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Women botanists -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Hooker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0725
Abstract

Hooker, Henrietta Edgecomb, 1851-1929; Botanist and college teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1873. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1873-1908. Papers consist of correspondence, writings, magazine and newspaper articles, and photographs. Primarily documenting her work as a professor at Mount Holyoke College and her hobby raising Buff Orpington chickens.

Dates: 1873-1942; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1927