Arthur Bliss Seymour (PP)

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Biography of Arthur Bliss Seymour

Arthur Bliss Seymour (1859-1933), widely known botanist and mycologist, was born in Moline, Illinois on January 3, 1859. He graduated with a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois in 1881 and received an M.S. five years later. For forty-seven years, until his death in 1933, he was with the Harvard University Herbarium. In 1888 he co-authored “A Provisional Host-Index of the Fungi of the United States” and in 1929 he prepared a “Host-Index of the Fungi of North America.”

Scope and Content

The Seymour papers comprise correspondence, manuscripts, and lecture notes that relate to his professional career as botanist and mycologist.

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.

Related Material

Harvard University Archives, Pusey Library

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Arthur Bliss Seymour Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the New York Botanical Garden Library by Mr. John Johnson of North Bennington, Vermont, in 1978.

Processing Information

Originally processed in August of 2000 by an Archives volunteer. Converted to EAD in August 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).

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