Samuel Chester Damon Papers (PP) Damon, Samuel Chester.

Samuel Chester Damon Papers (PP)

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	Collectors:	Damon, Samuel Chester.
	Title:	Samuel Chester Damon Papers (PP)
	Dates:	1947-1952
	Quantity:	0.7 linear feet; 2 boxes
	Call Phrase:	Damon (PP)

Biography of Samuel Chester Damon

Samuel Chester Damon II (1923-1952) was a taxonomic mycologist born in Baltimore, Maryland 18 November 1923. He gained his B.A. in Botany (1944) at Brown University and Ph.D. (1951) at the University of Iowa. After service in the U.S. Navy in World War II he worked as Taxonomic Mycologist in the Research and Development Laboratories of the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot of the U.S. Army. Damon conducted research and published six articles on the genera Cheiromyces, Sepedonium, and related fungi. Some of his research was done at the New York Botanical Garden with the guidance of Donald P. Rogers. Damon’s life was cut short by Hodgkin’s disease at the age of 28. His herbarium was presented to, and is held by, the NYBG.

Scope and Content

The Samuel Chester Damon collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts, research notes, pencil sketches, and photographs during his graduate studies and position with the U.S. Army Quartermaster Depot.


Arrangement
	The collection is organized into four series:

		Series 1: Correspondence. 1947-1951. Arranged alphabetically.
		Series 2: Manuscripts and Typescripts. 1948-1951. Arranged alphabetically.
		Series 3: Research Papers. 1948-1952. Arranged alphabetically.
		Series 4: Photography.

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.
	Subjects
		Damon, Samuel Chester -- Archives.
		Fungi imperfecti.
		Hyphomycetes.
		New York Botanical Garden Archives.
		Sepedonium.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Samuel Chester Damon Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.

Acquisition Information

Three notebooks in Series 2: Research Papers were transferred from the NYBG herbarium by William R. Buck (Curator, Institute of Systematic Botany, NYBG) in November 1999.

Processing Information

Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, December 1999 with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD in July 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).

Container List

Series 1. Correspondence.

Scope and Content: There are 3 files of correspondence, one with Alexander H. Smith concerning the submittal of a paper on Cheiromyces to the journal Mycologia.
Folder	Title	Date
1.1	*Christison, Isabel (re: Cephalosporium)*	ca. 1947-1951
1.2	*Shanor, Leland (re: Monogrammia)*	ca. 1947-1951
1.3	*Smith, Alexander H. (re: Cheiromyces)*	ca. 1947-1951

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Series 2. Manuscripts and Typescripts.

Scope and Content: This series consists of annotated drafts of unpublished papers. There are 10 files of manuscripts and typescripts on the classification and description of Hyphomycetes and related fungi. One file contains a portion (introduction and chapter III) of Damon’s Ph.D. thesis (1951) on fungi imperfecti, including Cheiromyces, for the Graduate College of the State University of Iowa.
Folder	Title	Date
1.4	*“Capitulella, a new genus of Hyphomycetes”*	1948-1951
1.5	*“A consideration of the spore terminology used in the Hyphomycetes”*	1948-1951
1.6	*“Dicranidion* and Pedilospora” (with notes on Cheiromyces)**	1948-1951
1.7	*“A discussion of the generic concepts of Chloridium* Link and Rhinotrichum Corda”**	1948-1951
1.8	*“A note on species of Coniosporium* Link ex Fries”**	1948-1951
1.9	*“On the classification of Hyphomycetes”*	1948-1951
1.10	“On conservation of generic names of fungi”	1948-1951
1.11	*“Recent experiments on growth of Myxomycete plasmodia”*	1948-1951
1.12	“Studies in critical genera of fungi imperfecti” Ph.D. thesis	1951
1.13	*“The taxonomic position of Epicoccum* Link”**	1948-1951

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Series 3. Research Papers.

Scope and Content: There are 21 files of research notes, dichotomous keys, and sketches and drawings of Hyphomycetes and their allies. Of these are 3 notebooks on cultures and herbarium specimens. In the notebook titled “S. C. Damon herbarium list” is a note inscribed by NYBG mycologist Donald P. Rogers, “All numbers marked x in left-hand margin were present in Dr. Damon’s herbarium delivered to the NYBG.” Three files of notes consist of pencil sketches that supplement the research record.
Folder	Title	Date
1.14	Completed drawings of microfungi	1948-1952
1.15	Culture acquisition record	1948-1949
1.16	Herbarium list	1951-1952
1.17	Key to Staurosporous Hyphomycetes	1948-1952
1.18	Notebook on cultures	1952
1.19	*Notes and keys on Mortieriella, Fusarium, Comatricha, et al*	1948-1952
1.20	Notes on Cephalosporium	1948-1952
1.21	Notes on Conidiosporaceae	1948-1952
1.22	Notes on Diplocladium	1948-1952
1.23	Notes on Epicoccum	1948-1952
1.24	Notes on Haplaria and Oedemium	1948-1952
1.25	Notes on Haplotrichum	1948-1952
1.26	Notes on Hirudinaria	1948-1952
1.27	Notes on Hyphelia and Ostracoderma	1948-1952
2.1	Notes on microfungi, miscellaneous	1948-1952
2.2	Notes on mycologists	1948-1952
2.3	Notes on Oidium and Bactridium	1948-1952
2.4	Notes on Sporodesmium	1948-1952
2.5	Sketches of fungi, miscellaneous	1948-1952
2.6	Sketches: Gliosphaera, Podosporium, Septonema, Spegazzinia	1948-1952
2.7	Species descriptions	1948-1952

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Series 4. Photography.

Scope and Content: There is one file with three photographs related to research on Hyphomycetes.
Folder	Title	Date
2.8	*Photographs (Bactidium fulvellum; Dicranidium; Epicoccum* cultures)**	n.d.

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