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Miss F. L. Benedict album of dried flowers, 1883

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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us] 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206

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Call Number:
Ms. Coll. 1682
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Extent:
.2 linear feet (1 box containing 1 volume)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Miss F. L. Benedict album of dried flowers, 1883, Ms. Coll. 1682, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
Date:
1883
Form:
Albums (books)
Abstract:
An album with pressed and dried flowers and leaves from California, Texas, and other places in the American West and Southwest, owned and probably compiled by a woman named F. L. Benedict.

Miss F. L. Benedict owned and probably compiled this album. Neither the history of Miss Benedict nor the occasion for which she traveled across the Southwest collecting these specimens are known.

This collection consists of one dried flower album. The pressed leaf and flower specimens were probably collected by the owner of the album, Miss F. L. Benedict, and were collected from March-May 1883, mostly in California, with some samples from "en route to San Antonio"; Arizona; Arkansas; and San Antonio, Texas. The pressed and dried plants have handwritten captions. Most are captioned with place and/or date.

This album is part of the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness.

Gift of Caroline F. Schimmel, 2024. (Accession No.: 2025.000098e)

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University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Finding Aid Author
Gillian Lee
Finding Aid Date
2025 December 4
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