David D. Keck Records (RG4)


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Collectors: Keck, David D.
Title: David D. Keck Records (RG4)
Dates: 1930-1958
Quantity: 2.6 linear feet; 2 boxes
Call Phrase: Keck (RG4)

Biography of David D. Keck

David D. Keck, who was appointed head curator of the Garden in 1950, served as Assistant Director from 1956 to 1958, and Acting Director in 1958. Keck was born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 24, 1903, received a B.A. from Pomona College in 1925 and a PhD. in botany from the University of California in 1930. Before his tenure at the Garden, Keck worked from 1925 to 1950 at the Carnegie Institute of Washington, located at Stanford University, where he did pioneer work on the nature of plant species. After leaving the Garden in 1958, he became Program Director for Systematic Biology at the National Science Foundation where he worked until 1970. After living in New Zealand for eight years, Keck moved to Medford, Oregon, and died on March 10, 1995 in Newport Beach, California at the age of 92.

Keck's scientific interests included the taxonomy of angiosperms; genetics; cytology; cytogenetics and cytotaxonomy of Medilinae, Poa, Artemesia, and Potentilla; taxonomy of Penstemon; and the flora of western America, especially California.

Keck wrote a number of books, authored many scientific articles and was a member of numerous scientific societies. He was awarded the Mary Soper Pope Medal from the Cranbrook Institute of Science in 1950 for his noteworthy and distinguished accomplishments in the field of plant sciences.

Scope and Content

The David Keck collection contains correspondence from 1930 to 1958, but predominantly from the years between 1950 and 1958. The remainder of the collection includes notes on species determinations and several manuscripts.

Arrangement
The collection is organized into seven series:
Series 1: Correspondence. 1930-1958. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 2: Manuscripts. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 3: Species descriptions. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 4: Subject files.

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
Keck, David D.
Subjects
New York Botanical Garden--Archives.

Related Material

New York Botanical Garden

RG4--Records of the Herbarium Office

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

David D. Keck Records (RG4), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.

Acquisition Information

This collection was transferred to the NYBG Archives.

Processing Information

This collection was originally processed in Decmber 2000 by Natalie Brody and encoded in EAD in May 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:

The correspondence in this series includes materials relating to Keck's scientific and administrative responsibilities.

Folder Title Date
1.1 Alain, Bro. 1951-1958
1.2 Archer, Andrew 1952-1954
1.3 Avery, George, Jr. 1951
1.4 Babb, Mrs. Edward 1949-1950
1.5 Bacigalupi, Rimo 1954-1957
1.6 Baker, Herbert, G 1950-1957
1.7 Baker, Milo S 1944-1957
1.8 Beetle, Alan A 1945-1949
1.9 Bell, C. Ritchie 1956-1957
1.10 Bennett, Ralph W 1946-1958
1.11 Benson, Lyman 1948-1956
1.12 Blake, Sidney, F 1939-1954
1.13 Blakeslee, Albert 1943-1952
1.14 Bush, Vannevar 1943-1952
1.15 Camp, Wendell 1937-1956
1.16 Castetter, E.F 1952-1954
1.17 Chambers, Kenton 1954-1957
1.18 Christ, J.H., 1939-1950
1.19 Clausen, Jens 1936-1958
1.20 Clausen 1940-1952
1.21 Cleveland, Leroy 1955
1.22 Constance, Lincoln 1936-1956
1.23 Cottam, Walter P 1939-1952
1.24 Croizat, Leon 1941
1.25 Cronquist, Arthur 1939-1956
1.26 Cuatrecasas, Jose 1952-1953
1.27 Cuttler, Hugh 1952-1957
1.28 Dansereau, Pierre 1945-1956
1.29 Davis, Ray 1943-1949
1.30 Degener, Otto 1935-1957
1.31 DeWolf, Gordon, Jr 1951-1952
1.32 Dunn, David 1953-1958
1.33 Dwyer, John 1952-1957
1.34 Eastham, J.W 1939-1948
1.35 Epling, Carl 1938-1953
1.36 Ewan, Joseph 1935-1954
1.37 Ferris, Roxana 1951-1958
1.38 Fischer, Ernst 1938-1947
1.39 Fisher, F.J.F 1956-1958
1.40 Fogg, John 1951-1955
1.41 Fosberg, F.R 1935-1957
1.42 French, C.S., 1947-1954
1.43 Fritz, Emanuel 1947-1948
1.44 Glass, Bentley 1955-1956
1.45 Goodwin, Richard 1953-1954
1.46 Gould, Frank 1948-1955
1.47 Gould, Sydney 1952-1956
1.48 Graham, Edward 1935-1939
1.49 Grant, Verne 1950-1958
1.50 Gregory, Herbert 1935-1936
1.51 Greninger, Margaret 1932-1933
1.52 Gunnison, Mrs. R.M. 1951-1958
1.53 Gustafsson, Ake 1939-1958
1.54 Hafenrichter, A.L. 1948-1952
1.55 Happ, George 1955-1958
1.56 Harper, Roland 1952-1954
1.57 Hiesey, William 1951-1957
1.58 Hires, Clara 1957
1.59 Hitchcock, C.J. 1944-1957
1.60 Hodge, W.H 1957
1.61 Holm, Richard 1951-1956
1.62 Holmgren, Arthur 1942-1952
1.63 Hoover, Robert 1946-1948
1.64 Howard, Richard 1952-1958
1.65 Howell. J.T. 1930-1958
1.66 Humbert, H. 1953-1957
1.67 Jaeger, Edmund 1936-1954
1.68 Jepson, W. L. 1930-1946
1.69 Johansen, Donald 1932-1951
1.70 Johnston, Ivan 1936-1953
1.71 Just, T.K. 1936-1955
1.72 Kearney T.H. 1937-1956
1.73 Krukoff, B.A 1951-1952
1.74 Langenheim, Jean 1950
1.75 Langman, Ida 1951-1957
1.76 Lanjouw, Joseph 1951-1954
1.77 Lawrence, G.H.M 1950-1954
1.78 Lawrence, William 1943-1945
1.79 Lewis, Clarence 1950-1955
1.80 Li, H.L. 1952-1953
1.81 Little, E.L 1948
1.82 Lourteig, Alicia 1952-1956
1.83 Love, D 1953-1958
1.84 Mackaness, Faith 1956-1957
1.85 Mason, Herbert 1941-1955
1.86 McCalla, W.C 1941
1.87 McClintock, Elizabeth 1954-1957
1.88 McCormick, J. 1957-1958
1.89 McMinn, H.E. 1939-1952
1.90 McVaugh, Rogers 1952-1956
1.91 Merrill, E.D 1951-1952
1.92 Meyerhoff, Howard 1951-1952
1.93 Moldenke, Harold 1952-1957
1.94 Moore, Dwight 1952-1956
1.95 Morton, C.V. 1953-1957
1.96 Nelson, Aven 1936-1939
1.97 Nielsen, Etlar 1948
1.98 Nisbet, Gladys 1939-1945
1.99 Nordenskiold, Hedda 1949-1952
1.100 Nygren, Axel 1950-1956
1.101 Oosting, Henry 1956-1957
1.102 Ownbey, Gerald 1935-1958
1.103 Patrick, Ruth 1951-1952
1.104 Peck, Morton 1941-1947
1.105 Peirson, Frank 1933-1942
1.106 Penland, William 1930-1956
1.107 Pennell, Francis 1931-1951
1.108 Phillips, Jane 1953-1957
1.109 Porter, C.L. 1940-1954
1.110 Priest, Amel 1950
1.111 Quibell, Charles 1950
1.112 Rechinger, Karl 1953-1955
1.113 Reeder, John 1950-1956
1.114 Roberts, H. Radclyffe 1952-1954
1.115 Robyns, Walter 1950-1958
1.116 Rogers, D.P. 1957-1958
1.117 Rogerson, Clark 1957
1.118 Rollins, Reed 1950-1958
1.119 Roos, John, 1951-1957
1.120 Salgado, E. 1956
1.121 Sampson, A.W. 1948-1952
1.122 Schneider, Richard 1939-1940
1.123 Schubert, Bernice 1951-1953
1.124 Sharsmith, Carl/Helen 1938-1951
1.125 Small, John A. 1951-1955
1.126 Smith, A.C. 1952-1958
1.127 Smith, C. Earle 1954-1957
1.128 Stafleu, F.A. 1956-1958
1.129 Stearn, W.T. 1951
1.130 Stebbins, G. Ledyard 1941-1957
1.131 Steere, William 1954-1958
1.132 Stern, William 1957-1958
1.133 Steward, Albert 1954-1958
1.134 Stewart, B.K. 1946
1.135 Steyermark, Julian 1951-1958
1.136 Stout, A.B. 1944-1949
1.137 Straw, Richard M. 1955-1957
1.138 Svenson, H.K. 1951-1954
1.139 Swallen, Jason 1952-1953
1.140 Taylor, G. 1951-1957
1.141 Teuscher, H. 1955
1.142 Thompson, J. William 1934-1944
1.143 Tippo, Oswald 1955-1957
1.144 Tryon, Alice 1954-1957
1.145 Tucker, J.M. 1950-1951
1.146 Venema, H.J. 1951
1.147 Verdoorn, Frans 1953
2.1 Waddle, B.M. 1953
2.2 Wagner, Warren, Jr. 1952-1956
2.3 Walker, Egbert 1955-1957
2.4 Walters, James 1950-1954
2.5 Walther, Eric 1957-1958
2.6 Weatherby, C.A. 1934-1951
2.7 Weber, William A. 1942-1956
2.8 Wheeler, Helen 1948
2.9 Wheeler, L.C. 1938-1942
2.10 Wilson, E.B. 1952
2.11 Woodward, Carol 1953
2.12 Wolf, Carl 1936-1942
2.13 Woodson, Robert 1951-1955
2.14 Worth, C.R. 1946-1947
2.15 A-B n.d.
2.16 C n.d.
2.17 D-G n.d.
2.18 H-L n.d.
2.19 M-O n.d.
2.20 P-R n.d.
2.21 S n.d.
2.22 T-Z n.d.
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Series 2. Manuscripts

Scope and Content:

This series contains undated typescripts of four scientific articles, two on madinae, one on betulaceae, and one on taxonomic problems.

Folder Title Date
2.23 Experimental method in solution of taxonomic problems n.d.
2.24 Phylogenetic study of the betulaceae n.d.
2.25 Systematic position of the subtribe mediinae n.d.
2.26 Taxonomy of the medinae n.d.
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Series 3. Species Description

Scope and Content:

Materials on six species, calcycadenia, hemizonia, lagophylla, layia, madia, madinae and a miscellaneous folder.

Folder Title Date
2.27 Calycadenia n.d.
2.28 Hemizonia n.d.
2.29 Hemizonia n.d.
2.30 Hemizonia n.d.
2.31 Lagophylla n.d.
2.32 Layia n.d.
2.33 Madia n.d.
2.34 Madia n.d.
2.35 Madia n.d.
2.36 Madinae n.d.
2.37 Miscellaneous n.d.
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Series 4. Subject Files.

Scope and Content:

A file of bibliographies and another of clippings.

Folder Title Date
2.38 Bibliographies n.d.
2.39 Clippings n.d.
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