RMM02560.xml Guide to the William Trelease papers, [ca. 1862-1945]. Trelease, William papers, [ca. 1862-1945]. Compiled by A. Levine Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library June 2003

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Finding aid encoded by Martin Heggestad June 2003 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the William Trelease Papers,[ca. 1862-1945] Collection Number: 2560 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu A. Levine April 1967 Martin Heggestad, June 2003 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY William Trelease papers, [ca. 1862-1945]. 2560 William Trelease, 1857-1945. 3 linear ft. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, deeds, drawings, and other material. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library General incoming personal and professional correspondence, c. 1879-c. 1845; correspondence, clippings, and other items concerning his work in the Missouri Botanical Gardens, his monographs, the naming of Mount Trelease, Colorado, activities of the Society of American Bacteriologists, and other subjects; and photographs and miscellaneous printed matter. Also Trelease's correspondence, deeds, and drawings concerning family cemetery plots in Urbana, Illinois, and St. Louis Missouri. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Botany at Wisconsin, Washington, and Illinois Universities, 1883-1912; and director, Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1889-1912.

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

General incoming personal and professional correspondence, c. 1879-c. 1845; correspondence, clippings, and other items concerning his work in the Missouri Botanical Gardens, his monographs, the naming of Mount Trelease, Colorado, activities of the Society of American Bacteriologists, and other subjects; and photographs and miscellaneous printed matter. Also Trelease's correspondence, deeds, and drawings concerning family cemetery plots in Urbana, Illinois, and St. Louis Missouri.

 SUBJECTS Names: Trelease, William, 1857-1945. Missouri Botanical Gardens. Society of American Bacteriologists. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University of Washington. Subjects: Botanical gardens--Missouri--St. Louis. Botany--Study and teaching. Cemeteries--Illinois--Urbana. Cemeteries--Missouri--St. Louis. Botanists--United States. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

William Trelease papers, #2560. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 CONTAINER LIST 1 1 Professional correspondence from Anna Botsford (1854-1930) and John Henry Comstock (1849-1931). [1879-1884]-1912 1 2 Professional correspondence from William R. Dudley (1849- ) Mar.-Nov. 1880 1 3 Professional correspondence, mostly from J.B. Ellis 1882-1901 1 4 Professional correspondence and personal correspondence from George J. Engelmann, M.D. 1886-1889 1 5a Correspondence from W.G. Farlow 1880-1886 1 5b Correspondence from W.G. Farlow 1887-1894 1 5c Correspondence from W.G. Farlow 1895-1903 2 1 Professional correspondence from Simon Henry Gage (1851-1944) [1880-1888]-1926 2 2 Professional correspondence from W.R. Gerard 1880-1885 2 3 Personal and professional correspondence from George Lincoln Goodale (1839-1923) 1881-1888 2 4 Professional correspondence from Edward Lee Greene (1832- ) 1887-1893 2 5 Professional correspondence from J.H. Mellichamp 1888-1898 2 6 Professional correspondence from A.S. Packard, Jr., of the Department of the Interior, Entomological Committee 1879-1880 2 7 Professional correspondence from C.C. Parry 1888-1889, n.d. 2 8 Professional correspondence from Charles H. Peck 1880-1893 2 8 Professional correspondence from Charles Mohr 1883-1901 2 9 Professional correspondence from J. Reverchen 1892-1902 3 1a Professional correspondence, mostly from Joseph Nelson Rose (1862- ), of the Department of Botany at the Smithsonian 1885, 1892-1898 3 1b Professional correspondence, mostly from Joseph Nelson Rose (1862- ), of the Department of Botany at the Smithsonian 1899-1901 3 2 Professional correspondence from C.V. Riley 1883-1894 3 3a Professional correspondence from Charles Sprague Sargent (1841- ) 1883-1896 3 3b Professional correspondence from Charles Sprague Sargent (1841- ) 1897-1902 3 3b 30 typewritten pp., "Gardens and Botanical Gardens" 4 1 Correspondence (p.c.) between Trelease, Henry Shaw and W.G. Elliot re: Trelease's employment at Missouri Botanical Garden 1885 A book of letters, mostly regarding Trelease's retirement from his post at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Many of the letters are from well-known men, such as Roscoe Pound, John Muir, Simon and Susanna Phelps Gage, Liberty Hyde Bailey, David Starr Jordan, and the Comstocks. 4 2a 1904-1912 4 2b 1912 4 2c 1914-1917 4 3 Missouri Botanical Garden, clippings re: annual reports 1892-1912 4 5 Correspondence and other items pertaining to Trelease's "Agave in the West Indies" 1912-1917, n.d. 4 6 Items pertaining to Mount Trelease 1932-1933, n.d. 4 7 Photographs of the Boyce Thomson Southwestern Arboretum 1929 4 8 Letters and other items pertaining to Trelease's monograph of "American Oaks" 1925-1935 5 1 Miscellaneous correspondence, articles, and receipts 1860-1918 Miscellaneous correspondence 5 2 1925-1927 5 3 1928 5 4a-b 1929 6 1a-b 1930 6 2 1931 6 3 1932 6 4 1933 6 5 1934 6 6 1935 6 7 1936-1937 6 8 1938-1939 7 1 1940 7 2 1941, [1942, 1944] 7 3 Letters of condolence, newspaper clippings 1945 7 4 Undated correspondence 7 5 Miscellaneous photographs 7 6 Pamphlets 7 Paperbound book, Memoirs of the National Academy of Science, vol. XX (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924 ). The whole of this volume compromises "The American Oaks," by William Trelease. 8 Additional papers 1914-[1940-1945]

These additional papers consist mainly of letters from relatives, friends, colleagues, and ex-students on his 80th (1937) and 83rd (1940) birthdays, and letters of condolence (1945) to his widow and children; also included are Trelease's correspondence, deeds, and drawings concerning family cemetery plots in Urban, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri; William Trelease, Personal Reminiscences by J. Christian Bay (12 pp. pamphlet, 1945); photographs of Trelease; and related printed matter and newspaper clippings. Ca. 150 pcs.

Correspondents of William Trelease: John W. Spargo - cousin - professor at Northwestern University Jonibel Blair - granddaughter Hillebrand - English professor - Harvard A.B. and Ph.D. Albert L. Lybyer - professor of history at Illinois Abram Leon Sacher - president of Brandeis University now Cecelia Tonton - daughter of H.B. Ward Kaltienn M. Noyes - widow of W.A. Noyes (chemist) Leighton - Ill. State Geological Survey Frank W. Scott - with D.C. Heat, formerly professor at Illinois Eunice Daniels - widow of Pres. Daniels