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University of Washington Department of Botany records, 1902-2000
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- University of Washington. Department of Botany
- Title
- University of Washington Department of Botany records
- Dates
- 1902-2000 (inclusive)19022000
- Quantity
- 4.61 cubic ft. (9 boxes, 3 folders)
- Collection Number
- UW Resource No. 00309
- Summary
- Records documenting the faculty and activities of the University of Washington Botany Department.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users, but access to portions of the records is restricted. Contact the repository for details.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Prior to 1900, individual botany courses occasionally appeared in the University of Washington catalog; however, it was not until 1900 that the Department of Botany was formally established, with H.R. Foster serving as chair and sole faculty member. Science Hall (now Parrington Hall) was constructed in 1902 and the third floor, complete with lecture hall, lab space, and an herbarium, was reserved for the botany department. In 1904, the department jointly established the Puget Sound Biological Station (now Friday Harbor Laboratory) with the Department of Ecology. Masters degrees were first awarded in 1910 and the first doctoral degree was awarded in 1920, followed by a move into Johnson Hall in 1930. In February 2003, the Department of Botany merged with the Department of Zoology and the undergraduate biology program to form the Department of Biology.
Department chairs have been H.R. Foster (1900-1902); Theodore C. Frye (1903-1941); C. Leo Hitchcock (1942-1962); Richard Walker (1962-1971); Arthur R. Kruckeberg (1971-1977); Larry Bliss (1978-1987); Melinda Denton (1987-1994); and Joe Ammirati (1994-2003). Acting chairs have been H. Weston Blaser (1964-1965) and Walter Halperin (1977-1978).
The Department of Botany offered courses and supported research in the structure, ecology, physiology, classification, genetics, and evolution of plants, algae, fungi, and related organisms with emphasis on organismal, cellular, and molecular biology. Special courses and programs in the botany of the Pacific Northwest were shared with related departments.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Biographical features, historical features, correspondence, membership lists, grant files, committe files, reports, minutes, clippings, reprints, publications, newsletters, photographs, subject series; 1902-2000.
Includes individual papers created during the tenures of past department chairs and materials related to the department's centennial celebration in 2000.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 3 accessions.
- Accession No. 04-001, Dept. of Botany Records, 1936-2000
- Accession No. 04-034, Department of Botany Records, 1930-1997
- Accession No. 05-042, Department of Botany Records, 1902-1986
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Accession No. 04-001: Dept. of Botany Records, 1936-2000Return to Top
Scope and Content: This accession includes biographical information about departmental faculty, correspondence, membership lists, clippings, and subject series, including material related to the department's centennial celebration, as well as personal papers of Arthur Kruckeberg, a past chair of the department.
Acquisition Info: Art Kruckeberg, Botany Dept., November 2003.
Processing Info: Processed in 2004.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users except for one personnel record.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Departmental Records
Scope and Content: Consists of biographical information about faculty,
correspondence, membership lists, clippings, and subject series, 1936-2000.
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General Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | |||
1/1 | 04-001 | Of Hitchcock, C. Leo |
1937-1972 |
VF | |||
2699 | 04-001 | Of Hitchcock, C. Leo
Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
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1937-1972 |
Box/Folder | |||
1/2 | 04-001 | Regarding Pacific Northwest Flora |
1953-1958 |
1/3 | 04-001 | Regarding C .Leo Hitchcock |
1972-1975 |
1/4 | 04-001 | Miscellaneous |
1971-1988 |
Faculty Biographies |
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Box/Folder | |||
1/5 | 04-001 | Clark, Lois |
1968 |
1/6 | 04-001 | Denton, Melinda |
1971-1994 |
1/7 | 04-001 | Frye, Theodore C. |
1946-1987 |
Hitchcock, C. Leo |
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Box/Folder | |||
1/8 | 04-001 | Biographical Features |
1971-1986, undated |
1/9 | 04-001 | Bibliographies |
1978, undated |
1/10 | 04-001 | Interview Summary |
undated |
1/11 | 04-001 | Reminiscences about Hitchcock |
1978 |
1/12 | 04-001 | Subject: Hitchcock's Passing |
1986 |
1/13 | 04-001 | Subject: Montana Period |
1936-1999 |
1/14 | 04-001 | Teaching Evaluations (by Students) |
1951 |
1/15 | 04-001 | Miscellaneous |
1955-1984, undated |
Box/Folder | |||
1/16 | 04-001 | Howard, Grace |
1978 |
1/17 | 04-001 | Lawton, Elva |
1993 |
1/18 | 04-001 | Leopold, Estella B. |
1981 |
1/19 | 04-001 | Meeuse, Bastiaan |
1985-1986 |
1/20 | 04-001 | Muhlick, Clarence |
1948-1977 |
1/21 | 04-001 | Nishitani, James |
1982-1983 |
2/1 | 04-001 | Richardson, Frank |
1985-1986 |
2/2 | 04-001 | Rigg, George B. |
1949-1962 |
2/3 | 04-001 | Stuntz, Daniel |
1973; 1983 |
2/4 | 04-001 | Tsukada, Matsuo |
1967-1986 |
2/5 | 04-001 | Walker, Richard B. |
1987 |
2/6 | 04-001 | Miscellaneous |
1957-1990 |
Speeches |
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Box/Folder | |||
2/7 | 04-001 | Dedication for the Renaming of Parrington
Greenhouse |
1978 |
Box/Folder | |||
2/8 | 04-001 | Announcements |
1982, undated |
Lists |
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Box/Folder | |||
2/9 | 04-001 | Degrees Granted |
1963-1999 |
2/10 | 04-001 | Faculty Roster |
1978-1980 |
2/11 | 04-001 | Index Seminum |
1980 |
Subject Series |
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Box/Folder | |||
2/12 | 04-001 | Botany Department 100th Anniversary |
1999 |
2/13 | 04-001 | Department Chair |
1971-1987 |
2/14 | 04-001 | Johnson Plaza Garden |
1973-1975 |
box:oversize | |||
Misc. Oversize Box 8 | 04-001 | Johnson Plaza Garden |
1973-1975 |
Bulletins |
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Box/Folder | |||
2/15 | 04-001 | Graduate Program Information |
1954; 1964-1970 |
Box/Folder | |||
2/16 | 04-001 | Clippings |
1961-2000 |
2/17 | 04-001 | Miscellany |
1981, undated |
Box | |||
3 | 04-001 | Photographs |
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Arthur R. Kruckeberg Papers
Scope and Content: Contains materials related to Kruckeberg's interests and
activities outside of his duties as a member of the Dept. of Botany faculty.
These include information on campus landscaping as well as environmental and
political activism.
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1940-1995 | ||
Box/Folder | |||
2/18 | 04-001 | General Correspondence |
1985 |
Subject Series |
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Box/Folder | |||
2/19-20 | 04-001 | Vietnam War Protest |
1940-1971 |
2/21 | 04-001 | Washington Park Arboretum |
1968-1995 |
box:oversize | |||
Misc. Oversize Box 8 | 04-001 | Washington Park Arboretum |
1968-1995 |
Box/Folder | |||
2/22 | 04-001 | UW Campus Planning and Landscape Advisory
Committee |
1987-1989 |
Friends of the University of Washington
Environment (FUWE) |
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Box/Folder | |||
2/23 | 04-001 | General Correspondence |
1988-1989 |
Subject Series |
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Box/Folder | |||
2/24 | 04-001 | Hub Yard |
1988-1989 |
2/25 | 04-001 | Medicinal Herb Garden |
1989-1990 |
Accession No. 04-034: Department of Botany Records, 1930-1997Return to Top
Scope and Content: This accession contains mostly minutes of staff meetings and the correspondence of departmental chairs, as well as historical features, the department newsletter, Compost , and information regarding a contemplated merger of the botany and zoology departments in 1971.
Acquisition Info: Shirley K. Loepken, March 23, 1973; Trudith Rasp, Nov. 5, 1981; Publications Area, Jan. 1, 1990.
Processing Info: This is a merger of accessions nos. 73-11, 81-110, and 95-108. It was processed in 2004. A few issues of Compost were moved to this accession from 04-001.
Restrictions on Use: Open to all users except for restricted staff meeting files.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | |||
1/1-2 | 04-034 | Historical Features |
1930-1968 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | |||
1/3-13 | 04-034 | Department Chair - Kruckeberg, Arthur |
1975-1977 |
General Correspondence - Department Chair |
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Box/Folder | |||
1/14 | 04-034 | Hitchcock, C. Leo |
1948-1962 |
1/15 | 04-034 | Blaser, H. Weston |
1963 |
1/15 | 04-034 | Walker, Richard B. |
1964-1971 |
1/15-18, 2/1 | 04-034 | Kruckeberg, Arthur |
1971-1976 |
2/2 | 04-034 | Halperin, Walter |
1978 |
2/3-5 | 04-034 | Bliss, Larry |
1979 |
Interdepartmental Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | |||
2/6-9 | 04-034 | UW Arts and Sciences, Office of the Dean |
1960-1975 |
Minutes |
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Box/Folder | |||
2/10-13, 3/1-8 | 04-034 | Staff Meetings
Scope and Content: Also contains correspondence, reports, and other material
related to the meetings.
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1954-1967 |
VF | |||
2702a-b | 04-034 | Staff Meetings
Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
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1956-1979 |
Box/Folder | |||
3/9-10 | 04-034 | Annual Reports |
1948-1981 |
3/11 | 04-034 | Curriculum Files |
1959-1968 |
Faculty Biographies
Scope and Content: Biographical and other information regarding members of the
botany department faculty.
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Box/Folder | |||
3/12 | 04-034 | Clark, Lois |
1946-1966 |
3/13 | 04-034 | Frye, Theodore C. |
1942-1962 |
3/14 | 04-034 | Rigg, George B. |
1961 |
Box/Folder | |||
4/1 | 04-034 | Grant Files |
1957-1965 |
Newsletters |
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Box/Folder | |||
4/2 | 04-034 | Alumnus |
1968 |
4/3-4 | 04-034 | Compost |
1972-1986 |
4/5 | 04-034 | Miscellaneous |
1971; 1997 |
Subject Series |
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Box/Folder | |||
4/6 | 04-034 | Biology/Zoology Merger |
1971 |
Box/Folder | |||
4/7 | 04-034 | Clippings |
1963-1966 |
Accession No. 05-042: Department of Botany Records, 1902-1986Return to Top
Scope and Content: Reprints, publications; 1902-1986.
Reprints are bound in twenty-three volumes and feature articles published by past and current Botany Department faculty members between 1902 and 1986.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Acquisition Info: Received from the Department of Biology, January 11, 2005.
Processing Info: Processing Level 1.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Reprints |
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Box | |||
1 | 05-042 | Faculty Publications 15 binders
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1902-1969 |
2 | 05-042 | Faculty Publications 8 binders
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1970-1977 |
Publications |
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Box | |||
2 | 05-042 | "Colorado Plant Life" - Ramaley |
1927 |
2 | 05-042 | University of Washington Tyee |
1986 |
2 | 05-042 | "The First Century at the UW" |
1961 |
2 | 05-042 | "The Second Century at the UW" |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Botanists--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Botany teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Botany--Research--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Botany--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle
- College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle
Personal Names
- Bliss, L. C. (Lawrence C.)
- Hitchcock, C. Leo (Charles Leo), 1902-1986
- Kruckeberg, Arthur R
- Walker, Richard B
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. Department of Botany--Archives
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Kruckeberg, Arthur R (creator)
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)