Aaron J. Sharp Collection
This collection consists of Dr. Sharp's journals of collected flora in Latin America, Taiwan, Mexico, India, Japan, the Philippines, and several western states of the United States. Also included is biographical information on Dr. Sharp as well as both professional and personal correspondence by Dr. Sharp. Numerous journal articles written by Dr. Sharp are part of the collection. The collection contains Dr. Sharp's handwritten journals as well as those same journals typewritten.
Dates
- 1937-1988 (Bulk 1937-1965)
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Conditions Governing Use
The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
3 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection consists of Dr. Sharp's journals of collected flora in Latin America, Taiwan, Mexico, India, Japan, the Philippines, and several western states of the United States. Also included is biographical information on Dr. Sharp as well as both professional and personal correspondence by Dr. Sharp. Numerous journal articles written by Dr. Sharp are part of the collection. The collection contains Dr. Sharp's handwritten journals as well as those same journals typewritten.
Biographical/Historical Note
Dr. Aaron Jack Sharp is an internationally acclaimed University of Tennessee botany professor emeritus. He is renowned for his long continued contributions to the knowledge and understanding of bryophytes. Dr. Sharp traveled to Mexico and Guatemala for the first time in 1944-1946. This was one of several specimen collecting trips to this region. He has collected non-vascular as well as vascular plants around the world. He has traveled to Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Japan, India, Formosa, the Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, the Aleutian Islands, Alaska and many places in the United States.
Dr. Sharp was head of the Department of Botany, University of Tennessee from 1951 to 1961. He has served as President of the Sullivant Moss Society (1935), the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club (1947-48), the Tennessee Academy of Science (1953), the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (1961) and the Botanical Society of America (1965).
Dr. Sharp has received many honors and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Alumni Distinguished Professor Award, and the Meritorious Teaching Award of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. The first Bartholomew Award was presented to Dr. Sharp on April 7, 1989 at the 50th annual meeting of The Association of Southeastern Biologists.
In research, Dr. Sharp has produced a wealth of publications, mostly on bryophytes but with occasional articles on fungi, pteridophytes and other vascular plants. Dr. Sharp's first paper on Bryophytes of Eastern Oklahoma appeared in 1929. From this date to the present he has produced an astounding publication record of over 200 publications.
Arrangement
Collection consists of two boxes.
Acquisition Note
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository