Walter Tennyson Swingle collection, 1586-1952
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PART I: SWINGLE, WALTER TENNYSON
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SERIES: Swingle Articles.
BOX 1-6.
1888-1948.
2.52 lin. ft.
Arranged in alphabetical order.
The printed articles are indexed chronologically. This series contains printed articles (1-2) and manuscript articles (3-6) written by W.T. Swingle.
SERIES: Manuscript Notebooks and Papers.
Box 7-14.
1881-1950.
3.22 lin. ft.
Arranged chronologically. No index.
This series contains memoranda notebooks (7-8), agricultural notes (9), observations of experiments (10), and personal notebooks (11-12). Also included are various manuscripts of reports, speeches etc.(13) which are arranged alphabetically. Box 14 contains Swingle's personal diaries arranged chronologically.
SERIES: Chronological Correspondence File.
Box 15-34.
1885-1952.
9.64 lin ft.
Arranged chronologically. No index.
This series is comprised of all of Swingle's correspondence with the exception of his correspondence with Michael J. Hagerty. It contains letter books (11-14); single letters (19-28) is arranged alphabetically within a chronological order; fragments and undated correspondence (29); Swingle family correspondence (30-31); and correspondence with David G. Fairchild which includes Fairchild manuscripts andmemorabilia.
SERIES: Original Citrus Literature.
Box 35-45.
1586-1938.
4.62 lin. ft.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Indexed chronologically.
This series contains original references to citrus which Swingle collected to use in his research (35-45).
SERIES: Citrus Synonomy File.
Box 46-48.
[N.d.]
1.26 lin. ft.
Arranged in alphabetical order. No index.
This series contains Citrus accounts arranged alphabetically by species within genus.
SERIES: Research Material.
Box 49-63.
1890-1951.
6.97 lin ft.
Arranged alphabetically except boxes 55-59 and box 63. No index.
This series is composed of Swingle's working papers and research material. It includes research material (49-50) and articles by other authors (51). The reference material is comprised of English language material (52) and foreign languages material (53). The working papers include material from Kansas State Agricultural College (54); the United States Department of Agriculture (55-62); and the University of Miami (63).
SERIES: Miscellaneous.
Box 64-69
1898-1952.
2.36 lin ft.
Arranged in alphabetical order except print box, arranged by size. No index.
This series contains memorabilia, documents, awards, photographs, invitations, advertisments, and other personal material related to Swingle. The documents and awards are found in box 64, miscellaneous material by subject (65-67), photographs (68), and a photographs portfolio (69).
PART II: HAGERTY, MICHAEL J.
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SERIES: Translations.
Box 70-75.
1915-1942.
2.52 lin. ft.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or title. No index.
This series contains translations done by Michael J. Hagerty for the U.S.D.A. under Swingle's supervision. It includes translations from reference works (70-71); article translations (72-74); and a major translation of the citrus accounts of the Chinese Imperial Encyclopedia (75).
SERIES: Chronological Correspondence File.
Box 76-85.
1915-1942.
4.2 lin. ft.
Arranged chronologically except box 85, arranged alphabetically by subject. No index.
This series contain correspondence between Hagerty and Swingle, separated by Swingle throughout their work together. It includes single letters (76-84) and correspondence arranged by subject by Swingle (85).
SERIES: Project G Material.
Box 86.
1936.
0.21 lin. ft.
Arranged in alphabetical order. No index.
This box contains work done by Hagerty on a compilation of biographies of Ch'ing dynasty Chinese.
SERIES: Oriental Material.
Box 87-88.
1901-1937.
0.84 lin ft.
Arranged alphabetically by title of author. No index.
This series contain oriental writing manuals and publications in Chinese or about China.
SERIES: Photographs and Miscellaneous.
Box 89-90
1915-1937.
0.72 lin ft.
Arranged alphabetically. No index.
This series contains photographs used by Hagerty for a published work (title unknown) (89). It also includes memorabilia, charts. etc. (90)
Subjects (links to similar collections)Citrus - China
Citrus - Florida
Date palm - United States
Fairchild, David, 1869-1954
Fairchild Tropical Garden
Hagerty, Michael J. (Michael Joseph), d. 1951
Naturalists - Florida
Swingle, Walter T. (Walter Tennyson), 1871-1952
Tropical crops.
Undurraga, Antonio de
United States. Dept. of Agriculture
Forms of Material (links to similar genres) Administrative Information
The Walter Tennyson Swingle Collection contains research material and correspondence of Walter T. Swingle as well as translations and correspondence of Michael J. Hagerty. The Swingle portion of the collection is comprised of his articles, manuscripts, diaries, and most of Swingle's correspondence between 1885 and 1951.
The correspondence gives an overview of his botanical and plant introduction work as well as his personal life and travels. The bulk of the correspondence are letters from distinguished colleagues such as Herbert J. Webber, Dr. Beverly T. Galloway, W.A. Kellerman and others from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Also included in this group are correspondence between Swingle and David G. Fairchild, noted Florida naturalist and one of the men who conceived of a sub-tropical garden in Florida and for who Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami, Florida is named. Their correspondence details an account of their collaborative work and friendship.
Swingle's research material includes notes, notebooks, and large number of first accounts of citrus in the Original Citrus Literature, containing a number of articles by Carolus Linnaeus.
Of special interest to the University of Miami is material dealing with Swingle's tenure as Consultant in Tropical Botany at the University, as well as some interesting material dealing with his U.S.D.A. work in Brazil in the 1930's.
The Hagerty portion of the collection consists most importantly of translations made by Hagerty of Chinese accounts on botany for the Swingle's work in the Department of Agriculture. It includes a very large translation of the Chinese accounts of citrus from the Chinese Imperial Encyclopedia which is over 500 pages long and very important to Swingle's study of citrus. Also in this portion are found a very large amount of correspondence between Hagerty and Swingle which details most of their work together for the U.S.D.A.