Diary and transcripts of Harger family letters; includes correspondence to and from Sarah Scott, Mary Adams, Charles Adams, Charles Harger, Burton Harger, Henry Harger, John Harger, 1846 - 1877
Scope and Contents
ncludes correspondence, diaries, articles, compositions, notes, genealogical research, and clippings. The bulk of the material relates to Edgar Burton Harger (E.B.Harger), a founding members of the Connecticut Botanical Society. This material was gathered by Beatrice Harger Sellner, Harger's daughter, who wrote a short biography and several articles on Harger. Of particular interest is the extensive correspondence between Harger and fellow botanist... of the period. These include society members like Charles B. Graves, Lumen Andrews, Charles Weatherby, E.H Evans, Charles Bissell, as well as noted botanist like William Albert Setchell, Professor of Botany and chairmen of the department at the University of California, Berkeley, and Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Gray Herbarium curator.
Also included are the papers and biographical research on E.B. Harger and other Harger family members. This research includes members with a shared interest in botany including E.B. Harger's: grandfather, Alfred Harger; father, John Harger; uncle, Oscar Harger, professor of paleontology at Yale University; and E.B.'s children, Alfred P. Harger, and Beatrice Harger Sneller. Other materials of note are John Harger's line diary from August 1850 to November 1854 which detail life on the farm, and the 164 transcribed letters to and from members of the Harger family and to Sarah Scott, second wife of Alfred Harger. These letters detail everyday life primarily in the Naugatuck Valley and New Haven. Some correspondence is in German.
Dates
- Creation: 1846 - 1877
Creator
- From the Collection: Connecticut Botanical Society (Organization)
- From the Collection: Dreyer, Glenn D. (Person)
- From the Collection: Graves, Charles Burr, 1860- (Person)
- From the Collection: Harger, Edgar Burton, 1867- (Person)
- From the Collection: Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln, 1864-1935 (Person)
- From the Collection: Setchell , William Albert , 1864-1943 (Person)
- From the Collection: Weatherby, Charles Alfred, 1875-1949 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 4 Linear Feet (4 cartons)
From the Collection: 0.79297 Gigabytes (64 files)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave
New London CT 06320 United States
860-439-2654
860-439-2686
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