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ethnobotany

 Subject
Subject Source: Nalt
Scope Note: The study of plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. In the fields of ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology, the emphasis is on traditional medicine and the existence and medicinal uses of plants and plant extracts and their constituents, both historically and in modern times.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Isabel Shipley Cunningham Collection on Howard Scott Gentry

 Collection
Identifier: MS0346
Content Description

The Isabel Shipley Cunningham Collection on Howard Scott Gentry consists of articles, notes, photographs, and Cunningham's drafts of articles on Howard Gentry's expeditions as a plant collector. Cunningham collected these materials to write several articles about Gentry.

Dates: 1940-1995; Majority of material found within 1984-1993
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections