University of Wyoming. Dept. of Botany records, 1756-1970, (bulk 1892-1953)

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University of Wyoming. Dept. of Botany records, 1756-1970, (bulk 1892-1953)

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The collection consists of the Botany Department's letter press copy books and the correspondence and other files of faculty members Aven Nelson, Edwin B. Payson, and W.G. Solheim, as well as the Rocky Mountain Herbarium. Nelson's correspondence contains a mixture of professional, civil, personal, and departmental letters. Nelson's papers also contain subject files, miscellaneous files, correspondence with nurseries and the State Board of Horticulture, and lecture notes. Payson's papers include lecture notes and correspondence, most of which concerns his plant collection. The Solheim series contains his correspondence as department head. Also included are miscellaneous reports for the Rocky Mountain Herbarium.

24.95 cubic ft. (35 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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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, 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 ...

Solheim, W.G. 1898-1978.

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Payson, Edwin Blake, 1893-1927

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Wyoming State Board of Horticulture

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Rocky Mountain Herbarium

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