Historical Resources
The Purdue University Herbaria is the result of nearly 150 years of effort and collaboration. Below are a list of publications with further historical insight into the Herbaria, their originators, and their supporters.
Further information on the history of the PUL, along with biographies on Joseph C. Arthur, George B. Cummins, and Joseph F. Hennen, can be accessed from our mainpage or the Purdue Mycologists and Botanists page.
Baxter JW, Kern FD. 1961. History of the Arthur Herbarium at Purdue University. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 71: 228–232. Link
Cummins GB. 1978. J. C. Arthur: The Man and His Work. Annual Review of Phytopathology 16: 19–30. Link
Gilberton RL, Blackwell M. 2009. George Baker Cummins 1904–2007. Mycologia 101: 745–749. Link
Kerns FD. 1942 Jun 19. Joseph Charles Arthur. Science 95 (2477): 617–619. Link
Mains EB. 1942. Joseph Charles Arthur (1850–1942). Mycologia 34 (6): 601–605. Link
McCain JW, Hennen JF. 1982. The Arthur Herbarium centennial: 100 years of uredinology in Indiana and the Great Lakes Region. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 92: 389–395. Link
Purdue University Archives and Specail Collections: George Baker Cummins papers. Link
Purdue University Archives and Special Collections: Joseph Charles Arthur. Link
Rossman A, de Carvalho Jr. A, Hennen P. Joe Fleetwood Hennen (6 January 1928–5 March 2024): international specialist in rust fungi. Inoculum, June 2024. Link
Purdue University has a responsibility to continue preserving PUR & PUL and enlarging, improving, and making [them] available for teaching, research, and reference.
- Joseph F. Hennen
Joseph C. Arthur
George B. Cummins
Joseph F. Hennen
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