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By Mary A. Sego
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Two folders containing articles by Charles Barnes, one letter and a book by Barnes.
Biographical Note
Charles Reid Barnes was born in Madison, Indiana on September 7, 1858. He graduated from Hanover College in 1877 and afterward studied at Harvard University. After teaching in the public schools for a few years he became a professor of Botany at Purdue University in 1882. In 1887 he left for the University of Wisconsin and spent eleven years there developing and maintaining a vigorous Department of Botany. In 1898 he became a professor of plant physiology at the University of Chicago. Prof. Barnes died from an accidental fall on February 24, 1910.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Alternate Extent Statement:
2 folders
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
MSF 25, Charles R. Barnes papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Folder:
[
Folder 1: Charles R. Barnes Papers, 1882-1886],
[
Folder 2: Charles R. Barnes Papers, 1886-1899],
[Item 1: Artificial Keys to the Genera and Species
of Mosses, 1890],
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