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Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian, Botany Exhibit and Herbarium

Creator:
Olmsted, Arthur J  Search this
Subject:
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
United States National Museum Division of Plants  Search this
Physical description:
Gelatin silver prints;
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1927
February 11, 1927
Topic:
Exhibitions  Search this
Congresses and conventions  Search this
Botany  Search this
Local number:
SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B41_F09_020]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_401609
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Portrait of William Ralph Maxon (1877-1948)

Creator:
Washington Biologists' Field Club  Search this
Subject:
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Physical description:
Gelatin silver prints; 5 x 4;
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Plummers Island (Md.)
Date:
1920
1920s
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Local number:
SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27D_071]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Undetermined
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_404050
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Agency history, 1885-1947

Creator:
United States National Museum Division of Plants  Search this
Subject:
Morton, C. V (Conrad Vernon) 1905-1972  Search this
Walker, Egbert H (Egbert Hamilton) 1899-1991  Search this
Killip, Ellsworth Paine 1890-  Search this
Leonard, E. C (Emery Clarence) 1892-1968  Search this
Standley, Paul Carpenter 1884-1963  Search this
Abrams, Le Roy 1874-1956  Search this
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Cook, O. F (Orator Fuller) 1867-1949  Search this
Pollard, Charles Louis 1872-1945  Search this
Rose, J. N (Joseph Nelson) 1862-1928  Search this
Coville, Frederick V (Frederick Vernon) 1867-1937  Search this
Painter, Joseph Hannum  Search this
Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this
Parry, Charles Christopher 1823-1890  Search this
Ward, Lester Frank 1841-1913  Search this
Vasey, George  Search this
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
United States National Herbarium  Search this
United States Department of Agriculture  Search this
Columbia College (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
United States National Museum Department of Recent Plants  Search this
United States National Museum Department of Botany  Search this
United States National Museum Division of Plants  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1885
1885-1947
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Botanists  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00057
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_218113

Correspondence, 1870-1955

Creator:
United States National Museum Division of Plants  Search this
Subject:
Morton, C. V (Conrad Vernon) 1905-1972  Search this
Walker, Egbert H (Egbert Hamilton) 1899-1991  Search this
Killip, Ellsworth Paine 1890-  Search this
Leonard, E. C (Emery Clarence) 1892-1968  Search this
Standley, Paul Carpenter 1884-1963  Search this
Abrams, Le Roy 1874-1956  Search this
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Cook, O. F (Orator Fuller) 1867-1949  Search this
Pollard, Charles Louis 1872-1945  Search this
Rose, J. N (Joseph Nelson) 1862-1928  Search this
Coville, Frederick V (Frederick Vernon) 1867-1937  Search this
Painter, Joseph Hannum  Search this
Vasey, George  Search this
Physical description:
42.25 cu. ft. processed holdings
Type:
Manuscripts
Date:
1870
1870-1955
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Local number:
SIA RS00194
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Correspondence 1870-1955 [United States National Museum Division of Plants]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_219562

William R. Maxon Field Notes, 1899-1948

Creator:
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Subject:
Standley, Paul Carpenter 1884-1963  Search this
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Killip, Ellsworth Paine 1890-  Search this
Physical description:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Field notes
Collection descriptions
Maps
Place:
Maryland
Washington (D.C.)
Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
Jamaica
Panama
Costa Rica
Cuba
Nicaragua
Date:
1899
1899-1948
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Plants  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 12-151
See more items in:
Field Book Project 1855-2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_353565

A remarkable new fern from Panama : with three plates / by William R. Maxon

Author:
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Physical description:
5 p., 3 plates. : ; 25 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Panama
Date:
1911
Topic:
Ferns  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_917684

Rolla Kent Beattie Field Book, 1935-1938

Creator:
Beattie, R. Kent (Rolla Kent) 1875-1960  Search this
Subject:
Walker, Egbert H (Egbert Hamilton) 1899-1991  Search this
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Beattie, R. Kent (Rolla Kent) 1875-1960  Search this
United States National Museum Division of Plants  Search this
Physical description:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Type:
Field notes
Collection descriptions
Date:
1935
1935-1938
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Plants  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-110
See more items in:
Field Book Project 1855-2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_307007

Charles Louis Pollard Field Notes, 1888-1900

Creator:
Pollard, Charles Louis 1872-1945  Search this
Subject:
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Pollard, Charles Louis 1872-1945  Search this
Physical description:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Type:
Field notes
Collection descriptions
Date:
1888
1888-1900
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Plants  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 12-351
See more items in:
Field Book Project 1855-2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_361905

Adrien Questel Field Notes, 1944-1946

Creator:
Questel, Adrien  Search this
Subject:
Questel, Adrien  Search this
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Physical description:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Type:
Field notes
Collection descriptions
Manuscripts
Date:
1944
1944-1946
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Plants  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 12-355
See more items in:
Field Book Project 1855-2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_361909

Harold E. Box Field Book, 1937-1939

Creator:
Box, H. E (Harold Edmund) 1898-1973  Search this
Subject:
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948  Search this
Box, H. E (Harold Edmund) 1898-1973  Search this
Physical description:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Type:
Field notes
Collection descriptions
Manuscripts
Maps
Date:
1937
1937-1939
Topic:
Plants  Search this
Botany  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-114
See more items in:
Field Book Project 1855-2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_307011

William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany

Extent:
10 items
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library
Record type:
Collection record
Place:
United States
Jamaica
Cuba
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Date Range:
1899-1948
Topic:
Plantae  Search this
Plants  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 12-151
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.
See more records associated with this collector:
Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
See more records associated with this person:
Standley, Paul Carpenter, 1884-1963
Killip, Ellsworth Paine, 1890-
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William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_coll_NCDC519

Mary Agnes Chase correspondence and notes documenting her research on grasses in Brazil and Puerto Rico, c. 1924-1941, contains a copy of the itinerary of Carl von Martius's 1817-1820 exploring trip to Brazil. (Accession 06-208)

Alternate Title:
Mary Agnes Chase correspondence and notes documenting her research on grasses in Brazil and Puerto Rico, c. 1924-1941. (Acc. 06-208)  Search this
Collection name:
United States National Museum, Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 17
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Correspondence
Research notes
Place:
Brazil
Puerto Rico
Date Range:
1924-1941
Start Date:
1924
End Date:
1941
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Botanists  Search this
Grasses  Search this
Accession #:
SIA RU000229
Access Information:
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United States National Museum, Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965
See more records associated with this person:
Chase, Mary Agnes, 1869-1963
Sprague, T. A.
Rolfs, P. H.
Feinbrun, N.
Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI90
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Charles Louis Pollard Field Notes from the Department of Botany

Extent:
3 field books
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library
Record type:
Collection record
Place:
United States
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Date Range:
1892-1900
Topic:
Plantae  Search this
Plants  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 12-351
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.
See more records associated with this collector:
Pollard, Charles Louis, 1872-
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Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
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Charles Louis Pollard Field Notes from the Department of Botany
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_coll_NCDC370

Maxon 7 : field notes, 1 - 717, 1906

Alternate Title:
Costa Rica, William R. Maxon, 1906  Search this
Collection name:
William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Sketches
Place:
Costa Rica
San José
Cartago
Turrialba
Date Range:
1906
Start Date:
19060417
End Date:
19060523
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 12-151
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.
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William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany
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Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI5756

Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948

Alternate Name:
Maxon, William Ralph  Search this
Forename:
William  Search this
Middle Initial:
Ralph  Search this
Surname:
Maxon  Search this
Occupation:
Botanists
Record type:
Personal name
Birth Date:
1877
Death Date:
1948
See more records related to affiliations:
United States National Museum
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Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:auth_per_fbr_EACP285

Catalog of plants collected by Thomas H. Kearney and William Ralph Maxon, primarily on Plummer's Island, in the Potomac River, near Cabin John, Montgomery County, Maryland

Collection name:
Thomas H. Kearney Field Books, 1898-1917, from the Department of Botany
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Maryland
Plummers Island
Chevy Chase
Date Range:
1911-1917
Start Date:
1911
End Date:
1917
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 12-050
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.
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Thomas H. Kearney Field Books, 1898-1917, from the Department of Botany
See more records associated with this person:
Kearney, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), 1874-1956
Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI2687

Maxon 6 : field notes, 10241 - 11309, 1908 - 1948

Collection name:
William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
New York
Jamaica
Florida
England
Massachusetts
Maine
Date Range:
1908-1948
Start Date:
19080724
End Date:
19480220
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 12-151
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.
See more records from this collection:
William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany
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Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI5754

Elysium marianum ferns and fern allies

Title:
Ferns and fern allies
Elysium marianum, evergreens
Evergreens
Publisher:
Tidestrom, Ivar 1864-1956  Search this
Inscriber:
Tidestrom, Ivar 1864-1956 DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Maxon, William R (William Ralph) 1877-1948 DSI  Search this
Hitchcock, A. S (Albert Spear) 1865-1935 DSI  Search this
Chase, Agnes 1869-1963 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes in 1 (95, [1] pages), 12 leaves of plates illustrations (photographs) 16 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Maryland
Virginia
Date:
1907
1908
Topic:
Ferns  Search this
Evergreens  Search this
Call number:
QK525 .T56 1907
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116737

Determinations

Collection name:
William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library
Sublocation:
Box 1 Folder 1
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Date Range:
1927-1940
Start Date:
1927
End Date:
1940
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 12-151
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.
See more records from this collection:
William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany
See more records associated with this person:
Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI5710

Maxon 1 : field notes, 1 - 2046, 1899 - 1903

Collection name:
William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
District of Columbia
New York
Maryland
Virginia
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Castleton
Washington
Date Range:
1899-1903
Start Date:
1899
End Date:
19031115
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 12-151
Access Information:
At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Department of Botany at 202-633-0920 to make an appointment.
See more records from this collection:
William R. Maxon field notes from the Department of Botany
See more records associated with this person:
Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI5711

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