Curatorial Records, 1907-1925 and undated
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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Descriptive Entry...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 1 Container Listing ...... 3 Curatorial Records https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_393073
Collection Overview
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., [email protected]
Title: Curatorial Records
Identifier: Accession 18-056
Date: 1907-1925 and undated
Extent: 1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Creator:: United States National Museum. Division of Plants
Language: English
Administrative Information
Prefered Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-056, United States National Museum. Division of Plants, Curatorial Records
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of materials documenting the curatorial activities of J. N. (Joseph Nelson) Rose, a curator in the Division of Plants, 1896-1911 and 1917-1928. Rose specialized in the study of cacti. Some materials document Rose's leave of absence from the United States National Museum for field work in South America. Materials include correspondence, postcards, manuscripts, notes, clippings, photographs, a negative, a few small specimens, and a map.
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: Biology -- Fieldwork Botanists Botany Cactus
Types of Materials: Artifacts Black-and-white negatives Black-and-white photographs Clippings
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Manuscripts Maps Picture postcards
Names: Rose, J. N. (Joseph Nelson), 1862-1928
Geographic Names: South America
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Container Listing
Box 1
Box 1 of 1 Plant lists and notes
Box 1 of 1 Number of species of the following named Genera of Cactaceae given in Kew Index and Supplements
Box 1 of 1 Correspondence, 1907
Box 1 of 1 "Gleaned in Western Cuba: Botanical Garden and Museum Enriched by Dr. Britton," The Evening Post, October 4, 1910
Box 1 of 1 "The Cactaceae of Cuba," by N. L. Britton and J. N. Rose
Box 1 of 1 Field work in Texas and Mexico
Box 1 of 1 Expenses, 1912-1918
Box 1 of 1 Correspondence, 1911-1913
Box 1 of 1 Cacti photographs, 1918 and undated
Box 1 of 1 Distribution of Cactaceae - Argentina
Box 1 of 1 Key to Echinopsis and Its Allies
Box 1 of 1 Cacti, Species Reported from Patagonia
Box 1 of 1 "Recent Explorations in the Cactus Deserts of South America," by J. N. Rose
Box 1 of 1 Photographs of Ventisquero Bismarck
Box 1 of 1 Clippings, 1913, 1915, 1923-1924, and undated
Box 1 of 1 Cactus specimen, 1915
Box 1 of 1 Program for the Special Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Washington, January 3, 1916
Box 1 of 1 Itinerary of West Indian cruise of Dr. J. N. Rose, William R. Fitch, and Paul G. Russell, January 25-April 8, 1913
Box 1 of 1 Correspondence, 1913
Box 1 of 1 Saloon passenger list - "S. S. Guiana," 1913
Box 1 of 1 Plant lists and notes
Box 1 of 1 Trichocereus description and photograph, 1923
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Box 1 of 1 Correspondence with specimens, 1925
Box 1 of 1 Plant lists and notes
Box 1 of 1 Correspondence, 1922-1924
Box 1 of 1 "The American Invasion of Australia by Cactus," Science Service, 1924
Box 1 of 1 Prickly pear manuscripts
Box 1 of 1 "The New Monograph of the Cactaceae by Britton and Rose," by F. Vaupel
Box 1 of 1 Review of "The Cactaceae," 1924
Box 1 of 1 Correspondence with Commissioner-General, 1913
Box 1 of 1 Plant lists and notes - West Indies
Box 1 of 1 Plant lists, notes, and photographs
Box 1 of 1 Correspondence, 1911-1913
Box 1 of 1 Plant lists and notes
Box 1 of 1 "Nopalea Guatemalensis, a New Cactus from Guatemala," by J. N. Rose, 1907
Box 1 of 1 Photographs of unidentified man
Box 1 of 1 Negative of unidentified man
Box 1 of 1 Plant specimens, 1910
Box 1 of 1 Nopalea notes
Box 1 of 1 Photographs - Ecuador, 1918
Box 1 of 1 "Botanical Explorations of South America," by J. N. Rose
Box 1 of 1 Plant lists and notes
Box 1 of 1 Correspondence, 1924-1925
Box 1 of 1 Photographs of cacti
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