%eadnotat; ]> Scribner, Frank Lamson, 1851-1938. Writings, 1878. Phillips Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2001. ENG Scribner, Frank Lamson, 1851-1938. Writings, 1878. Phillips Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1963 Descriptive Summary Collection 125 Archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences

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SCRIBNER, FRANK LAMSON, 1851-1938. Writings, 1878. 2 items. Collection 125

Botanist and agrostologist, non-resident member of the Academy, 1877; recording Secretary of the Botanical Section; from 1877-85 an officer of Girard College; subsequently Assistant Botanist of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, and Chief of the Section of Vegetable Pathology. Collected extensively and wrote on grasses. Decorated by the French government for investigations on the fungus diseases of the grape.

Collection includes; Flora of Mt. Katahdin (publ. in Botanical Gazette, v. 17. p. 46) and catalogue of North American collection giving locality data.

From F. W. Pennell's papers, 1953.