Box 1

Scope and Contents Scrapbook 1 covers the dates from 1970- 1975, with the exception of one photograph from 1994. It contains primarily newspaper clippings, one documenting Earth Day of 1970, and some which document the efforts to preserve the land Greller termed as the Terminal Moraine Natural Systems Area, against the proposed widening of the Grand Central Parkway. There is also an article about the trees of Long Island written by Greller. The scrapbook contains a small bit of correspondence and some...

Scope and Contents The correspondence in this collection documents Greller's submissions and reviews of many scholarly research articles to various publications, and offers a look at the network of academics he associated with, which included professors in biology departments all over the country, and some international correspondence as well. There is one brief 1979 letter to Greller from the famous evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould. There is also correspondence regarding The Torrey Botanical Club...

Abstract

This collection documents the work of Dr. Andrew Greller, Professor Emeritus of Biology at Queens College, and most notably his contributions to local land conservation efforts. Materials include photographs, negatives, slides, newspaper clippings, correspondence, professional papers, awards and scrapbooks.