Desert BotanicalLaboratory of the Carnegie Institution records, 1903-1985

Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935

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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, artist, topographer, explorer and author, was born September 13, 1853 in McConnelsville, Ohio. After graduating from high school in Buffalo, New York, Dellenbaugh's interest in painting and boating led his uncle Almon Harris Thompson to introduce him to John Wesley Powell. Thompson was Powell's brother-in-law and served as second-in-command and chief topographer of Powell's second expedition down the Colorado River in 1871-1873. Powell appointed the seventeen year o...

Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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University of Arizona, 1966-67

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University of Arizona recognition of 100 years of land-grant colleges and universities, 1862-1962, and the university’s participation in the centennial convocation of the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities held at Kansas City, 1961. From the guide to the University of Arizona Land-Grant centennial records, 1960-1962, (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) University of Arizona recognition of 100 years of land-grant colleges and...

Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution

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Established by Volney M. Spaulding and William A. Cannon at Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona, in 1903, sold to the U.S. Forest Service in 1940, later sold to the University of Arizona in 1960. Its purpose was the research of adaptation of desert plants to their environment. The Laboratory was directed by D.T. MacDougal from 1906 to 1918, then by Forrest Shreve from 1929 to 1938. By 1920, the Coastal Laboratory was established in Carmel, California with MacDougal as director. From the de...

Douglass, A. E. (Andrew Ellicott), 1867-1962

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American astronomer and educator, founder of the science of dendrochronology. From the description of Papers, 1792-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155003574 From the description of Papers, 1956-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79655085 American astronomer and educator, founder of the science of dendrochronology. Associated with the Harvard College Observatory, 1889- 1894, and its expedition to Peru; as well as the Lowell Observatories in Flagstaff, Arizona,...

Carnegie Institution of Washington. Coastal Laboratory.

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Austin, Mary, 1868-1934

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Mary Hunter Austin has variously been identified as a feminist, naturalist, mystic, author, and even "woman of genius." She was one of the leading literary figures of her time, the author of 27 books and more than 250 articles, stories, poems and other short pieces. In 1900, Mary Austin settled in Carmel and became one of the founders of the literary colony. In 1918, Austin traveled to New Mexico, hoping to continue on to Mexico to conduct research on folk traditions. In New Mexico she was contr...

Spoehr, H. A. (Herman Augustus), 1885-1954

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Sykes, Godfrey, 1861-1948

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Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950

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Forrest Shreve was a botanist and desert plant ecologist. He served on the staff of the Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, Tucson, Arizona, from 1908 to 1929, and as director from 1929 to 1938. From the guide to the Forrest Shreve photographs, 1902-1940 (bulk 1914-1936), (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) Botanist, desert plant ecologist; on the staff of the Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, Tucson, Arizona, fr...

MacDougal, Daniel Trembly, 1865-1958

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Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1865-1958) was the leading American authority on desert ecology and one of the earliest botanists to research chlorophyll. He was the inventor of the MacDougall dendrograph, used to record changes in the volume of tree trunks. He began his association with the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in 1899 as Director of the Laboratories. In 1904 he was named as Assistant Director. In 1905 the Plant Desert Laboratory was established and MacDougal became its first director. Wh...

Thompson, William Boyce, 1869-1930

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