> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 620](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190091) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8216-1) LSID 8216-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7411812) QID Q7411812 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.