Aven Nelson papers, 1870-1983.

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Aven Nelson papers, 1870-1983.

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Collection contains biographical information; personal and professional correspondence, especially with the Botanical Society of America and the Wyoming State Board of Horticulture (1880-1949); miscellaneous correspondence files relating to Nelson's tenure as University of Wyoming President and the Rocky Mountain Herbarium (1890s-1950); manuscripts of Nelson's writings including speeches and short papers (1893-1945); manuscripts of papers, photographs and negatives, and correspondence for Ruth Ashton Nelson (1928-1971); photographs and glass slides of the Nelson family, landscapes and the University of Wyoming (1887-1983); copies of Aven Nelson's publications (1884-1952); and artifacts and oversized materials.

10.98 cubic ft. (26 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7254153

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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University of Wyoming. Dept. of Botany.

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The Botany Department was created in 1887. Its most prominent collection of specimens, the Rocky Mountain Herbarium, was started in 1893. The Botany Department offered bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees, and encouraged students to study topics such as botany, mycology, zoology, agriculture, molecular biology, wildlife management, and general biology. Students majoring in botany or biology also had the option to minor in Enviroment and Natural Resources. Aven Nelson c...

University of Wyoming.

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Nelson, Ruth Ashton, 1896-1987

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Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1952.

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Wyoming State Board of Horticulture

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Rocky Mountain Herbarium

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Nelson, Ruth Ashton, 1896-1987

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Botanical Society of Arizona.

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Nelson, Aven, 1859-1952

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Nelson (1859-1952), a noted botanist of the rocky mountain states, was a faculty member of the University of Wyoming from 1886-1942. Born in Iowa and attending schools in Missouri, he was hired as one of the first faculty members of the University of Wyoming. He was appointed professor of Biology as well as serving in several other capacities for the University, including Professor of Botany (1907-1930s), Curator of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium (1894-1942), which he developed through a specimen ...