Edwin B. Smith Materials
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Scope and Content Note
This collection is comprised of two bound manuscripts of Edwin B. Smith's An Atlas and Annotated List of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas, edited by the author, as well as Smith's correspondence with University of Arkansas at Monticello Professor of Biology Eric Sundell.
Dates
- 1978-1997
Creator
- Smith, Edwin B., 1936-2017 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Edwin Burnell Smith (1936-2017) was an award-winning Arkansas botanist and the author of An Atlas and Annotated List of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas.
Smith was born December 1, 1936 in Wellington, Kansas, to Sanford A. Smith and Zephalena Davis Smith. He earned a PhD in Botany from the University of Kansas in 1965, and then briefly taught at Rutgers University before joining the faculty at the University of Arkansas, where he worked until retiring in 1998. While at the University of Arkansas, Smith also served as Director of the Herbarium. Smith passed away on January 28, 2017.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Acquisition Information
The Edwin B. Smith Materials were donated to the Special Collections Department by University of Arkansas Professor Kimberly Smith on March 16, 2016.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in December 2017.
- Title
- Edwin B. Smith Materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- December 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu