Cythna Lindenberg Letty (1895–1985)
letters from Alain White, 1934–1945 and n.d.
.25 linear feet (1 folder)
Biographical Note
Botanical artist Cythna L. Letty (Mrs. Oscar Forssman; 1895–1985) was employed at the Division of Plant Industry, Pretoria, South Africa (1927–1938 and 1945 until retirement) and at the Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria (after retirement).
Scope and Contents Note
These letters from taxonomist Alain White (1880–1951) refer to Letty’s illustrations in the journal Flowering Plants of South Africa, the use of her drawings of Stapelia Linnaeus from that journal in White and Boyd L. Sloane’s The Stapelieae (Pasadena, Abbey San Encino Press, 1937, 3 vols.), and the preparation and publication of the book, in which she is listed as a collaborator. White's letters also cover the use of Letty's drawings in White, Sloane, and R. Allen Dyer’s The Succulent Euphorbieae (Pasadena, Abbey Garden Press, 1941, 2 vols.). References are made by White to Sloane, Inez Verdoorn of Summerville, South Carolina, and M. E. Connell of Litchfield, Connecticut. White’s letter of 10 July 1935 contains some autobiographical data as well.Also included is one letter (22 June 1937) from Sloane to Letty, written after the publication of The Stapelieae.
Administrative Information
This finding aid was completed by Nancy Janda and placed online by J. Dustin Williams in 2018.
Digital Materials Available
This collection was digitized by G. Boardman in 2015.
Contents
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Correspondence |
1934–1945, n.d. | ||
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
4 March 1934 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty |
14 May 1934 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
23 September 1934 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty |
18 October 1934 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
25 December 1934 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (3 pp.) |
31 December 1934 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty |
11 January 1935 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
22 March 1935 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
5 April 1935 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (3 pp.) |
12 April 1935 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (3 pp.) |
10 July 1935 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
8 October 1935 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty |
23 November 1935 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
16 December 1935 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (3 pp.) |
26 December 1935 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
4 March 1936 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty |
20 March 1936 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
2 October 1936 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty |
10 October 1936 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
25 December 1936 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
21 March 1937 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
3 June 1937 |
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Letter from B. L. Sloane to C. L. Letty |
27 June 1937 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
25 December 1937 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty |
26 December 1937 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
29 June 1938 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (Mrs. Forssman) (2 pp., handwritten) |
3 January 1939 |
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Post card from A. White to C. L. Letty (Mrs. Forssman) |
18 April 1939 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (Mrs. Forssman) (2 pp.) |
9 April 1940 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (Mrs. Forssman) (2 pp.) |
31 October 1940 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (Mrs. Forssman) (2 pp.) |
25 December 1940 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (Mrs. Forssman) |
12 January 1943 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (Mrs. Forssman) (3 pp.) |
28 January 1945 |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (2 pp.) |
May 8 [1938?] |
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Letter from A. White to C. L. Letty (Mrs. Forssman) (2 pp.) |
1 June [1945 or after] |
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