Edward Tuckerman Botanical Papers, 1816-1886
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Tuckerman Botanical Papers
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Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886
Biographical History for: Tuckerman Botanical Papers
Biographical Note Edward Tuckerman, eldest son of Edward Tuckerman, a Boston merchant, and Sophia (May) Tuckerman, was born in Boston in 1817. After attending Ingraham's school, Boston Latin, he received his B.A. and M.A. from Union College in 1837 and 1844 respectively and his L.L.B. and A.B. from Harvard University in 1839 and 1847 respectively. Tuckerman married Sarah Eliza Sigourney Cushing in 1854 and in 1855 began a professorship at Amherst College. Tuckerman began his career at Amherst College as a professor of history; three years later he became a professor of botany. Severe hearing loss forced Tuckerman to abandon his classroom work for botanical research. Although no longer a professor, Tuckerman was included in the Amherst College course catalogue until his death in 1886. During the course of his research, Tuckerman became an authority on lichens, discovering the famous ravine in the White Mountains now bearing his name. Tuckerman's scientific findings have been documented in many articles and books.
Scope and Contents of the Collection Correspondence, notes, pamphlets and specimens documenting Tuckerman's research as a botanist and collector of lichens. Correspondents include William G. Farlow, Charles Frost, Asa Gray, William Nylander, Henry Ravenel, and Charles J. Sprague. Lichenological manuscripts include botanical journals kept by Tuckerman on various expeditions in New England, the Bering Strait, and on the Missouri and Yellowstone exploring expedition.
Botanists--Massachusetts.
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Botany--Study and teaching--Massachusetts--Amherst.
Farlow, W. G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919.
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Frost, Charles C.
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888.
Nylander, William, 1822-1899.
Ravenel, Henry William, 1814-1887.
Sprague, Charles J. (Charles James), 1823-1903.
Amherst College--Faculty.
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Series 1: Lichenological Manuscripts of Edward Tuckerman
This series consists of Tuckerman's own scientific writings on lichens, including New England botanical journals, 1838-1840, and manuscripts recording botanical observations made in the Bering Strait, ca. 1875, and on the Missouri and Yellowstone exploring expedition, ca. 1880.
Botanical Journal of E. Tuckerman, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island; 110 pp. n.d.
Botanical journal of E. Tuckerman, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire; 91 pp. (Gift of E. Porter Dickinson, April 1978) 1838-1839
"Lichens of the Behring (sic) Strait" - autograph manuscript, 75 pp. (Complementary illustrations of the manuscript in the Farlow Herbarium) ca. 1875
List of lichens, 4 pp. ca. 1850
Notes, 4 pp. ca. 1880
"Reports on Lichens Collected in the Missouri and Yellowstone exploring Expedition," 7 pp. ca. 1880
Series 2: Correspondence
The bulk of the collection consists of letters from botanists, biologists, and lichenologists. Among the 53 correspondents are these notable figures: William G. Farlow, Charles Frost, Asa Gray, W. Nylander, Henry Ravenel, and Charles J. Sprague. Arranged alphabetically by author and then chronologically within each folder.
Allen Timothy F. 1880
Arnold 1882
Babington, Churchill 1882
Bailey, L. H. 1885
Bessey, Charles E. 1880 Aug 11
Branth 1875 Mar 22
Clinton 1874 Apr 18
Cooke, Josiah P. 1874 Mar 18
Cooke, Josiah P. 1877 Jun 9
Engleman, George 1876 Aug 8
Engleman, George 1877 Feb 13
Engleman, George 1880 Feb 26
Fairbanks, S. B. 1875 Dec 18
Farlow, William G. 1884
Fries, T. M. 1875 May 4
Frost, Charles 1844 June 22
Gerard, W. 1875
Gerard, W. 1876
Goodale, George L. n.d.
Gould, Ben A. n.d.
Gray, Asa n.d.
Hart, J. n.d.
Higginson, Storrow n.d.
Hill, Thomas n.d.
Huntington, J.N. n.d.
Kidder, J. N. n.d.
Korber n.d.
von Krempelhuber, A. n.d.
Legget, William N. n.d.
Lojka, Hugo n.d.
Michener, Ezra n.d.
Minks, A. n.d.
Morong, Thomas n.d.
Muller, Johann n.d.
Nylander, N. n.d.
Perry, Mrs. S. M. H. n.d.
Peters, Thomas M. n.d.
Pourbater, L.F. n.d.
Ravenel, Henry W. n.d.
Robbins, J. W. n.d.
Rothrock Joseph T. n.d.
Schwendener, S. n.d.
Selby, John L. n.d.
Slade, D. D. n.d.
Sprague, Charles J. n.d.
Stahl, E. n.d.
Stearns, W. A. n.d.
Stirton, James n.d.
Thurber, George n.d.
Tuckerman, Edward n.d.
Wainio, Edward n.d.
Wall, Elihu n.d.
Watson, Sereno n.d.
Willey, H. n.d.
Wilson, Mary L. n.d.
Wolle, Francis n.d.
Wright, Charles n.d.
Series 3: Pamphlets by or concerning Edward Tuckerman
This series comprises an incomplete compilation of Tuckerman's published writings as well as printed material about Tuckerman. Arranged chronologically.
On Oakeasia, a New Genus of the Order Empetreae n. d.
The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery, "Some account of the White Mountains of New Hampshire" 1816
Enumeratio Methodica: Caricumquarundam, species recensuit et secundum Habitum pro viribus disponere tentavit, Schenectady (annotated by Tuckerman) 1843
Constitution and By-Laws of the New Orleans Academy of Science 1854
"Observationes Lichenologicae. Observations on North American and other lichenes," extracted from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1864
Laws of Botanical Nomenclature Adopted by the Congress from American Journal of Science and the Arts 1868
Constitution and Rules of the National Academy of Sciences 1872
Catalogue of Plants Growing Without Cultivation Within Thirty Miles of Amherst College 1875
Report of the Council (of the Academy of Science) 1886
Memoir of Edward Tuckerman, 1817-1886, by W. G. Farlow n. d.
Series 4: Lichenological Specimens
Lichenological Specimens: Two copies of lichenological specimens Lichenes: Americae Septentrionalis Exsiccati Fascicle V et VI. All materials are a gift of Mrs. Forbes Michie unless otherwise noted.
Lichenes: Americae Septentrionalis Exsiccati Fascicle V et VI. Curante Edward Tuckerman. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1954. 50 pp. (N. B.: an adjunct to "Synopsis of the Lichenes of New England, the Other Northern States and British America," 1848.) [2 copies in this folder; also 6 more wrapped copies adjacent to box 2] 1854
Professor Tuckerman's vasculum box n.d.