William Trelease papers

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Identifier: 2560

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

General incoming personal and professional correspondence, c. 1879-c. 1845; correspondence, clippings, and other items concerning his work in the Missouri Botanical Gardens, his monographs, the naming of Mount Trelease, Colorado, activities of the Society of American Bacteriologists, and other subjects; and photographs and miscellaneous printed matter. Also Trelease's correspondence, deeds, and drawings concerning family cemetery plots in Urbana, Illinois, and St. Louis Missouri.

Dates

[ca. 1862-1945].

Creator

Trelease, William, 1857-1945. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Botany at Wisconsin, Washington, and Illinois Universities, 1883-1912; and director, Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1889-1912.

Extent

2.5 cubic feet. (2.5 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

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Physical Description

Correspondence, clippings, photographs, deeds, drawings, and other material.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: A. Levine
Date completed:: April 1967
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, June 2003