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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 14-309
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
Correspondence, circa 1920-2003
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany |
| Title: | Correspondence |
| Dates: | circa 1920-2003 |
| Quantity: | 5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
| Collection: | Accession 14-309 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of records created and maintained by David B. Lellinger, Curator of Ferns in the Department of Botany. Materials include correspondence; notes; specimen lists; species indexes and information; reprints; course work; manuscripts; sketches; and photographs and negatives. Some materials date from before Lellinger's work at the Smithsonian Institution. Older materials were created by Conrad Vernon Morton, Curator in the United States National Museum, Division of Plants. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records created and maintained by David B. Lellinger, Curator of Ferns in the Department of Botany. Materials include correspondence; notes; specimen lists; species indexes and information; reprints; course work; manuscripts; sketches; and photographs and negatives. Some materials date from before Lellinger's work at the Smithsonian Institution. Older materials were created by Conrad Vernon Morton, Curator in the United States National Museum, Division of Plants.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Lellinger, David B.
- Morton, C. V. (Conrad Vernon), 1905-1972
- United States National Museum. Division of Plants
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 14-309, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany, Correspondence
Container List
Box 1
Projects
Adiantopsis
Cheilanthes angustifolia
Cheilanthes marginata
Cheiloplecton
Pteris pteris (pedate American species)
Research ideas
Personal reprints to be bound, 1966-2003 (2 folders)
Specimen Lists
Fern genera
A
B
C
California, University of
Chicago Natural History Museum
Collom, Rose E.
D
Demaree, Delzie
E
F
Fisher, George L.
G
Garnier, Brother A.
H
Hinton, George B. and James C. (2 folders)
I
J
K
L
M
Box 2
Mc
Mell, C. D.
Morton, C. V., and Emilio Makrinius
N
O
PQ
Paul, Brother
Pennell, Francis W.
R
Reed, E. L.
S (2 folders)
Skutch, Alexander F. (Costa Rica)
Skutch, Alexander F. (Guatemala and Panama)
Soukup, J.
Steyermark, Julian A.
Sul Ross State College
T
Thompson, J. William
Train, Percy
University of Michigan
University of Texas (including B. C. Tharp, Annie A. Amer, and Eula Whitehouse)
United States Government Departments
UV
W
Washington, University of
Wolff, Simon E.
XYZ
Curatorial Files
Morton, Conrad Vernon - E&R, Ferns, 1943-1969
Curating (2 folders)
Pilot Project Feedback Study
Seminars and Lectures/Handouts/Course Reports
Seminars and lectures, 1980-1997
Seminars and lectures, 1970-1979
Seminars and lectures, 1960-1969
Handout sheets
Handout sheets - Choco Expedition logistics
Handout sheets - Choco Expedition medical report
Course reports - Organization for Tropical Studies, 1967
Box 3
Course Notes and Papers
Botany 120 - Elementary Morphology
Botany 122 - Elementary Taxonomy
Botany 125 - Phytogeography (2 folders)
Botany 133 - Plant Physiology
Botany 251 - Evolution and Systematics (2 folders)
Botany 137 - Anatomy
Math 401 - Elementary Statistics I
Math 402 - Elementary Statistics II
Zoology 508 - Quantitative Biology
Zoology 255/256
Philosophy 101 - Elementary Logic
Botany 172 - Plant Ecology
Botany 192 - History of Botany
Botany 381 - Plant Ecology
Teaching
Botany 281 - Advanced Taxonomy
Botany 360 - Advanced Taxonomy
Botany 322 - Genetics
Botany 372 - Mycology
Botany 255 - Paleobotany
Box 4
Botany 450 - Phycology
Botany 160 - Elementary Taxonomy
Botany 340 - Histological Technique
Botany 420 - Cytology
Dissertation - Finished draft and notes, 1965
Thesis criticisms
General thesis material
Correspondence, 1963-1965
"A Critique of Contemporary Methods of Determining Correlation and Phylogeny in Plants"
"On the Development of a Quantitative Technique of Ground Plan Analysis," 1962
"A Wisconsin Lakeside Coniferous Forest Flora," 1958
"A Phytosociological Resurvey and Species Density-Shade Factor Analysis of an Alluvial Bottomland Forest Community," 1959
"The Evolutionary Importance of Heteroploidy and Apomixis in the Angiosperms"
"Ecological Life History of Barbarea vulgaris R. Br.," 1959
"Relation of World Climates to the Distribution of Polyploid Gramineae," 1959
Species Indexes and Information
Miscellaneous species indexes and information (3 folders)
Acrophorus
Acrostichum
Actiniopteris
Adiantopsis
Adiantum - Mexico and Central America
Adiantum - West Indies
Adiantum - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Adiantum - Andean
Adiantum - Lists and keys
Adiantum - Africa
Adiantum - sp. dub. and hort.
Adiantum - Japan and Asia
Adiantum - Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Melanesia
Alsophila - West Indies
Alsophila - Mexico and Central America
Alsophila - Andes and Trinidad
Alsophila - Brazil, Guianas, Paraguay
Alsophila - Asia and Malesia
Alsophila - Africa
Alsophila - Polynesia and Australia
Amphiblestra
Ananthacorus
Anemia
Anisosorus
Asplenium - sp. dub. and hort.
Asplenium - Mexico and Central America
Asplenium - Hawaii
Asplenium
Asplenium - United States
Asplenium - West Indies
Asplenium - South America
Athyrium - American
Blechnum - North America
Blechnum - South America
Struthiopteris - West Indies
Struthiopteris - South America
Struthiopteris - Mexico and Central America
Struthiopteris - United States
Box 5
Bolbitis
Campyloneuron
Cheilanthes - North America
Cheilanthes - South America
Cheilanthes - Europe and Africa
Cheilanthes - Australia and Polynesia
Cheilanthes - Asia and Philippine Islands
Cheilanthes - Mexico
Cheiloplecton
Cibotium - New World
Cryptogramma
Danaea - North America
Danaea - South America
Davallia
Dicksonia - New World
Diplazium - West Indies
Diplazium - Mexico and Central America
Diplazium - South America
Diplazium - Polynesia and Australia
Diplazium - Asia and Japan
Diplazium - Melanesia
Diplazium - Africa
Diplora - Old World
Doryopteris - Old World
Doryopteris - American
Dryopteris
Ctenitis - Mexico and Central America
Leptogramma
Polystichopsis
Eudryopteris
Stigmatopteris
Dryopteris - Old World
Elaphoglossum - Old World
Elaphoglossum - Mexico and Central America
Elaphoglossum - West Indies
Elaphoglossum - South America
Gleichenia - West Indies
Gleichenia - Mexico and Central America
Gleichenia - South America
Grammitis - American
Gymnogramma - North America
Gymnogramma - South America
Gymnopteris
Hemidictyum
Hemionitis
Hemitelia - North America
Hemitelia - South America
Hemitelia - Old World
Histiopteris
Hymenodium
Hymenophyllum
Hypolepis
Lonchitis
Lycopodium
Lygodium - American
Lygodium - Old World
Marattia - Old World
Marratia - New World
Nematopteris - Old World
Neurocallis
Notholaena - Old World
Notholaena - South America
Notholaena - Mexico and Central America
Notholaena - North America
Ochropteris
Onychium
Osmunda
Paesia
Pellaea - Europe and Africa
Pellaea - Asia and Polynesia
Pellaea - South America
Pellaea - North America
Phyllitis - Old World
Phyllitis - New World
Pityrogramma - North America
Pityrogramma - cult. and hybr.
Polypodium - United States
Eupolypodium - West Indies
Eupolypodium - Mexico and Central America
Eupolypodium - South America
Polypodium - New World (dubious)
Pleopeltis - North America
Goniophlebium - North America
Goniophlebium - South America
Pleopeltis - South America
Marginaria - North America
Marginaria - South America
Pessopteris
Phlebodium - New World
Microgramma
Polybotrya
Polystichum - Old World
Polystichum - American
Pteridium
Eupteris - American
Pteris - New World (sp. dub.)
Litobrochia - American
Box 6
Eupteris - Asia, Malesia, Polynesia
Pteris - Old World (sp. dub.)
Litobrochia - Old World
Eupteris - Europe and Africa
Campteria
Pteris - hort.
Pterozonium
Pyrrosia - South America
Pyrrosia - Melanesia, Polynesia
Pyrrosia - Asia
Pyrrosia - Africa
Salpichlaena
Scleroglossum - Old World
Schizoloma - Old and New World
Schizostege
Selaginella
Taenitis - Old World
Tectaria - American
Lastrea
Lastrea - West Indies
Lastrea - Mexico and Central America
Lastrea - Andes
Lastrea - Brazil, Guianas, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Goniopteris
Cyclosorus
Glaphyropteris
Steiropteris
Dryopteris - West Indies (sp. dub.)
Dryopteris - Mexico and Central America (sp. dub.)
Dryopteris - South America (sp. dub.)
Trichomanes Hemiphlebium - North America
Trichomanes Hemiphlebium - South America
Trichomanes Feea
Trichomanes Lacostea
Trichomanes Ptilophyllum - North America
Trichomanes Ptilophyllum - South America
Trichomanes Eutrichomanes - North America
Trichomanes Eutrichomanes - South America
Trichomanes - American (sp. dub.)
Trismeria
Vittaria - American
Vittaria - Old World
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