July 24, 
1959 
Dr. Richard A. Howard 
Anrold Arboretum 
22 Divinity Avenue 
Cambridge J8 t Mass. 
Dear Dicks 
The delay in responding to your earlier letter concerning the 
field notebooks was due to the fact that I thought I might be 
able to have time to reproduce them by Verifax here. This 
seems unnecessary at this point and so I am going to forward 
them to you by registered mail under separate cover. 
It is suggested that these be accessioned on an indefinite lean 
basis with the understanding that if at any time I would need 
them they would be returned on request. In the meantime, it is 
assumed also that they will be well cared for and, as indicated 
in the first volume of these field books, eventually these should 
be deposited permanently in the library of the Gray Herbarium 
where this original work was initiated. 
A few comments are in order with regard to these volumes. 
First of all, the longhand records were kept either by myself 
or by my good wife. Samples of my handwriting are on the in- 
side covers of volumes 1 and 2 and hers on the inside cover of 
volume 3. 
The first short collecting trip of 193? is covered in volume 1, 
pages 1-106. Notes are not as copious on this first collection 
trip. You will also find that numbers were not assigned until 
collections were relegated to families. The only exceptions are 
the collections made in the botanic garden covered by pages 98- 
106. This material was primarily brought together for use in 
teaching at the University of Massachusetts. It represents economic 
plants, by and large. 
The scheme of recording is probably self-evident, but mention 
should be made of it just in case. Left hand column represents 
the collection numbers and the right hand numbered columns represent 
