Steyermark, Julian A. (Julian Alfred), 1909-. Julian Alfred Steyermark papers, 1925-1989. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Steyermark, Julian A. (Julian Alfred), 1909-. Julian Alfred Steyermark papers, 1925-1989.

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Julian Alfred Steyermark papers, 1925-1989.

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The papers appear to be complete, except for the correspondence series in the 1940's and 1950's, when Steyermark was employed by the Field Museum. In addition to correspondence, the series include biographical material, field records, other records of research, and botanical drawings. Correspondence includes Paul Berry's as well as Julian Steyermark's. Berry took over the Flora of Venezuelan Guyana, Steyermark's last project, after his death in 1988. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1961-1989. Subjects include the identification of herbarium specimens, shipment of plants, funding for a publication of the Flora of the Venezuelan Guyana and the Flora of Missouri. Major correspondents include E. J. Palmer, Timothy Plowman, Peter H. Raven, Alan Smith, and John J. Wurdack. Field records include diaries of expeditions, 1934-1964; county collection data for Missouri; annotated distribution and topographic maps; photographs, and field notebooks. Field notebooks on Venezuela are in active use by project staff for the Flora of Venezuelan Guyana. Field notebooks for Guatemala, 1938-1949, and Missouri, 1926-1959, are in the archives. Numbering is not chronological in the early notebooks and there are duplicate numbers for different plants. The photographs and county collections data for Missouri are of special interest to those interested in rare and endangered species of Missouri. Biographical series contains curriculum vitae, portraits, clippings, medals and award certificates, invitations, manuscripts, and letters of a biographical nature.