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Monday, August 1st

Monday, August 1st, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Historical Section: Posters
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PHS001August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterWomen of the Chrysler Herbarium: Barbara F. Palser and Erica M. Frank
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Poster: HistoricalMumich, Mary Margaret; Reeds, Karen; Struwe, Lena.history
women in science
collections
Bryophyte
Lichens
Ericaceae

Tuesday, August 2nd

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm · 200/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session M26: Meeting: Historical Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Nuala Caomhanach, American Museum of Natural History
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August 2nd 2:30 pm200/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterHistorical Section Business Meeting
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 3:45 pm to 5:15 pm · 200/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 34: Contributed Papers: Historical Section Contributed Papers
Presiding: Nuala Caomhanach, American Museum of Natural History
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34001August 2nd 3:45 pm200/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterHumphry Marshall and the Pennsylvania Botanical Circle
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperFlannery, Maura C..Humphry Marshall
John Bartram
botanical history
Trees
34002August 2nd 4:00 pm200/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterCalcutta Botanical Garden and making of the modern world
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperSengupta, Aniket.Calcutta Botanical Garden
Colonial era
British Empire
34003August 2nd 4:15 pm200/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterFrom Cro-Magnon to Kral: A History of Botany in Alabama
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperDavenport, Lawrence J.Alabama
ecoregions
Native Americans
European explorers
pioneers
Charles Mohr
Roland Harper
floristic studies
Robert Kral
34004August 2nd 4:30 pm200/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterA Hay-Maker’s Hardships: Mending the Fragmented Collections of a 19th-Century Southern Botanist through Collaborative Digitization
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperBrown, Herrick; Boyd, Kate; Knox, John.Henry William Ravenel
herbarium
Archival Materials
Collaborative Digitization
ContentDM
Symbiota
34005August 2nd 4:45 pm200/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterOut of the Cold Room and Into the Light – Unidentified Legacy Collections at the New York Botanical Garden
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperTarnowsky, Nicole; Weiss, Amy.herbarium
Collections Management
Digitization
Determinations
Processing
Databases
34006August 2nd 5:00 pm200/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterOn Losing our History in the Digital Dark Age
Log in to add this item to your schedule		Oral PaperKASS, LEE B.Digital Dark Ages
unreadable computer programs
lost digital content
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