Harper, Roland M. (Roland McMillan), 1878-1966

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Roland Harper was born in Farmington, Maine in 1878. He studied engineering at University of Georgia, 1894 – 1897, during which time he became interested in botany. He completed his PhD at Columbia University in 1905. He then began his career at the Alabama Geological Survey in 1905 as a botanist and geographer. He published over 500 papers, many on botany and also including some on more sociological topics such as “Significance of bachelors and spinsters” and “Corn bread, appendicitis, and the birth-date”. He also published a study of the pine barren vegetation of Mississippi based on observations from car windows. His research interests included plant ecology, systematic botany, soils, crops and weeds, forestry and controlled burning, demography, railroading, conservation, and photography.

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creatorOf Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943. Alabama pamphlets collection, 1821-1961. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn John Jay Chapman papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Harper, Roland M., 1878-1966. Richard W. Lighty collection of Roland Harper writings, 1900-1966. Georgia Southern University
creatorOf Harper, Roland M., 1878-1966. Roland Harper articles, 1900-1953. Georgia Southern University
referencedIn Harper, Mary Wigley, 1893-1979. Manuscripts ca. 1974. Auburn University.
referencedIn Cobb Family Papers, 1792-1975, (bulk 1874-1975) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf Charles Christopher Adams Papers, 1888-1955, 1888-1955 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Huntington, Ellsworth, 1876-1947. Ellsworth Huntington papers, 1779-1953 (inclusive), 1890-1947 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Small, John Kunkel, 1869-1938. Papers and photographs, 1902-1938. Florida State Archive
referencedIn Tomkins, Ivan Rexford, 1893-1966. Ivan Rexford Tomkins papers, 1911-1966. Georgia Historical Society
referencedIn Ellsworth Huntington papers, 1779-1952, 1890-1947 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn The Papers of Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1864-1935) Botany Libraries
referencedIn Wolf, Wolfgang, Brother, 1872-1950. Papers, 1920-1950. Auburn University.
creatorOf Harper, Roland M. (Roland McMillan), 1878-1966. Elizabeth Findley Shores collection of Roland M. Harper works, 1906-1965 [manuscript] Georgia Southern University
referencedIn Moore, Henry. Moore Collection, 1862-1931. Florida State University
referencedIn Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927. Records of the Director Charles Sprague Sargent, 1893-1927 (inclusive). Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum, Horticultural Library, Jamacia Plain
referencedIn Letters to Albert Hanford Moore, 1896-1916 (inclusive), 1906-1912 (bulk). Botany Libraries
referencedIn Adams, Charles C. Papers, 1888-1955. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Alabama. State Geological Survey (1848- ). Monographs : state publication, 1883-[Ongoing]. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890-1981. E. Merton Coulter personal papers, 1898-1981 (bulk 1912-1979). Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Abraham Aaron Roback papers, 1909-1965. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 person
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