Guide to the LeRoy Abrams (1874–1956) papers,
1920–1954
.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Contents List
Container(s) | Description | Dates | Online | |
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | Correspondence | 1920–1948 | View |
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 2 August 1920 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 23 January 1921 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson (2 pp.) | 21 April 1922 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 15 October 1926 | |||
Letter from from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 23 November 1926 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 29 January 1927 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 4 February 1927 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 7 June 1927 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 2 December 1927 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 10 February 1928 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 28 February 1929 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 15 March 1929 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 4 April 1929 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 12 November 1929 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 3 September 1930 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 24 November 1930 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 5 December 1933 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 17 April 1934 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 9 May 1934 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 14 January 1935 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 28 January 1935 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 10 May 1935 | |||
Letter from L. T. Dempster to L. R. Abrams | 13 May 1935 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams (3 pp.) | 11 September 1935 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 23 October 1935 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 27 November 1935 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 19 December 1935 | |||
Letter from A. C. Carlson (Assistant to Dr. Jepson) to L. R. Abrams | 7 March 1936 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 3 January 1936 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 12 February 1936 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 29 February 1936 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 11 March 1936 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 17 September 1936 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 1 October 1936 | |||
Letter from L. R. Abrams to W. L. Jepson | 13 January 1937 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 22 January 1937 | |||
Letter from C. S. Downes to W. L. Jepson | 7 February 1939 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams (4 pp.) | 27 April 1939 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 20 June 1941 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 31 July 1941 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 6 July 1943 | |||
Letter from R. L. Wilbur to L. R. Abrams | 4 March 1948 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 2 | "To Professor L. R. Abrams on the Occasion of His Retirement from Teaching 1940" | 1940 | View |
Letter from E. I. Applegate to L. R. Abrams | 27 April 1940 | |||
Letter from R. C. Bacigalupi to L. R. Abrams | 9 May 1940 | |||
Letter from H. W. Barden to L. R. Abrams | 9 May 1940 | |||
Letter from L. D. Benson to L. R. Abrams | 7 May 1940 | |||
Letter from C. S. Benson to L. R. Abrams | 10 May 1940 | |||
Letter from S. T. Blake to L. R. Abrams | 5 May 1940 | |||
Letter from L. L. Burlingame to L. R. Abrams | 1940 | |||
Letter from B. W. Copsey to L. R. Abrams | 9 May 1940 | |||
Letter from J. C. Clausen to L. R. Abrams | 11 May 1940 | |||
Letter from L. Constance to L. R. Abrams | 10 May 1940 | |||
Letter from W. S. Cooper to L. R. Abrams | 2 May 1940 | |||
Letter from E. B. Copeland to L. R. Abrams | 17 May 1940 | |||
Letter from H. F. Copeland, G. C. Kimber, H. C. Foy, M. R. Craseus, H. O. Jenkins, C. C. Wright and J. Dowdell to L. R. Abrams | 10 May 1940 | |||
Letter from M. B. Cunningham to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 8 May 1940 | |||
Letter from D. Demaree to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 2 May 1940 | |||
Letter from L. E. Detling to L. R. Abrams | 6 May 1940 | |||
Letter from L. D. Dreier to L. R. Abrams | 10 May 1940 | |||
Letter from E. G. Dudley to L. R. Abrams | 1940 | |||
Letter from A. Eastwood to L. R. Abrams | 9 May 1940 | |||
Letter from C. C. Epling to L. R. Abrams | 1940 | |||
Letter from M. L. Fernald to L. R. Abrams | 29 April 1940 | |||
Letter from G. F. Ferris to L. R. Abrams | 8 May 1940 | |||
Letter from R. J. S. Ferris to L. R. Abrams | 10 May 1940 | |||
Letter from W. K. Fisher to L. R. Abrams | 30 April 1940 | |||
Letter from J. M. Greenman to L. R. Abrams | 14 May 1940 | |||
Letter from I. R. Hayward to L. R. Abrams | 12 May 1940 | |||
Letter from A. W. C. T. Herre to L. R. Abrams | 25 April 1940 | |||
Letter from J. T. Howell to L. R. Abrams | 7 May 1940 | |||
Letter from J. R. Janish to L. R. Abrams | 1940 | |||
Letter from W. L. Jepson to L. R. Abrams | 13 May 1940 | |||
Letter from T. H. Kearney to L. R. Abrams | 26 April 1940 | |||
Letter from D. D. Keck to L. R. Abrams | 9 May 1940 | |||
Letter from [illegible] to L. R. Abrams | 6 May 1940 | |||
Letter from E. A. McGregor to L. R. Abrams | 28 April 1940 | |||
Letter from H. E. McMinn to L. R. Abrams | 8 May 1940 | |||
Letter from J. I. W. McMurphy to L. R. Abrams | 1940 | |||
Letter from R. D. Melville to L. R. Abrams | 29 April 1940 | |||
Letter from P. A. Munz to L. R. Abrams | 9 May 1940 | |||
Letter from G. S. Myers to L. R. Abrams | 12 May 1940 | |||
Letter from Doris [?] to L. R. Abrams | 8 May 1940 | |||
Letter from M. E. Peck to L. R. Abrams | 2 May 1940 | |||
Letter from [?] Peirce to L. R. Abrams | 12 May 1940 | |||
Letter from W. H. Rich to L. R. Abrams | 12 May 1940 | |||
Letter from R. C. Rollins to L. R. Abrams | 26 April 1940 | |||
Letter from G. B. Rossbach and R. P. Rossbach to L. R. Abrams | 30 April 1940 | |||
Letter from H. C. Scherer to L. R. Abrams | 8 May 1940 | |||
Letter from F. Shreve to L. R. Abrams | 6 May 1940 | |||
Letter from F. J. Smiley to L. R. Abrams | 1 May 1940 | |||
Letter from G. M. Smith to L. R. Abrams | 8 May 1940 | |||
Letter from C. P. Smith to L. R. Abrams | 1940 | |||
Letter from M. E. Springer to L. R. Abrams | 8 May 1940 | |||
Letter from P. C. Standley to L. R. Abrams | 7 May 1940 | |||
Letter from W. P. Stockwell to L. R. Abrams | 11 May 1940 | |||
Letter from W. T. Swingle to L. R. Abrams | 8 May 1940 | |||
Letter from A. G. Vestal to L. R. Abrams | 30 April 1940 | |||
Letter from W. W. Wagener to L. R. Abrams | 12 May 1940 | |||
Letter from I. L. Wiggins to L. R. Abrams | 10 May 1940 | |||
Letter from W. F. Wight to L. R. Abrams | 9 May 1940 | |||
Letter from R. L. Wilbur to L. R. Abrams | 25 April 1940 | |||
Letter from A. Wilson to L. R. Abrams | 6 May 1940 | |||
Letter from C. B. Wolf to L. R. Abrams | 8 May 1940 | |||
Letter from J. Poindexter, B. Hammerly, R. V. Moran, D. Scott, E. J. Campan, L. Yaussy, R. Rawlings, M. J. Theobald, G. Harden, H. C. Dalton, E. Herald, A. Calhoun, J. Shepherd, G. B. Rossbach, B. MacQuivey, A. Rundle, J. Bryant, M. MacQuivey, R. H. Thompson, M. R. Buss, D. Anderson, M. A. Nobs, B. Gosline, W. Kaiser, M. Storey, B. Mock, G. F. Ferris, L. P. Abrams, I. L. Wiggins, A. I. Burlingame, R. B. Barden, H. McMurphy, W. F. Wight, H. L. Dudley, W. H. Rich, H. W. Barden, R. H. Peirce, L. L. Burlingame, M. Storey, G. J. Peirce, R. J. S. Ferris, J. I. W. McMurphy, H. P. Smiets, G. S. Myers, Mrs. A. W. C. T. Herre, R. F. Myers, E. G. Dudley, G. H. Wight, D. [?] Rich, G. M. Smith, D. B. Wiggins and L. R. Abrams to L. R. Abrams (4 pp.) | 10 May 1940 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 3 | "Eightieth Birthday Greetings to Dr. LeRoy Abrams" | 1954 | View |
Letter from E. B. Copeland to L. R. Abrams | 23 September 1954 | |||
Letter from H. F. Copeland to L. R. Abrams | 1 October 1954 | |||
Letter from H. L. Dudley and E. G. Dudley to L. R. Abrams | 1 October 1954 | |||
Letter from R. C. Bacigalupi to L. R. Abrams | 28 September 1954 | |||
Letter from L. D. Benson to L. R. Abrams | 16 September 1954 | |||
Letter from G. F. Ferris to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 27 September 1954 | |||
Letter from M. A. Wynne to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 1954 | |||
Letter from F. M. Scott to L. R. Abrams | 14 September 1954 | |||
Letter from H. A. Borthwick to L. R. Abrams | 28 September 1954 | |||
Letter from L. Constance to L. R. Abrams | 23 September 1954 | |||
Letter from P. A. Munz to L. R. Abrams | 23 September 1954 | |||
Letter from C. S. Benson to L. R. Abrams | 27 September 1954 | |||
Letter from G. J. Peirce to L. R. Abrams | 27 September 1954 | |||
Letter from D. K. Niles, J. Niles, K. Niles, M. Niles and M. A. Niles to L. R. Abrams | 25 September 1954 | |||
Letter from H. A. Gleason to L. R. Abrams | 1 October 1954 | |||
Letter from E. A. McGregor to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 22 September 1954 | |||
Letter from D. D. Keck to L. R. Abrams | 24 September 1954 | |||
Letter from D. Whitaker to L. R. Abrams | 23 September 1954 | |||
Letter from L. E. Detling to L. R. Abrams | 1 October 1954 | |||
Letter from J. R. Janish to L. R. Abrams (4 pp.) | 1954 | |||
Letter from W. A. Cannon to L. R. Abrams | 25 September 1954 | |||
Letter from R. C. Rollins to L. R. Abrams | 1954 | |||
Letter from J. F. MacBride to L. R. Abrams | 23 September 1954 | |||
Letter from H. A. Dutton to L. R. Abrams | 17 September 1954 | |||
Letter from J. Poindexter to L. R. Abrams | 27 September 1954 | |||
Letter from H. L. Mason to L. R. Abrams | 27 September 1954 | |||
Letter from T. H. Kearney to L. R. Abrams | 24 September 1954 | |||
Letter from J. T. Howell to L. R. Abrams | 24 September 1954 | |||
Letter from G. M. Smith to L. R. Abrams | 28 September 1954 | |||
Letter from C. B. Wolf to L. R. Abrams | 27 September 1954 | |||
Letter from M. C. Springer to L. R. Abrams | 27 September 1954 | |||
Letter from F. J. Smiley to L. R. Abrams | 29 September 1954 | |||
Letter from J. L. D. Randall to L. R. Abrams (2 pp.) | 1 October 1954 | |||
Letter from I. L. Wiggins to L. R. Abrams | 1 October 1954 |
Biographical Note
California plant collector LeRoy Abrams (1874–1956) was an assistant professor (1906–1912), associate professor (1912–1920) and professor of botany (1920-1940) at Stanford University. He also served as director of its Natural History Museum (1934–1940). He authored An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States (Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1923–1960, 4 vols.).
Scope and Contents Note
This collection contains one folder of letters to Abrams from Willis Linn Jepson (1867–1946), professor of botany at University of California at Berkeley, and copies of Abrams' letters (1920–1943) to Jepson. The correspondence relates mainly to Jepson's work on Erigoneae, intended for the second volume of Abrams' Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, and Jepson's eventual inability to finish it in time for the volume's publication in 1937. There is also a statement (1939, 3 typescript pages) to Abrams signed by Jepson regarding the publication dates of Jepson's A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California (Berkeley, University of California, 1925), in which he also refers to the publication policies of Edward L. Greene (1843–1915), whom he had years earlier served as an assistant. There is also a letter (1948) from Ray L. Wilbur, chancellor of Stanford University, regarding Abrams' election to honorary membership in the California Academy of Sciences.
In addition, there are two volumes containing letters to Abrams from friends, former students and colleagues. One volume was compiled upon his retirement from teaching in 1940, the other on his eightieth birthday (1 October 1954).
Finding Aid Note
This finding aid was entered into ArchivesSpace by J. Dustin Williams in 2019.
Processing Information
This collection was digitized by G. Boardman in 2015.
[Identification of item], [date(s) of item]. Depository: LeRoy Abrams (1874–1956) papers, Hunt Institute Archives collection no. 120 (box [box number], folder [folder number]), Archives, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, Pa.