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Ernest Lyman Scott is most well known for developing the Standard Blood Test for Diabetes in 1914. Both he and his wife held PhD.'s in Physiology with minors in Botany. Scott was a member of the faculty at Columbia University from 1912 until his retirement in 1942. Upon his retirement, Scott truly began his second career as a horticulturist. Dr. Scott was one of the founders and first president of the National Chrysanthemum Society of America. Mrs. Aletia Scott was on of the founders of the American Primrose Society. In addition to these activites, Scott published a book called Chrysanthmums For Pleasure, which is unfortunately out of print.
This collection cosists of 3 bound scrapbooks. Two scrapbooks document the building of the Scotts' garden at their home in Bogota, New Jersey, while the third book documents a variety of trees from around the country; includes detailed locations.
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| The collection is organized into one series: | ||
| Series 1: Scrapbooks. ca. 1935-1965. | ||
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. | ||
| Persons | ||
| Scott, Ernest Lyman, 1877-1966. | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Gardening--New Jersey. | ||
| Gardens--Design--United States. | ||
| Places | ||
| Bogota (NJ). | ||
| New York (State). | ||
| Organizations | ||
| New York Botanical Garden. | ||
| Document Types | ||
| black and white photographs. | ||
| titles, captions. | ||
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Scott, Ernest Lyman. Ernest Lyman Scott papers. 1897-1966. Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. MS C 165.
Ernest L. Scott (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.
This collection was a gift to the New York Botanical Garden from Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Scott, Bogota, New Jersey.
Processed May 2005 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PA-50678-04.