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

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

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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.

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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...

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...