Person
Clemens, Mary Strong (1873 - 1968)
- Born
- 3 January 1873
New York, United States of America - Died
- 13 April 1968
Chermside, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Botanical collector and Explorer
Summary
Mary Clemens, with her husband Joseph, were prolific collectors of botanical specimens in the Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea. Mary continued collecting after Joseph's death in 1935. In 1941 she was evacuated from New Guinea to Queensland at the onset of the war and remained there until her death. Clemens travelled throughout Queensland amassing a vast number of specimens which are housed in herbaria around the world. There are over 2000 at the Queensland Museum alone. The New York Botanical Gardens holds an archival collection of some of her personal papers.
Archival resources
Queensland Herbarium
- Mary Strong Clemens - Records, 1941 - 1968; Queensland Herbarium. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Conference Papers
- Conn, Barry J., 'Mary Strong Clemens: a Botanical Collector in New Guinea (1935-1941)', in History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 edited by Short, P.S. (Melbourne: Australian Systematic Botany Society, 1990), pp. 217-230.. Details
Edited Books
- McKay, Judith ed., Brilliant Careers: Women Collectors and Illustrators in Queensland (Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1997), 80 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6780787. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/1036155284800787060724. Details
- Clemens, Mary S. (1873-1968), http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/clemens-mary.html. Details
- 'Clemens, Mary Strong (1873-1968)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476095. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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