University of Washington Department of Botany records

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: 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: 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

Restrictions on Use

Public records (use unrestricted when access is granted).

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

Bibliography

Walker, Richard BA Century of Botany at the University of Washington (Seattle: Dept. of Botany, University of Washington, [2003?]).

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

1.14 cubic ft. (3 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder)

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
		Departmental Records Scope and Content: Consists of biographical information about faculty, correspondence, membership lists, clippings, and subject series, 1936-2000.
		General Correspondence
Box/Folder
1/1	04-001	Of Hitchcock, C. Leo	1937-1972
VF
2699	04-001	Of Hitchcock, C. Leo Restrictions on Access: Restricted.	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
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
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
Box/Folder
2/7	04-001	Dedication for the Renaming of Parrington Greenhouse	1978
Box/Folder
2/8	04-001	Announcements	1982, undated
		Lists
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
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
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
		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.	1940-1995
Box/Folder
2/18	04-001	General Correspondence	1985
		Subject Series
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)
Box/Folder
2/23	04-001	General Correspondence	1988-1989
		Subject Series
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

1.47 cubic ft. (4 boxes, 1 folder)

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
Box/Folder
1/1-2	04-034	Historical Features	1930-1968
		Outgoing Correspondence
Box/Folder
1/3-13	04-034	Department Chair - Kruckeberg, Arthur	1975-1977
		General Correspondence - Department Chair
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
Box/Folder
2/6-9	04-034	UW Arts and Sciences, Office of the Dean	1960-1975
		Minutes
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.	1954-1967
VF
2702a-b	04-034	Staff Meetings Restrictions on Access: Restricted.	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.
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
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
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

2.00 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

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
		Reprints
Box
1	05-042	Faculty Publications 15 binders	1902-1969
2	05-042	Faculty Publications 8 binders	1970-1977
		Publications
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

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)

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