W.G. (Wilhelm Gerhard) Solheim papers, 1910-2000.

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W.G. (Wilhelm Gerhard) Solheim papers, 1910-2000.

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This collection consists of materials relating to Wilhelm Gerhard Solheim, and includes professional notes, research, publications and papers, personal and business correspondence, photographs and negatives. The collection also contains information regarding the creation of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium and Solheim's involvement with the University of Wyoming Afghanistan Contract Program (1963-1965) and the Department of Agriculture Plant Disease Control program. Additional material includes photographs and correspondence of Dr. Solheim's wife, Ragnhild (Risty) Solheim.

8.38 cubic ft. (9 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...

Rocky Mountain Herbarium

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University of Wyoming. Office of International Programs

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Solheim, Ragnhild.

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Solheim, W. G. (Wilhelm Gerhard), 1898-1978

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Wilhelm Gerhard Solheim (1898-1978), was regarded as the foremost authority on the fungi of the Rocky Mountain region and his personal herbarium served as a reference collection for mycologists and plant pathologists. Solheim eventually gifted his personal collection to the University of Wyoming to create the Rocky Mountain Herbarium. Solheim received a M.A. degree in 1926 and Ph.D. degree in 1928 from the University of Illinois. He served as a professor, scientist and administrator at the Unive...