Content Description
Biographical / Historical
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
Title: Laura F. Kimball Papers
Creator:
Kimball, Laura Frances, 1856-1942
Identifier/Call Number: LA.1993.1220.002
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1886-1914
Abstract: The Laura F. Kimball Papers consist of correspondence among botanists and collectors of ferns, mostly in the period 1889 to
1914. Includes a small number of plant lists (earliest 1886).
Content Description
Four folders of correspondence regarding ferns between Kimball, botanists, and other collectors. Includes additional folder
of material by fern collector F. M. Cota.
Biographical / Historical
Laura Frances Kimball was a fern collector in San Diego County, California. She was born on April 30, 1856 in New Hampshire
and moved with her family to National City before 1870, where the family took up farming. National City was then a township
in San Diego County, founded in 1868 by her uncles, Frank and Warren C. Kimball. Kimball collected ferns of San Diego County
for the Biltmore Herbarium and supplied material to other collectors and institutions. She was known for her extensive fern
collection which included 60 varieties from 14 states and the Hawaiian Islands. Kimball died on January 3, 1942 in National
City.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Contact the Research Library Director, San Diego Natural History Museum.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may be reserved. Consult the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Director for more information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Laura F. Kimball Papers, 1886-1914. Research Library, San Diego Natural History Museum.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ferns
Ferns -- California -- San Diego County
Plant collectors
Beadle, Chauncey D. (Chauncey Delos), 1866-1950
Chrysler, Mintin Asbury, 1871-1963
Cota, F. M. (Florencio Moisa), 1899-1951
Dukes, W. C.
Eaton, A. A. (Alvah Augustus), 1865-1908
Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1834-1895
Eaton, Lillian O., 1864-1936
Kimball, Laura Frances, 1856-1942
Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
Tracy, H. Harwood (Hiram Harwood), 1883-1978