Andrew Denny Rodgers research materials on William Gilson Farlow
Scope and Contents
Andrew Denny Rodgers planned to write a biography on botanist William Gilson Farlow. This collection primarily contains the handwritten notes and research materials for that project. There is some original Farlow correspondence that Rodgers collected. The biography was not finished or published.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-circa 1960
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available by appointment for research. Researchers must register and provide one form of valid photo identification. Please contact botref@oeb.harvard.edu for additional information.
Extent
0.8 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes)Biographical note
Biographical note
Andrew Denny Rodgers, III, was born in Columbus, Ohio, on January 19, 1900, to Andrew Denny Rodgers, Jr., and Mary Louise Price Rodgers. He was the great-great grandson of Lucas Sullivant, the founder of Columbus, and the great grandson of bryologist William Starling Sullivant. He earned his A.B. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1922 and L.L.B. degree from The Ohio State University in 1925. He practiced law from 1926-1933 and enrolled in graduate study at Northwestern University from 1933-1935.
Rodgers pursued writing and authored seven books on botanical history, most notably, the biography, Noble Fellow: William Starling Sullivant (1940). In 1956, the Botanical Society of America awarded him a merit certificate for his biographical contributions to botanical history. Ohio Wesleyan University (1946) and The Ohio State University (1966) conferred on him Honorary Doctor of Letters degrees. Andrew Denny Rodgers, III, died in Columbus on January 7, 1981.
Sources:
Stuckey, R. L. and E. D. Rudolph. Andrew Denny Rodgers, III. 1981. Taxon 30: 876–877.
Provenance
Gift of the Emanuel Rudolph estate.
Processing Information
Processed by Danielle Castronovo, August 2019. Biographical note by Catherine Adam.
- Title
- Rodgers, Andrew Denny, 1900-1981. Andrew Denny Rodgers research materials on William Gilson Farlow, 1907-circa 1960: A Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Botany Libraries, Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- far00038
Repository Details
Part of the Botany Libraries, Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University Repository
The Harvard University Herbaria houses five research libraries that are managed collectively as the Botany Libraries. The Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany specializes in organisms that reproduce by spores, without flowers or seeds. The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany houses unique resources including personal papers, institutional records, field notes and plant lists, expedition records, photographs, original artwork, and objects from faculty, curators, staff, and affiliates of the Farlow Herbarium.
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