Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany
GEORGE KNOX MERRILL (1864-1927)
PAPERS
Biographical Note & Series Description
SERIES I. LETTERS TO GEORGE KNOX MERRILL: other volumes
SERIES II. Unbound Correspondence and Other Materials
SERIES III. Specimen lists and Other Materials, 1888-1927
Container List:
SERIES I. LETTERS TO GEORGE KNOX MERRILL: volumes I-V
The numbers following the correspondent's name refer to the year(s) of correspondence. The last column identifies the university or organization used on the letterhead or within the body of the letter, or by city or country. An * indicates that Merrill correspondence is included.
| Correspondant | Date | Organization and City Notes... |
| Adams, LeRoy | 1925 | Stanford University |
| Aigret, Charles | 1906 | Belgium (in French) |
| Almquist, Ernst | 1906 | Sweden (no lichens) |
| Allen, Glover | 1906 | Boston Society of Natural History (re: Sprague) |
| Andrews, Albert Leroy | ? | Cornell University (plant lists0 |
| Baker, Charles Fuller | 1904-05 | Pomona College; Cuba (plant lists and specimens) |
| Bean, Ralph C. | 1913 | Clinton, Maine (Josselyn Society) |
| Bogue, Ernest Everett | 1904-08 | Michigan Agric.College, Forestry |
| Bogue, Myra V. | 1908-09 | Michigan (E.E.Bogue collection) |
| Bouly des Lesdain, M. | 1908-25 | Dunkirk (postcards, in French) |
| Brenckle, J.F.,M.D. | 1907-09 | North Dakota |
| Britton, Elizabeth G. | 1913 | New York Bot.Gardens (Bogue obit.) |
| Bullard, Charles | 1913 | Massachusetts |
| Buller, Arthur Henry | ? | Univ.of Manitoba (thanks for comments) |
| Burnham, Stuart Henry | 1909-19 | New York State Botanist (lichens) |
| Carr, C.M. | 1904-06 | Boston Horticultural Society |
| Carter, Maria E | 1903 | Boston Society of Natural History |
| Chamberlain, Edward B | 1905-15 | Josselyn Botanical Society* |
| Chrysler, Milton Asbury | 1912-25 | Orono, Maine; Rutgers (mosses) |
| Churchward, Stanley H. | 1913 | University of Manitoba |
| Clements, Frederic E | 1907 | U.of Nebraska (letter to R.S.Gray)* |
| Cocks, Reginald S | 1907 | Louisiana Society of Naturalists |
| Coultier, John Merle | 1914 | U.of Chicago (questioning taxonomy) |
| Cummings, Clara E | 1906 | Wellsley College (Farlow's algae/fungi theory)* |
| Correspondant | Date | Organization and City Notes... |
| Davis, D.C. | 1924-25 | Field Museum, Chicago (Peruvian lichens) |
| Day, Mary A | 1914 | Gray Herbarium Librarian |
| Demetrio, C.H. | 1906 | Missouri (lichen lists) |
| Denniston, Rollin H | 1924-26 | U.of Wisconsin (lichen id.) |
| Dodge, Carrol William | 1926 | [Harvard University] (clarification of taxonomy) |
| Dutton, D. Lewis | 1924-26 | Brandon, Vermont (specimens, ids.) |
| Eckfeldt, John W | 1909-14 | Philadelphia (lichen exchange) |
| Eves, Bertha M | 1914 | Brooklyn Botanical Garden (payment) |
| Fellows, Dana W | 1913-15 | Josselyn Society (meetings) |
| Fernand, Merritt C | 1913 | Thomaston, Maine (Josselyn Society) |
| Fleischer, Max | 1912 | Sindanglaya, West Java - Eng/German |
| Flett, J. B. | 1905-06 | Tacoma, Washington (lichens sent) |
| Fisher, Albert K. | 1926 | U.S.D.A.,Botanical Survey (lichens) |
| Forbes, Charles N | 1917-19 | Honolulu (loan of specimens) |
| Foster, A.S | 1906-14 | Washington (specimens sent, lists) |
| Frye, Theodore C. | 1905-15 | Washington St.U.(books & papers) |
| Furbish, Kate | 1915 | Josselyn Society (meetings) |
| Gerritson, Walter | 1905 | Waltham, MA (lichen identification) |
| Gibson, Arthur | 1913-14 | Canadian Dept.of Agriculture |
| Grant, J.M. | 1924-25 | Washington State u.(lichen id.) |
| Gray, Fred W. | 1923-26 | West Virginia (list exchange) |
| Gray, R.S. | 1907 | Oakland, CA (theory discussions) |
| Green, H.A. | 1904-08 | North Carolina (lists, exchanges) |
| Grout, Abel Joel | 1915 | New York City (moss list) |
| Correspondant | Date | Organization and City Notes... |
| Hassis, Ferinand W. | 1924 | Ashville, NC (lichen id.) |
| Hadley, Sarah B. | 1905 | Canterbury, CT (lichen exchange) |
| Hasse, Herman Edward | 1904-15 | California (plant exchange) |
| Haynes, Caroline C. | 1909-19 | New York City (lab. advice) |
| Heblen, Thomas | 1922 | England (lichen id., advice) |
| Hedland, Theodor | 1906 | Switzerland - in German |
| Henderson, W.C. | 1926 | U.S.D.A. (payment for id. work) |
| Hervey, Alpheus Baker | ? | Bath, Maine; Bermuda (exchanges, taxonomy, latinizing) |
| Hillman, Johannes | 1924-25 | Germany (specimen sales) |
| Howe, Reginald Heber | 1905-13 | Middlesex School (Farlow friend) |
| Hue, Abbe | 1906 | France - in French (no lichens) |
| Hulting, Johan | 1906 | Sweden - in Swedish |
| Jennings, Otto Emery | 1913-15 | Carnegie Museum, Ed.of Bryologist |
| Johnson, Charles W. | 1914 | Boston Soc.of Natural History (thanks for specimens) |
| Johnston, Ivan M | 1919 | Berkeley, CA (lichen, moss lists) |
| Kaiser, George B. | 1918 | Philadelphia (moss identification) |
| Kirk, George L. | 1911 | Vermont (request for lichens) |
| Kirkwood, Joseph E. | 1924-25 | U.of Montana (lichen id.) |
| Knight, H.E. | 1915 | Maine (social invitation) |
| Latham, Roy | 1915 | New York (specimen identification) |
| Lang, G. | 1910 | Sweden (plant exchange) |
| Leavitt, Alice S. | 1906 | Massachusetts (lichen id.) |
| Letteau, Georg | 1912 | Germany (plant & list exchanges) |
| Lindman, Carl | 1907 | Sweden (no list) |
| Lurvey, Samuel A. | 1909 | Southwest Harbor,ME (lichen id.) |
| Lynge, Bernt | 1913-23 | Norway (plant exchanges, Merrillii species, Farlow)* |
| McAtee, Waldo Lee | 1926 | U.S.D.A. (bills) |
| Macbride, Francis | 1924 | Field Museum, Chicago (lichen id.) |
| McSurly, Ell G. | 1909 | Miami U., Ohio (book purchase) |
| Magnusson, Adolf Hugo | 1923-24 | Sweden (plant lists & ids.) |
| Maiden, Joseph Henry | 1906 | Sydney, Australia (plant exchange) |
| Malte, M.O. | 1924-27 | Victoria Museum, Ottawa (request for return of lichens) |
| Marshall, Byron C. | 1926 | Arkansas (plant identification) |
| Maxon, William Ralph | 1909-14 | Smithsonian (Central American specimen identifications) |
| Merrill, Elmer Drew | 1916 | Manila, Philippines (lichen list) |
| Miller, Mary F. | 1909 | Washington,DC (lichen id.) |
| Millspaugh, Charles F. | 1921 | Field Museum, Chicago (lichen id.) |
| Moxley, George L. | 1918 | Los Angeles (lichen id.,lab advice) |
| Correspondant | Date | Organization and City Notes... |
| Nelson, Nelson Lawrence | 1915 | U. of Florida (plant exchange) |
| Nichols, George Elwood | 1919-24 | Yale Botany Lab.(specimen exchange, personal comments) |
| Norton, Arthur Herbert | 1907-26 | Portland Society of Natural History |
| Parrique, G. | 1905-07 | France -in French (plant exchanges) |
| Pringle, Cyrus Guernsey | 1905-08 | Vermont (lichen id., sale of C.E. Cummings' estate) |
| Rapp, S. | 1905-25 | Florida (plant & list exchanges) |
| (Du) Rietz, Gustav Einar | 1925-26 | Upsala Botanic Institute (plant exchanges) |
| Robbins, Charles A. | 1923-26 | Onset, MA (plant identifications) |
| Sandatede, Heinrich | 1924-25 | Germany - some in German (exchanges, book purchases) |
| Saviez, Vsevolod Pavolic | 1924-25 | Director of Leningrad Botanic Garden |
| Sbarbaro, Camileo | 1925 | Genoa,Italy -in French (exchanges) |
| Schallert, P.O. | 1923 | Winston-Salem, NC (identification of South American lichens) |
| Schramm, Jacob Richard | 1921 | Botanical Society of New York (invitation to join) |
| Correspondant | Date | Organization and City Notes... |
| Sheldon, John Lewis | 1906-15 | West Virginia (lists & exchanges) |
| Skinner, S.A. | 1907 | Redland, CA (exchanges & ids.) |
| Simmonds, Frederic W. | 1906 | Texas Academy of Science, Austin (identification request)* |
| Smith, Annie Morrill | 1905-14 | The Bryologist (publishing problems, mentions Farlow)* |
| Standley, Paul C. | 1913-26 | Smithsonian curator of plants (plant exchanges and identifications) |
| Stillinger, Charles Roy | 1923 | Spokane, Washington |
| Swift, Lindsay | 1908 | Boston Public Library |
| Taylor, Norman | 1913 | Torrey Botanical Club (thank you for publishing a paper) |
| Tejada Aquirre, Rafael | 1913 | Guatemala - in Spanish |
| Thaxter, Roland | 1914-26 | Kittery, Maine; Harvard (thank you for lichens) |
| Underwood, Lucien Marcus | ? | New York (no lichens) |
| Wainio, Edward August | 1925 | U. of Finland - in Finnish |
| Wheldon, James Alfred | 1905 | Liverpool (list and specimens) |
| Whitney, Walter C. | 1907-08 | Massachusetts attorney (concerning the estate of C.E.Cummings,)* |
| Zahlbruckner, Alexander | 1906 | Natural History Museum, Vienna - in German |
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