Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany

Edward Angus Burt
Papers

Edward Angus Burt* was born in Athens, PA on April 8, 1859. His family moved to a dairy farm in Saratoga County, NY when he was a small boy and it was here that his curiosity about plants developed. He attended State Normal School in Albany where he learned to identify plants. His first job was as a teacher of natural sciences at Albany Academy. He saved his salary, determined to enter Yale Scientific School, but instead, when an opportunity came, he took a teaching job at the State Normal School, giving up the idea of going to college. He married Clara May Briggs and they had four boys.

In 1883 he was appointed to the Board of Regents' Examiners in NY State but left this position in 1885. In 1891 he entered the junior class at Harvard without examination. He came under the influence of Professors Roland Thaxter and William G. Farlow and he decided to devote his life to mycology. He received his AM in 1894 and his Ph.D. in 1895.

He was appointed Burr Professor of Natural History at Middlebury College where he taught from 1895-1913. He was a popular teacher, although his primary interest was in fungi. He collected extensively in the Middlebury vicinity and became very interested in Basidiomycetes. Much of his research was spent collecting and receiving specimens from correspondents.

In 1913 Dr. Burt moved to St. Louis, MO to become librarian and mycologist at Washington University. Here, most of his time was devoted to his monograph on Thelephoraceae. Much of his work was published in the Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. He retired in 1938 after his monograph was finished. He died in 1939 and his personal herbarium was left to Harvard University.

*Biographical information taken from an article by Carroll W. Dodge published in Occasional Papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Harvard University, no. 14, 1979.

Scope & Content Note:

The collection consists of letters on mycology from approximately 205 correspondents from (1896?) through (1933). Some of the major correspondents are: Giacomo Bresadola, Carroll W. Dodge, William G. Farlow, Fries, A.S. Hitchcock, C.G. Lloyd, Roland Thaxter.

There is also a typed draft of his Thelephoraceae of North America and a typed annotated draft of Farlow's Icones Farlowianae. It also contains a folder of letters from his son Col. Farlow Burt to the Director of the Farlow Library and Herbarium.

Provenance:

Col. Farlow Burt donated the collection to the Farlow Herbarium in the 1960's and 70's

Series Description:

Series I: Correspondence
Series II: Manuscript materials
Series III: Plates
Series IV: Miscellaneous materials
Series V: Provenance

Container List:

Series I: Correspondence
Box 1: Correspondence A-Z

Folder 1

Correspondence from Hannah Aase, 1 letter, 1917 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Walter H. Aitken, 2 letters, 1899 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from H.W. Anderson, 2 letters, 1919-1921 (2 pieces)

Folder 2

Correspondence from P.J. Anderson, 6 letters, 1919-1926 (6 pieces)

Correspondence from Walker R. Arde, 1 letter, 1931 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from J.C. Arthur, 1 letter, 1915 (1 piece)

Folder 3

Correspondence from G.F. Atkinson, 8 letters, 1899-1908 (9 pieces)

Folder 4

Correspondence from G. F. Atkinson, 9 letters, 1909-1910 (9 pieces)

Folder 5

Correspondence from G.F. Atkinson, 7 letters, 1912-1918 (7 pieces)

Correspondence about G.F. Atkinson from H.H. Whetzel

See also: folder 149A - H.H. Whetzel

Folder 6

Correspondence from Ed. L. Ayers, 1 letter, 1923 (1 piece)

Correspondence from C.F. Baker, 1 letter, 1899 (1 piece)

Correspondence from W.H. Ballou, 8 letters, 1910-1916 (8 pieces)

Folder 7

Correspondence from W.H. Ballou, 7 letters, 1916-1918 (7 pieces)

Correspondence from S.N. Banerjee, 1 letter, 1931 (3 pieces)

Folder 8

Correspondence from S.N. Banerjee, 2 letters, 1932 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from J.H. Barnhart, 1 letter, 1916 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Elam Bartholomew, 6 letters, 1899-1914 (7 pieces)

Folder 9

Correspondence from Elam Bartholomew, 9 letters, 1914-1916 (10 pieces)

Folder 10

Correspondence from Elam Bartholomew, 8 letters, 1917-1926 (9 pieces)

Folder 11

Correspondence from Henry C. Beardslee, 7 letters, 1899-1900 (7 pieces)

Correspondence from A.R. Bechtel, 3 letters, 1922-1927 (3 pieces)

Folder 12

Correspondence from A.S. Bertolet, 7 letters, 1899-1900 (9 pieces)

Folder 13

Correspondence from E.A. Bessey, 6 letters, 1919 (11 pieces)

Folder 14

Correspondence from E. Bethel, 3 letters, 1899-1917 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from G.R. Bisby, 9 letters, 1921-1923 (9 pieces)

Folder 15

Correspondence from E. B Blackford, 4 letters, 1916-1922 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from A.J. Blair, 1 letter, 1918 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from S.R. Bose, 1 letter, 1933 (1 piece)

Correspondence from J.S. Boyce, 2 letters, 1922-1924 (2 pieces)

Folder 16

Correspondence from H. Bourdot, 10 letters, 1915-1919 (10 pieces)

Folder 17

Correspondence from H. Bourdot, 4 letters, 1919-1931 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from E. Brainard, 1 letter, 1915 (1 piece)

Correspondence from G. Bresadola, 2 letters, 1899 (6 pieces)

Folder 18

Correspondence from G. Bresadola, 6 letters, 1899 (10 pieces)

Folder 19

Correspondence from G. Bresadola, 7 letters, 1899-1901 (10 pieces)

Folder 20

Correspondence from G. Bresadola, 5 letters, 1901-1926 (8 pieces)

Folder 21

Correspondence from H.P. Brown, 1 letter, 1914 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Charles Bullard, 5 letters, 1914-1919 (9 pieces)

Folder 22

Correspondence from A.H. Reginald Buller, 3 letters, 1923 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from Rush P. Burke, 4 letters, 1916-1919 (4 pieces)

Folder 23

Correspondence from Stewart Burnham, 10 letters, 1914-1919 (10 pieces)

Folder 24

Correspondence from Stewart Burnham, 8 letters, 1919-1926 (8 pieces)

Correspondence from P.A. Van der Bye, 2 letters, 1920 (2 pieces)

Folder 25

Correspondence from P.A. Van der Bye, 8 letters, 1921-1923 (10 pieces)

Folder 26

Correspondence from P.A. Van der Bye, 7 letters, 1924-1932 (10 pieces)

Folder 27

Correspondence from W.W. Calkins, 1 letter, undated (3 pieces)

Correspondence from Evelyn I. Carpenter, 1 letter, 1932 (1 piece)

Correspondence from W.E. Castle, 2 letters, 1909-1910 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Vera K. Charles, 1 letter, 1923 (1 piece)

Correspondence from H.H. Chung, 1 letter, 1933 (1 piece)

Correspondence from F. Burton Cleland, 2 letters, 1931-1932 (2 pieces)

Folder 28

Correspondence from G.P. Clinton, 1 letter, 1927 (1 piece)

Correspondence from W.C. Coker, 9 letters, 1916-1919 (9 pieces)

Folder 29

Correspondence from W.C. Coker, 8 letters, 1920-1925 (11 pieces)

Folder 30

Correspondence from Leslie Coleman, 1 letter, 1927 (1 piece)

Correspondence from H.S. Conard, 1 postcard, undated (1 piece)

Correspondence from John Coulter, 1 letter, 1917 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Chas. Crossland, 1 letter, 1899 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Clara E. Cummings, 2 letters, 1899 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from G.H. Cunningham, 1 letter, 1922 (1 piece)

Correspondence from E.A. Daniels, 2 letters, 1899 (3 pieces)

Folder 31

Correspondence from Geo. M. Darrow, 2 letters, 1919 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from J.J. Davis, 5 letters, 1915-1920 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from Simon Davis, 1 letter, 1914 (1 piece)

Folder 32

Correspondence from Simon Davis, 2 letters, 1914 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from W.H. Davis, 1 letter, 1922 (1 piece)

Correspondence from John Dearness, 2 letters, 3 postcards. 1914 (5 pieces)

Folder 33

Correspondence from John Dearness, 7 letters, 1915-1926 (11 pieces)

Folder 34

Correspondence from John Dearness, 3 letters, 1927-1931 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from Otto Degenes, 1 letter, 1924 (1 piece)

Correspondence from William H. Diehl, 2 letters, 1921-1923 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Carroll W. Dodge, 2 letters, 1919-1921 (2 pieces)

Folder 35

Correspondence from Carroll W. Dodge, 10 letters, 1922-1928 (10 pieces)

Folder 36

Correspondence from Carroll W. Dodge, 4 letters, 1928-1929 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from M.A. Donk, 1 letter, 1932 (1 piece)

Correspondence from B.M. Duggar, 4 letters, 1896-1929 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from V.C. Dunlop, 2 letters, no date (2 pieces)

Folder 37

Correspondence from F.S. Earle, 5 letters, 1899-1916 (6 pieces)

Correspondence from C.W. Edgerton, 1 letter, 1909 (1 piece)

Correspondence from W.T. Elliott, 1 letter, 1920 (1 piece)

Correspondence from J.B. Ellis, 1 letter, 1900 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Carl Epling, 1 letter, 1905 (1 piece)

Folder 38

Correspondence from Charles Fairman, 1 letter, 1918 (1 piece)

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow, 7 letters, 1899-1909 (9 pieces)

Folder 39

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow, 10 letters, 1909-1913 (12 pieces)

Folder 40

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow, 10 letters, 1913 (10 pieces)

Folder 41

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow, 9 letters, 1913-1914 (10 pieces)

Folder 42

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow, 9 letters, 1915 (10 pieces)

Folder 43

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow, 7 letters, 1915-1916 (11 pieces)

Folder 44

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow, 8 letters, 1917 (11 pieces)

Folder 45

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow, 9 letters, 1918-1919 (11 pieces)

Folder 46

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow, 7 letters, 1919(3 undated) (10 pieces)

Folder 47

Correspondence from W.G. Farlow(C.H. Kaufmann) 2 letters,1920 (3 pieces)

Folder 48

Correspondence from J.H. Faull, 2 letters, 1919 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from H.S. Fawcett, 3 letters, 1915-1920 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from E.P. Felt, 1 letter, 1921 (1 piece)

Correspondence from M.L. Fernald, 2 letters, 1910 (2 pieces)

Folder 49

Correspondence from Bruce Fink, 2 letters, 1910 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from H.M. Fitzpatrick, 3 letters, 1922-1928 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from George E. Francis, 3 letters, 1899-1900 (5 pieces)

Folder 50

Correspondence from Geo. E. Francis, 3 letters-2 postcards 1900 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from Fries (family), 2 letters, 1899-1900 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Clara Fritz, 2 letters, 1923 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from M. Fujioka, 1 postcard, 1921 (1 piece)

Folder 51

Correspondence from Wm. F. Ganong, 1 letter, 1900 (1 piece)

Correspondence from M.W. Gardner, 1 letter, 1925 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Philip Garman, 1 letter, 1915 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Alfred H. Gilbert, 1 letter, 1915 (1 piece)

Correspondence from A.F. Grout, 1 postcard, 1900 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Frederick O. Grover, 1 letter, 1922 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Guillemmie, 2 letters, 1921 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Alfred Gundersen, 2 letters, 1921-1922 (2 pieces)

Folder 52

Correspondence from E.D. Hallock, 8 letters, 1919-1920 (10 pieces)

Folder 53

Correspondence from E.D. Hallock, 3 letters, 1921-1923 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from Byron D. Halsted, 2 letters, 1899 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from C.C. Hanmer, 4 letters, 1914-1915 (5 pieces)

Folder 54

Correspondence from R.A. Harfer, 3 letters, 1909-1917 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from Edward Harper, 1 letter, 1914 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Carl Harley, 2 letters, 1920-1921 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from F.D. Heald, 2 letters, 1923 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from William Herbst, 1 letter, 1899 (2 pieces)

Folder 55

Correspondence from William Herbst, 7 letters, 1899-1900 (11 pieces)

Folder 56

Correspondence from L.R. Hesler, 1 letter, 1919 (1 piece)

Correspondence from A. Hibbard, 7 letters-2 postcards 1919-1923 (13 pieces)

Folder 57

Correspondence from A.S. Hitchcock, 4 letters, 1918-1919 (8 pieces)

Folder 58

Correspondence from A.S. Hitchcock, 3 letters, 1919 (11 pieces)

Folder 59

Correspondence from A.S. Hitchcock, 6 letters, 1919 (10 pieces)

Folder 60

Correspondence from A.S. Hitchcock, 5 letters, 1919 (10 pieces)

Folder 61

Correspondence from A.S. Hitchcock, 4 letters, 1919-1920 (10 pieces)

Folder 62

Correspondence from A.S. Hitchcock, 5 letters, 1922-1925 (12 pieces)

Folder 63

Correspondence from Lavislaus Hollos, 4 letters, 1898-1899 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from Edwin E. Honey, 1 letter, 1925 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from J.W. Hotson, 2 letters-1 photo, 1921-1922 (3 pieces)

Folder 65

Correspondence from H.D. House, 10 letters, 1917-1918 (10 pieces)

Folder 66

Correspondence from H.D. House, 9 letters, 1918-1924 (10 pieces)

Folder 67

Correspondence from Grace E. Howard, 1 letter, 1923 (1 piece)

Correspondence from H.H. Hu, 2 letters, 1916 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from C.J. Humphrey, 5 letters, 1908-1910 (7 pieces)

Folder 68

Correspondence from C.J. Humphrey, 5 letters, 1910-1914 (12 pieces)

Folder 69

Correspondence from C.J. Humphrey, 6 letters, 1914-1915 (11 pieces)

Folder 70

Correspondence from C.J. Humphrey, 6 letters-1 postcard,1916-1920 (11 pieces)

Folder 71

Correspondence from C.J. Humphrey, 9 letters, 1920-1922 (10 pieces)

Folder 72

Correspondence from Tokutaro Ito, 1 letter, 1932 (1 piece)

Correspondence from H.S. Jackson, 6 letters, 1908-1932 (7 pieces)

Correspondence from Arthur Jacot, 1 letter, 1921 (1 piece)

Folder 73

Correspondence from A. Jaczewski, 1 letter, 1921 (1 piece)

Correspondence from L.R. Jones, 3 letters-2 postcards, 1899-1916 (6 pieces)

Correspondence from C.H. Kauffman, 3 letters, 1910-1916 (1 piece)

Folder 74

Correspondence from C.H. Kauffman, 9 letters, 1916-1927 (9 pieces)

Folder 75

Correspondence from Howard A. Kelly, 7 letters, 1918-1924 (7 pieces)

Correspondence from G.H. Knibbs, 2 letters, 1924-1925 (5 pieces)

Folder 76

Correspondence from L.C.C. Kreiger, 5 letters, 1914-1923 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from A.B. Langlois, 3 letters, 1899 (5 pieces)

Folder 77

Correspondence from A.B. Langlois, 4 letters, 1899-1900 (10 pieces)

Folder 78

Correspondence from A.B. Langlois, 5 letters, 1900-1920 (11 pieces)

Folder 79

Correspondence from George R. La Rue, 1 letter, 1922 (1 piece)

Folder 80 - Correspondence from C.G. Lloyd, 9 letters-1 postcard, 1899 (11 pieces) Folder 81

Correspondence from C.G. Lloyd, 8 letters, 1899-1908 (11 pieces)

Folder 82

Correspondence from C.G. Lloyd, 9 letters-1 postcard, 1908-1915 (10 pieces)

Folder 83

Correspondence from C.G. Lloyd, 6 letters, 1916-1917 (10 pieces)

Folder 84

Correspondence from C.G. Lloyd, 8 letters, 1918-1919 (10 pieces)

Folder 85

Correspondence from C.G. Lloyd, 9 letters, 1919-1920 (10 pieces)

Folder 86

Correspondence from C.G. Lloyd, 9 letters, 1920-1921 (10 pieces)

Folder 87

Correspondence from C.G. Lloyd, 7 letters, 1921-1931 (8 pieces)

Correspondence from Lewis B. Lockwood, 2 letters, 1929 (2 pieces)

Folder 88

Correspondence from W.H. Long, 6 letters, 1914-1916 (10 pieces)

Folder 89

Correspondence from W.H. Long, 7 letters, 1916-1917 (10 pieces)

Folder 90

Correspondence from W.H. Long, 6 letters, 1917-1918 (9 pieces)

Folder 91

Correspondence from Will-Robert Lowater, 5 letters, 1917-1923 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from George Lyman, 2 letters, 1899 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from T.H. MacBride, 1 letter, 1914 (1 piece)

Correspondence from A.W. McCallum, 1 letter, 1928 (1 piece)

Folder 92

Correspondence from Hunter McDonald, 3 letters, 1914 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from Frank T. McFarland, 2 letters, 1920 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from John Macoun, 4 letters, 1905-1915 (6 pieces)

Folder 93

Correspondence from John Macoun, 5 letters, 1915-1918 (6 pieces)

Correspondence from Frank P. McWhorter, 5 letters, 1921-1922 (7 pieces)

Folder 94

Correspondence from E.B. Mains, 1 letter, 1933 (1 piece)

Correspondence from L. Maire, 5 letters-2 postcards, 1920-1925 (7 pieces)

Folder 95

Correspondence from Louis Maire, 7 letters, undated (7 pieces)

Correspondence from G.W. Martin, 1 letter, 1926 (1 piece)

Correspondence from L.M. Massey, 1 letter, 1919 (1 piece)

Correspondence from T. Matsumoto, 1 letter, 1920 (3 pieces)

Folder 96

Correspondence from E.D. Matthews, 5 letters, 1914-1915 (5 pieces)

Correspondence from J. Matz, 1 letter, 1916 (1 piece)

Correspondence from C.F. Millspaugh, 4 letters, 1920-1921 (4 pieces)

Folder 97

Correspondence from C.F. Millspaugh, 9 letters, 1921-1922 (10 pieces)

Folder 98

Correspondence from C.F. Millspaugh, 3 letters, 1922 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from T. Miyake, 1 letter, 1918 (1 piece)

Correspondence from W.S. Moffatt, 1 letter, 1914 (1 piece)

Correspondence from G.L. Moore, 3 letters, 1899 (5 pieces)

Folder 99

Correspondence from G.L. Moore, 5 letters, 1914 (12 pieces)

Folder 100

Correspondence from G.L. Moore, 4 letters, 1914 (7 pieces)

Correspondence from W.C. Muencher, 2 letters, 1919 (2 pieces)

Folder 101

Correspondence from D.E. Murashkinsky, 3 letters, 1927-1931 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from W.A. Murrill, 7 letters, 1909-1914 (7 pieces)

Folder 102

Correspondence from W.A. Murrill, 9 letters, 1915-1918 (10 pieces)

Folder 103

Correspondence from W.A. Murrill, 8 letters, 1919-1932 (8 pieces)

Correspondence from Aven Nelson, 1 letter, 1914 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Daigaku Numata, 1 letter, 1931 (1 piece)

Folder 104

Correspondence from O.M. Oleson, 4 letters, 1913 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from E.W. Olive, 1 letter, 1899 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from W.A. Orton, 1 letter, 1899 (1 piece)

Correspondence from L.O. Overholts, 3 letters, 1914-1915 (3 pieces)

Folder 105

Correspondence from L.O. Overholts, 9 letters, 1916-1917 (10 pieces)

Folder 106

Correspondence from L.O. Overholts, 9 letters, 1917-1920 (10 pieces)

Folder 107

Correspondence from L.O. Overholts, 6 letters, 1920-1923 (7 pieces)

Correspondence from N. Patouillard, 1 letter, 1899 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Flora W. Patterson, 1 letter, 1912 (2 pieces)

Folder 108

correspondence from Charles Peck, 9 letters, 1899-1900 (10 pieces)

Folder 109

Correspondence from Charles Peck, 10 letters, 1900-1914 (11 pieces)

Folder 110

Correspondence from Pierce, 1 letter, 1914 (1 piece)

Correspondence from George L. Peltier, 2 letters, 1915 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Leigh H. Pennington, 1 letter, 1919 (1 piece)

Correspondence from T. Petch, 2 letters, 1919-1922 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from amy M. Pier, 1 letter, 1916 (1 piece)

Correspondence from A. Pilat, 1 letter, 1924 (1 piece)

Correspondence from C.V. Piper, 2 letters, 1915-1916 (2 pieces)

Folder 111

Correspondence from Alfred Povah, 4 letters, 1921-1928 (4 pieces) Correspondence from C.W. Prentiss, 2 letters, 1898-1900 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from John Ramsbottom, 1 letter, 1920 (1 piece)

Folder 112

Correspondence from Carleton Rea, 8 letters, 1917-1931 (8 pieces)

Correspondence from George M. Reed, 2 letters, 1921 (2 pieces)

Folder 113

Correspondence from Arthur S. Rhoads, 3 letters, 1917-1923 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from B.L. Richards, 1 letter, 1921 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Lincoln W. Riddle, 2 letters, 1919-1920 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Mary Ritchie, 2 letters, 1899 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from B.L. Robinson, 1 letter, 1922 (1 piece)

Correspondence from F.M. Rolfs, 1 letter, 1931 (1 piece)

Folder 114

Correspondence from Lars Romell, 4 letters-1 postcard, 1899 (10 pieces)

Folder 115

Correspondence from Lars Romell, 5 letters-4 postcards, 1899-1915 (10 pieces)

Folder 116

Correspondence from Lars Romell, 5 letters-2 postcards, 1915-1924 (7 pieces)

Correspondence from James B. Rorer, 4 letters, 1916-1917 (4 pieces)

Folder 117

Correspondence from H.R. Rosen, 1 letter, 1921 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Caroline Rumbold, 1 letter, 1925 (1 piece)

Correspondence from J.R. Schramm, 2 letters, 1914 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Hermann von Schreuk, 6 letters, 1899-1912 (7 pieces)

Folder 118

Correspondence from R.E. Schuh, 2 letters, 1917-1926 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Fred Seaver, 2 letters, 1925-1926 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from W.A. Setchell, 3 letters, 1915 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from A.B. Seymour, 2 letters, 1914 (4 pieces)

Folder 119

Correspondence from A.B. Seymour, 7 letters-1 postcard, 1914-1926 (14 pieces)

Folder 120

Correspondence from C.L. Shear, 7 letters, 1899-1915 (10 pieces)

Folder 121

Correspondence from C.L. Shear, 4 letters, 1922-1924 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from E.A. Siegler, 1 letter, 1917 (1 piece)

Correspondence from C. Skottsberg, 1 letter, 1928 (1 piece)

Correspondence from A. Skovsted, 1 letter, 1928 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Clayton O. Smith, 1 letter, 1900 (3 pieces)

Folder 122

Correspondence from Clayton O. Smith, 3 letters, 1900-1916 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from Ernest C. Smith, 1 letter, 1922 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from Erwin F. Smith, 1 letter, 1895 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Walter, H. Snell, 2 letters, 1919-1920 (2 pieces)

Folder 123

Correspondence from Walter H. Snell, 10 letters, 1920-1922 (10 pieces)

Folder 124

Correspondence from Walter H. Snell, 7 letters, 1922-1927 (8 pieces)

Correspondence from Perley Spaulding, 2 letters, 1909-1911 (2 pieces)

Folder 125

Correspondence from Perley Spaulding, 2 letters, 1911-1916 (3 pieces)

Correspondence from A.T. Speare, 1 leter, 1921 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Elvin C. Stakman, 1 letter, 1920 91 piece)

Correspondence from Paul C. Standley, 1 letter, 1923 (1 piece)

Correspondence from F.L. Stevens, 4 letters, 1907-1908 (4 pieces)

Folder 126

Correspondence from F.L. Stevens, 8 letters, 1908-1918 (11 pieces)

Folder 127

Correspondence from F. L. Stevens, 9 letters, 1919-1924 (9 pieces)

Correspondence from John A. Stevenson, 1 letter, 915 (1 piece)

Folder 128

Correspondence from John A. Stevenson, 7 letters, 1916-1917 (10 pieces)

Folder 129

Correspondence from John S. Stevenson, 5 letters, 1917-1919 (7 pieces)

Correspondence from F.C. Stewart, 2 letters, 1896-1909 (3 pieces)

Folder 130

Correspondence from F.C. Stewart, 7 letters, 1916-1927 (8 pieces)

Correspondence from W. Stone, 1 letter, 1899 (1 piece)

Correspondence from W.C. Sturgis, 1 letter, 1899 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Devid Sumstine, 1 letter, 1914 (1 piece)

Folder 131

Correspondence from F.L. Tai, 1 letter, 1928 (1 piece)

Correspondence from J.J. Tauben, 1 letter, 1917 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Roland Thaxter, 8 letters, 1899-1921 (8 Pieces)

Folder 132

Correspondence from Roland Thaxter, 10 letters, 1921 (10 letters)

Folder 133

Correspondence from Roland Thaxter, 10 letters, 1921-1927 (10 pieces)

Folder 134

Correspondence from Roland Thaxter, 10 letters, 1927-1931 (10 pieces)

Folder 135

Correspondence from Roland Thaxter, 5 letters, 1931-1932 (7 pieces)

Correspondence from Trelease, 1 letter, 1918 (1 piece)

Correspondence from L.M. Underwood, 3 letters, 1899-1900 (3 pieces)

Folder 136

Correspondence from Henry H. Vail, 1 letter, 1899 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Elsie M. Wakefield, 9 letters, 1915-1920 (9 pieces)

Folder 137

Correspondence from Elsie M. Wakefield, 9 letters, 1920-1926 (11 pieces)

Folder 138

Correspondence from E.R. Walker, 1 letter, 1920 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Leva B. Walker, 7 letters, 1916-1921 (9 pieces)

Folder 139

Correspondence from Leva B. Walker, 2 letters, 1921-1923 2 pieces)

Correspondence from Hollis Webster, 5 letters, 1898-1899 (8 pieces)

Folder 140

Correspondence from Hollis Webster, 3 letters-3 postcards 1899 (10 pieces)

Folder 141

Correspondence from Hollis Webster, 3 letters-1 postcard, 1899 (10 pieces)

Folder 142

Correspondence from Hollis Webster, 5 letters-1 postcard, 1899-1914 (11 pieces)

Folder 143

Correspondence from H.H. Wedgworth, 1 letter, 1926 (1 piece)

Correspondence from D. Jos. Weese, 3 letters, 1927-1929 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from James R. Weir, 3 letters-1 postcard, 1912 (5 pieces)

Folder 144

Correspondence from James R. Weir, 9 letters, 1913-1914 (10 pieces)

Folder 145

Correspondence from James R. Weir, 8 letters, 1915-1916 (10 pieces)

Folder 146

Correspondence from James R. Weir, 10 letters, 1916-1922 (10 pieces)

Folder 147

Correspondence from James R. Weir, 8 letters-1 postcard, 1922-1926 (9 pieces)

Folder 148

Correspondence from Freeman Weiss, 1 letter, 1919 (1 piece)

Correspondence from D.S. Welch, 1 letter, 1923 (1 piece)

Correspondence from Erdman West, 3 letters, 1920-1927 (4 pieces)

Correspondence from William H. Weston, Jr., 2 letters, 1928 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Mary S. Whetstone, 1 letter, 1920 (2 pieces)

Folder 149

Correspondence from H.H. Whetzel, 8 letters, 1922-1925 (9 pieces)

Correspondence from Richard P. White, 1 letter, 1922 (1 piece)

Folder 149A

Correspondence from H.H. Whetzel (about G.F. Atkinson), 10 letters, 1917-1918 (20 pieces)

Folder 150

Correspondence from E. Mead Wilcox, 1 letter, 1919 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Guy West Wilson, 1 letter, 1914 (1 piece)

Correspondence from J.R. Winston, 2 letters, 1920-1922 (2 pieces)

Correspondence from Frederick A. Wolf, 7 letters, 1915-1926 (7 pieces)

Folder 151

Correspondence from A. Yasuda, 8 letters, 1918-1922 (8 pieces)

Correspondence from W.F. Young, 2 letters, 1922-1927 (2 pieces)

Folder 152

Correspondence from S.M. Zeller, 11 letters, 1919-1930 (11 pieces)

Correspondence from Louis A. Zimmer, 2 letters, 1916 (2 pieces)

Series II: Manuscript

E.A. Burt's draft of the text to the plates of "Icones Farlowianae" (published 1929). It was given to the Farlow Library in 1969, from Burt's son Col. Farlow Burt. It contains loose pages (typed) in acid free folders.

Folder 1: Telephoraceae of North America, (2 pieces)

Series III: Plates

Burt's annotated plates for "Icones Farlowianae." (illustrations of the larger fungi of eastern North America)

Box 2:

Folder 2: Introductory materials and note - (11 p.)

Folder 3: Index to genera and species - (5 p.)

Folder 4: Plates 1-4 (typed and handwritten)

Folder 5: Plates 5-9 (11 p.)

Folder 6: Plates 10-12, 15-16 (material for plates 13 & 14 missing (10 p.)

Folder 7: Plates 17-21 (11 p.)

Folder 8: Plates 22-25 (11 p.)

Folder 9: Plates 26-29 (10 p.)

Folder 10: Plates 30-34 (11 p.)

Folder 11: Plates 35-39 (11 p.)

Folder 12: Plates 40-44 (10 p.)

Folder 13: Plates 45-48 (10 p.)

Folder 14: Plates 49-52 (13 p.)

Folder 15: Plates 53-57 (10 p.)

Folder 16: Plates 58-61 (11 p.)

Folder 17: Plates 62-67 (11 p)

Folder 18: Plates 68-72 (11 p.)

Folder 19: Plates 73-76 (9 p.)

Folder 20: Plates 77-80 (11 p)

Folder 21: Plates 81-86 (10 p.)

Folder 22: Plates 87-91 (10 p.)

Folder 23 - Plates 92-95 (14 p.)

Folder 24 - Plates 96-99 (9 p.)

Folder 25 - Plates 100-101 (7 p.)

Folder 26 - Plates 102 (7 p.)

Folder 27 - Plates 103 (7 p.)

Folder 28 - Handwritten lists of plates and notes (13 p.)

Series IV: Miscellaneous materials

Syllabus of Botany 445-446, Burt's class on Mycology - 80 pages of mimeographed notes.

Folder 29: Lectures 1-12 (16 p.)

Folder 30: Lectures 13-24 (20 p.)

Folder 31: Lectures 25-37 (20 p.)

Folder 32: Lectures 38-44 (12 p.)

Folder 33: Lectures 45-55 (15 p.)

Folder 34: Reprint of Edward Angus Burt (1859-1939) by Carroll W. Dodge in Occasional papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Harvard University, no. 14, 1979. A personal view of Burt and his work - 7 p.

Series V: Provenance
Box 2:

Folder 35: 6 letters (7 pieces)

Provenance is established from letters to the Curator (Director) of the Farlow Library and Herbarium from Col. Farlow Burt, Edward Angus Burt's son, dated September 24, 1962, January 24, 1969, and March 1, 1977. In these letters Col. Burt, as trustee for the assets of his fathers' estate, left most of his fathers' correspondence from fellow botanists throughout the world to the Farlow library and Herbaria as well as the set of plates and text for the "Icones Farlowianae". He felt they went with his fathers' herbarium which was also left to Farlow. Letters of acceptance of the collection are included from I. Mackenzie Lamb, Director of the Farlow Herbarium dated October 26, 1962 and February 4, 1969, and from Donald H. Pfister, Assistant Professor and Assistant Curator of the Farlow dated March 18, 1977.

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