Biographical information concerning George Engelmann can be found in
Washington University Magazine , v. 39, no.
3, Spring 1969, in an article entitled "Godfather
of the Garden" by Edgar S. Anderson. See also the Dictionary of American Biography , v.6.
Information on Garland Carr Broadhead, addressee of the letters can be
found in Shoemaker, Missouri and Missourians
(copies in collection folders).
