Cyrus Pringle Collection Notebooks

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle was a botanist and horticulturalist from Charlotte, Vermont. He is among the most prolific collectors of botanical specimens. By the time Pringle passed away in 1911, he had distributed to various herbaria (including his own), some 500,000 sheets of about 20,000 species. These include 29 genera new to science, 1,200 new species, 100 new varieties, and 4 new combinations, more than almost any other collector.

In 1885, through a combination of funding from the Harvard Botanical Museum and the Gray Herbarium, Pringle was hired to begin cataloging the plants of Mexico, because little botanical work had ever been done there. This work would continue over the next 26 years, years in which he ended up botanizing 21 of the 27 states of Mexico. On his trips to and from Mexico, Pringle always made a point to take different routes; he was thus able to further enrich his collections as he passed through a diversity of terrains in both the U.S. and Mexico.

Pringle’s notebooks record his itinerary and daily activity throughout the year including details of plant collecting and specimen preparation.

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Collection Book 1909

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1909.
Collection Book 1908

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1908.
Collection Book 1907

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1907
Collection Book 1906

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1906.
Collection Book 1905

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1905.
Collection Book 1904

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1904.
Collection Book 1903

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1903.
Collection Book 1902

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1902.
Collection Book 1901

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1901.
Collection Book 1900

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1900.
Collection Book 1899

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1899.
Collection Book 1898

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1898.
Collection Book 1897

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1897.
Collection Book 1896

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1896.
Collection Book 1895

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1895.
Collection Book 1894

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1894.
Collection Book 1893

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1893.
Collection Book 1892

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1892.
Collection Book 1891

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1891.
Collection Book 1890

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1890.
Collection Book 1889

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1889.
Collection Book 1888

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1888.
Collection Book 1887

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1887.
Collection Book 1886

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1886.
Collection Book 1885

Cyrus Guernsey Pringle

This is the journal Cyrus Pringle kept during his collection trips in 1885.