Isabel Shipley Cunningham collection on Frank Nicholas Meyer, 1907-2005

Cunningham, Isabel Shipley

Isabel Shipley Cunningham collection on Frank Nicholas Meyer, 1907-2005

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Cunningham, Isabel Shipley

The Isabel Shipley Cunningham Collection on Frank Nicholas Meyer consists of photocopies of original correspondence, documents, and articles relating to Frank N. Meyer (1875-1918), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant explorer from 1902 to 1918. The materials were collected by Isabel S. Cunningham during research for her book, Frank N. Meyer: Plant Hunter in Asia. In April 2006, Cunningham donated more of her research notes, articles, photographs, and a first edition annotated copy of Frank N. Meyer: Plant Hunter in Asia.

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AGROVOC Keywords

botany history plant introduction

Bibliographic information

Other Subjects

Economic; United states; Plant collectors

Language

English

Note

Isabel Shipley Cunningham Collection on Frank Nicholas Meyer. Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library.

Isabel S. Cunningham; gift.

Frank Nicholas Meyer (1875-1918) was born Frans Nicholas Meijer in the Netherlands. He immigrated to the United States in 1901 and began working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Plant Introduction Station in Santa Ana, California, in 1902. He was hired as a plant explorer by the USDA's Office of Seed and Plant Introduction in 1905. Between 1905 and 1918, Meyer made plant collecting expeditions to Europe, China, Russia, and Japan, as well as other countries. During this time he introduced over 2,500 plants to the United States. He died in June 1918 while traveling by riverboat on an expedition in China, when he fell overboard into the Yangtze River.

Type

Mixed Material; Monographic

In AGRIS since: 2024-02-27

Modification date: 2025-04-23

Format: MODS

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