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Krukoff, B. A.
Personal Papers
Boris Alexander Krukoff Papers
circa 1929-1975
13.15 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 3x5 box) (1 oversize folder)
Record Unit 7435
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7435, Boris Alexander Krukoff Papers
Historical Note
Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898-1983) was a Consulting Forester and Economic Botanist with United States Rubber Company, Chicle Company, and Merck Company. He made a
number of expeditions to South America and Africa, 1929-1955, where he collected botanical and wood specimens. He held the positions of Honorary Curator at the New York Botanical
Garden and Consulting Botanist at Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratory. His special interests were gum-yielding trees and botanical sources of crude drugs.
Descriptive Entry
This record unit consists of Krukoff's personal files of correspondence, specimen lists, and reports relating to his collections. Also included are extensive files
on cinchona and gum yielding trees.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
Krukoff, B. A.
United States Rubber Company
American Chicle Company
Merck & Co.
New York Botanical Garden
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Subject
Botany
Botanists
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Manuscripts
Box 1
Box 1 of 14
Original List for Box 1
Box 1 of 14
Original Master Index
Box 1 of 14
Ledger - South American Samples
Box 1 of 14
Krukoff, B. A.
Box 1 of 14
1st African Collection - Botanical Specimens, 1930
Box 1 of 14
1st African Collection - Woods, 1930
Box 1 of 14
1st African Collection Insular Lumber Company
Box 1 of 14
1st Sumatran Collection - Botanical Specimens, 1930
Box 1 of 14
1st Sumatran Collection - Woods, 1930
Box 1 of 14
2nd Sumatran Collection - Botanical Specimens, 1932
Box 1 of 14
2nd Sumatran Collection - Woods, 1932
Box 1 of 14
1st Brazilian Distribution - Botanical Specimens, 1931/1932
Box 1 of 14
3rd Brazilian Expedition - Botanical Specimens, 1931/1932
Box 1 of 14
2nd Brazilian Distribution - Botanical Specimens, 1931/1932
Box 1 of 14
2nd Brazilian Distribution - Woods, 1931/1932
Box 1 of 14
3rd Brazilian Distribution (4th Brazilian Expedition - Jurua and Purus)
Box 1 of 14
3rd Brazilian Distribution (4th Brazilian Expedition - Jurua and Purus)
Box 1 of 14
4th Brazilian Distribution (5th Brazilian Expedition - Madeira) - Botanical specimens and woods (1934)
Box 1 of 14
5th Brazilian Distribution (6th and 7th Brazilian Expedition - Solimoes) - Botanical specimens and woods (1936/1937)
Box 1 of 14
6th South American Distribution (8th Expedition to (Bolivia) South America) - Botanical specimens (1939)
Box 1 of 14
6th South American Distribution (8th Expedition to (Bolivia) South America) - Woods (1939)
Box 1 of 14
6th South American Distribution (8th Expedition to (Bolivia) South America) - Distribution of botanical sets (1939)
Box 1 of 14
6th South American Distribution (8th Expedition to (Bolivia) South America) - Specialists' correspondence and lists of determinations (1939)
Box 1 of 14
Correspondence with specialists (identification of Brazilian collections only)
Box 1 of 14
Lists of Determinations (identification of Brazilian collections only)
Box 1 of 14
Localities of Krukoff's collections of botanical specimens and wood samples in the Amazon region
Box 1 of 14
Maps of Brazilian Amazonia (see also Oversize)
Box 1 of 14
Krukoff's collection from Surinam
Box 1 of 14
Froes' collections in the state of Maranhao (1939-1940)
Box 1 of 14
Correspondence with Froes (1938-1941)
Box 1 of 14
Brazilian collections of woods - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Distributions - New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse
Box 1 of 14
Brazilian collections of woods - 4th Distribution - Smithsonian Institution
Box 1 of 14
Brazilian collections of woods - 5th and 6th Distribution - Field Museum of Natural History
Box 2
Box 2 of 14
Map of the state of Piauhy (2 folders)
Box 2 of 14
1st Brazilian Expedition - (States of Maranhao and Piauhy), May 1928-January 1929
Box 2 of 14
2nd Brazilian Expedition - (State of Para), January-May 1929
Box 2 of 14
Trips to Chile and Spain (Cultural experiments with Guayule Rubber), August 1929-April 1930
Box 2 of 14
Map of Trinidad
Box 2 of 14
Maps of Guatemala and Mexico
Box 2 of 14
2nd Expedition to West Coast of Africa (Exploration for Strophanthus), 1949/1950
Box 2 of 14
Current File - Additional Determinations of Krukoff's collections
Box 2 of 14
Original Lists for Box 2
Box 2 of 14
Strychnos and Menispermaceae, both papers by Dr. Robert Cockrell
Box 2 of 14
Erythrina, Dr. E. C. Harrar
Box 2 of 14
Light weight woods, Dr. Irma Webber, Dr. D. Kribs
Box 2 of 14
Projects on wood anatomy of various groups of plants
Box 2 of 14
Project on plants of extra-tropical South America
Box 2 of 14
Project on Puerto Rican plants
Box 2 of 14
Distribution of Dr. Ducke's sets of botanical specimens
Box 2 of 14
Purchase of Brenes Herb (plants from Costa Rica)
Box 2 of 14
Distribution of odds and ends of 8 collections from South America and of collections in the States
Box 2 of 14
Disposition (in part) of Krukoff's Herbarium
Box 2 of 14
E. Merck exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden
Box 2 of 14
Erythrina (various papers) by B. A. Krukoff and Atchison Earline
Box 2 of 14
Erythrina paper by B. A. Krukoff et al
Box 2 of 14
Erythrina papers not by Krukoff et al
Box 2 of 14
Erythrina Alkaloids papers
Box 2 of 14
Menispermaceae papers by Krukoff et al
Box 2 of 14
Menispermaceae papers not by Krukoff et al
Box 2 of 14
Strychnos papers
Box 2 of 14
Strychnos papers Krukoff et al, 1965-1973
Box 2 of 14
Strychnos papers by Adolphe Ducke
Box 2 of 14
Strychnos papers not by Krukoff et al or Ducke
Box 2 of 14
Strychnos papers - African
Box 2 of 14
Strychnos papers - Asiatic
Box 2 of 14
Strychnos papers - American
Box 2 of 14
Curare book "Green Medicine" and correspondence (2 folders)
Box 2 of 14
"Green Medicine" by Margaret King
Box 3
Box 3 of 14
"Arrows of Mercy," by Philip Smith
Box 3 of 14
Curare Book "Arrows of Mercy," by Philip Smith - Correspondence
Box 3 of 14
Curare various papers (2 folders)
Box 3 of 14
"Curare," by A. R. McIntyre
Box 3 of 14
Curare - Mostly correspondence re: botanical components of various curare
Box 3 of 14
Correspondence with various chemists working on Curare or bark of Strychnos
Box 3 of 14
Correspondence with Dr. A. Ducke and Dr. F. C. Camargo re: Strychnos
Box 3 of 14
Correspondence (on Strychnos) with Dr. N. Y. Sandwith
Box 3 of 14
Strychnos Correspondence with Adolphe Ducke (1942-1956)
Box 3 of 14
Strychnos Correspondence with Prof. G. B. Marini Bettolo, 1963-1969
Box 3 of 14
Strychnos Correspondence with Prof. G. B. Marini Bettolo, 1970-1974
Box 3 of 14
Strychnos Correspondence with Dr. N. G. Bisset
Box 3 of 14
Strychnos Correspondence with Va-Rion chemists
Box 3 of 14
Strychnos Correspondence with various botanists
Box 3 of 14
Strychnos Correspondence with various collectors
Box 3 of 14
Menispermaceae correspondence with H. N. Moldenke, 1940-1966
Box 3 of 14
Menispermaceae correspondence with Jose Schunke, 1969-1973
Box 3 of 14
Strychnos and Menispermaceae correspondence with Dr. J. Murca Pires and Nilo Silva
Box 3 of 14
Menispermaceae correspondence with various chemists, botanists and collectors
Box 3 of 14
Erythrina, Dr. Folkers' file on samples, alkaloids, assays, patents, etc.
Box 3 of 14
Correspondence Dr. Samuel Aynes and Los Angeles Beautiful
Box 3 of 14
Correspondence various subjects, Rupert Barneby
Box 3 of 14
Correspondence various subjects, Chillean T. Prance
Box 3 of 14
Correspondence Ormosia
Box 3 of 14
Papers and Manuscripts Ormosia
Box 3 of 14
Dr. Folkers' work on Strychnos and Menispermaceae
Box 3 of 14
Ryania
Box 4
Box 4 of 14
Lonchocarpus (Rotanone yielding plants)
Box 4 of 14
Simaroubaceae and Survey of plants for Anti-malarial Activity
Box 4 of 14
History of the Cinchona Project, by Frederic Rosentgarten, Jr.
Box 4 of 14
Strophanthus and raw material for cortisone
Box 4 of 14
Cinchona (various papers)
Box 4 of 14
Apocynaceae (various papers)
Box 4 of 14
Sapotaceae (various papers)
Box 4 of 14
Ficus, Rauwolfia, etc.
Box 4 of 14
List of Lantern Slides (Lantern slides removed to Box 14)
Box 4 of 14
The Merck Index
Box 4 of 14
Various lists of papers
Box 4 of 14
Papers published by Ghillean T. Prance, from 1963-1973
Box 4 of 14
Papers published by recipients of B. A. Krukoff Fellowship in 1971-1972
Box 4 of 14
Distribution of reprints of papers by B. A. Krukoff et al
Box 4 of 14
Original lists for Box 4
Box 4 of 14
Papers by various authors on phytogeography of Brazilian Amazonia and interesting plants
Box 4 of 14
B. A. Krukoff's collections of fishes
Box 4 of 14
Arnold Arboretum
Box 4 of 14
Catholic University
Box 4 of 14
Carnegie Museum
Box 4 of 14
Field Museum
Box 4 of 14
Missouri Botanical Garden
Box 4 of 14
Dr. Fosberg
Box 4 of 14
University of California
Box 4 of 14
University of Michigan
Box 4 of 14
Stanford University
Box 4 of 14
Yale University
Box 4 of 14
U. S. National Museum
Box 4 of 14
Butler University (Dr. Friesner)
Box 4 of 14
University of Washington
Box 4 of 14
Miscellaneous domestic institutions (Bishop Museum, Cornell, etc.)
Box 4 of 14
Africa - Algeria - Mons. A. Faure
Box 4 of 14
Africa - Durban, Union of South Africa (Helena Forbes)
Box 4 of 14
Australia - Brisbane Botanical Garden (Dr. C. T. White)
Box 4 of 14
New Zealand
Box 4 of 14
India and Ceylon - Peradeniya Botanical Gardens
Box 4 of 14
Japan
Box 4 of 14
Dutch East Indies (Buitenzorg)
Box 4 of 14
Austria - Wiena (Vienna)
Box 4 of 14
Belgium - Brussels
Box 4 of 14
Czechoslovakia
Box 4 of 14
England
Box 4 of 14
France
Box 4 of 14
Germany, Berlin Botanical Gardens
Box 4 of 14
Germany, Munchen
Box 4 of 14
Germany, Hamburg
Box 4 of 14
Holland, Utrecht
Box 4 of 14
Italy
Box 4 of 14
Portugal
Box 4 of 14
Switzerland (Geneve)
Box 4 of 14
USSR
Box 4 of 14
Argentina - Tucuman
Box 4 of 14
Argentina - Various institutions
Box 4 of 14
Brazil - Dr. Duke and Dr. Kuhlmann
Box 4 of 14
Brazil - Dr. Hoehne
Box 4 of 14
Brazil - Various Institutions, etc.
Box 4 of 14
Colombia
Box 4 of 14
Chile
Box 4 of 14
Ecuador
Box 4 of 14
Paraguay
Box 4 of 14
Peru
Box 4 of 14
Surinam
Box 4 of 14
Uruguay
Box 4 of 14
Venezuela
Box 4 of 14
Central America
Box 4 of 14
Report on Guatemala, Costa Rica, etc. (2 folders)
Box 4 of 14
French Cameroon
Box 5
Box 5 of 14
Letters, of introduction, addresses, etc.
Box 5 of 14
Correspondence, etc.
Box 5 of 14
Handwritten copy of a report on Guatemala, Costa Rica, etc.
Box 5 of 14
Handwritten copy of a report on Colombia, and Brazil
Box 5 of 14
Handwritten copy of a report on Liberia, French and British Cameroons
Box 5 of 14
Handwritten copy of a report on Belgian Congo, Nigeria and Recommendations
Box 5 of 14
Guayule Rubber (Parthenium argentatum)
Box 5 of 14
Production of rubber during the War
Box 5 of 14
Clippings for Adams Set
Box 5 of 14
Trip to Manaos (Brazil) and Rio Negro (March/April 1941)
Box 5 of 14
Reports on project with gum yielding trees
Box 5 of 14
Report on trees from the Amazon Valley yielding gums
Box 5 of 14
Maps showing distribution of trees producing gums (2 folders)
Box 5 of 14
Mr. Gilly's progress reports
Box 5 of 14
Identifications lists (1941-1942)
Box 5 of 14
Identifications lists (Gilly's file)
Box 5 of 14
Loans of Sapotaceae for studies by Mr. Gilly
Box 5 of 14
Descriptions of new species in Sapotaceae (clippings for Herbarium)
Box 5 of 14
Distribution of sets of Froes' collections of botanical specimens of trees yielding gums
Box 5 of 14
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Solimoes - Localities of Foes' collections
Box 5 of 14
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Solimoes - Various data on trip
Box 5 of 14
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Solimoes - Complete set of Froes' field labels (2 folders)
Box 5 of 14
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Rio Negro
Box 5 of 14
Froes' Explorations in the State of Bahia, Specimens of gum yielding trees, Specimens of "medicinal" plants
Box 5 of 14
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Jurwa, Froes' reports and various data on trip
Box 6
Box 6 of 14
Froes' Explorations of the Upper Jurua
Box 6 of 14
Various indexes of botanical specimens and gum samples
Box 6 of 14
Wood Samples
Box 6 of 14
Twigs, leaves and pollen for anatomical studies
Box 6 of 14
Literature file on gum yielding trees, etc., Volume 1 (2 folders)
Box 6 of 14
Literature file on gum yielding trees, etc., Volume 2
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Papers and summaries
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Mexico and Guatemala - Surveys by James D. Lacey & Co.
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Central America
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Colombia
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Venezuela
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - British Guiana
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Surinam
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Southern Brazil
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Bolivia
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Malaya, Sumatra & Sarawak (mostly about "Jelutong")
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - South Africa
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - Nigeria
Box 6 of 14
Survey of world resources of crude gums - India
Box 6 of 14
Summary of gum production by Chicle Development Corporation (CDC), 1941
Box 6 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1942 (January-June)
Box 6 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1942 (July-December)
Box 6 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1943 (January-June)
Box 6 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1943 (July-December)
Box 6 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1944 (January-June)
Box 6 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1944 (August-December)
Box 7
Box 7 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1945 (January-June)
Box 7 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1945 (July-December)
Box 7 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1946 (January-June)
Box 7 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1946 (July-December)
Box 7 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, 1947 - also January 1948
Box 7 of 14
Summary of gum production by CDC, April 1942-January 1944 (African gums only)
Box 7 of 14
Report on Ford Rubber plantation in Brazil
Box 7 of 14
Reports of the Technical Committee of CDC, 1944
Box 7 of 14
Reports of the Technical Committee of CDC, 1945
Box 7 of 14
Reports of the Technical Committee of CDC, 1946
Box 7 of 14
Reports of the Technical Committee of CDC, 1947
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1941
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1942
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1943
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1944 (January-July)
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1944 (August-December)
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1945 (January-July)
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1945 (August-December)
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1946 (January-June)
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1946 (July-December)
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1947
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with CDC, 1948
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with Manaos office of CDC, 1941-1947
Box 7 of 14
Correspondence with Mr. E. A. Sterling, 1944-1945
Box 7 of 14
Contracts of CDC, etc. re: services of personnel (Krukoff's project on gum yielding trees)
Box 8
Box 8 of 14
Tapping experiments of Stemmadenia Donnell-Smithii in British Honduras by Dr. John S. Karling
Box 8 of 14
"Sorva" tapping experiments in Brazil and Colombia (1944-1946)
Box 8 of 14
Project in Seringal "Macapa" (upper Purus, Territory of Acre, Brazil) in 1944-1946
Box 8 of 14
Reports on fire control in Chicle forests in Peten (Guatemala) by Prof. N. C. Brown (1946)
Box 8 of 14
Report on "Tower Hill" estate (British Honduras) and on trip to Guatemala by Dr. Frank Eggler
Box 8 of 14
Correspondence on Farm Crop, base gum project, 1944-1945
Box 8 of 14
Correspondence on Farm Crop, base gum project, 1946
Box 8 of 14
Correspondence on Farm Crop, base gum project, 1947-1948
Box 8 of 14
Samples sent to Texas State Research Foundation for testing, 1946-1947
Box 8 of 14
Progress Reports (Chemical Tests), 1945, 1947
Box 8 of 14
Report on plants of possible interest in farm crop, base gum project, by Dr. Uphof
Box 8 of 14
Card file of plants of possible interest in farm crop, base gum project, by Dr. Uphof
Box 8 of 14
Apocynaceae
Box 8 of 14
Cinchona
Box 8 of 14
Curare
Box 8 of 14
Erythrina
Box 8 of 14
Ryania
Box 8 of 14
Simaroubaceae
Box 8 of 14
Strophanthus
Box 8 of 14
Strychnos
Box 8 of 14
Menispermaceae
Box 8 of 14
Sapotaceae
Box 8 of 14
A New Species of Xylosma from Curacao by Joseph Monachino
Box 8 of 14
Notes Sobre a Flora Neotropica - IV
Box 8 of 14
Phytologia, Vol. 50, January 1982, No. 2
Box 8 of 14
Strychnos papers by Krukoff, J. Monachino, and Robert A. Cockrell
Box 8 of 14
Sapotaceae papers by Arthur Cronquist
Box 8 of 14
Cinchona Species in Guatemala by Clive Chandler
Box 8 of 14
Supplementary Notes on American Menispermaceae - V by Krukoff and H. N. Moldenke
Box 8 of 14
Additional notes on the Simaroubaceae by Arthur Cronquist
Box 8 of 14
Cinchona Literature File
Box 9
Box 9 of 14
Cinchona Literature File
Box 9 of 14
Studies on the Germination Early Sledling Growth and Nutrition of Cinchona by William Henry Cowgill
Box 9 of 14
Cinchona Literature File, Vol. V
Box 9 of 14
Cinchona Literature File, Vol. V, Part 2
Box 9 of 14
Cinchona Literature File, Volume 6
Box 9 of 14
Cinchona Literature File
Box 10
Box 10 of 14
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 1 (2 folders)
Box 10 of 14
Cinchona Literature File
Box 10 of 14
Translations of papers on Cinchona from various Dutch periodicals
Box 10 of 14
Literature Data on Cinchona
Box 10 of 14
Literature data on Derris
Box 10 of 14
Volume 8 (incomplete) of Cinchona Literature File
Box 10 of 14
Cinchona Literature File, Volume 7
Box 10 of 14
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File, Volume 2 (2 folders)
Box 10 of 14
Rotenone Plants Literature File No. 3
Box 11
Box 11 of 14
Rotenone Plants Literature File No. 3
Box 11 of 14
Rotenone Plants Literature File, Volume 4 (2 folders)
Box 11 of 14
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 5
Box 11 of 14
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 6
Box 11 of 14
Photostats of References on Cinchona
Box 11 of 14
Index to "Cinchona" Korte Mededeelingen
Box 11 of 14
Photostats of Reference Verslag Nopens de Gouvernements-Kina-Onderneming
Box 11 of 14
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 7
Box 11 of 14
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 8
Box 11 of 14
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File No. 7a
Box 11 of 14
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File
Box 11 of 14
Literature File Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
Box 12
Box 12 of 14
Literature File Cultivation of Medicinal Plants Research Department (Dr. Holdridge)
Box 12 of 14
Miscellaneous Plants Literature File (unknown number)
Box 12 of 14
Cinchona Korte Mededeelingen, Mei (May) 1924-Mei (May) 1925
Box 12 of 14
Cinchona Korte Mededeelingen, November 1925-November 1926
Box 12 of 14
Cinchona Korte Mededeelingen, Mei 1927-November 1928
Box 12 of 14
Cinchona Korte Mededeelingen, November 1929-1933
Box 12 of 14
Report on Trees from the Amazon Valley and Surrounding Territory Yielding Gums for CDC
Box 12 of 14
Chemical Research in Guatemala on Cinchona Succirubra Bark by C. E. Sando
Box 12 of 14
Unidentified section of book
Box 12 of 14
Las Quinas y Su Cultivo por Jesus Patino Navarrete
Box 12 of 14
Translations of Dutch Papers Published in "Cinchona" and made by Dr. Uphof in 1947
Box 12 of 14
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 1
Box 12 of 14
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 2
Box 13
Box 13 of 14
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 3
Box 13 of 14
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 5
Box 13 of 14
Photostats of References on Cinchona Volume 7
Box 13 of 14
English translations of various papers on Cinchona
Box 13 of 14
Cinchona/Quinquina/Quinine papers (2 folders)
Box 13 of 14
Miscellaneous papers and reports (2 folders)
Box 13 of 14
The Fever Bark Tree by M. L. Duran-Reynals
Box 13 of 14
Cinchona Literature Files, Volume IV
Box 13 of 14
History of the Cinchona Project by Frederic Rosengarten, Jr.
Box 13 of 14
De Kinacultuur by Dr. A. Groothoff
Box 13 of 14
Proceedings of the Celebrations of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the First Recognized Use of Cinchona
Box 13 of 14
Cinchona Planters Manuel
Box 13 of 14
Cinchona in Java
Box 13 of 14
Various Cinchona/Quinine Papers, clippings, and reports (2 folders)
Box 14
Box 14 of 14
Glass Lantern Slides 1-16 (see list of October 26, 1948). List of lantern slides is in Box 4. Slides are of botanical specimens and of indigenous people in South America.
Oversize
Oversize
Map: Territorio do Acre - Amazonia, 1907-1917