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Titel
David Fairchild papers
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0.50 linear feet (1 document case)
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Biografie
David Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans, mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering cherries.
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Bereik en inhoud
The David Fairchild Papers contains an undated and corrected typescript of Fairchild's autobiographical book The World was My Garden; Travels of a Plant Explorer.
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Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Items from this collection are kept on-campus and may be requested from the first floor Kislak Center in the Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami.
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
David Fairchild Papers Finding Aid © 2009 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- Engels
Scripts of the material
- Latijn
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Related archival materials
Special Collections holds a 1938 first-edition copy of The World was My Garden; Travels of a Plant Explorer as well.
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Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Fairchild, David, 1869-1954 (Onderwerp)