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Seaweed Specimen Book
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 27 Sep 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 27 Sep 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Title: | Seaweed Specimen Book |
| Dates: | circa 1970? |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Bound scrapbook containing pressed specimens of various types of seaweed, most with Latin names written underneath. Also includes clipping of two articles on the subject. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Nothing is known of the creator of this book of seaweed specimens. The clipping is dated 1976, but the handwriting and the style of the scrapbook suggest an earlier date.
The Seaweed Specimen Book consists of a single scrapbook, containing specimens of a wide range of marine algae. The specimens were carefully pressed and attached to cards, which were then affixed to the pages of the scrapbook. In many cases the Latin name of the plant is included below it; for example, the first is labelled "Collithaminon Ptilophora" which may be an older, or slightly misspelled, version of Callithamnion ptilophora. No information is given as to where or when the specimens were collected.
There are also two articles on the subject dating from the mid-1970s.
The specimens are in no discernible order.
Access Restrictions:
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Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Subjects
Algae -- Type specimens.
Botanical specimens.
Marine algae -- Type specimens.
Genres and Forms
Scrapbooks.
Specimens.
Occupations
Marine biologists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Seaweed Specimen Book,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Unspecified, 2000.
Specimen book
| Specimen book | |||||||||||
| SC 584 | Seaweed - accompanied by two articles on the subject of mosses and algae | ||||||||||