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Record Unit 7435
Krukoff, B. A.
Boris Alexander Krukoff Papers, circa 1929-1975
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Krukoff, B. A. |
Title: | Boris Alexander Krukoff Papers |
Dates: | circa 1929-1975 |
Quantity: | 13.15 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 3x5 box) (1 oversize folder) |
Collection: | Record Unit 7435 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This record unit consists of Krukoff's personal files of correspondence, specimen lists, and reports relating to his collections. Also included are extensive files on cinchona and gum yielding trees. These papers were previously described as record unit 1010013. |
Historical Note
Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898-1983) was a Consulting Forester and Economic Botanist with United States Rubber Company, Chicle Company, and Merck Company. He made a number of expeditions to South America and Africa, 1929-1955, where he collected botanical and wood specimens. He held the positions of Honorary Curator at the New York Botanical Garden and Consulting Botanist at Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratory. His special interests were gum-yielding trees and botanical sources of crude drugs.
Descriptive Entry
This record unit consists of Krukoff's personal files of correspondence, specimen lists, and reports relating to his collections. Also included are extensive files on cinchona and gum yielding trees.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Krukoff, B. A.
- United States Rubber Company
- American Chicle Company
- Merck & Co.
- New York Botanical Garden
- Merck Sharp & Dohme
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7435, Boris Alexander Krukoff Papers
Container List
Box 1
Original List for Box 1
Original Master Index
Ledger - South American Samples
Krukoff, B. A.
1st African Collection - Botanical Specimens, 1930
1st African Collection - Woods, 1930
1st African Collection Insular Lumber Company
1st Sumatran Collection - Botanical Specimens, 1930
1st Sumatran Collection - Woods, 1930
2nd Sumatran Collection - Botanical Specimens, 1932
2nd Sumatran Collection - Woods, 1932
1st Brazilian Distribution - Botanical Specimens, 1931/1932
3rd Brazilian Expedition - Botanical Specimens, 1931/1932
2nd Brazilian Distribution - Botanical Specimens, 1931/1932
2nd Brazilian Distribution - Woods, 1931/1932
3rd Brazilian Distribution (4th Brazilian Expedition - Jurua and Purus)
3rd Brazilian Distribution (4th Brazilian Expedition - Jurua and Purus)
4th Brazilian Distribution (5th Brazilian Expedition - Madeira) - Botanical specimens and woods (1934)
5th Brazilian Distribution (6th and 7th Brazilian Expedition - Solimoes) - Botanical specimens and woods (1936/1937)
6th South American Distribution (8th Expedition to (Bolivia) South America) - Botanical specimens (1939)
6th South American Distribution (8th Expedition to (Bolivia) South America) - Woods (1939)
6th South American Distribution (8th Expedition to (Bolivia) South America) - Distribution of botanical sets (1939)
6th South American Distribution (8th Expedition to (Bolivia) South America) - Specialists' correspondence and lists of determinations (1939)
Correspondence with specialists (identification of Brazilian collections only)
Lists of Determinations (identification of Brazilian collections only)
Localities of Krukoff's collections of botanical specimens and wood samples in the Amazon region
Maps of Brazilian Amazonia (see also Oversize)
Krukoff's collection from Surinam
Froes' collections in the state of Maranhao (1939-1940)
Correspondence with Froes (1938-1941)
Brazilian collections of woods - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Distributions - New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse
Brazilian collections of woods - 4th Distribution - Smithsonian Institution
Brazilian collections of woods - 5th and 6th Distribution - Field Museum of Natural History
Box 2
Map of the state of Piauhy (2 folders)
1st Brazilian Expedition - (States of Maranhao and Piauhy), May 1928-January 1929
2nd Brazilian Expedition - (State of Para), January-May 1929
Trips to Chile and Spain (Cultural experiments with Guayule Rubber), August 1929-April 1930
Map of Trinidad
Maps of Guatemala and Mexico
2nd Expedition to West Coast of Africa (Exploration for Strophanthus), 1949/1950
Current File - Additional Determinations of Krukoff's collections
Original Lists for Box 2
Strychnos and Menispermaceae, both papers by Dr. Robert Cockrell
Erythrina, Dr. E. C. Harrar
Light weight woods, Dr. Irma Webber, Dr. D. Kribs
Projects on wood anatomy of various groups of plants
Project on plants of extra-tropical South America
Project on Puerto Rican plants
Distribution of Dr. Ducke's sets of botanical specimens
Purchase of Brenes Herb (plants from Costa Rica)
Distribution of odds and ends of 8 collections from South America and of collections in the States
Disposition (in part) of Krukoff's Herbarium
E. Merck exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden
Erythrina (various papers) by B. A. Krukoff and Atchison Earline
Erythrina paper by B. A. Krukoff et al
Erythrina papers not by Krukoff et al
Erythrina Alkaloids papers
Menispermaceae papers by Krukoff et al
Menispermaceae papers not by Krukoff et al
Strychnos papers
Strychnos papers Krukoff et al, 1965-1973
Strychnos papers by Adolphe Ducke
Strychnos papers not by Krukoff et al or Ducke
Strychnos papers - African
Strychnos papers - Asiatic
Strychnos papers - American
Curare book "Green Medicine" and correspondence (2 folders)
"Green Medicine" by Margaret King
Box 3
"Arrows of Mercy," by Philip Smith
Curare Book "Arrows of Mercy," by Philip Smith - Correspondence
Curare various papers (2 folders)
"Curare," by A. R. McIntyre
Curare - Mostly correspondence re: botanical components of various curare
Correspondence with various chemists working on Curare or bark of Strychnos
Correspondence with Dr. A. Ducke and Dr. F. C. Camargo re: Strychnos
Correspondence (on Strychnos) with Dr. N. Y. Sandwith
Strychnos Correspondence with Adolphe Ducke (1942-1956)
Strychnos Correspondence with Prof. G. B. Marini Bettolo, 1963-1969
Strychnos Correspondence with Prof. G. B. Marini Bettolo, 1970-1974
Strychnos Correspondence with Dr. N. G. Bisset
Strychnos Correspondence with Va-Rion chemists
Strychnos Correspondence with various botanists
Strychnos Correspondence with various collectors
Menispermaceae correspondence with H. N. Moldenke, 1940-1966
Menispermaceae correspondence with Jose Schunke, 1969-1973
Strychnos and Menispermaceae correspondence with Dr. J. Murca Pires and Nilo Silva
Menispermaceae correspondence with various chemists, botanists and collectors
Erythrina, Dr. Folkers' file on samples, alkaloids, assays, patents, etc.
Correspondence Dr. Samuel Aynes and Los Angeles Beautiful
Correspondence various subjects, Rupert Barneby
Correspondence various subjects, Chillean T. Prance
Correspondence Ormosia
Papers and Manuscripts Ormosia
Dr. Folkers' work on Strychnos and Menispermaceae
Ryania
Box 4
Lonchocarpus (Rotanone yielding plants)
Simaroubaceae and Survey of plants for Anti-malarial Activity
History of the Cinchona Project, by Frederic Rosentgarten, Jr.
Strophanthus and raw material for cortisone
Cinchona (various papers)
Apocynaceae (various papers)
Sapotaceae (various papers)
Ficus, Rauwolfia, etc.
List of Lantern Slides (Lantern slides removed to Box 14)
The Merck Index
Various lists of papers
Papers published by Ghillean T. Prance, from 1963-1973
Papers published by recipients of B. A. Krukoff Fellowship in 1971-1972
Distribution of reprints of papers by B. A. Krukoff et al
Original lists for Box 4
Papers by various authors on phytogeography of Brazilian Amazonia and interesting plants
B. A. Krukoff's collections of fishes
Arnold Arboretum
Catholic University
Carnegie Museum
Field Museum
Missouri Botanical Garden
Dr. Fosberg
University of California
University of Michigan
Stanford University
Yale University
U. S. National Museum
Butler University (Dr. Friesner)
University of Washington
Miscellaneous domestic institutions (Bishop Museum, Cornell, etc.)
Africa - Algeria - Mons. A. Faure
Africa - Durban, Union of South Africa (Helena Forbes)
Australia - Brisbane Botanical Garden (Dr. C. T. White)
New Zealand
India and Ceylon - Peradeniya Botanical Gardens
Japan
Dutch East Indies (Buitenzorg)
Austria - Wiena (Vienna)
Belgium - Brussels
Czechoslovakia
England
France
Germany, Berlin Botanical Gardens
Germany, Munchen
Germany, Hamburg
Holland, Utrecht
Italy
Portugal
Switzerland (Geneve)
USSR
Argentina - Tucuman
Argentina - Various institutions
Brazil - Dr. Duke and Dr. Kuhlmann
Brazil - Dr. Hoehne
Brazil - Various Institutions, etc.
Colombia
Chile
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Surinam
Uruguay
Venezuela
Central America
Report on Guatemala, Costa Rica, etc. (2 folders)
French Cameroon
Box 5
Letters, of introduction, addresses, etc.
Correspondence, etc.
Handwritten copy of a report on Guatemala, Costa Rica, etc.
Handwritten copy of a report on Colombia, and Brazil
Handwritten copy of a report on Liberia, French and British Cameroons
Handwritten copy of a report on Belgian Congo, Nigeria and Recommendations
Guayule Rubber (Parthenium argentatum)
Production of rubber during the War
Clippings for Adams Set
Trip to Manaos (Brazil) and Rio Negro (March/April 1941)
Reports on project with gum yielding trees
Report on trees from the Amazon Valley yielding gums
Maps showing distribution of trees producing gums (2 folders)
Mr. Gilly's progress reports
Identifications lists (1941-1942)
Identifications lists (Gilly's file)
Loans of Sapotaceae for studies by Mr. Gilly
Descriptions of new species in Sapotaceae (clippings for Herbarium)
Distribution of sets of Froes' collections of botanical specimens of trees yielding gums
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Solimoes - Localities of Foes' collections
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Solimoes - Various data on trip
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Solimoes - Complete set of Froes' field labels (2 folders)
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Rio Negro
Froes' Explorations in the State of Bahia, Specimens of gum yielding trees, Specimens of "medicinal" plants
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Jurwa, Froes' reports and various data on trip
Box 6
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Jurua
Various indexes of botanical specimens and gum samples
Wood Samples
Twigs, leaves and pollen for anatomical studies
Literature file on gum yielding trees, etc., Volume 1 (2 folders)
Literature file on gum yielding trees, etc., Volume 2
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Papers and summaries
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Mexico and Guatemala - Surveys by James D. Lacey & Co.
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Central America
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Colombia
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Venezuela
Survey of world resources of crude gums - British Guiana
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Surinam
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Southern Brazil
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Bolivia
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Malaya, Sumatra & Sarawak (mostly about "Jelutong")
Survey of world resources of crude gums - South Africa
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Nigeria
Survey of world resources of crude gums - India
Summary of gum production by Chicle Development Corporation (CDC), 1941
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1942 (January-June)
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1942 (July-December)
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1943 (January-June)
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1943 (July-December)
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1944 (January-June)
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1944 (August-December)
Box 7
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1945 (January-June)
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1945 (July-December)
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1946 (January-June)
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1946 (July-December)
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1947 - also January 1948
Summary of gum production by CDC, April 1942-January 1944 (African gums only)
Report on Ford Rubber plantation in Brazil
Reports of the Technical Committee of CDC, 1944
Reports of the Technical Committee of CDC, 1945
Reports of the Technical Committee of CDC, 1946
Reports of the Technical Committee of CDC, 1947
Correspondence with CDC, 1941
Correspondence with CDC, 1942
Correspondence with CDC, 1943
Correspondence with CDC, 1944 (January-July)
Correspondence with CDC, 1944 (August-December)
Correspondence with CDC, 1945 (January-July)
Correspondence with CDC, 1945 (August-December)
Correspondence with CDC, 1946 (January-June)
Correspondence with CDC, 1946 (July-December)
Correspondence with CDC, 1947
Correspondence with CDC, 1948
Correspondence with Manaos office of CDC, 1941-1947
Correspondence with Mr. E. A. Sterling, 1944-1945
Contracts of CDC, etc. re: services of personnel (Krukoff's project on gum yielding trees)
Box 8
Tapping experiments of Stemmadenia Donnell-Smithii in British Honduras by Dr. John S. Karling
"Sorva" tapping experiments in Brazil and Colombia (1944-1946)
Project in Seringal "Macapa" (upper Purus, Territory of Acre, Brazil) in 1944-1946
Reports on fire control in Chicle forests in Peten (Guatemala) by Prof. N. C. Brown (1946)
Report on "Tower Hill" estate (British Honduras) and on trip to Guatemala by Dr. Frank Eggler
Correspondence on Farm Crop, base gum project, 1944-1945
Correspondence on Farm Crop, base gum project, 1946
Correspondence on Farm Crop, base gum project, 1947-1948
Samples sent to Texas State Research Foundation for testing, 1946-1947
Progress Reports (Chemical Tests), 1945, 1947
Report on plants of possible interest in farm crop, base gum project, by Dr. Uphof
Card file of plants of possible interest in farm crop, base gum project, by Dr. Uphof
Apocynaceae
Cinchona
Curare
Erythrina
Ryania
Simaroubaceae
Strophanthus
Strychnos
Menispermaceae
Sapotaceae
A New Species of Xylosma from Curacao by Joseph Monachino
Notes Sobre a Flora Neotropica - IV
Phytologia, Vol. 50, January 1982, No. 2
Strychnos papers by Krukoff, J. Monachino, and Robert A. Cockrell
Sapotaceae papers by Arthur Cronquist
Cinchona Species in Guatemala by Clive Chandler
Supplementary Notes on American Menispermaceae - V by Krukoff and H. N. Moldenke
Additional notes on the Simaroubaceae by Arthur Cronquist
Cinchona Literature File
Box 9
Cinchona Literature File
Studies on the Germination Early Sledling Growth and Nutrition of Cinchona by William Henry Cowgill
Cinchona Literature File, Vol. V
Cinchona Literature File, Vol. V, Part 2
Cinchona Literature File, Volume 6
Cinchona Literature File
Box 10
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 1 (2 folders)
Cinchona Literature File
Translations of papers on Cinchona from various Dutch periodicals
Literature Data on Cinchona
Literature data on Derris
Volume 8 (incomplete) of Cinchona Literature File
Cinchona Literature File, Volume 7
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File, Volume 2 (2 folders)
Rotenone Plants Literature File No. 3
Box 11
Rotenone Plants Literature File No. 3
Rotenone Plants Literature File, Volume 4 (2 folders)
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 5
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 6
Photostats of References on Cinchona
Index to "Cinchona" Korte Mededeelingen
Photostats of Reference Verslag Nopens de Gouvernements-Kina-Onderneming
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 7
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 8
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 7a
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File
Literature File Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
Box 12
Literature File Cultivation of Medicinal Plants Research Department (Dr. Holdridge)
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File (unknown number)
Cinchona Korte Mededeelingen, Mei (May) 1924-Mei (May) 1925
Cinchona Korte Mededeelingen, November 1925-November 1926
Cinchona Korte Mededeelingen, Mei 1927-November 1928
Cinchona Korte Mededeelingen, November 1929-1933
Report on Trees from the Amazon Valley and Surrounding Territory Yielding Gums for CDC
Chemical Research in Guatemala on Cinchona Succirubra Bark by C. E. Sando
Unidentified section of book
Las Quinas y Su Cultivo por Jesus Patino Navarrete
Translations of Dutch Papers Published in "Cinchona" and made by Dr. Uphof in 1947
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 1
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 2
Box 13
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 3
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 5
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 7
English translations of various papers on Cinchona
Cinchona/Quinquina/Quinine papers (2 folders)
Miscellaneous papers and reports (2 folders)
The Fever Bark Tree by M. L. Duran-Reynals
Cinchona Literature Files, Volume IV
History of the Cinchona Project by Frederic Rosengarten, Jr.
De Kinacultuur by Dr. A. Groothoff
Proceedings of the Celebrations of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the First Recognized Use of Cinchona
Cinchona Planters Manuel
Cinchona in Java
Various Cinchona/Quinine Papers, clippings, and reports (2 folders)
Box 14
Glass Lantern Slides 1-16 (see list of October 26, 1948). List of lantern slides is in Box 4. Slides are of botanical specimens and of indigenous people in South America.
Map: Territorio do Acre - Amazonia, 1907-1917
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