Receipt of Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt (volume 1) and letter from C.I. Denison to George H.M. Lawrence, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, January 8, 1959 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter from Isabel Denison to George H.M. Lawrence thanks him on behalf of Mildred Bliss for sending volume one of the Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, the bibliography of Mrs. Hunt's botanical books. A card sent with the bibliography asks for acknowledgment when book is received.
Dates
- Creation: January 8, 1959
Creator
- Denison, C. Isabel (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
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Extent
23 boxes (Approximately 2632 items including correspondence, expense reports, invoices, estimates, deposit records, book lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and plant lists.)Creator
- Denison, C. Isabel (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository
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