Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora. Learn more
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Margery Claire Carlson correspondence
Carlson (1892–1985) was an American plant collector, plant anatomist, morphogeneticist and taxonomist. She was the first woman to major in botany and to become a full professor at Northwestern University. This collection consists of correspondence with three individuals.
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Ladybug paintings by Susan Carlton Smith
In 1970 the Institute displayed the original watercolor illustrations by Susan Carlton Smith for Kathleen N. Daly, Ladybug, Ladybug (New York, American Heritage Press, 1969).
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What We Collect: Three Major Gifts
6 April–30 June 2023The third in our series celebrating recent acquisitions, this exhibition features major gifts by Francesca Anderson, Patricia Margaret Calhoun Rennie and John Wilkinson.
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