Richard D. Wood Papers (PP)


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Collectors: Wood, Richard Dawson, 1918-
Title: Richard D. Wood Papers (PP)
Dates: 1949-1976
Quantity: 1.33 linear feet (and ART collection)
Call Phrase: Wood (PP)

Biography of Richard D. Wood

Richard. Dawson Wood, freshwater phycologist and professor of botany, was born in Toledo, Ohio, on April 28, 1918. He received B.A. and B.S. degrees from Ohio State University in 1940 and a Ph.D. in 1947 from Northwestern University. From 1947 he served on the faculty of the botany department at the University of Rhode Island. Wood was a specialist in the taxonomy and distribution of the Characeae. He was responsible for reorganizing the Characeae classification and publishing Monograph of the Characeae (1965) with illustrations by Kozo Imahori. He belonged to numerous professional organizations, was a Fulbright Research scholar in Australia and won the Darbaker prize in phycology in 1966. Wood died in 1977.


Scope and Content

The bulk of the collection is devoted to data related to Wood’s exhaustive Characeae research. One of three typescripts of the Index Nominarum Characearum: An Index to All Known Published Names of Extant Members of the Characeae (1953), the Monograph of the Characeae (1965) and Kozo Imahori’s drawings are included in the collection.


Arrangement

The collection is organized into six series:
Series 1: Writings
Series 2: Correspondence. 1963-1972.
Series 3: Collection notes.
Series 4: Determinations.
Series 5: Subject files.
Series 6: Drawings.


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.
Subjects
Wood, Richard Dawson, 1918- -- Archives.
Characeae.
New York Botanical Garden Archives.


Separated Material

Series 6: Drawings have been removed to the Art and Illustration Collection - #64


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Richard D. Wood Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the New York Botanical Archives in 1980.

Processing Information

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


Container List

 

Series 1. Writings.

Scope and Content:

Four folders with materials relating to several of Wood’s publications.

Folder Title Date
1.1 “Index Nominarum Characeae” n.d.
1.2 “Characeae of Lake Tanganyika,” galley proof 1955
1.3 Annotated Key to the Nitelleae of Southern Africa” (unpublished) n.d.

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Series 2. Correspondence.

Scope and Content:

Correspondence arranged chronologically.

Folder Title Date
1.4 Correspondence 1963-1972

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Series 3. Collection notes.

Scope and Content:

Materials arranged by geographic region and by collector.

Folder Title Date
1.5 Hannah Croasdale 1947
1.6 Homer Emery, Oklahoma n.d.
1.7 E. Faxon n.d.
1.8 V.W. Proctor n.d.
1.9 Rufus Thompson 1947
1.10 Rhode Island n.d.
1.11 Habitat studies n.d.
1.12 Woods Hole n.d.
1.13 Florida trips 1955/1958
1.14 Brazil n.d.
1.15 Larkins Pond n.d.
1.16 Beauglehole n.d.
1.17 New Zealand n.d.
1.18 Australia n.d.
1.19 Australia n.d.
1.20 Oceanic Islands and Hawaii n.d.
1.21 Fuji and New Caledonia n.d.
1.22 Miscellaneous n.d.
1.23 Miscellaneous n.d.

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Series 4. Determinations.

Scope and Content:

One folder of correspondence and three of notes, arranged chronologically.

Folder Title Date
1.24 Correspondence 1948-1954
1.25 Notes 1946-1954
1.26 Notes 1957
1.27 Notes 1958-1959

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Series 5. Subject files.

Scope and Content:

Seven files of various subjects relating to Wood’s research.

Folder Title Date
1.28 Algae herbarium 1950
1.29 Chromosome counting 1954-1960
1.30 Cultures 1951-1958
1.31 Descriptions n.d.
1.32 Descriptions n.d.
1.33 Herbarium of R.D. Wood, Michigan collection 1966
1.34 Hybridizing procedures n.d.
1.35 Zeylanica research n.d.

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Series 6. Drawings.

Scope and Content:

Kozo Imahori drawings for the Monograph of the Characeae and miscellaneous drawings.

These items have been removed from the collection and placed in the Art and Illustration Collection - #64


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