Francis R. McCabe Oregon Wild Flower Notebook ca. 1930

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Francis R. McCabe Oregon Wild Flower Notebook ca. 1930

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This notebook of pressed and identified Oregon wild flowers was created by Francis R. McCabe for a Boy Scoutsof America Botany Merit Badge for Troop 20 of Albany, Oregon.

.16 cubic feet; 1 box

eng,

Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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Boy Scouts of America

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The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, more than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Or...

McCabe, Francis R.

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Francis R. McCabe graduated from Oregon State University in 1934 with a degree in forestry management. He died in Portland, Oregon in 1999. It is likely that McCabe assembled this notebook as a teenager prior to enrolling at Oregon State University. In the introduction to the notebook, McCabe describes the importance of preserving plants that are becoming endangered. From the guide to the Francis R. McCabe Oregon Wild Flower Notebook, ca. 1930, (Lewis & Clark College...