia A. Lapham, with the handwritten note, "I thank you for the use of these letters. Oconomoc, Wis. May 24th, 1897." Obsolete plant names mentioned include Crataegus flexuosa, Nasturtium hispidum, Rosa sayi, and Triticum pauciflorum.
Correspondence from Allen Hiram Curtis to John Torrey, dated December 27, 1869, asking Torrey for aid in acquiring a large quantity of herbarium paper from New York.
Keeney examines the role of botany in the lives of nineteenth-century 'botanizers,' amateur scientists who collected, identified, and preserved plant specimens as a pastime. Using popular magazines, fiction, and autobiographies of the day, she explores the popular culture of this avocation, which attracted both men and women by the thousands.
Vols. for 1870/72-1926 include: Proceedings, and: List of members of the academy.
Correspondence from James Hall to John Torrey, dated 1870, discussing Hall's concerns for government funding of scientific research in general and of the future of the National Academy of Sciences in particular.