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### Author
Record, Samuel James (1881-1945), *American dendrologist and wood technologist*; B.A. Wabash 1903, M.A. 1906; M.F. Yale Univ. School of Forestry 1905; Dr. Sci. h.c. 1930; with Division of Forestry, U.S.D.A. 1906-1910; instructor at the Forest School, Yale, 1910; asst. professor of forest products 1911, professor 1917-1939; dean school of forestry and Pinchot Professor of forestry 1939-1945; co-founder (1930) and first secretary-treasurer of the International Association of Wood Anatomists.
**Abbreviated name**: *Record* \[standard form in IPNI: *Record*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection MAD|MAD]]; further material at [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. – The Samuel James Record Memorial Collection from the School of Forestry at Yale University ([[Collection Y|Y]]) is now at [[Collection MAD|MAD]]. – Some archival material at SIA;
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 135 (b. 10 Mar 1881, d. 3 Feb 1945); BL 2: 314 \[index\]; Bossert p. 326; Hirsch 243; IH 1 (ed. 6): 165, (ed. 7): 340, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 429; Langman p. 614-615; Lenley p. 340; MW p. 401; Tucker 1: 585.
#### Biofile
- Anon., J. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 128. 1945; Nat. Cycl. Amer. Biogr. 33: 459-460. 1947 (biogr., portr.).
- Cattell, J.M. et al., Amer. men Sci. ed. 3: 563. 1921, ed. 4: 802. 1927, ed. 5: 915. 1933, ed. 6: 1159. 1938, ed. 7: 1449. 1944.
- Ferreira de Souza, P., Rodriguesia 3(11): 357-371. 1937 (biogr.).
- Garratt, G.A., Chron. bot. 12: 179-180. 1951 (obit.).
- Graves, H.S., Trop. Woods 82: 3-9. 1945 (obit., portr.).
- Milanez, F.R., Rodriguesia 9(19): 1-7. 1945 (obit.).
- Moldenke, H.N., Plant Life 2: 78. 1946 (1948).
- Standley, P.C., Trop. Woods 82: 10-13. 1945 (appreciation), followed by a bibliography of 340 nos. on p. 18-37.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 31, 63, 305. 1935, 2: 31, 51. 1936, 3: 42, 75, 272, 282. 1937, 4: 285, 413, 518. 1938, 5: 65, 113, 174, 273, 290, 370, 372, 509. 1939.
#### Composite works
- (1) Founder, editor and manager of *Tropical Woods* 1925-1945.
2) With Paul C. Standley, q.v., *The forests and flora of British Honduras*, Field Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. ser. 12, 27 Feb 1936.
#### Eponymy
*Recordia* Moldenke (1943); *Recordoxylon* Ducke (1943).
### Publications
##### n.8738. Identification of the economic woods of the United States
**Title**
*Identification of the economic woods of the United States* including a discussion of the structural and physical properties of wood... New York (John Wiley & Sons), London (Chapman & Hall, Limited) 1912. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ident. econ. woods U.S.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: 1912, frontisp., p. \[i\]-vii, 1-117, \[118\], *pl. 1-6* with text. *Copy*: USDA.
*Ed. 2*: 1919, frontisp., p. \[i\]-ix, 1-157, \[158\], *pl. 1-6* with text.
*Ref*.: W.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1920: 75-76. 10 Apr 1920 (rev. ed. 2).
##### n.8739. Timbers of tropical America
**Title**
*Timbers of tropical America*... New Haven (Yale University Press), London (Humphrey Milford...) 1924. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Timbers trop. Amer.*
**Notes**
*Junior author*: Clayton Dissinger Mell (1875-1945).
*Publ*.: 1924 (MO rd. 3 Dec 1924, NY rd. Nov-Dec 1924), p. \[i\]-xviii, \[1\]-610, frontisp., *pl. 1-50. Copies*: BR, HH, MO, NY, PH, US, USDA.
*Ref*.: T.A.S. \[Sprague\], Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1925: 47-48. 16 Feb 1925 (rev.).
##### n.8740. Identification of the timbers of temperate North America
**Title**
*Identification of the timbers of temperate North America* including anatomy and certain physical properties of wood... New York (John Wiley & sons, Ic.), London (Chapman & Hall, Limited) 1934. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ident. timb. temp. N. Amer.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1934 (p. iv: 1 Mar 1934), frontisp., p. \[i\]-ix, 1-196, \[197\], *pl. 1-6 with* text. *Copies*: U, USDA.
##### n.8741. Timbers of the New World
**Title**
*Timbers of the New World*... New Haven (Yale University Press), London (Humphrey Milford...) 1943. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Timb. New World*.
**Notes**
*Junior author*: Robert W. Hess.
*Publ*.: Mar 1943 (p. vii: 1 Dec 1942; date given in later printings), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-640, *pl. 1-58. Copies*: BR, G, HH, NY, PH, USDA.
*Second printing*: Mai 1944, *third*: Oct 1947, *fourth*: Jul 1949.