Louis F. Henderson Papers, 1932.

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Louis F. Henderson Papers, 1932.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309451979

The Louis F. Henderson Papers consist of a transcribed copy of a diary recounting botanist Louis F. Henderson's 1932 University of Oregon summer school trip to Alaska, one digital photograph of members of the trip, and four photocopied images of the trip. The diary describes Henderson's travels to Alaska and his experiences as he and his students gathered botanical specimens and traveled around the state.

37 leaves.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7293713

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Henderson, L. F. (Louis Fourniquet), 1853-1942

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Louis F. Henderson was born near Boston in 1853. He studied languages and botany at Cornell University and moved west after graduation, living in California and then in Oregon. He was a professor of botany at the University of Idaho and headed the Department of Botany at the University of Oregon. Henderson traveled extensively, collecting botanical specimens. He remained active in the field of botany into his 80s and died in 1942 at the age of 88. From the description of Louis F. Hen...