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E. Yale Dawson Papers, 1934-1966 E. Yale Dawson Papers, 1934-1966 by Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington, D.C. Contact us at [email protected] http://siarchives.si.edu Table of Contents Collection Overview......................................................................................................... 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Historical Note.................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 1 Descriptive Entry.............................................................................................................. 2 Names and Subject Terms ............................................................................................. 2 Container Listing.............................................................................................................. 3 Series 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1934-1966.............................. 3 Series 2: BOOK DRAFTS, UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPTS, LECTURE NOTES, FIELD NOTES, c. 1941-1966................................................................................. 27 E. Yale Dawson Papers Record Unit 7097 Collection Overview Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., [email protected] Creator: Dawson, Elmer Yale,1918-1966 Title: E. Yale Dawson Papers Dates: 1934-1966 Quantity: 2.7 linear meters. Administrative Information Preferred Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7097, Dawson, Elmer Yale,1918-1966, E. Yale Dawson Papers Historical Note Elmer Yale Dawson (1918-1966) came to the Smithsonian Institution in 1965 to accept the newly established position of curator of Cryptogamic Botany in the National Museum of Natural History. Dawson received his A.B. degree in 1940 from the University of California at Berkeley. Two years later he received his Ph.D. from the same institution. The research for his doctoral dissertation he conducted as a member of Captain Allan Hancock's expedition with the Velero III to the Gulf of California. The dissertation was published in 1944 as The Marine Algae of the Gulf of California (A. Hancock Pac. Exped. 3:189-464). After a term of service in the U. S. Army, Dawson was a research associate at the Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, from 1945 to 1955. In 1956 he was appointed professor of biology at University of Southern California, a position which he held, with some interruptions, until 1964. From 1958 to 1962 he served as research director of the Beaudette Foundation for Biological Research, in 1964 he was director of the San Diego Natural History Museum, and from 1964 until his death he served as secretary of the Americas for the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands. Dr. Dawson's research specialities included benthic marine algae, especially Rhodophyta of the tropical and subtropical Pacific; and Cactaceae. He published 165 books and papers, 96 of which were related to marine algae, the others mostly to cacti and succulents. Dawson's books include: How to Know the Seaweeds (1956), How to Know the Cacti (1963), The Cacti of California (1966), Seashore Plants of Southern California (1966), Seashore Plants of Northern California (1966), and Marine Botany: An Introduction (1966). On June 22, 1966 Dawson was drowned while diving for seaweeds in the Red Sea. Introduction This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Committee. Page 1 of 28 E. Yale Dawson Papers Record Unit 7097 Descriptive Entry This collection contains papers documenting the professional and personal life of E. Yale Dawson, with most of the collection consisting of correspondence with colleagues. There are, in addition, a few segments of field notes and manuscript and typescript copies and drafts of some of his later publications. The collection generally does not include research and field notes, or publications. Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Botany Names: Beaudette Foundation for Biological Research. Biological Research, Beaudette Foundation for. Charles Darwin Foundation Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands, Charles. Dawson, Elmer Yale, 1918-1966. Hancock Foundation. San Diego Natural History Museum. University of Southern California Page 2 of 28 Series 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1934-1966. E. Yale Dawson Papers Record Unit 7097 Container Listing Series 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1934-1966. The description of boxes 1-17 consists of a folder list, which is essentially a list of correspondents. Box 1 Ernst C[leveland] Abbe Clinton G. Abbott Donald P[utnam] Abbott Isabella A[iona] Abbott (see also Holt, Rinehart, & Winston) Cesar Acleto O. C. Edgar Adelhelm Agassiz Nature Club of Long Beach Ernestine Akers Brother Alain A. A. Alleem Charles P. Alexander Mary Belle Allen Edwin C. Allison Luis R. Almodovar American Institute of Biological Sciences The American Journal of Botany Yost U. Amrein Edward F[rederick] Anderson Margery S. Anthony Antiquariaat Junk (Bookstore in the Netherlands) Gilbert Archie Joseph Ardetti - copy of unpublished paper by Ardetti on "Water Relations in Plants" Francoise Ginsburg-Ardre Page 3 of 28 Series 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1934-1966. E. Yale Dawson Papers Record Unit 7097 Romarico B. Argonza A. Asher & Co., Scientific Booksellers K. M. S. Aziz A, General Egil Baardseth Curt Backeberg Kathleen M. Drew Baker Gerald F. Bakus Miriam Balaban M. S. Balakrishnan Albert H. Banner Donald C. Barilotti J. Laurens Barnard Box 2 Oliver Leo Beaudette Palmer T. Beaudette Beaudette Foundation for Biological Research Alan A. Beetle Dorothy E. Beetle Phool Begum Enrique Beltran Andrew A. Benson Lyman [David] Benson Charles A. Berger Albert J. Bernatowicz Adrienne Bernstein (see also Holt, Rinehart, & Winston) J. Bichard-Breaud Biological Abstracts Remson Dubois Bird Page 4 of 28 Series 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1934-1966. E. Yale Dawson Papers Record Unit 7097 Harold J[oseph] Bissell George Black W. A. P. Black Helen Blackler T. B. Blevins Carl Bliding Lawrence R. Blinks Hugo L. Blomquist - Includes proposal submitted to National Science Foundation by Blomquist asking support for a "Systematic Study of the Marine Algae of Puerto Rico," 1961 Harold C. Bold Lee Bonar Paul R. Bonderson C[azlyn] G[reen] Bookhout Richard A[ndrew] Boolootian F. Borgesen Botanical Society of America, Pacific Section P. Bourrelly Robert I[rvin] Bowman Donald W[ilkin] Boyd Trygve Braarud Mrs. Nina Floy Bracelin Joseph P. Breuer E. J. Brill, Publishers and Printers John Emmert Brooks A. E. Brower Vinson Brown Wm. C. Brown Company, Publishers Edwin H[orace] Bryan, Jr. Box 3 Page 5 of 28 Series 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1934-1966. E. Yale Dawson Papers Record Unit 7097 James William Buchanan - Includes obituary of Buchanan N. C. Bunker H. M. Burkhill O[swald] A[ndrew] Bushnell B, General David K[eller] Caldwell Mary E[still] Caldwell California Department of Fish and Game Wendell H[olmes] Camp F. L. Campbell Ivan Campbell Carol A. Carpenter Charles C[ongden] Carpenter Annetta Carter Raul Bonilla Carter Richard W[illiam] Castenholz Fenner A. Chace, Jr. J. F. Chadwick Leslie A[ddison] Chambers V. J. Chapman T[ze] T[uan] Chen Young-Meng Chiang Chicago Natural History Museum B. T. Chiu Tsaihwa J[ames] Chow George C[urtis] Christensen George W[ashington] Chu Austin H. Clark Richard C. Clark Page 6 of 28 Series 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1934-1966. E. Yale Dawson Papers Record Unit 7097 Coast and Geodetic Survey, U. S. Department of Commerce John D. Cochrane Stuart A. Coffee Harold G[lenn] Coffin Arthur Sterry Coggeshall Nathan W[olf] Cohen Llewellya H[illis] Colinvaux John Adams Comstock E. Conway Harold J[efferson] Coolidge I. C. G. Cooper Cooperative Research Foundation - Consists mostly of rosters of members, and the fields of specialization Joseph F. Copp Paciente A. Cordero, Jr. Henry Cork Richard S[umner] Cowan - Includes copy of remarks on "Tropical Botany at the Smithsonian Institution," delivered by Cowan at National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) general staff meeting, January 6, 1966 William H. Cowgill J. Cramer, Natural History Publisher and Antiquarian Box 4 James B. Crane Ronald W[ard] Crawford A. B. Cribb Hannah T[hompson] Croasdale Leon Croizat Louis J. Curran John [Eldridge] Cushing [Jr.] Ladislaus Cutak Page 7 of 28 Series 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1934-1966. E. Yale Dawson Papers Record Unit 7097 Charles E[rnest] Cutress C, General A[nthony] Orville Dahl P. Dangeard Darbaker Prize Committee, Botanical Society of America Robert A. Darrow Demorest Davenport Edward H. Davis Irving F. Davis, Jr. Clinton Dawes Elmer C. Dawson E. Yale Dawson, Military Service E. Yale Dawson, personal - Includes some biographical information; photograph of Dawson; personal business; transcripts; song, "When I Come Home," written by Dawson Mary Dawson Maxine Dawson Otto Degener Jean Theodore Delacour E. M. Delf C. Den Hartog Henri S. Denninger T. V. Desikachary Guiseppi De Toni M. Diaz-Piferrer Carola Dickinson Peter S. Dixon Jose S. Domantay Box 5 Maxwell S[tanford] Doty (2 Folders) Page 8 of 28 Series 1: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1934-1966. E. Yale Dawson Papers Record Unit 7097 Francis Drouet Ryan
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