Fragments from the Botanical Frontier:

NEVADA
Portrait of Archer
Dr. William Andrew Archer, 1934. In a taped oral history interview, Archer says of working on this project: "I'd been on relief, so I wasn't going to be too sassy." Hunt Institute collections. Click image to enlarge.

Letter
Archer documented medical developments that emerged from the medicinal plant project, focusing on birth control. Beiter's reference to "if the meeting is held" probably alludes to the effects of World War II. Hunt Institute collections.

PANEL 9
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