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BANC MSS C-B 908
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Collection Title: Harvey Monroe Hall papers
Date (inclusive): 1859-1991,
Date (bulk): bulk 1896-1932
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 908
Creators :
Hall, Harvey Monroe, 1874-1932
Hall, Carlotta Case, b. 1880
Niccolls, Martha Hall.
Hall, Carlotta Case, b. 1880
Niccolls, Martha Hall.
Extent:
Number of containers: 6 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Linear feet: 2.45
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: Consists of the papers of Harvey Monroe Hall, his wife Carlotta Case Hall and their daughter Martha Hall Niccolls. The papers
of Harvey Monroe Hall contain correspondence, notes, reprints and newspapers clippings relating to his family life and his
career in botany including specimen collecting, research and teaching. The papers of Carlotta Case Hall contain correspondence,
writings and diaries, papers relating to her families genealogy, and papers relating to her husbands illness and death. The
papers of Martha Hall Niccolls contain correspondence, writings, diaries and scrapbooks. A list of correspondents can be found
in the indexing terms.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
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in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
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[Identification of item], Harvey Monroe Hall Papers, BANC MSS C-B 908, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. (BANC PIC 1964.029-037)
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hall, Harvey Monroe, 1874-1932--Archives
Hall, Carlotta Case, b. 1880--Archives
Niccolls, Martha Hall--Archives
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Botany
Botany--Research
Curry, David A. d. 1917
Eastwood, Alice, 1859-1953
Hall, Ansel Franklin, 1894-
Hoffmann, Ralph, 1870-1932
Nelson, Aven, 1859-1952
Storer, Tracy Irwin, 1889-
Abrams, Le Roy, 1874-1956
Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), b. 1877
Brandegee, Katharine Layne, 1844-1920
Clausen, Jens Christian, 1891-
Davidson, Anstruther, 1860-1932
Dudley, William Russel, 1846-1911
Hall, Carlotta Case, b. 1880
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932
Jepson, Willis Linn, 1867-1946
Keck, David Daniels, 1903-
Parish, S. B. (Samuel Bonsall), 1838-1928
Spoehr, Herman Augustus, 1885-1954
Trelease, William, 1857-1945
Niccolls, Martha Hall
Paul Elder and Company
Carnegie Museum
History of science and technology collection
The Harvey Monroe Hall Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Martha Hall Niccolls in 1964.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff.
Harvey Monroe Hall was born in Illinois on March 29, 1874 and brought up near Riverside, California. An early interest in
nature led him to a career in botany, After graduation from the University of California in 1901, Hall received his Master
of Science degree there in 1902 and Ph.D. in 1906.
In 1910 Hall married Carlotta Case, a 1905 graduate of the University of California and a collector of western ferns. Together
they wrote
A Yosemite Flora.
He was associated with the University of California from 1902-1919, serving successively as Assistant Botanist, University
of California Agricultural Experiment states, 1902-1903; Instructor in Botany, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1903-1908;
Assistant Professor of Economic Botany, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1908-1915; Associate Professor, 1915-1919.
In 1919 he became a staff member of the Carnegie Institution, Division of Plant Biology, at Stanford University, serving also
as Professor of Botany, and as Honorary Curator of the Herbarium, University of California. These posts he retained until
his death in Washington, D.C. in 1932.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Harvey Monroe Hall Papers consists of the papers of Harvey Monroe Hall, his wife Carlotta Case Hall and their daughter
Martha Hall Niccolls. The papers of Harvey Monroe Hall contain correspondence, notes, reprints and newspapers clippings relating
to his family life and his career in botany including specimen collecting, research and teaching. The papers of Carlotta
Case Hall contain correspondence, writings and diaries, papers relating to her families genealogy, and papers relating to
her husbands illness and death. The papers of Martha Hall Niccolls contain correspondence, writings, diaries and scrapbooks.
A list of correspondents can be found in the indexing terms.