Donovan S. Correll (1908–1983)

[from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens website]
Donovan S. Correll (1908–1983) was a plant taxonomist who, over a long and distinguished career, studied plants of America and authored more than 115 papers and 11 books, including Orchids of North America, North of Mexico, Ferns and Fern Allies of Texas, The Potato and its Wild Relatives, and Flora of the Bahama Archipelago (including the Turks and Caicos Islands), the latter researched and published in cooperation with Fairchild Tropical Garden.

His donated papers pertain to his studies over the years from 1935 through 1983. Included are field note books of plant surveys and expeditions from throughout his career as well as correspondence that relates to the surveys and other matters. Pictures and negatives, some of which have been printed in one or another of his books or papers, are included. Files also include an extensive autobiography, Notes from a Singing Plant Explorer.