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| Collectors: | Wittrock, Gustav Ludwig, 1895-1954. | |
| Title: | Gustav L. Wittrock Records (RG4) | |
| Dates: | 1937-1945 | |
| Quantity: | .25 linear feet; 1 box | |
| Call Phrase: | Wittrock (RG4) | |
Gustave L. Wittrock (1895-1954) was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 3rd 1895 and died in New York, NY on April 1, 1954. Wittrock attended Grinnell College and received his AB in 1924 and his MA in 1927. After that he worked as an assistant in the botany departments at Johns Hopkins, Grinnell, the University of Washington and the University of Chicago until 1930 when he began work at the New York Botanical Garden where he stayed until his death in 1954. At the Garden he served as a Docent, the Custodian of the Herbarium (1935-1944) and Assistant Curator of Education.
The collection documents Wittrock’s research on the food, dye and medicinal plants of the American Indian. The collection contains correspondence, and research and lecture notes. The collection is arranged in two series.
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| The collection is organized into seven series: | ||
| Series 1: Correspondence. 1937-1945. Arranged alphabetically. | ||
| Series 2: Research and Lecture Notes. 1937-1945. Arranged alphabetically. | ||
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 | ||
| Wittrock, Gustave L., b. 1895. | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Dye Plants--North America. | ||
| Indians of North America--Ethnobotany--New York (State). | ||
| Indians of North America--Ethnobotany. | ||
| Indians of North America--Food. | ||
| Indians of North America--Medicine. | ||
| New York Botanical Garden Archives. | ||
Gustave L.Wittrock Records (RG4), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.
This collection was transferred to the Archives of the New York Botanical Garden.
Originally processed by Susan Fraser, NYBG Archivist, June 1999, with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities, (NEH-PA 23141-98). Converted into EAD in June 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).