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SEMI-HISTORIC LETTERS - S

 

Last Name First Name Dates Amount Notes See Also Birth and Death Dates
Safford William Edwin 1907-1926 23 Includes one plant list.
1859-1926
Sage John Hall 1913-1919 4
Charles Alfred Weatherby inventory in Archives Guide 1847-1925
St. John Edward Porter 1924-1942 18 Includes one photograph; notes on Ophioglossa, [1938]
1866-?
St. John Harold 1912-1985 213 Includes 2 wedding announcements (1922); transcript of conversation w/St. John, 6/6/84--recollections of botany at Harvard. Charles Alfred Weatherby inventory in Archives Guide. 1892-?
St. John Martha Everett 1918-1919 3


Saint-Yves Alfred 1932 4 1 letter, list of herbarium specimens of Spartina, and 2 illustrations.
1855-1933
Salisbury Edward James, Sir 1950-1956 34

1886-?
Salmon Ernest Stanley 1924 1


Salisbury Edward James, Sir 1950-1956 34

1886-?
Salmon Ernest Stanley 1924 1


Samuels Jacob Alexander 1915-1919 15 Includes 5 letters of recommendation (2 duplicates) for Samuels, 1915-1916
1880-?
Samuelsson Gunnar 1926-1933 118

1885-1944
Sandberg John Herman 1893 2
Walter Deane inventory (pp. 3,22,44) in Archives Guide; Historic Letters. 1848-1917
Sanborn Sarah F. 1898-1919 11 Many letters are undated.

Sanderson Ruth Dexter 1923-1932 43

1891-?
Sandwith Noel Yvri 1928-1952 43

1901-1965
Sanford Leonard C. 1911 1


Sanford Samuel Newton Folius 1900-1947 25
Charles Alfred Weatherby inventory in Archives Guide. 1872-?
Sanford Sarah N. 1892-1897 14
Historic Letters database.
Sansome Frederick Whalley 1930 1

1902-?
Sargent Charles Sprague 1892-1927 400 Includes death notice. G.G. Kennedy and S. Watson inventories in Archives Guide; Historic Letters. 1841-1927
Sargent Francis Kahn 1918-1955 43

1900-?
Sargent Frederick LeRoy 1898 2

1863-1928
Sargent Herbert Eugene 1900-1929 19 Includes note on Vicia, 1900.
1867-?
Saunders Charles Francis 1901-1931 7

1859-1941
Saunders Charlotte Nichols

See: Horner, Charlotte Nichols (n'ee Saunders)

Saunders William Edwin 1893 1

1861-1943
Sax Karl

Bibliography
?
Sayles Robert Wilcox 1911-1927 5

1878-1942
Scamman Edith Henry 1937-1967 56 Includes list of her publications, n.d.; 6 forms re her honorary research associate status at Gray Herb.; 2 obituary notices; note of thanks from family, 1967 Scamman inventory in Archives Guide. 1882-1967
Schaffner J.G.

Plants of San Luis Potosi Archives Guide I, Plant List Box II, tables of contents pg. 2 ?-1882
Schaffner John Henry 1901-1938 17
Charles Alfred Weatherby inventory in Archives Guide. 1866-1939
Schallert Paul Otto 1921-1947 22

1879-?
Scharff Robert Francis 1912-1931 8 Includes 1 postcard from his wife, 1935, informing of his death.
1858-1934
Scheffler Georg

See: Wilms, Friedrich, SH 5
?-1910
Schellenberg Gustav August 1911-1932 4

1882-?
Schenck A.A. 1913 3


Schevill William E.

See: Museum of Comparative Zoology, SH 3

Schimper Wilhelm Philipp

See: Thomas Potts James inventory in Archives Guide. Historic Letters database. 1808-1880
Schinz Hans 1902-1941 55 Includes death notice, 1941.
1858-1941
Schipp William August 1929-1936 28 Includes 3 plant lists; list of seeds for sale.

Schlechter Rudolf 1897-1921 7 Also known as Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter.
1872-1925
Schlotterbeck Julius Otto 1898-1899 2

1865-1917
Schmoll Hazel Marguerite 1922-1929 4

1891-?
Schmucker S.C.

See: Devine, Edward Thomas, SH 1.

Schneider Albert 1897 1

1863-1928
Schneider Camillo Karl 1915-1921 23

1876-1951
Schofield W.H. 1914 1


Schoute Johannes Cornelius

See: Groningen, Botanical Institute, SH 2
1877-1942
Schramm Jacob Richard 1920-1942 37

1885-?
Schrenk Hermann von 1894-1930 24 Includes 1 letter from Alfred L. Kammerer, 1930. Plant Lists Box I in Archives Guide. 1873-1953
Schroter Carl Joseph 1892-1932 3

1855-1939
Schuchert Charles 1910-1935 18

1858-1942
Schuette Clara 1911 2 2 letters re the herbarium of her father, Joachim Heinrich Schuette.

Schuh Richard Edwin 1914-1937 17

1860-?
Schultes Richard Evans 1993
4 videotapes of interview w/Prof. Schultes at the Harvard Botanical Museum, February 5, 1993.

Schulz Otto Eugen 1901-1930 5

1874-1936
Schumann Karl 1901-1904 5 Includes note on Opuntia helleri, n.d.; death notice, 1904
1851-1904
Schwarten Lazella

Two miscellaneous notes and Harvard Bio. form

Schwarz Theo 1926 2


Schweinitz Lewis David von

See: Schweinitz inventory in Archives Guide.
1780-1934
Schwerin Fritz Kurt Alexander 1922, n.d. 3 Includes flyer for Deutsche Dendrologische Geesellschaft, n.d.
Full name: Schwerin, Fritz Kurt Alexander von (Graf)

1856-1934
Scott William 1898 1

1845-1920
Sears John Henry 1896-1909 11

1843-1910
Seaton Henry Eliason 1891-1893 4 For Plants of Orizaba, Mex, see Archives Guide I, Plant List Box II, Tables of contents pg. 2 Seaton, J.A., SH 4; Plant Lists Box I in Archives Guide 1869-1893
Seaton J. A. 1893-1894 4 Letters concerning Henry Eliason Seaton.

Seaver Fred Jay 1944-1948 40 Includes 1 letter from Hugh M. Raup, 1947
1877-1970
Seawell B. L.

See: Worrell, Louis W., SH 5

Sedgwick William Thompson 1911 5 Includes proof for ad for Lowell Institute lecture by M.L. Fernald.
1855-1921
Seeber B. 1900 1


Seemen (Karl) Otto von 1902-1907 4

1838-1910
Seifriz William Ernest 1923-1941 8

1888-?
Selby Augustine Dawson 1893-1921 9

1859-1924
Seler-Sachs Caecilie 1923 6

1855-1935
Seringe Nicolas Charles

See Plant Lists Box I in Archives Guide; Historic Letters database.
1776-1858
Setchell William Albert 1892-1938 113

1864-1943
Severy Joseph Warren 1929-1931 5

1892-?
Sewell Charles S. 1927 3


Seward Albert Charles 1919-1931 4

1863-1941
Seymour Arthur Bliss 1895-1933 12 Includes note of appointment as assistant in Farlow, 1921; death notice, 1933. Historic Letters database 1859-1933
Seymour Frank Conkling 1911-1930 48 Includes wedding announcement, 1921; 1 letter from Marion Eunice Seymour (his wife), 1928. F.C. Seymour inventory in Archives Guide. 1895-?
Seymour Minor L. 1893-1895 7
Historic Letters database. ?
Shacklette Hansford T. 1937-1940 3

?
Shafer John Adolph 1902-1903 3

1863-1918
Shaffer Charles 1892-1902 8

?
Sharp Helen n.d. 14

?
Sharp Lester Whyland 1912-1926 4

1887-1961
Sharples Stephen Paschall 1914 2

1842-1923
Shaver Jesse Milton 1943-1948 44

1888-1961
Shaw Charles Hugh 1904-1906 10

1875-?
Shaw Elizabeth A.


Copy of "Plants of the New World"
?
Shaw George Russell 1903-1908 6 1 letter from Rachael Robinson, 1908, with 2 illustrations George Russell Shaw inventory in Archives Guide 1848-1937
Shear Cornelius Lott 1893-1922 19

1865-1956
Shedd A. Oswald 1912 1

?
Sheldon Augusta 1892-1894 2

?
Sheldon Edmund Perry 1893-1904 12
Historic Letters database 1869-?
Sheldon John Lewis 1902-1913 12

1865-1947
Sheldon W. H. 1928-1930 3

?
Shepard Charles Upham

See: William Oakes inventory in Archives Guide.
1804-1886
Shepard Francis Parker 1894-1930 7 Includes 2 letters from Mrs. F.P. Shepard.
1897-?
Shepard Reid S. 1921-1922 3 1 letter signed by Ethel and Reid Shepard.
Includes 1 plant list.

?
Shepardson William Martin 1900-1903 4

1864-?
Sheppard Susan

See: Walter Deane inventory (pp. 3, 23) in Archives Guide.

Sherman Earl Edward 1909-1932 77
Just, Theodor Karl, SH 2, folder 1 1886-1966
Sherwood Bertha Marion

See: Lahman, Bertha Marion (ne'e Sherwood), SH 2

Sherwood William Lounsbury 1916-1925 6

1856-?
Shimada M.

See: Okuda, Y., SH 3

Shimek Bohumil 1916-1933 12

1861-1937
Shockley William Hillman 1907 1
Historic Letters database 1855-1925
Short Charles Wilkins

See: Jean Louis Berlandier inventory (no. 11) in Archives Guide. Historic Letters database. 1794-1963
Shoten Seibido 1924 2 1 letter to Shoten, answered by a letter from S. Kawade.
?
Shreve Forrest 1908-1937 29

1878-1950
Shriver Howard 1892-1898 3
Historic Letters database 1824-1901
Shull Aaron Franklin 1927 1

1881-?
Shull Charles Albert 1914-1941 6

1879-1962
Shull George Harrison 1902-1945 23 Includes 2 flyers re preservation of Island Beach, NJ, 1945.
1874-1954
Shuman W.L. 1911-1912 5 Includes 1 photograph of a tree.
?
Shurtleff Arthur A. 1905-1923 4 See: Harper, Roland McMillan, SH 2, folder 2.
?
Simms Stephen Chapman 1928-1937 173 Includes 1 plant list, 1930.
1863-1937
Simon Eugene Ernest

See Hubbard, Frederic Tracy, SH 2
1871-
Simon Siegfrid Veit 1925 3

1877-1934
Simpson Elizabeth Braxton

See: Davenport, Elizabeth Braxton.

Simpson Joseph Herman 1896 1 1 postcard
1841-1918
Sinnott Edmund Ware 1909-1954 33

1888-1968
Sisson Paul J. 1932 1

?
Siu J. C. ?

See: Day, Mary E., SH 1

?
Skjot-Pedersen Axel E. 1927 4

?
Skottsberg Carl Johan Fredrik 1918-1948 49 Includes Catalogue of the Albatross Collection from Easter Island, 1920.
1880-1963
Skutch Alexander Frank 1928-1942 8

1904-?
Slocum Thomas Williams 1916-1932 33 Includes draft Report of the Committee to visit the Department of Botany
1867-1937
Slosson Annie 1899 2 Ne'e Trumbull.
1838-1926
Slosson Margaret 1898-1916 11 See George Edward Davenport inventory in Archives Guide. Historic Letters database. 1872-?
Small A. M. ? 1900 1

?
Small James 1922-1928 3

1889-1955
Small John Kunkel 1892-1937 286 Includes 28 page record of loan of Polygonaceae to A.N. Steweart, 1924; ms. on Annonaceae, 1924; and 1 letter from C.A. Weatherby, 1926. Wagner, J.H., SH4 1869-1938
Smart John H. 1918 1

?
Smart Robert Forte 1931-1943 20 Includes invitation to opening of biological laboratories at University of Richmond, 1933.
1905-
Smiley Frank Jason 1914-1919 47 Includes engagement announcement, 1918; wedding announcement, 1919.
1880-?
Smith Anna W. ? 1905-1906 4

?
Smith Annie Elizabeth 1897-1904 6 Ne'e Morrill. James Franklin Collins inventory in Archives Guide 1856-1946
Smith Benjamin Eli 1903 3

1857-1913
Smith Benjamin Hayes 1906 1

1841-1918
Smith Charles Eastwick 1892-1898 20 Includes "Moosehead Notes," n.d. Historic Letters database 1820-1900
Smith Charles Leonard 1896-1903 48

1866-?
Smith Charles Piper 1906-1948 64
Bartlett, Harley Harris, SH 1, folder 2 1877-1955
Smith Daisy Woolworth 1921-1929 16 Mrs. Herbert Huntington Smith
?
Smith E.S.C. ? 1923 1

?
Smith Ernest Charles 1890-1950 41
Kelso, Leon Hugh, SH 2 1864-?
Smith Erwin Frink 1895-1925 19

1854-1927
Smith Francis E. ? 1923 2

?
Smith Frances Grace 1899-1937 14

1870-?
Smith George Milton 1921 2

1879-?
Smith George Otis 1917 1

1871-1944
Smith Gretta 1929 2

?
Smith Herbert Huntington 1903-1917 10 See also: Smith, Daisy Woolworth, SH 4 Plant Lists Box I in Archives Guide 1852-1919
Smith Huron Herbert 1913,1917,1933 3 Includes death notice, 1933
1883-1933
Smith Jared Gage 1895-1899 6

1866-?
Smith Jesse Fowler 1923-1958 35 Includes 2 plant lists, 1924. Charles Alfred Weatherby inventory in Archives Guide. 1870-1962
Smith John Donnell 1891-1923 274 Includes 1 plant list Historic Letters database; G.E. Davenport inventory in Archives Guide. 1829-1928
Smith Joseph Russell 1918-1921 4

1874-1966
Smith Lester F. ? 1914-1919 4

?
Smith Lucius Chambers 1894-1896 12

1853-1896
Smith Lyman Bradford 1939-1964 9 Also includes typescripts of Flora of Massachusetts, 5th, 6th, & 7th preliminary reports. Broadway, Walter Elias, SH 1, Folder 1. 1904-
Smith Lyman Bradford

See: Descole, Horacio R., SH 1, Folder 1
1904-
Smith Ralph Clifton 1929 6

1898-?
Smith Robert Silsbee 1898-1925 14 Several letters are undated.
?
Smith Stanley George 1931 2

1909-
Smith Virginia Thrall 1896 1

?
Smith Walter McMynn 1906-1917 11

1869-1938
Smith William Wright, Sir 1908-1948 80 Includes 1 plant list
1875-1956
Smyth Bernard Brian 1892-1900 7

1843-1913
Snell Walter Henry 1940-1956 26 Includes 1 letter from Robert C. Moore, 1942.
1889-?
Snodgrass Robert Evans 1901-1902 5

1875-1962
Sodiro Luis 1905-1909 8 8 letters and 2 translations of them
1836-1909
Solereder Hans 1909 1

1860-1920
Sollmann L.? 1894 2

?
Solms-Laubach Hermann Graf zu 1893-1910 22
Historic Letters database 1842-1915
Somes Melvin Philip 1909 1

1878-1928
Sonne Charles Frederick 1895 2
Historic Letters database 1845-1913
Sornborger Jewell David 1902-1922 7

?-1929
Soule Caroline ray 1908 2

?
Southcott Mary Meager 1906 1

1862-?
Southwick James Mortimer 1899 2

1846-1904
Spaulding John J. ? 1903 1

?
Spaulding Volney Morgan 1894-1910 11

1849-1918
Spaulding Perley 1907-1933 8

1878-?
Spaulding W. B. ? 1906-1907 3 Includes piece of an auction bill announcing sale of an herbarium.
?
Spegazzini Carlos (Luigi) 1924-1926 7 Includes death notice, 1926.
1858-1926
Spence John

See: Yates, Lorenzo Grodin, SH 5

Spencer Helen F. ? 1909 1

?
Spencer Mary Evelyn 1901-1926 68 Includes 10 plant lists.
Mrs. James MacGoffin Spencer

1841-1940
Spiker William Dennis 1925-1926 4

1865-?
Sprague A. C. ?

See: Walter Dean inventory (pp.3, 23) in Archives Guide.
?
Sprague Charles Franklin 1900-1901 5

1857-1902
Sprague Charles James 1894-1899 4

1823-1903
Sprague Isaac

See: Asa Gray inventory (p. 29, items 26A and 28A) in Archives Guide; Wilkes Expedition inventory (item 25) in Archives Guide; Historic Letters database. U.S. Japan and U.S. No. Pacific Expedition inventories in Archives Guide. 1811-1895
Sprague Thomas Archibald 1902-1943 79 Includes 1 letter from Sprague and M.L. Green announcing their engagement, 1938 and 1 copy of a letter from John Briquet, 1929. Hitchcock, Albert Spear, SH 2, Folder 5. 1877-1958
Sprague Thomas Archibald, Mrs.

See: Green, Mary Letitia.

Spray Robb Spalding 1917 1

?
Stahl Christian Ernst 1897-1905 2

1848-1919
Standley Paul Carpenter 1909-1950 365 Includes 1 photo/card from H.C. Benke, with postscript added by Standley, 1940.
1884-1963
Stanfield Silas Walter 1896 1

1856-?
Stanford Louden R. ?

See: Northcraft, Richard Dunn, SH 3.
?
Stansfield Frederick Wilson 1924-1926 3 Includes notice of the British Pteridological Society.
1854-1937
Stapf Otto 1909-1931 19 Includes list for indexing for Index Londinensis and Extract from Instructions for the Compiler, Iconum-Index, n.d. Historic Letters database. 1857-1933
Starkey L.? 1907 2 One letter undated.
?
Starr Anna Morse 1922-1926 5

1867-1928
Stearns Elmer 1896-1911 4

?
Stearns Katherine Farnsworth

Mrs. Charles E. Stearns.
See: Atkinson, Richard G., SH 1

?
Steele Edward Strieby 1896-1927 26

1950-1942
Stefansson Wilhjalmer 1926-1927 4

1879-1962
Stehle Henri 1938-1940 7 Includes 2 plant lists.
1909-?
Steinbach Jose 1922-1929 10

?-1931
Steiner Bernard Christian 1924 2

1867-1926
Steinmetz Ferdinand Henry 1930-1947 29

1886-?
Stejneger Leonhard 1912-1920 3
Historic Letters database. 1851-1943
Stern Bernhard J.? 1927 3

?
Sternberg A. C. ? 1904 1

?
Stetson Sereno 1910-1915 4

1879-?
Stevens Arthur 1925 1

?
Stevens C.V. (Mrs.) ? 1912 1

?
Stevens Charles E. ? 1907 2

?
Stevens George Walter 1912-1931 30

?-1935
Stevens James Stacy 1907-1926 4

1864-1940
Stevens Mary Louise

See: James Franklin Collins inventory in Archives Guide.

Stevenson John Albert 1923 1

1890-1979
Steward Albert Newton

See: Osterhout, Winthrop John Valeuven, SH 3.
1879-1959
Stewart Alban 1905-1921 38

1875-?
Stewart Caroline T. ? 1924 1

?
Stewart Fred Carleton 1895-1896 3

1868-?
Stewart Ralph Randles 1924-1933 4

1890-?
Stewart Robert M. ? 1940-1941 11

?
Stewart Sara Ross

See: Hinckley, Sara (ne'e Stewart)

Stickney Malcolm Enos 1909 1

1874-?
Stiles William Augustus 1892-1897 8

1837-1897
Stinchfield Roxana Judkins 1916 2

1895-?
Stockdale Frank Arthur

See: Peradeniya (Ceylon), SH 3.

Stockwell (William) Palmer 1940 2

1898-1950
Stokes Jonathan

See: Manasseh Cutler inventory (p. 5) in Archives Guide.
1755-1831
Stokes Susan Gabriella 1896-1945 14 Includes list of corrections for Stokes's Eriogonum labels.
1868-1954
Stokey Alma Gracey 1918-1929 6

1877-?
Stomps Theodoor Jan 1928-1929 4

1885-?
Stone George Edward 1898-1932 28

1860-1941
Stone Witmer 1904-1930 21 Includes 1 letter from T.L. Clanton for Mrs. Witmer Stone, 1930. Brown, Stewardson, SH 1. 1866-1939
Stopes Marie Charlotte C. 1911-1920 2 Full name: Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael.
1880-1958
Storer David Humphreys

See: Thaddeus William Harris inventory in Archives Guide.

Storer Francis Humphreys 1904 1 Also known as Frank Storer.
Historic Letters database. 1832-?
Stork Harvey Elmer 1930 5

1890-1959
Storement Edgar L. ? 1892 4 Includes 1 sheet of drawings.
?
Stout Anna A.

See: George Edward Davenport inventory in Archives Guide. Historic Letters database.
Stout Arlow Burdette 1915-1949 12

1876-1957
Stout Gilbert Leonidas

See: Rehder, Alfred, SH 3, folder 2.
1898-?
Stout William

See: George Edward Davenport and Charles Alfred Weatherby inventories in Archives Guide. Historic Letters database.
Stover Ernest Lincoln 1923 2

1893-?
Stowell Ellery Channing 1910-1922 3

?
Stratton Emma Abbott 1924-ca.1927 3

?
Stratton Gene

See: Porter, Gene (ne'e Stratton)

Stratton Robert 1924-1947 35

1883-?
Straub Frederick Carl 1895 1

1870-1897
Strausbaugh Perry Daniel 1927-1937 10

1886-1965
Streeter Stella Georgiana 1911-1921 17

1874-?
Strickland H. P. ? 1898 1

?
Stuntz Stephen Conrad 1896-1914 5 See: Bartlett, Harley Harris, SH 1, folder 3 Historic Letters database 1875-1918
Sturgis William Codman 1891-1919 8

1862-1942
Sudworth George Bishop 1906-1926 9

1864-1927
Suessenguth Karl 1932-1955 44 Includes 1 plant list, 1934 and death notice, 1955.
1893-1955
Suksdorf Wilhelm Nikolaus 1893-1932 150 Includes 26 plant lists, 1 page of drawings, and flyer for Suksdorf's herbarium specimens, ca. 1893 Historic Letters database 1850-1932
Sullivant Allen 1912 1 Son of William Starling Sullivant.
?
Sullivan Jane D. ? ca. 1928 3 Niece of William Starling Sullivant.
?
Sullivant Roderick Gordon 1903 5 Son of William Starling Sullivant.
?
Sullivant T.S. ? 1912 1 Son of William Starling Sullivant.
?
Summerhayes Victor Samuel 1948 5

1897-?
Suringar Jan Valckenier

See: Valckenier Suringar, Jan.

Suter John W. (Rev.) ? 1925 4

?
Sutphen Van Tassel 1923 3 See: Harper & Brothers, SH 2.
1861-1945
Svenson Henry Knute 1922-1935 128 Includes wedding announcemenet, 1934; newspaper clipping, 1930; pages from Svenson's "The Genus Eleocharis", 1929; copy of grant application, n.d. Henry K. Svenson inventory in Archives Guide. 1897-?
Swallen Jason Richard 1929-1961 48

1903-?
Swan Charles Walter 1898-1904 5 Includes notice of sale of Swan's botanical library, 1904.
1838-1921
Swan Robert F. ?

See: Tillinghast, Caleb Benjamin, SH 4.

Swartz Olof (Peter)

See: Manasseh Cutler inventory (p.6) in Archives Guide.
1760-1818
Sweetser Albert Raddin 1898-1938 35 Includes note from James F. Macbride with Sweetser letter, 1920.
1861-1940
Swezey Goodwin Deloss 1892 1
Historic Letters database. 1851-1934
Swingle Walter Tennyson 1894-1941 19

1871-1952
Switzer Jennie B.? 1907-1930 72 Includes 1 letter from E.B. Switzer after Mrs. Switzer's death, 1930.
?-1930
Symon Alfred 1927 2

?

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