Margery Claire Carlson (1892–1985) correspondence, 1949–1973
.25 linear feet (1 folder)
Biographical Note
Margery Claire Carlson (1892–1985) was an American plant collector, plant anatomist, morphogeneticist and taxonomist. Her specialty was Russelia Jacquin. She was the first woman to major in botany and to become a full professor at Northwestern University, where she also taught for more than 30 years. Carlson was also a research associate at The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
Scope and Contents Note
This collection consists of correspondence with three individuals. Handwritten correspondence from Thomas Baillie MacDougall (1895–1973) to Carlson and her life partner, Kate Staley, is dated 1949 to 1967. Most of these letters are one to two pages in length and were sent from New York, New York, or Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. This set of letters includes 34 letters and five postcards, sometimes signed “D. Tomás,” and one 3" × 5" printed paper advertising the Hotel Tehuantepec (Mexico). The second set has four letters, all in Spanish, of correspondence with Faustino Antonio Miranda González (1905–1964) of the Instituto Botanico del Estado, Mexico, dated 1952 to 1956. Finally, the collection includes three letters to Carlson from Judith S. Stix (also Mrs. Ernest W. Stix) of St. Louis, Missouri, concerning MacDougall’s work.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 |
1949–1973 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (2 pp.) |
31 March 1949 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (2 pp.) |
22 April 1949 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (2 pp.) |
3 July 1949 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (2 pp.) |
7 August 1949 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (3 pp.) |
17 September 1949 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (2 pp.) |
4 January 1950 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (4 pp.) |
11 May 1950 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") (2 pp.) |
4 July 1950 |
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Printed 3"x5" advertising card for Hotel Tehuantepec |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (2 pp.) |
6 November 1950 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") (2 pp.) |
2 February 1951 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (3 pp.) |
11 May 1951 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
4 December 1951 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson |
3 May 1952 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson |
27 August 1952 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
15 January 1953 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
19 November 1953 |
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Letter card from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") (2 pp.) |
16 April 1954 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
13 June 1954 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") (2 pp.) |
11 March 1955 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (1 of 2 pp.) |
23 March [1955] |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
10 May 1955 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
7 August 1955 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
13 November 1955 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (2 of 2 pp.) |
23 March [1955] |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
30 December 1955 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
30 September 1956 |
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Post card from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") (2 pp.) |
20 October 1956 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
5 November 1956 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson |
22 April 1957 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
29 November 1957 |
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Letter card from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") (2 pp.) |
2 November 1959 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
29 March 1960 [as "1930"] |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
12 January 1961 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
19 May 1961 |
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Letter card from T. MacDougall to "Kate Carlson" (signed "D. Tomás") (2 pp.) |
1 November 1961 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
20 May 1962 |
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Letter card from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") (2 pp.) |
24 September 1963 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") |
14 April 1965 |
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Letter from T. MacDougall to M. C. Carlson (signed "D. Tomás") (2 pp.) |
13 May 1967 |
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Letter from M. C. Carlson to F. Miranda (typewritten, unsigned) |
25 May 1952 |
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Letter from F. Miranda to M. C. Carlson & Staley (2 pp.) |
3 June 1952 |
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Letter from F. Miranda to M. C. Carlson (2 pp.) |
26 February 1953 |
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Letter from F. Miranda to M. C. Carlson |
3 November 1956 |
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Letter from J. Stix to M. C. Carlson (2 pp.) |
19 June 1973 |
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Letter from J. Stix to M. C. Carlson (4 pp.) |
23 June 1973 |
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Letter from J. Stix to M. C. Carlson (typewritten) |
31 July 1973 |
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