Gather all the plants of Catalonia. Acquisition of five herbaria from the Institut Botànic de Barcelona through letters from Pius Font i Quer

Authors

  • Laura Gavioli Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-ICUB)

Keywords:

herbaria, Font Quer, Cadevall, Trèmols, Vayreda, Salvador, Sennen

Abstract

In this work we study the role of Pius Font i Quer in the acquisition of the herbaria Cadevall, Trèmols, Vayreda, Salvador and Sennen, analyzing the documents preserved in the archive of the Institut Botànic de Barcelona. We tried to reconstruct the impact that Font i Quer had between 1919 and 1939 in the formation of the herbarium of the Institut Botànic de Barcelona managing and organizing the transfer of these five herbaria. Through the analysis of more than 150 letters and documents, we tried to pinpoint the strategy, policies, tools and personal relations used by Font i Quer. The work is thus able to describe a significant period of the process of professionalization in the management of the herbaria, the different communicative strategies used and the tensions between centre and periphery in the process of institutionalization of science in Catalonia.

Key words: herbaria, Font Quer, Cadevall, Trèmols, Vayreda, Salvador, Sennen

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Vol. 12-13 : 2019

Section

Awards for Master's Degreee Works in History of Science. 2019 Call

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