Library of the Gray Herbarium
SEMI-HISTORIC LETTERS - P
| Last Name | First Name | Dates | Amount | Notes | See Also | Birth and Death Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packard | Horace | 1904-1916 | 6 | 1855- | ||
| Packard | Winthrop | 1917 | 1 | 1862-1943 | ||
| Page | Henrietta | 1903-1925 | 6 | ? | ||
| Paine | Gertrude Hollister | Riddle, Gertrude Hollister (nee Paine) | ||||
| Painter | Joseph Hannum | 1905-1906 | 4 | 1879-1908 | ||
| Palache | Charles | 1907 | 1 | ? | ||
| Palacios | Isidro | 1917-1918, ? | 3 | ? | ||
| Palhinha | Ruy Telles | 1923-1930 | 4 | 1871-1957 | ||
| Palmer | Edward | 1892-1911 | 34 | Also includes calendar of letters in front of folder. Personal papers held in Herbarium Archives. |
Historic Letters database; Parry, C.C. & E. Palmer. | 1831-1911 |
| Palmer | Ernest Jesse | 1908-1961 | 56 | Includes 1 plant list. | 1875-1962 | |
| Palmer | Thomas Chalkley | 1893-1932 | 10 | 1860-1934 | ||
| Palmgren | Alvar | 1923-1936 | 11 | 1880-1960 | ||
| Palsson | William F. | Rehder, Alfred, SH 3, Folder 1. | ||||
| Pammel | Louis Herman | 1893-1931 | 236 | Contains 2 plant lists;2 invitations to dedication of Pammel State Park;"Introduction", 1925;letter expressing thanks for sympathy of Mrs. Pammel. | Historic Letters database. | 1862-1931 |
| Pampanini | Renato | 1926-1933 | 11 | 1875-1949 | ||
| Panton | Matthew H. ? | 1897 | 2 | Includes 1 plant list. | ? | |
| Paoletti | E. Fernando ? | 1900-1904 | 19 | Includes 1 plant list. | ? | |
| Parham | H. B. Richenda, Mrs. | 1935-1936 | 3 | ? | ||
| Parish | Samuel Bonsall | 1882-1928 | 142 | Historic Letters database; G. Davenport inventory in Archives Guide. | 1838-1928 | |
| Park | Jay Boardman | 1917-1919 | 4 | 1884-? | ||
| Park | W. N. ? | 1900-1907 | 3 | ? | ||
| Parker | Charles Stewart | 1921-1922 | 3 | ? | ||
| Parker | E. M. , Miss ? | 1919 | 2 | ? | ||
| Parker | Edward M. ? | 1916 | 1 | ? | ||
| Parker | Gilbert | 1915 | 1 | Also known as Horatio Gilbert Parker. | 1862-1932 | |
| Parker | Orra Almira | Phelps, Orra Almira (nee Parker) | ||||
| Parker | Richard Neville | Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India, SH 2. | 1884-1958 | |||
| Parker | William B. ? | 1934 | 1 | ? | ||
| Parkinson | Charles Edward | Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India, SH 2. | 1890-1945 | |||
| Parks | Harold Ernest | 1933-1936 | 3 | 1880-? | ||
| Parks | Harris Braley | Cory, Victor Louis (1880-), Folder 6, SH 1. | 1879-? | |||
| Parlin | John Crawford | 1890-1948 | 232 | Includes 1 plant list. | Historic Letters database. | 1863-? |
| Parodi | Lorenzo Raimundo | 1926-1966 | 214 | Includes 43 plant lists and one death notice. | 1895-1966 | |
| Parry | Charles Christopher | Plants of Mexico materials--See Archives Guide I, Plant List, Box II, tables of contents pg.2. | Historic letters. | 1823-1890 | ||
| Parry | E. R. | 1893,n.d. | 2 | Letters re sale of her husband Charles Christopher Parry's herbarium. | ? | |
| Parsons | Katherine | n.d. | 2 | ? | ||
| Parsons | Mary Elizabeth | 1896-1911 | 3 | ? | ||
| Patch | Edith Marion | 1922-1936 | 6 | 1876-? | ||
| Patenaude | J. O. ? | 1930-1932 | 5 | ? | ||
| Paton | Lucy A. | Walter Deane inventory (p.3, 21) in Archives Guide. | ||||
| Patraw | Pauline Mead | 1932 | 1 | 1904- | ||
| Patten | Jane B. ? | n.d. | 4 | ? | ||
| Patten | Jane Boit | See Patten inventory in Archives Guide. | ||||
| Patterson | F. W. ? | 1925-1932 | 6 | ? | ||
| Patterson | Flora Wambaugh | ca.1894-1922 | 14 | 1847-1928 | ||
| Patterson | Harry Norton | 1892-1914 | 169 | Thomas Morong inventory in Archives Guide. | 1853-1919 | |
| Patterson | S. L. ? | 1926 | 1 | Letter is to S.L. Patterson. | ? | |
| Paulson | Ove Vilhelm | 1905-1919 | 2 | 1874-1947 | ||
| Payson | Edwin Blake | 1919-1927 | 59 | 1893-1927 | ||
| Payson | Lois | 1919-1928 | 5 | Nee Butler. Mrs. Edwin Blake Payson. |
1895-? | |
| Peabody | Francis Howard | 1891-1904 | 30 | Historic Letters database. | 1831-1905 | |
| Peabody | L. Adelaide ? | 1909,n.d. | 3 | Mrs. Francis Howard Peabody. | ? | |
| Peake | Elmore Elliott | 1915 | 1 | ? | ||
| Pearce | Edward Douglas | 1904-1905 | 2 | 1849-? | ||
| Pearl | Raymond | Quarterly Review of Biology, SH 3. | 1879-1940 | |||
| Pearsall | William Harrison | 1930-1934 | 11 | 1860-1936 | ||
| Pearson | Robert Hooper | 1911 | 1 | 1866-1918 | ||
| Pease | Arthur Stanley | 1902-1964 | 217 | Includes obituary. | Pease inventory and W. Deane inventory (p.3,21,42) in Archives Guide. | 1881-1964 |
| Peattie | Donald Culross | 1919-1965 | 44 | Includes obituary of his wife, 1965. | C.A. Weatherby inventory in Archives Guide. | 1898-1964 |
| Peck | Allen S. ? | 1937 | 1 | ? | ||
| Peck | Charles Horton | 1895-1909 | 21 | Clarke, John Mason, SH 1. | 1833-1917 | |
| Peck | Mary Dandridge | 1907 | 1 | Re disposing of some of her grandfather William Dandridge Peck's things. | ? | |
| Peck | Morton Eaton | 1907-1943 | 51 | Includes 1 plant list. | Macbride, James Francis, SH 2, folder 4. | 1871-1958 |
| Peck | William Dandridge | See also Peck, Mary Dandridge, SH 3. | Cutler/Dandridge/Thorndike inventory in Archives Guide; Historic Letters. | 1763-1822 | ||
| Peckham | Stephen Farnum | 1902 | 2 | 1839-1918 | ||
| Peebles | Robert Hibbs | 1939 | 2 | 1900-1956 | ||
| Peirce | George James | 1892-1931 | 21 | 1868-1854 | ||
| Peirce | Mary Frances | 1895-1909 | 5 | 1831-? | ||
| Peirson | Frank Warrington | 1923-1936 | 9 | 1865-1951 | ||
| Peiterson | Arne Kristopher | 1921 | 3 | 1884-1924 | ||
| Pellegrin | Francois | 1934-1938 | 4 | 1881-1965 | ||
| Pelton | Emily O. ? | G. Davenport inventory in Archives Guide; Historic Letters database. | ? | |||
| Penfound | William Theodore | 1931 | 1 | 1897-? | ||
| Penhallow | David Pearce | 1890-1908 | 19 | Historic Letters database. | 1854-1910 | |
| Pennant | Thomas | Thomas Pennant inventory in Archives Guide. | 1726-1798 | |||
| Pennell | Francis Whittier | 1911-1952 | 543 | 1886-1952 | ||
| Penniman | H. A., Mrs. ? | 1899-1905 | 16 | ? | ||
| Pennypacker | Henry | 1922-1925 | 4 | 1866-1933 | ||
| Penrose | Richard Alexander | 1908-1910 | 4 | Full name is Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose, Jr. | 1863-1931 | |
| Penzig | Ottone | 1894-1926 | 5 | Also known as Alberto Giulio Ottone Penzig. | 1856-1929 | |
| Pepoon | Herman Silas | 1915-1933 | 13 | Includes one hand-drawn map. | 1860-1941 | |
| Pepper | G. W. ? | 1911 | 1 | ? | ||
| Perez-Moreau | Roman A. | 1934-1952 | 19 | ? | ||
| Perkins | Anne Elizabeth | 1899-1950 | 47 | 1873-? | ||
| Perkins | Edward Henry | 1926-1934 | 5 | 1886-1936 | ||
| Perkins | Edward J. ? | 1917 | 2 | ? | ||
| Perkins | George Henry | 1896-1907 | 2 | Historic Letters database. | 1844-1933 | |
| Perkins | Janet Russell | 1895-1925 | 83 | 1853-1933 | ||
| Perkins | Llewellyn Rood | 1909, n.d. | 3 | 1874-? | ||
| Perkins | Thomas Nelson | 1923 | 1 | 1870-1937 | ||
| Perrasse | Pablo | 1927 | 2 | ? | ||
| Perry | Bliss | 1928 | 1 | 1860-1954 | ||
| Perry | Everett R. ? | 1917 | 1 | ? | ||
| Perry | George Louis | 1892-1895 | 9 | ? | ||
| Perry | John F. ? | 1900 | 1 | Letter re: Mrs. Potter. | ? | |
| Perry | John Tuttle | 1925-1928 | 3 | 1897-? | ||
| Perry | Lily May | 1927-1930 | 19 | Also includes her Phi Beta Kappa key. | 1895-1992 | |
| Perry | Margaret S. ? | 1921 | 1 | ? | ||
| Petch | Thomas | 1921 | 2 | 1870-1948 | ||
| Peters | Bertha | Gottsche, Bertha (nee Peters) | ||||
| Peters | Mary K.? | 1913 | 1 | Mrs. Clayton Ames Peters | ? | |
| Peterson | Maude Gridley | 1904 | 1 | 1871-? | ||
| Peterson | William, Sir | 1912 | 1 | 1856-1921 | ||
| Petrak | Franz | 1909-1913 | 8 | 1886-? | ||
| Pettibone | Nora | 1895 | 2 | ? | ||
| Pfaff | Franz Ludwig Friedrich | 1897-1902 | 7 | Full name: Franz Ludwig Friedrich Ernst Pfaff. | 1860-1926 | |
| Pfeiffer | Hans | 1934 | 1 | 1890-? | ||
| Pfeiffer | Norma Etta | 1920-1922 | 3 | 1889-? | ||
| Phair | Philip D. ? | 1924 | 1 | ? | ||
| Phelps | Orra Almira | 1903-1925 | 47 | Includes 1 plant list. Nee Parker. |
1867-? | |
| Philippi | Federico | 1899 | 1 | Also known as Friedrich Heinrich Eunom Philippi. | Carlos Munoz Pizarro inventory in Archives Guide. | 1838-1910 |
| Philippi | Rodolfo Amando | 1904 | 1 | Death notice. Also known as Rodolphe Amandus Philippi. |
Carlos Munoz Pizarro inventory in Archives Guide. | 1808-1904 |
| Phillips | Edwin Percy | 1919-1934 | 22 | 1884-? | ||
| Phillips | James Duncan | 1919 | 3 | ? | ||
| Phillips | John Charles | 1926 | 1 | 1876-1938 | ||
| Phillips | William | 1913 | 1 | ? | ||
| Picard | Auguste | Picard, Alphonse, & Fils, Librairie. | ||||
| Pickering | William Henry | 1902 | 1 | 1858-1938 | ||
| Pickett | Fermen Layton | 1916-1937 | 32 | 1881-1940 | ||
| Pickstone | H. E. V. ? | ? | 2 | 1 letter and list of Restiaceae, etc. from South Africa. | ? | |
| Pier | Arthur Stanwood | 1935 | 1 | 1874-1966 | ||
| Pierce | George | George Pierce inventory in Archives Guide. | ||||
| Pierce | Newton Barris | 1905 | 1 | 1856-1916 | ||
| Pierce | Roger | 1913-1918 | 15 | ? | ||
| Pierce | William P. ? | 1892 | 2 | ? | ||
| Piers | Harry | 1902-1936 | 8 | 1870-1940 | ||
| Pieters | Adrian John | 1901-1932 | 19 | 1866-1940 | ||
| Pilger | Robert Knuds Friedrich | 1901-1939 | 45 | 1876-1953 | ||
| Pilsbry | Henry Augustus | 1911 | 1 | 1862-? | ||
| Pinchbeck | Raymond Bennett | 1937 | 1 | 1900-? | ||
| Pinchot | Gifford | 1901-1903 | 2 | 1865-1946 | ||
| Pindler | Erich | 1905 | 1 | ? | ||
| Pingree | David | 1897 | 1 | 1841-? | ||
| Piper | Charles Vancouver | 1894-1925 | 242 | Includes sections of ms. on Allocarya by Piper; 1 list of specimens; list of grasses collected by J. Lunell; flyer for flora of the Yakima region. | Historic letters database. | 1867-1926 |
| Piper | Fred Smith | 1912-1935 | 5 | 1867- | ||
| Piper | S. M., Mrs. ? | George Edward Davenport inventory in Archives Guide. | ||||
| Pirion | Anastasio, Padre | 1929-1937 | 40 | Includes 8 plant lists; one letter from Felix Jaffuel, 1930. | Jaffuel, Felix, SH-2 | ? |
| Pittier | Henri | 1898-1948 | 81 | Also known as Henri Francois Pittier de Fabrega. Includes 2 plant lists. |
Plant lists box I and B.L. Robinson inventory (folders 10, 11) in Archives Guide. | 1857-1950 |
| Plaisted | Sheridan | 1900-1908 | 7 | ? | ||
| Planck | D. A. (Rev.) | 1914 | 1 | ? | ||
| Plank | Elisha Newton | 1896-1900 | 9 | Historic Letters database. | 1831-1907 | |
| Plitt | Charles Christian | 1909-1931 | 4 | 1869-1933 | ||
| Plummer | Sara Allen | Lemmon, Sara Allen (nee Plummer). | 1836-1923 | |||
| Podpera | Josef | 1928-1932 | 5 | ? | ||
| Poellnitz | Karl von | 1933 | 1 | 1896-1945 | ||
| Poeverlein | Hermann | 1906-1909 | 2 | 2 postcards | ? | |
| Poindexter | John | 1951 | 7 | ? | ||
| Poisson | Jules | 1899 | 1 | 1833-1919 | ||
| Poland | J. P.? | 1910 | 1 | ? | ||
| Polk | Mary | 1903-1914 | 6 | Includes a flyer for the Philippine Journal of Science. | 1864-1924 | |
| Pollard | Charles Louis | 1895-1909 | 49 | Includes publications list of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences. | 1872-1945 | |
| Pollock | William McCally | 1895 | 1 | ? | ||
| Pomeroy | Fred Elmer | 1903-1914 | 8 | 1877-? | ||
| Pontius | Leslie Lorraine | 1931 | 1 | 1883-? | ||
| Pool | Raymond John | 1915-1935 | 9 | 1882-1967 | ||
| Poole | James Plummer | 1918-1927 | 55 | Includes 1 clipping about the "lost" pyramid of Sherman Hill, [1918] | 1889-? | |
| Poole | Silas Frank | 1903-1907 | 5 | ? | ||
| Poos | Frederick William | 1926 | 2 | 1891-? | ||
| Pope | Alexander Winthrop | 1900-1914 | 54 | Historic Letters database. | ?-1915 | |
| Popowsky | Mary | Pennell, Francis Whittier, SH 3, Folder 4. | ||||
| Porsild | Morten Pedersen | 1920-1952 | 58 | Includes note on Carex "gynocrates feminea," with 2 photos of text from S. Drejer; note on Thalictrum alpinum, 1935. | Floders, Bjorn Gustaf Oscar, SH-2; Hovgaard, William, SH-2. | 1872-1956 |
| Porter | Carlos Emilio | 1925-1936 | 35 | Includes 1 flyer about Porter, 1927. | 1870-1942 | |
| Porter | Gene | 1908 | 3 | Nee Stratton. | 1863-1924 | |
| Porter | Thomas Conrad | 1891-1901 | 19 | Includes 1 plant list. | Historic Letters database; Thomas Morong inventory in Archives Guide. | 1822-1901 |
| Posfay | Oliver | 1911 | 1 | ? | ||
| Post | George Edward | 1904 | 1 | 1838-1909 | ||
| Post | Wilfred M. ? | 1921 | 1 | ? | ||
| Potter | Mrs. ? | Perry, John F., SH-3 | ||||
| Potter | Alfred Claghorn | 1893-1933 | 431 | 1867-1940 | ||
| Potter | Sarah E. ? | 1903 | 1 | ? | ||
| Potter | William F., Mrs. | n.d. | 1 | 1 letter re sale of herbarium collection of Myron McNutt. | ? | |
| Pottinger | D. ? | 1904-1906 | 2 | ? | ||
| Potts | Lucie | 1892 | 1 | ? | ||
| Poulton | Edward Bagnall, Sir | 1926 | 1 | 1856-1943 | ||
| Pound | Roscoe | 1913-1915 | 2 | 1870-1964 | ||
| Powers | William L. ? | 1903-1923 | 13 | ? | ||
| Poyser | William Aldworth | 1906-1910 | 6 | 1882-1928 | ||
| Praeger | Robert Lloyd | 1921 | 1 | 1865-1953 | ||
| Prain | David, Sir | 1898-1926, 1944 | 42 | Includes letter announcing his death from Lillian Peckett, 1944. | 1857-1944 | |
| Prang | Mary | 1904 | 1 | Mrs. Louis Prang. | ? | |
| Prankerd | Theodora Lisle | 1908 | 1 | 1878-1939 | ||
| Pratt | Alice Day | 1894 | 1 | ? | ||
| Preble | Marie H. ? | 1916 | 5 | Most letters without date; 1 dated 1916. | ? | |
| Prentiss | Albert Nelson | 1894 | 1 | 1836-1896 | ||
| Prescott | Samuel Cate | 1932 | 2 | 1872-? | ||
| Preston | Carelton Estey | 1899-1902 | 5 | 1878-? | ||
| Preston | Howard Willis | 1897-1930 | 116 | 48 letters are from H.W. Preston and/or Preston & Rounds Co. (booksellers); two lists of books for sale. | Historic Letters database. | 1859-? |
| Pretz | Harold William | 1909-1940 | 44 | Includes 1 plant list, 1924. | 1877-? | |
| Prey | Nina | 1902-1903 | 8 | ? | ||
| Price | Sarah (Sadie) Frances | 1896-1899 | 14 | 1849-1903 | ||
| Priest | Mary E. ? | 1920-1921 | 2 | ? | ||
| Prince | Arthur Reginald | 1927-1936 | 24 | Includes 1 list of plant names, 1934. | 1900-1969 | |
| Prince | Frances C. ? | n.d. | 1 | ? | ||
| Prince | Lucy M. ? | n.d. | 5 | ? | ||
| Pringle | Cyrus Guernsey | 1882-1911 | 233 | See also: G.E. Davenport, G.R. Shaw, T. Morong inventories in Archives Guide; plant lists box 1; Wright, A.L., (SH-5); Eggleston, W.W. (SH-1, folder 1) | Historic letters database. | 1838-1911 |
| Pringsheim | Nathanael | Muller, Otto, SH-3. | 1823-1894 | |||
| Pritchett | Henry Smith | 1919 | 1 | 1857-1939 | ||
| Pritzel | Ernst | 1905 | 2 | 1875-? | ||
| Proctor | John W. | Thaddeus William Harris inventory (p.3) in Archives Guide. | ||||
| Prokhanoff | Ivan Stepanovich | 1926;n.d. | 2 | Also known as I.S. Prokhanov. | 1869-1935 | |
| Pugsley | Herbert William | 1931-1948 | 11 | 1868-1948 | ||
| Pulle | August Adriaan | 1931-1948 | 31 | 1878-1955 | ||
| Pulling | Howard Edward | 1912-1914 | 13 | Includes 5 photos of forests and 1 hand-drawn map. | 1886-1956 | |
| Pumpelly | Raphaelo | 1910 | 2 | 1837-1923 | ||
| Purdie | Henry Augustus | 1894-1911 | 15 | 1840-1911 | ||
| Purdon | John R. ? | 1915-1925 | 6 | ? | ||
| Purdy | Carlton Elmer | 1885-1933 | 21 | 1861-1945 | ||
| Purer | Edith Abigail | 1933-1938 | 21 | 1895-? | ||
| Purpus | Carl Albert | 1897-1929 | 4 | 1853-1941 | ||
| Pursh | Frederick | Frederick Pursh inventory in Archives Guide. | 1774-1820 | |||
| Putnam | Frederic Ward | 1890-1906 | 3 | 1839-1915 | ||
| Putnam | George E. B. ? | 1916 | 3 | ? | ||
| Putnam | George Palmer | 1928 | 1 | Historic Letters database. | 1887-1950 | |
| Putnam | Herbert | 1906-1919 | 8 | 1861-1955 | ||
| Putnam | W. S. ? | 1916 | 2 | ? | ||
| Putnam | William T. | Walter Deane inventory (p.3, 22) in Archives Guide. | ||||
| Pyle | Gheutein (?) Y. | 1897 | 1 | ? |
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