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Title: Paul Hutchison Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1927-1975
Collection Number: mssHutchison papers
Creator:
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-.
Extent: 120 items in 2 boxes and 2 oversize volumes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
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.
Language: English and one letter in French.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Paul Hutchison Papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Gift of Paul Hutchison, June 1987.
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.
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).
Arranged in the following order:
- Box 1: Manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera
- Box 2: Notebooks
- Oversize volumes
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Brown, Nicholas Edward,
1849-1934.
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul
Clifford), 1924-.
Botanists -- California --
Archives.
Botany.
Cactus.
Saint Croix (V.I.) --
Description and travel.
Essays -- California -- 20th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- 20th
century.
Notebooks -- California -- 20th
century.
Research (document genres) -- 20th
century.
Bates, John Thomas.