101 Stories from the Field,Research; Conservation / Chris Wemmet, Dan H. (Dan Henry) Nicolson, Gus W. (Gus Willard) Van Beek.
102 Stories from the Field,Research / David Kessler, Marie Galloway, Melanie Bond.
101 Planning Exhibitions / Conrad Christopher Labandeira, Ellen Gross Miles.
102 Planning Exhibitions; Caring for Collections / Harry Adams, Jimmy Carr.
Local Numbers:
FP-1996-CT-0100
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 30, 1996.
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Nicolson, Dan H. (Dan Henry), 1933-2016 Search this
Extent:
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Clippings
Color photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Dominica
Date:
1963-1977
Descriptive Entry:
This accession documents Dan H. Nicolson's work on two major projects: the Hassan Flora Project and the Archbold-Bredin-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica. Papers
include correspondence and memoranda, financial reports, grant documents, and administrative records.
Historical Note:
Dan Henry Nicolson (1933-2016) was a curator at the U.S. National Herbarium, National Museum of Natural History, from 1964 to 2005. He specialized in the plant family
Araceae, Asian botany, and botanical nomenclature. Nicolson's field work took him to Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and China to collect plants. He served as nomenclature editor
of the journal Taxon (1979-1999) and was a member of the editorial committee for the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (1981-2006). He was also an active member
of the International Association of Plant Taxonomy, serving as president (1993-1999). Nicolson held a B.A. from Grinnell College (1955), a M.B.A. from Stanford Business School
(1957), and a M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University (1959 and 1964).
