F. Lamson-Scribner papers, 1885-1938.
- 4,500 items. 20 containers. 8 linear feet.
- Arranged in 4 series. Series 1: Letterbooks, 1888-1903; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1885-1938; Series 3: Subject File, circa 1890-1938; and Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1891-1927.
Open to research.
Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, reports, notes, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Lamson-Scribner's exhibits work for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Includes material on exhibits he helped prepare for the Exposição do Centenario do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1922-1923; Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition in Philadelphia, Pa., 1926; and Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago, Ill., 1933-1934. Also documents his service as chief of the Philippines Bureau of Agriculture in the Philippines, 1901-1904.
Glass plate negatives Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Botanist, exhibits specialist, and educator. Full name: Frank Lamson-Scribner. Born 1851. Died 1938.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012185
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Philippines. Bureau of Agriculture. United States. Department of Agriculture.
Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago, Ill.) (1933-1934 : Exposição do Centenario do Brasil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (1922-1923 : Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition Philadelphia, Pa.) (1926 :
Agriculture--Exhibitions. Agriculture--Philippines. Exhibitions--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro. Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago. Exhibitions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Brazil--Centennial celebrations, etc. Chicago (Ill.)--Centennial celebrations, etc. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Centennial celebrations, etc.