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Edward Everett Terrell Papers
Content Description
The Edward Everett Terrell Papers consist mainly of photographs, micrographs, negatives, and illustrations of the plant specimens featured in Dr. Terrell's research and publications. There are also plant species distribution maps, journal article reprints, and personal files and correspondence relating to publications, reviews, and specimen collections.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-2010
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Biographical Sketch
Edward Everett Terrell (1923-2011) was a taxonomic botanist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service for 25 years. He was also a researcher and collaborator with the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Botany, and the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Maryland. Dr. Terrell published many articles and books, including Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vascular Plants of Economic Importance (1977), Revision of Houstonia (Rubiaceae-Hedyotideae) (1996), and Annotated List of the Flora of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (2000).
Total Size of Collection
5 records_box
1 boxes (1 box, 15 x 12 x 3)
8 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Genres
photographs, reprints
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876