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MacDougal, Daniel Trembly, 1865-1958. MacDougal papers, 1889-1938 (bulk 1903-1915).

Title: MacDougal papers, 1889-1938 (bulk 1903-1915).

Chiefly correspondence with some manuscripts and instrument records; the correspondence is between MacDougal, his associates at the Laboratories, and members of the national scientific community involved in botanical and related research. The correspondence is rich in discussions of scientific research and professional developments. There is correspondence relating to the Pinacate Expedition, 1907, Salton Sea explorations, 1909-1915, the formation of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1913, and the varied research interests of MacDougal and his colleagues. Correspondence during World War I concerns domestic labor scarcity, scientists serving in the war, civil defense organiztions including MacDougal's involvement with the Arizona Council of Defense, and the effect of the war on the University of Arizona. Correspondents include Forrest Shreve, Godfrey Sykes, Burton Livingston, William Hornaday, William Tower, F.S. Dellenbaugh, Gifford Pinchot, Charles Lummis, William Cannon, Frederick Coville, Robert Forbes, E.E. Free, J.N. Rose, and many others. There are letters from author Mary Austin, Mary O'Brien Vorse, and correspondence about eugenics, the Spanish Influenza and the League for Constructive Immigration.

ArchivalResource: 16.5 linear ft. (33 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42425404 View

Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012

Title: Stanford University Press archival book copies 1900-2012

The collection consists of archival copies of books published by Stanford University Press.

ArchivalResource: 352.0 Linear feet; (451 boxes)

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Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950. Forrest Shreve photographs, 1868-1936 (bulk 1914-1936).

Title: Forrest Shreve photographs, 1868-1936 (bulk 1914-1936).

1102 photographs, chiefly of vegetation taken throughout Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Mexico (Sonora and Baja California). Also includes photographs of Shreve and his family (1868-1930s), the Desert Botanical Laboratory, early automobile trips, and a number of towns in Sonora, Mexico. Some photographs were taken by Laboratory director, D.T. MacDougal, staff members Godfrey Sykes and H.S. Gentry, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1.7 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30599272 View

Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950. Speeches, 1920-1933.

Title: Speeches, 1920-1933.

Transcripts of five speeches, including author's corrections, relating to Shreve's work at the laboratory.

ArchivalResource: .1 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30599363 View

Wiggins, Ira L. (Ira Loren), 1899-1987. Ira L. Wiggins papers, 1926-1985.

Title: Ira L. Wiggins papers, 1926-1985.

The bulk of the collection is professional correspondence. Wiggins maintained long-term contact with a number of prominent botanists and participated in many professional exchanges of information and specimens, often dealing with identification of certain flora. His field trips are described in great detail in this correspondence as well as in the various reports he wrote. There is correspondence on his work with the Belvedere Scientific Fund in Baja California and Stanford University correspondence relating to his administrative duties over the years. Also included are files relating to Wiggins' duties with the American Fern Society and the Arctic Institute of North America. Additional papers (added in 1983 and 1986) also include papers relating to Wiggin's work in Ecuador, 1944; notes from field trips to the Sonoran desert, 1926-37; and collected materials and drafts of biographies on A. W. C. T. Herre, Gilbert M. Smith, and Carl B. Wolf.

ArchivalResource: 9.25 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122383558 View

Forrest Shreve photographs, 1902-1940 (bulk 1914-1936)

Title: Forrest Shrevephotographs, 1902-1940 (bulk 1914-1936)

This collection consists of 1102 photographs, chiefly of vegetation taken throughout Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Mexico (Sonora and Baja California).

ArchivalResource: 1.7 linear feet

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Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution records, 1903-1985

Title: Desert BotanicalLaboratory of the Carnegie Institution records, 1903-1985

This collection contains chiefly correspondence, along with reports, minutes of meetings, and financial records related to the establishment, development, and operation of the Desert Laboratory and Coastal Laboratory under directors Daniel T. MacDougal and Forrest Shreve.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet

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Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution records, 1903-1938.

Title: Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution records, 1903-1938.

Chiefly correspondence, along with reports, minutes of meetings, and financial records related to the establishment, development, and operation of the Desert Laboratory and Coastal Laboratory under directors Daniel T. MacDougal and Forrest Shreve. Correspondents include Carnegie Institution officials, the Smithsonian Institution, laboratory staff members Godfrey Sykes and Herman A. Spoehr, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, William Boyce Thompson, Andrew E. Douglass, and Mary Austin, as well as societies, herbariums, and universities around the world. Additional correspondence relates to equipment, scientific societies, plant exchanges and collecting, the University of Arizona, and personal material of both Shreve and MacDougal. Photographs and slides relate to the Laboratory, its work and desert environment.

ArchivalResource: 13 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30636824 View

Braunton, Ernest. Papers of Ernest Braunton, 1889-1943 (bulk 1920-1937).

Title: Papers of Ernest Braunton, 1889-1943 (bulk 1920-1937).

The collection contains 69 items. There are three manuscripts, including an essay about horticulturist Theodore Payne and a poem read before the Illinois Association of Los Angeles, California. The 40 items in the correspondence section are arranged by author. Most of the correspondence is composed of replies to Ernest Braunton's inquiries regarding various horticultural statistic and facts. Other letters, including those from Walter Raymond, are in regard to the operation and dissolution of the Southern California Horticultural Society. The 26 items in the ephemera section are arranged alphabetically by type. The majority of the ephemera are records and documents of the Southern California Horticultural Society. There is also a pamphlet on Point Lomos, California. Subjects in the collection include: history of agriculture in California; Horticulturalists of California; and history of horticulture in California. Notable participants include: H. M. Butterfield, Newton Drury, Gustavus Eisen, Francesco Franceschi, Theodore Lukens, Woodbridge Metcalf, Walter Raymond, Forrest Shreve, H. A. Spoehr, J. Harrison Wright, California Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Carnegie Institution of Washington's Division of Plant Biology, Los Angeles Time, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, US Bureau of Plant Industry, US Forest Service, University of California's College of Agriculture and the University of Riverside's College of Natural and Agriculture Sciences.

ArchivalResource: 69 items.1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713092914 View