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RICHARD D. WOOD PAPERS (1949-1976)
1.33 linear feet (2 boxes)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Richard Dawson Wood (1918-1977), marine biologist 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 until his death in 1977 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.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

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.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Series 1: Writings
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Collection Notes
Series 4: Determinations
Series 5: Subject Files
Series 6: Drawings

Series 1     Writings
                   0.75 lin. in.

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

Series 2     Correspondence, 1963-1972
                   1 lin. in.

Correspondence, arranged chronologically, make up Series 2.

Series 3     Collection Notes
                   5.5 lin. in.

The materials herein are arranged by geographic region and by collector.

Series 4     Determinations
                   2 lin. in.

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

Series 5     Subject Files
                   2 lin. in. Arranged by subject.

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

Series 6     Drawings

Series 6 contains Kozo Imahori drawings for the Monograph of the Characeae and several miscellaneous drawings.
 

RELATED COLLECTIONS

The New York Botanical Garden

ART    Collection Number 64

PP    Timothy Field Allen Papers
 

Processed November 2000 by Natalie  S. Brody under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH PA-23141-98) and a grant from the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation.


For more information and a complete description contact:
Susan Fraser, NYBG Archivist
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
(718) 817-8879
 
 






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