Abstract Mark Raymond Harrington (born 1882 July 6, died 1971 June 30), noted anthropologist and archaeologist, was curator of archaeology at the Southwest Museum from 1928 to 1964. This is a typed interoffice memo collected or created by Harrington, presumably while he was serving as the Southwest Museum curator. The memo regards the importance and value of collecting ethnobotanical information and specimens.

Abstract Alfred James McClatchie (1861-1906) was an American agriculturalist and horticulturalist and taught biology at Throop Polytechnic Institute in Pasadena in the 1890s. This is a hand-written manuscript titled "Our Native Flora" by Alfred James McClatchie.