Stanley G. Ranger Papers (PP)


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Collectors: Ranger, Stanley G.
Title: Stanley G. Ranger Papers (PP)
Dates: 1936-1941
Abstract: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, invoices, administrative documents, and miscellaneous notes.
Quantity: 1.5 linear feet; 3 boxes
Call Phrase: Stanley G. Ranger (PP)

Biography of Stanley G. Ranger

Very little is known of Stanley G. Ranger's personal life.

Scope and Content

This collection is made up of largely incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning seed exchanges, orders, and maintenance of seeds, bulbs, general plants, and orchids for the New York Botanical Garden. Numerous countries are represented including South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia, China, French and British Guiana, Fiji, Canada, Ecuador, and Kenya. Companies and institutions represented include colleges and universities, argicultural branches of government, and seed and bulb wholesalers and nurseries. Most outgoing correspondence is from Stanley G. Ranger, while there is a sampling of correspondence from E.D. Merrill, former director of NYBG from 1929-1935.

Arrangement
The Collection is organized into three series:
Series 1: Miscellaneous. 1937-1941. arranged alphabetically.
Series 2: Correspondence. 1936-1941. arranged alphabetically.
Series 3: Aquarium Exhibit Correspondence. 1933-1934. arranged alphabetically.

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
Merrill, Elmer Drew, 1876-1956.
Ranger, Stanley G.
Subjects
Aquatic Plants.
New York Botanical Garden Exhibitions.
Nurseries (Horticulture).
Organizations
New York (State). Board of Agriculture.
New York Botanical Garden.
United States. Dept. Of Agriculture.
Document Types
letters. correspondence.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Stanley G. Ranger (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.

Acquisition Information

This collection was transferred to the New York Botanical Garden Archives.

Processing Information

Processed April 2005 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PA-50678-04.

Container List

 

Series 1. Miscellaneous.

Scope and Content:

Miscellaneous notes, manuscripts, and correspondence with nurseries regarding plant growth and plant cultures.
Folder Title Date
1 Miscellaneous-Growth Instructions 1938-1941
2 Miscellaneous-Notes 1937-1939
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Series 2. Correspondence.

Scope and Content:

Incoming and outgoing correspondence to specific individuals as well as businesses regarding plant and seed requests, donations, and acquisitions to the New York Botanical Garden. Also includes invoices, shipping directions, and in some cases, quarantine documentation and administrative records.

Folder Title Date
1.3 Abercrombie, John 1936-1937
1.4 Aggeler & Musser Seed Co. 1937-1940
1.5 Armacost & Royston 1940
1.6 Armstrong Nurseries 1936/1940
1.7 Arvey Corporation 1941
1.8 Australian Garden Lover 1936-1937
1.9 Ayala G., Arcadio A. 1940
1.10 Bacher, J.G. 1939-1940
1.11 Baker, Raymond R. 1940
1.12 Bakkers, Neff K. 1938-1939
1.13 Baumann Brothers 1938
1.14 Bauscher, Richard V. 1940
1.15 British Broadcasting Corporation 1939-1940
1.16 Becker, O.E. 1939
1.17 Beldt's Aquarium 1938-1940
1.18 Berwick, C. Coleman 1940
1.19 Besant, J.W. 1939-1940
1.20 Blauvelt, W.E. 1939
1.21 Badger, Elizabeth 1937/1939
1.22 Boekibu, Tanaka 1936
1.23 Boiteau, P. 1937-1939
1.24 Bor, N.L. 1939
1.25 Borsch, William & Son 1941
1.26 Botanic Gardens, Jamaica 1937
1.27 Bredemann, G. 1937
1.28 British Guiana--Department of Agriculture 1937-1940
1.29 Bronswood Cemetery 1940
1.30 Brown, W.A. 1936-1937
1.31 Budgen, George 1940
1.32 Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens, Java 1939-1940
1.33 Burr, C.J. 1940
1.34 Buskirk, A.S. 1936-1939
1.35 Cain, Nelson A. 1939
1.36 Caldwell & Sons 1940
1.37 California Nursery Company 1940
1.38 Carabia, J.P. 1939
1.39 Cardenas, Martin 1941
1.40 Chautauqua Flowerfield Company 1940
1.41 Christmas Card-Personal undated
1.42 Clarke-Macintyre, William 1940
1.43 Clarke, W.B. 1939-1940
1.44 W.A. Constable, Ltd. 1939
1.45 Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens 1936, 1940-1941
1.46 Ceylon--Hakgala Botanic Gardens 1939
1.47 Davids, A.G. 1938-1940
1.48 Del Amo Nurseries 1940
1.49 Delkin Bulb Farm 1940
1.50 Doty & Doerner 1940
1.51 Dreher, W.H. 1940
1.52 Drew, Lionel E. 1940
1.53 Duncan & Davies, Ltd. 1939
1.54 Dutrannoit, A. 1939
1.55 Clarence Elliott Ltd. 1939
1.56 Epperson, H.C. 1937
1.57 Evans, Hugh 1936/1940
1.58 Everglades Aquatic Nurseries 1936/1939
1.59 Flandria Societe Anonyme 1938-1939
1.60 Francois, M. 1936
1.61 Fraser, Samuel 1937
1.62 Gamwell, Roland G. 1940
1.63 Garaventa, A. 1937-1938
1.64 Gates, Howard E. 1937
1.65 Gattefossé, Jean 1939
1.66 Gauntlett, Norman 1937-1939
1.67 Giridlian, J.N. 1940
1.68 Glen St. Mary Nurseries 1939-1940
1.69 Goodman, M.S. 1937
1.70 Gordon, Seth 1941
1.71 W & C Gowie 1937
1.72 Grassyfork Fisheries 1939-1940
1.73 Greenway, P. 1936
1.74 Grey, Colonel C.H. 1936-1937
1.75 Grootendorst, A.M. 1940
1.76 Grullemans, J.J. 1940
1.77 Gunzburger, J. 1942
1.78 Hamblin, Stephen 1940
1.79 D & C Hardy Plant Nursery 1936-1937
2.80 Hark, M. 1936
2.81 Herb, M. 1936
2.82 Henderson, W.H. 1937-1940
2.83 Herrera, D. Fortunato 1939-1940
2.84 Hertrich, William 1940
2.85 Hollermayer, Padre Atanasio 1937-1941
2.86 Holttum, R.E. 1940
2.87 Houdyshel, Cecil 1938-1938
2.88 Howard & Smith 1940
2.89 Hudson Trading Company 1940
2.90 Humbert, M.H. 1936
2.91 Huntinton Botanical Garden 1940
2.92 Hyde, H.A. 1940
2.93 Institut National D'Agronomie 1938
2.94 International Seed Service 1944
2.95 Jacob, Maud R. 1936
2.96 Junge, Carlos 1940
2.97 Johnson, Harry 1940
2.98 Knap Hill Nursery 1940
2.99 Kohankie, Henry 1940
2.100 Kohli, Mrs. P. 1937-1939
2.101 Lagomarsino, F. 1936
2.102 Lee, Atherton (USDA) 1940
2.103 Lefroy, K.G. 1939-1940
2.104 Legenfre, Jacques L. 1940
2.105 Liebenberg, C.D.B. 1938
2.106 Stuart Low Company 1939
2.107 Lutz, Bertha 1940
2.108 Macneil, Alan 1940
2.109 Manitoba Hardy Plant Nursery 1940
2.110 Maxwell, Alice 1937
2.111 McGowan, Mrs. K. 1939-1940
2.112 Megson, F.L. 1940
2.113 Merritt, Joseph S. 1939
2.114 Metcalf, Prof. Franklin P. 1937
2.115 Michaud & Company 1940
2.116 Mille, Rev. Louis 1940
2.117 Mount Elgin Nurseries 1939-1940
2.118 New York Botanical Garden (memo) 1940
2.119 Oechslin, Ernest 1940
2.120 Orpet, E.O. 1939-1940
2.121 J. Overall Party Ltd. 1935-1936
2.122 Pacheco, M. 1939-1940
2.123 Parkinson, C.E. 1936/1939
2.124 PA Department of Agriculture 1941
2.125 Pérez, Alberto T. 1940
2.126 American Coffee Corporation 1938
2.127 Perry's Hardy Plant Farm 1939
2.128 Pestonjee P. Pocha & Sons 1938
2.129 Purdy, Carl 1940
2.130 Quisumbing, Eduardo 1938-1939
2.131 Rausch, M.K. 1938-1940
2.132 Reineh, Frank 1939
2.133 Reiter Jr., Victor 1939
2.134 Rhind, D. 1937
2.135 Royal Agriculture and Horticulture Society of India 1939-1940
2.136 Ruckh, Ervin 1937
2.137 Ruiz, Francisco 1940
2.138 L.R. Russell Ltd. 1936-1937
2.139 Schmidt, J.C. 1940
2.140 Schmoll, Ferdinand 1940
2.141 Schnabel, Irene 1940
2.142 Schwarz & Georgi 1940
2.143 Sevice d'Agriculture Madagascar 1936
2.144 Sherwood Nursery Company 1940
2.145 Smith, Austin 1939-1940
2.146 Smith, Harrison W. 1938
2.147 Soledad Gardens 1940
2.148 Soule's Gladiolus Gardens 1940
2.149 Stanford, K.C. 1940
2.150 Starker, Carl 1940
2.151 Stinson, Harry L. 1940
2.152 Stumpp & Walter Company 1940
2.153 Sutton & Sons, Ltd. 1938
2.154 Three Point Gardens 1937
2.155 Unknown 1940
2.156 USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 1937-1938
2.157 USDA Bureau of Plant Industry 1941
2.158 van Houte, Louis 1939
2.159 van Tubergen, C.G. 1939
2.160 Warmenhoven, W.S. 1937
2.161 C & A Warren 1940
2.162 Wayman, Robert 1938
2.163 West Los Angeles Nursery 1940
2.164 Roy F. Wilcox & Company 1940
2.165 Winkler, Prof. Hans 1937
2.166 Yerex Bulb Gardens 1938
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Series 3. Aquarium Exhibit Correspondence.

Scope and Content:

Incoming and outgoing correspondence to aquatic nurseries, wholesalers and governmental bodies regarding the creation of an aquatic plant exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden, the subject of which is largely the donation of aquatic plant specimens.

Folder Title Date
3.1 Adrien, Prof. F. 1934
3.2 Ainsley, Gordon 1934
3.3 Altadena Water Gardens 1934
3.4 American Forestry Association 1934
3.5 Aquarium, Battery Park 1934
3.6 Aquarium Heater 1933
3.7 Aquarium Stock Company 1933
3.8 Bachman, Carl 1933
3.9 Bade, E.D. 1934
3.10 Bauer's Aquatic Gardens 1933
3.11 Beldt's Aquarium 1933-1934
3.12 Berryhill, M.H. 1933
3.13 Birmingham Aquarium Company 1934
3.14 Borsch, William & Son 1934
3.15 Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research 1933
3.16 Brind, W.L. 1934
3.17 British Aquarist Association 1934
3.18 Buller, N.R. 1933
3.19 Burnetts, Inc. 1933
3.20 Buskirks Aquarium 1934
3.21 Canadian Forestry Association 1934
3.22 Columbia Teachers College 1934
3.23 CT State Board of Fisheries & Game 1934
3.24 Cooper Union 1934
3.25 Cornell University 1934
3.26 Council for Preservation of Natural Beauty in Pennsylvania 1933
3.27 Cresent Fish Farm 1933
3.28 Cross References 1933-1934
3.29 Denver Fire Clay Company 1934
3.30 Devlin, J.C. 1934
3.31 Dobbie & Company Ltd. 1934
3.32 Henry A Dreer and Company 1933
3.33 Easton, Clifford H. 1933
3.34 Edison Electrical Controls (Thomas A. Edison, Inc.) 1933
3.35 Egbert, James C. 1934
3.36 Empire Tropical Fish Import Company 1933
3.37 Everglades Aquatic Nurseries 1933
3.38 The Fernwood Aquarium 1934
3.39 Field & Stream 1933
3.40 Fiorito, Il Giardino 1934
3.41 Florida Native Aquarium 1934
3.42 Friendly, Edwin S. 1933
3.43 Garden Pet Shop 1933
3.44 Gartenflora 1934
3.45 Gartenschoenheit 1934
3.46 V.N. Gauntlett and Company, Ltd. 1934
3.47 George, James I. and Sons 1934
3.48 Glen Brothers, Inc. DATE
3.49 Goldfarb Florist 1933
3.50 Roger P. Gray's Fish Hatcheries 1933
3.51 Haas, Leopold R. 1934
3.52 Haig, L. 1934
3.53 Halterbeck, J.J. 1933
3.54 Peter Henderson and Company 1933
3.55 Hetrick, L.G. 1934
3.56 Holbein, William G. 1934
3.57 Hordes, S.S. 1934
3.58 Howe, Clifton D. 1934
3.59 Hudson Aquarium Company 1933
3.60 Hugenot Aquarium Company 1934
3.61 Hunter College 1934
3.62 Hurst & Son 1934
3.63 Hygrade Tropical FIsh Food Company 1933
3.64 Jacaruso, H.A. 1934
3.65 Jardenage 1934
3.66 Johnson Water Gardens 1933
3.67 Kattenhorn, H.J. 1934
3.68 Kump, F. J. 1934
3.69 La Louisiane Aquatic Farm 1933
3.70 Laydecker 1933
3.71 Lingg, Joseph 1933
3.72 Marco Products 1933
3.73 Maris undated
3.74 McBride, John 1933
3.75 McBride Ticket Office 1933
3.76 Miscellaneous Notes 1933-1934
3.77 Mollers 1934
3.78 Murray and Mertes 1933
3.79 National Geographic Society 1933
3.80 New School for Social Research 1933
3.81 NY School of Fine & Applied Arts 1934
3.82 NY State Agricultural Experiment Station 1934
3.83 NY AQuarium 1934
3.84 NYC Board of Education 1934
3.85 NY Conservationist 1933
3.86 State of NY Conservation Department 1934
3.87 NY State College of Agriculture 1933
3.88 NY State Fish, Game, & Forest League 1933
3.89 NY State Forestry Association 1933
3.90 NY State Horticulture Society 1933
3.91 New York University 1933
3.92 Paradise Brook Trout Company 1934
3.93 PA Department of Forests & Wildlife 1934
3.94 Perry's Hardy Plant Farm 1934
3.95 University of Pittsburgh, Department of Botany 1934
3.96 Pudor's Inc. 1934
3.97 Reliance Products, Inc. 1933
3.98 Revue Horticole 1934
3.99 Royal Botanic Gardens 1933
3.100 Royal Horticulture Society 1933
3.101 Max Schling, Inc. 1933
3.102 Schoenfeld, M. 1933
3.103 I. Schwartz & Company, Inc. 1933
3.104 Shaw's Garden Center 1933
3.105 Sherman Jr., John D. 1934
3.106 Solomon, A. 1934
3.107 Southern Biological Supply Company Inc. 1933
3.108 Stamford University 1934
3.109 State Institute of Applied Agriculture on Long Island 1934
3.110 Stoye, F.H. 1934
3.111 Sunnyland Fish Farms, Inc. 1933
3.112 Superintendent of Greenhouses 1934
3.113 Suwannee Water Gardens 1933
3.114 Terrell's Aquatic Nurseries 1934
3.115 Nicholas Wapler Company 1933
3.116 Westchester Aquarium Society 1934
3.117 Westinghouse 1933
3.118 William Tricker, Inc. 1933
3.119 Tropa 1934
3.120 Tropico 1934
3.121 Trosel, Charles 1933
3.122 Watkins & Simpson, Ltd. 1934
3.123 William Bartels Company 1933
3.124 Winter, Dwight 1933
3.125 Woodford Water Gardens 1933
3.126 Vaughan's Seed Store 1933
3.127 Zenith Novelty Co. Inc. 1933
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