Edward Palmer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911
label: Creator
content: Safford, William Edwin, 1859-1926
label: Creator
content: Archer, William Andrew
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Ethnobotany
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The history of the collection is not completely clear, but it appears, at least in part, to have been brought together in the work of William E. Safford on a biography of Palmer and the work of William Andrew Archer in ethnobotany. The collection transferred from the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, to the National Anthropological Archives in 1981. Added to the collection were materials sent by Robert Bye, of the University of Colorado, in 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911
label: Creator
content: Safford, William Edwin, 1859-1926
label: Creator
content: Archer, William Andrew
culture: label: Culture
content: American Indians -- Ethnobotany
label: Culture
content: American Indian -- Ethnobotany
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content: Edward Palmer papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection includes not only Palmer's own material but also that of William E. Safford, William Andrew Archer, Joseph Nelson Rose, William Ralph Maxon, and Frederick Vernon Coville that concern Palmer. The collection was in the custody of the Department of Botany of the National Museum of Natural History before it was transferred to the National Anthropological Archives. Other than the biographical material, the subject matter is largely botanical and concerns collecting activities in Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Texas, and Idaho.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edward Palmer (1831-1911) was an English-born United States Army physician, naturalist, and collector for the Smithsonian and several other institutions. He specialized in botany and anthropology.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1869-1920
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1981-55
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This digital finding aid was created from two previous NAA records: a MARC catalog record, from which the overview/administrative information was drawn, and an analog inventory of the collection contents, which has been inputed as the contents/container listing. Omissions and errors in the legacy inventory and catalog record have in most cases been fixed, but due to time contraints minor inconsistencies (such as the absence of dates from most items) have not been remedied.

Processed by NAA Staff. Catalog record created 1994. Inventory last updated by Ann R. Hunt in 2003.

Digital finding aid compiled and encoded by Katherine Madison, March 2017.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Edward Palmer papers contains material largely of Palmer, including correspondence, 1870-1920; journal notes, 1869-1910; field notes, 1890-1907; numerical list of Palmer's specimens, some 1913. The collection also contains material of William Andrew Archer, including card index of plants and their uses; common plant name index; bibliography cards and records of works consulted; Spanish-English dictionary (cards); as well as material of William E. Safford, including manuscript of "Edward Palmer: Botanical Explorer"; miscellaneous material and drafts relating to the biography. Other material in the collection includes miscellaneous working material of Safford and Archer and photographs of botanical specimens from several collections "received from the Ball estate."