Howard E. Bigelow Papers (PP)Bigelow, Howard E.,

Howard E. Bigelow Papers (PP)

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	Collectors:	Bigelow, Howard E.,
	Title:	Howard E. Bigelow Papers (PP)
	Dates:	1957-1983
	Abstract:	Collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, index cards, notebooks and research notes.
	Quantity:	6.4 linear feet; 10 boxes
	Call Phrase:	Howard E. Bigelow (PP)

Biography of Howard E. Bigelow

Howard E. Bigelow (1923-1987), a mycologist whose specialty was the agaric mycota of the New England area, was a very active member of the Mycological Society of America and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Department of Botany from 1957 to 1983.

Born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, he attended Oberlin College from 1941-1943. He left to fight in WW2 and returned to Oberlin in 1946. He received his BA in 1949 and his MA in 1951. He went on to study botany at the University of Michigan under the guidance of Alexander H. Smith and received his PhD in 1956. He is most known for his monograph on the Clitocybe and Tricholomataceae genera.

Scope and Content

This collection is concerned with Dr. Bigelow’s fungi collections and especially his monograph on the Clitocybe and Tricholomataceae genera. It was donated to the NYBG by Dr. Roy Halling along with the herbarium of Dr. Bigelow from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Botany, whose fungi collection it is also concerned with. It consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, index cards, notebooks and research notes.


Arrangement
	The collection is organized into eight series:

		Series 1: Clitocybe Collection Lists.
		Series 2: Host Index Cards. Arranged alphabetically.
		Series 3: Photographs
		Series 4: Description of Species. Arranged alphabetically.
		Series 5: Accession Notebooks. Arranged ny number.
		Series 6: Oberlin newspaper clippings.
		Series 7: Research notes.
		Series 8: Powdery Mildews of Massachusetts.

Restrictions

Access restrictions

This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz Library staff.

Copyright

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be submitted in writing to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden.


Indexing Terms
	The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
	Persons
		Bigelow, Howard E. (Howard Elson), 1923- -- Archives.
	Subjects
		Amanita muscaria -- Photographs.
		Clitocybe -- North America -- Identification.
		Tricholomataceae -- Classification.
		University of Massachusetts. Dept. of Botany -- History -- Sources.

Series 1. Clitocybe Collection Lists.

Scope and Content: Research notes for Dr. Bigelow’s monograph on the Clitocybe and his specimens.
Box	Title	Date
1	Clitocybe Collection Lists	1957-1983

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Series 2. Host Index Cards.

Scope and Content: This index card file lists the fungi name, host and collection number for the University of Massachusetts fungi collections.
Box	Title	Date
2	Host Index Cards	1957-1983

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Series 3. Photographs.

Scope and Content: The majority of these photographs are mounted and cropped for publication. Species names are written on most. There are separate files on the Amanita muscaria, Clitocybe leucoparilloides, Laccaria laccata, Melanoleuca albiflaviola, laccaria trullesata, Leucopaxillus, Tricholomataceas spores and one of electron microscope spore photographs.
Box	Title	Date
3	Photographs	1957-1983
4	Photographs	1957-1983
5	Photographs	1957-1983
6	Photographs	1957-1983
7	Photographs	1957-1983

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Series 4. Description of Species.

Scope and Content: These descriptions are arranged by species and most were not written by Dr. Bigelow himself.
Box	Title	Date
8	Description of Species	1957-1983
9	Description of Species	1957-1983

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Series 5. Accession notebooks .

Scope and Content: These three notebooks record 3,829 specimen numbers. The first 2000 numbers are for pre-1917 specimens for which there are no accession cards. Collectors associated with these specimens include: H. W. Ravenel, W. W. Denslow, B. D. Halsted, J. B. Ellis, W. G. Farlow and J. E. Humphrey
Box	Title	Date
10	Accession notebooks	1957-1983

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Series 6. Oberlin newspaper clippings.

Scope and Content: There are three newspapers articles from the Oberlin College newspaper written by Dr. Bigelow concerning Dutch elm disease and its prevention.
Box	Title	Date
10	Oberlin newspaper clippings	1957-1983

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Series 7. Research notes.

Scope and Content: These notes are on various mushroom species and fungi from various geographic areas of the Americas. Annotated reprints are also included within. Also included are files concerned with the Massachusetts State College Fungus Herbarium and an unpublished manuscript list of 400 West American Fungi compiled by David Griffiths.
Box	Title	Date
10	Research notes	1957-1983

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Series 8. Powdery Mildews of Massachusetts.

Scope and Content: This series is an unpublished manuscript written by Mrs. May Holden Wheeler. Included are illustrations and research notes for the planned publication.
Box	Title	Date
10	Powdery Mildews of Massachusetts	1957-1983

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