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| Collectors: | Ferguson, William Cashman, 1861-1930. | |
| Title: | The William Cashman Ferguson Papers (PP) | |
| Dates: | 1921-1930 | |
| Quantity: | 2.5 linear inches; 1 box | |
| Call Phrase: | Ferguson (PP) | |
William Cashman Ferguson was born on November 19, 1861 in Brooklyn, New York. In 1887, he received his PhD in chemistry from Columbia University. He specialized in applied chemistry with a particular interest in metallurgy. In the last decade of his life, he became interested in the flora of Long Island, New York. He wrote several articles on this subject which were published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club from 1924 to 1926. He died in Hempstead, New York on June 3, 1930.
This collection consists of the correspondence and research notes related to the accompanying manuscript entitled Contributions to the Flora of Long Island.
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| The collection is organized into seven series: | ||
| Series 1: Research notes. | ||
| Series 2: Contributions to the Flora of Long Island. | ||
| Series 3: Correspondence. | ||
This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz Library staff.
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.
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| The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Ferguson, William Cashman, 1861-1930--Archives. | ||
| New York Botanical Garden Archives. | ||
| Plants--New York (State)--Long Island. | ||
William Cashman Ferguson (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.
This collection was donated to the New York Botanical Garden Archives.
Originally processed by Stephen Sinon, Assistant Archivist, June 2000, with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities. (NEH-PA 23141). Converted to EAD in June 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).
| Series 1. Research notes . |
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Scope and Content: These notes pertain to NYBG Herbarium specimens and the compilation and distribution of the manuscript Contributions to the Flora of Long Island. |
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