Paul Hutchison Papers, 1927-1975

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Summary

Creators:
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-.
Abstract:
This collection contains papers of Paul C. Hutchison (1924-1997), a senior botanist at the University of California at Berkeley who specialized in cacti, chiefly consisting of Hutchison’s personal collection of the journals and correspondence of English streetcar operator and amateur cactus botanist John Thomas Bates (1849-1934). There are several botanical notebooks and catalogues belonging to Hutchison and Bates.
Extent:
120 items in 2 boxes and 2 oversize volumes
Language:
English and one letter in French.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains papers of Paul C. Hutchison (1924-1997), a senior botanist at the University of California at Berkeley. The lion’s share of the collection consists of Hutchison’s personal collection of the journals and correspondence of English streetcar operator and amateur cactus botanist John Thomas Bates. There are several botanical notebooks and catalogues belonging to Hutchison and Bates. Two of Bates’ notebooks contain extensive notes on English botanist Nicholas Edward Brown (1849-1934). The collection also includes two botanical essays by botanist Paul Hutchison on the species of cacti in which he specialized, as well as a few of his letters to and from other prominent botanists. There is also a 1952 bound report collected by Hutchison on the horticultural and agricultural conditions of the Caribbean island of St. Croix (Box 2, Folder 8). Two of the notebooks are oversize. There are also 24 items of ephemera including a botanical catalogue, miscellaneous ledgers, invoices, photographs, a scrapbook and taxonomic notes.

Two referenced subjects include:

  • Brown, Nicholas Edward, 1849-1934 Subject in John Thomas Bates, “Mesembryanthemums and Some new Genera Separated from It” [undated]. 1 item. Box 2 (4). In oversize.
  • Saint Croix (V.I.)--Description and travel Subject in P. C. (Paul Clifford) Hutchison, 1924-, “St. Croix report” (1952, Jan.). 1 item. Box 2 (8).

Biographical / historical:

A senior botanist at the University of California at Berkeley, Paul Clifford Hutchison (1924-1997) traveled great distances from his California home in search of new plant species. Born in 1924, Hutchison specialized in cactus plant species, and took a great interest in the work of other botanists doing similar work. He took trips to the Caribbean in 1951 and Bolivia and Peru in 1964 to research South American cacti species. Hutchison died in 1997.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Paul Hutchison, June 1987.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following order:

  • Box 1: Manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera
  • Box 2: Notebooks
  • Oversize volumes

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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