Title
Correspondence : Caspary (Robert) and Engelmann (George), 1857-1877
By
Caspary, Robert, 1818-1887
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Robert Caspary, for 1857-1877. The correspondence relates to lots of discussions about Nymphaea and Nuphar. Dissertation on microscopes. The illnesses of Mrs. Emmy Eichhorn and Alexander Braun. Illness spreading in Braun family. Caspary's family and new son, Johannes (February 10, 1865). Description of Alexander Braun's death. Description of Mary Caspary's (wife of Robert) death. Discussion of the future of Caspary's 3 children: Mathilde, Johannes, and Marie.
Folder contains original letters and illustrations.
Original material mostly in German, with typewritten English translation by Edgar Denison. Some original correspondences are in English.
Subjects
(Charles Christopher),
,
1785-1865
,
1805-1877
,
1807-1882
,
1809-1884
,
1818-1887
,
1823-1890
,
1861-
,
1863-
,
-1877
,
Braun, Alexander,
,
Caspary, Johannes,
,
Caspary, Marie
,
Caspary, Mary,
,
Caspary, Mathilde,
,
Caspary, Robert,
,
Correspondence
,
Decaisne, Joseph,
,
Eichhorn, Emmy
,
Elodea
,
Engelmann, George,
,
Epidemics
,
Families
,
Hooker, William Jackson,
,
Hydrocharitaceae
,
Isoetaceae
,
Isoetes
,
Juncaceae
,
Juncus
,
Letters
,
Mettenius, Cecile
,
Microscopes
,
Nelumbo
,
Nelumbonaceae
,
Nuphar
,
Nymphaea
,
Nymphaeaceae
,
Parry, C. C
,
Personality assessment of children
,
Sir,
BHL Collections
Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden
Call Number
Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1
Language
German
Identifiers
OCLC:
855866855
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