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Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
William Warder Cadbury papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0732
Scope and Contents
William Warder Cadbury was a Philadelphia Quaker doctor who spent his professional life as a medical missionary in China, where he established a garden of orchids and other plants. The paintings in this collection were commissioned by Dr. Warder from a Filipino painter known only as "Gomez." The collection includes the paintings, correspondence, writings, notes on plants, lists of species, photographs, maps, and biographical information.
Dates:
1892 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1949