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Record Unit 7259
Botanical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.),
Records,
1876-1977


Introduction

Historical Note

Descriptive Entry


INTRODUCTION

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HISTORICAL NOTE

The Botanical Society of Washington (BSW) was established on November 23, 1901, by a union of the Botanical Seminar and the Washington Botanical Club. The aim of the BSW is the promotion of botanical activity in the Washington, D.C., area. Most of its members are botanists of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Smithsonian Institution, local universities, and other government agencies. The Society holds eight meetings a year and is affiliated with the Washington Academy of Sciences.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

John A. Stevenson was archivist of the BSW from 1939 until 1975, when the Society's records were given to the National Fungus Collections. In 1978 the collection came to the Smithsonian Archives. These records include constitutions and by-laws, materials from predecessor botanical groups, minutes, membership records, correspondence, financial papers, publications of members, records of special activities, photographs, negatives, and lantern slides.

Box 1 of 19
Folder1   Constitution and Bylaws 1920-1946
Folder2   Constitution and Bylaws 1951-1972
Folder3   List of Offices, etc.
Folder4   Nominating Committee Reports
Folder5   Duties and Responsibilities of Officers 1950
Folder6   Materials from Geological and Biological Organizations
Folder7   Records of Botanical Club of Washington and Washington Botanical Club
Folder8   AAAS Souvenir of Washington Botanical Club

Box 2 of 19

Box 3 of 19

Box 4 of 19
Folder1   Minutes 1940-1955
Folder2   Minutes 1956-1963
Folder3   Minutes 1964-1967
Folder4   Minutes 1968-1971
Folder5   Minutes 1972-1976
Folder6   List of Members 1902-1977
Folder7   BSW Pamphlets
Folder8   Questionnaire, Jan. 28, 1916

Box 5 of 19

Box 6 of 19
Folder1   Applications A-D 1940-1962
Folder2   Applications E-L 1940-1962
Folder3   Applications M-Si 1939-1962
Folder4   Applications Si -Z 1925-1962
Folder5   Applications C-W 1958-1961
Folder6   Applications A-Z 1963-1971
Folder7   Clippings 1915-1977
Folder8   Change of Address Records

Box 7 of 19

Box 8 of 19
Folder1   Correspondence Aamodt-Ayensu
Folder2   Correspondence Bailey-Bartlett
Folder3   Correspondence Bartsch-Boyd
Folder4   Correspondence Boyle-Byrd
Folder5   Correspondence Caldwell-Cattell
Folder6   Correspondence Cattell, James McKeen
Folder7   Correspondence Cattell
Folder8   Correspondence Caul-Curtos

Box 9 of 19
Folder1   Correspondence Daniels-Duvel
Folder2   Correspondence Edmunds-Eyde
Folder3   Correspondence Fade-Falton
Folder4   Correspondence Gabrielson-Gunn
Folder5   Correspondence Hablentzel-Hill
Folder6   Correspondence Hitchcock-Hutt
Folder7   Correspondence Iltis-Judson
Folder8   Correspondence Kahl-Kylie

Box 10 of 19
Folder1   Correspondence Lamb-Lyman
Folder2   Correspondence Ma-McNew
Folder3   Correspondence Mebs-Norton
Folder4   Correspondence O'Brien-Putnam
Folder5   Correspondence Quisenberry-Robbins
Folder6   Correspondence Robbins-Science Fair
Folder7   Correspondence Scofield-Smith

Box 11 of 19
Folder1   Correspondence Smith-Stern
Folder2   Correspondence Steubenrauch-Swingle
Folder3   Correspondence Tamanini-Tuckerman
Folder4   Correspondence Udall-Watson
Folder5   Correspondence Weaver-Wood
Folder6   Correspondence Woods-Zon
Folder7   Dues Records A-L 1933-1956
Folder8   Dues Records M-Z 1933-1956

Box 12 of 19
Folder1   Dues Records Honorary and Former Members A-K 1933-1956
Folder2   Dues Records Honorary and Former Members L-Z 1933-1956
Folder3   Treasurers' Expense Books
Folder4   Account of Checklist Sales

Box 13 of 19

Box 14 of 19
Folder1   Notices of Meetings 401-600
Folder2   Notices of Meetings 601-606
Folder3   Reception for Edwin Thomas Meredith, 1921
Folder4   BSW Seal Designs, 1923
Folder5   Neil Everett Stevens Investigation, 1926-1927
Folder6   Questionnaire, 1931
Folder7   "In a Lighter Vein"
Folder8   Questionnaire, 1950
Folder9   75th Anniversary BSW

Box 15 of 19
Folder1   Publications 1876-1902
Folder2   Publication 1905
Folder3   Publications 1906-1915
Folder4   Publications 1912-1918
Folder5   Publications 1915-1927
Folder6   Publications 1927-1975
Folder7   Group Photographs
Folder8   Botanical Society of Washington, Presidents
Folder9   Ball-Beckwith
Folder10   Bessy-Brown
Folder11   Carleton-Cook
Folder12   Corbett and Coville
Folder13   Darrow, George McMillan
Folder14   Dayton-Flint
Folder15   Fulton and Galloway
Folder16   Gravatt and Greathouse
Folder17   Greene-Hitchcock
Folder18   Humphrey and Johnson
Folder19   Johnston, Earl S.
Folder20   Kellerman-Metcalf
Folder21   Norton-Piper
Folder22   Rand, Frederick V.
Folder23   Ricker-Shantz
Folder24   Shoemaker-Spillman
Folder25   Stevens-Thom
Folder26   True-Webber
Folder27   Wheeler-unknown
Folder28   Field Trips
Folder29   Negatives - Photographs of botanists, scientific workers, and groups
Folder30   Negatives - Dr. Ewert Aberg address following annual dinner for the Botanical Society of Washington, May 1, 1945
Folder31   Maryland Regional Science Fair, 1974

Box 16 of 19

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