Paul Hutchison Papers: Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Nicholas S. Hall, July 17, 2009.
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Paul Hutchison Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1927-1975
Collection Number: mssHutchison papers
Creator:
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-.
Extent: 120 items in 2 boxes and 2 oversize volumes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains papers of Paul C.
Hutchison (1924-1997), a senior botanist at the University of California at Berkeley who specialized in cacti, chiefly consisting
of Hutchison’s personal
collection of the journals and correspondence of English streetcar operator and amateur cactus botanist John Thomas Bates
(1849-1934). There are several
botanical notebooks and catalogues belonging to Hutchison and Bates.
Language: English and one letter in French.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Paul Hutchison Papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Provenance
Gift of Paul Hutchison, June 1987.
Biographical Note
A senior botanist at the University of California at Berkeley, Paul Clifford
Hutchison (1924-1997) traveled great distances from his California home in search of new plant
species. Born in 1924, Hutchison specialized in cactus plant species, and took a
great interest in the work of other botanists doing similar work. He took trips to
the Caribbean in 1951 and Bolivia and Peru in 1964 to research South American cacti
species. Hutchison died in 1997.
Scope and Content
This collection contains papers of Paul C.
Hutchison (1924-1997), a senior botanist at the University of California at Berkeley. The lion’s share of the collection consists
of Hutchison’s personal
collection of the journals and correspondence of English streetcar operator and amateur cactus botanist John Thomas Bates.
There are several
botanical notebooks and catalogues belonging to Hutchison and Bates. Two of Bates’ notebooks contain extensive notes on English
botanist
Nicholas Edward Brown (1849-1934). The collection also includes two botanical essays by botanist Paul Hutchison on the species
of cacti in which he specialized,
as well as a few of his letters to and from other prominent botanists. There is also a 1952 bound report collected by Hutchison
on the horticultural and agricultural
conditions of the Caribbean island of St. Croix (Box 2, Folder 8). Two of the notebooks are oversize. There are also 24 items
of ephemera including
a botanical catalogue, miscellaneous ledgers, invoices, photographs, a scrapbook and taxonomic notes.
Two referenced subjects include:
-
Brown, Nicholas Edward, 1849-1934
Subject in John Thomas Bates, “Mesembryanthemums and Some new Genera Separated from It” [undated]. 1 item. Box 2 (4). In oversize.
-
Saint Croix (V.I.)--Description and travel
Subject in P. C. (Paul Clifford) Hutchison, 1924-, “St. Croix report” (1952, Jan.). 1 item. Box 2 (8).
Arrangement
Arranged in the following order:
- Box 1: Manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera
- Box 2: Notebooks
- Oversize volumes
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Brown, Nicholas Edward,
1849-1934.
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul
Clifford), 1924-.
Botanists -- California --
Archives.
Botany.
Cactus.
Saint Croix (V.I.) --
Description and travel.
Forms/Genres
Essays -- California -- 20th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- 20th
century.
Notebooks -- California -- 20th
century.
Research (document genres) -- 20th
century.
Additional Contributors
Bates, John Thomas.
Box 1
Manuscripts, Correspondence, and Ephemera
Folder 1
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-. “Comments on the Taxonomy of some Peruvian Cactaceae:” essay [undated]. 1 item.
Folder 2
[Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-]. “Variation:” essay [undated] 1 item.
Folder 3
Bates, John Thomas. 1 letter (1960, Aug. 6) to “Gordon.”
Folder 4
Bolus, L. 1 letter (1937, Nov. 29) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 5
Brown, J.R. 3 letters (1933) to Arthur Menzies.
Folder 6
Burns, A. 1 letter (1931, Sep. 19) to Arthur Menzies.
Folder 7
Byles, Ronald S. 1 letter (1955, Feb. 6) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 8
Cragswell, Robert G. 1 letter (1936, Jan. 27) to Meredith W. Morgan.
Folder 9
De Boer, H.W. 6 letters (1952-1955) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 10
De Candollez, Alpha. 1 letter (1876, July 31) to “Mon cher Monsieur.”
Folder 11
Denton, W. 1 letter (1951, Mar. 8) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 12
Ferguson, E. 1 letter (1931, July 9) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 13
Frick, G.A. 3 letters (1930-1935) to Arthur Menzies.
Folder 14
Frick Karl. 1 letter (1930, Jan. 24) to Arthur Menzies.
Folder 15
Giddy, Cynthia. 1 letter (1975, Feb. 13) to P. C. (Paul Clifford) Hutchison, 1924-.
Folder 16
Hall, H. 5 letters (1949-1950) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 17
Haselton, Scott, E. 1 letter (1933, May 1) to Arthur Menzies.
Folder 18
Herre, H. 2 letters (1953-1955) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 19
Higgins, W.F. 2 letters (1950-1954) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 20
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-. 2 letters (1974-1975) to Cynthia Giddy.
Folder 21
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-. 1 letter (1947, Sep. 9) to Albert Krejci.
Folder 22
Jacobsen, H. 5 letters (1952-1953) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 23
Jordaan, P.G. 2 letters (1952-1953) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 24
Kimnach, Myron. 1 letter (1951, Dec. 15) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 25
Krejci, Albert. 1 letter (1947, Sep. 16) to P. C. (Paul Clifford) Hutchison.
Folder 26
Menzies, Arthur. 1 letter (1931, Sep. 14) to E.O Orpet.
Folder 27
O’Donoghue, C. Dennis. 1 letter (1944, Dec. 17) to “Friends.”
Folder 28
O’Donoghue, Gertie. 2 letters (1944-1946) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 29
Orpet, E.O. 1 letter (1931, Sep. 18) to Arthur Menzies.
Folder 30
Taylor, E. 1 letter (1931, Aug. 20) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 31
Tischer, A. 19 letters (1950-1957) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 32
Uitewall, A.J.A. 1 letter (1949, Apr. 6) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 33
Van der Bijl, D. 1 letter (1932, Nov. 24) to Arthur Menzies.
Folder 34
West, James. 12 letters (1929-1932) to Arthur Menzies.
Folder 35
Wiebner, ----- 7 letters (1935-1938) to Meredith W. Morgan.
Folder 36
Ziegler, Eugene R. 1 letter (1930, Apr. 11) to Arthur Menzies.
Folder 37
-----, Gordon. 3 letters (1952-1953) to John Thomas Bates.
Folder 38
-----, Trixie and George. 1 letter (1960, May 30) to P. C. (Paul Clifford) Hutchison, 1924-.
Folder 39
[Unknown author]. 1 letter (1872, Feb. 17) to “Sir.”
Folder 40
Ephemera: Botanical catalogue (1929, Sep. 1). 1 item.
Folder 41
Ephemera: Miscellaneous ledgers (1927-1951). 4 items.
Folder 42
Ephemera: Nursery Invoices (1935-1938). 10 items.
Folder 43
Ephemera: Photographs [undated]. 4 items.
Folder 44
Ephemera: Receipt [undated]. 1 item.
Folder 45
Ephemera: Scrapbook - Arthur Menzies. [undated]. 1 item.
Folder 46
Ephemera: Taxonomic notes [undated]. 2 items.
Folder 47
Ephemera: Thank you card (1945, Dec. 11). 1 item.
Folder 1
Bates, John Thomas. “List of Mesembryanthemums and Allied Genera Grown by John Thomas Bates” (1960). 1 item.
Folder 2
Bates, John Thomas. “List of Mesembryanthemums and Allied Genera in Gardner’s Chronicle” (1934). 1 item.
Folder 3
Bates, John Thomas. “List of Mesembryanthemums and Allied Genera Seeds” [undated]. 1 item.
Folder 4
Bates, John Thomas. “Mesembryanthemums and Some new Genera Separated from It” [undated]. 1 item. In oversize.
Folder 5
Bates, John Thomas. “Tropical Fishes” [c. 1935]. 1 item.
Folder 6
Dodson, J.W. “Werner-Rauh Collections” (1956-1960). 1 item.
Folder 7
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-. “J.T. Bates collection” (1960). 1 item. In oversize.
Folder 8
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-. “St. Croix report” (1952, Jan.). 1 item.
Folder 9
-----. Untitled notebook [undated]. 1 item.
Oversize volume
Bates, John Thomas. “Mesembryanthemums and Some new Genera Separated from It” [undated] [from Box 2, Folder 4].
Oversize volume
Hutchison, P. C. (Paul Clifford), 1924-. “J.T. Bates collection” (1960) [from Box 2, Folder 7].
