- Title
- Edward Palmer plant lists, 1879-1908, box AB, folder 2, box AB, folder 2 ; Edward Palmer Papers, 1874-1897, box AB, folder 2, box AB, folder 2
- Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911, creator, author.
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- This collection consists of collecting lists and field notes, primarily from Palmer’s time in Mexico. Lists pertain to collections made from 1880-1897. Field notes are mostly from Acapulco in 1894-1895 and Durango in 1896.
- 0.5 linear feet
- English
- text
- Books and documents
- Palmer, Edward
Plants--Mexico--Acapulco
Plants--Mexico--Durango (State) - Other related material at the Botany Libraries, Harvard University Herbaria: Administrative correspondence of the Gray Herbarium and Harvard University Herbaria; Asa Gray correspondence files of the Gray Herbarium; Field notes and plant identification records.
Electronic finding aid available https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/gra00071/catalog - Edward Palmer was born in Norfolk, England, on January 12, 1831, and immigrated to the United States at the age of 18. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and became acquainted with naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland under whose tutelage he developed an interest in collecting natural history specimens. In 1853 he was appointed naturalist and assistant to the surgeon on the USS Water Witch under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Page. The surveying expedition was cut short in 1855 after the ship was fired upon by a Paraguayan fort and Palmer returned to Cleveland. He spent the winter in England where he married Dinah Riches before traveling back to Cleveland in early 1856. His wife accompanied him to Ohio but her name disappears from the record soon after. Palmer moved several times over the next few years. He briefly studied at the Cleveland Homeopathic College and practiced medicine in Kansas. From 1859 to 1861 he joined the gold rush in Colorado, then worked for the Geological Survey of California until enlisting in the Union Army in 1862. Palmer continued to collect while traveling and working in Army medical facilities in the Midwest and West. In 1869 he transitioned to full time collecting. He devoted most of the rest of his life to making archaeological, zoological, and botanical collections in the American South and Southwest and in Mexico. In his later years Palmer lived primarily in Washington, D.C. where he worked for the United States Department of Agriculture in various capacities. His last collecting trip was to Mexico in 1909-1910. Palmer died in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 1911. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous new species. The genus Palmerella was named in his honor by Asa Gray.
- Edward Palmer plant lists, 1879-1908. gra00071. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University.
- Open Collections Program at Harvard University
- Gray Herbarium Library, Botany Libraries, Harvard University
- 990117494230203941_FMUS.GRA:2380007
- Title
- Edward Palmer plant lists, 1879-1908, box AB, folder 2, box AB, folder 2 ; Edward Palmer Papers, 1874-1897, box AB, folder 2, box AB, folder 2
- Creator / Contributor
- Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911, creator, author.
- Place of Origin
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Description
- This collection consists of collecting lists and field notes, primarily from Palmer’s time in Mexico. Lists pertain to collections made from 1880-1897. Field notes are mostly from Acapulco in 1894-1895 and Durango in 1896.
- Extent
- 0.5 linear feet
- Language
- English
- Genre
- text
- Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Palmer, Edward
Plants--Mexico--Acapulco
Plants--Mexico--Durango (State) - Notes
- Other related material at the Botany Libraries, Harvard University Herbaria: Administrative correspondence of the Gray Herbarium and Harvard University Herbaria; Asa Gray correspondence files of the Gray Herbarium; Field notes and plant identification records.
Electronic finding aid available https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/gra00071/catalog - Biographical / Historical Note
- Edward Palmer was born in Norfolk, England, on January 12, 1831, and immigrated to the United States at the age of 18. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and became acquainted with naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland under whose tutelage he developed an interest in collecting natural history specimens. In 1853 he was appointed naturalist and assistant to the surgeon on the USS Water Witch under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Page. The surveying expedition was cut short in 1855 after the ship was fired upon by a Paraguayan fort and Palmer returned to Cleveland. He spent the winter in England where he married Dinah Riches before traveling back to Cleveland in early 1856. His wife accompanied him to Ohio but her name disappears from the record soon after. Palmer moved several times over the next few years. He briefly studied at the Cleveland Homeopathic College and practiced medicine in Kansas. From 1859 to 1861 he joined the gold rush in Colorado, then worked for the Geological Survey of California until enlisting in the Union Army in 1862. Palmer continued to collect while traveling and working in Army medical facilities in the Midwest and West. In 1869 he transitioned to full time collecting. He devoted most of the rest of his life to making archaeological, zoological, and botanical collections in the American South and Southwest and in Mexico. In his later years Palmer lived primarily in Washington, D.C. where he worked for the United States Department of Agriculture in various capacities. His last collecting trip was to Mexico in 1909-1910. Palmer died in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 1911. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous new species. The genus Palmerella was named in his honor by Asa Gray.
- Cite As
- Edward Palmer plant lists, 1879-1908. gra00071. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University.
- Series
- Open Collections Program at Harvard University
- Repository
- Gray Herbarium Library, Botany Libraries, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990117494230203941_FMUS.GRA:2380007
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