Finding aid to the Laura F. Kimball Papers, 1886-1914 LA.1993.1220.002
Finding aid prepared by Marie Myers
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
2018-05-16
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
library@sdnhm.org
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).
Four folders of correspondence regarding ferns between Kimball, botanists, and other collectors. Includes additional folder
of material by fern collector F. M. Cota.
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.
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[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
Box 361, Folder 1
Box 361, Folder 2
Box 361, Folder 3
Box 361, Folder 4
Box 361, Folder 5 - OS
Cota material ca. 1908
Physical Description:
5 Leaves
16 in. x 11 in.
Five ledger sheets of plant list, entitled "Ferns, now belonging to Mr. F. M. Cota, 3846 Cherokee, San Diego, Calif." Collection
information includes dates from 1879 to 1908. Includes reprint of "Further Notes on the Pteridophytes of San Diego County,
California." F. M. Cota, American Fern Journal, Vo. 23, No. 3, July-September, 1933. Also includes biographical note about
Florencio M. Cota (1899-1951).