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Henry Paul Hansen Papers, 1907-1989
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hansen, Henry P. (Henry Paul)
- Title
- Henry Paul Hansen Papers
- Dates
- 1907-1989 (inclusive)19071989
- Quantity
- 2 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- Consult repository.
- Summary
- These papers were generated and collected by Henry Hansen, a paleobotanist, who served as Dean of the Graduate school at Oregon State College until 1971. The collection includes research materials, field notes and publications.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Henry Paul Hansen was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin to Andrew and Emma Petersen Hansen on 28 April 1907. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.S. in 1930, and began graduate work there in 1931. He continued graduate work in 1935 at the University of Washington, receiving a Ph.D. in 1937. He came to Oregon State College in 1939 as an Instructor in Botany. He became Dean of the Graduate School in 1949, a position he held until his retirement in 1971.
Hansen's accomplishments include two John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships (1943-44, 1947-48) and two Fulbright Fellowships. He authored over 65 documents during his career; copies of most of them are included in this collection. Hansen died in Corvallis, Oregon on 8 October 1989. A more extensive biography is included in this collection.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection include publications of Hansen and his colleagues from the United States and Norway; correspondence files; research files containing field notes, manuscripts, and a set of pollen sample slides; information on pollen analysis methods and pollen classifications; two NSF research proposals, one regarding Peat Bogs in Eastern Norway and another on the Three Sisters Wilderness Area; photos of Hansen and of wilderness landscapes; teaching materials including handouts for palynology courses; 1906 map of Washington floral regions, plus a 1941 map of Oregon, Washington and some of the Canadian Provinces; papers and information files on palynology and geology; copies of masters thesis of Hansen's son, David Henry Hansen.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Bibliographic Information, 1933-1990Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Biography of Henry Paul
Hansen (2 copies), reprint from Bulletin of the Torey Botanical Club 117 (2),
1990, pp. 176-177. |
|
| 1 | Outstanding Staff or Faculty
Members list |
4/16/60 |
| 1 | Publications list of H.P.
Hansen |
1933-1974 |
| 1 | Biographical Data
sheet 4 copies, with handwritten notes
on most
|
|
| 1 | Copy of news clipping,
" Wins Fellowship" ,
regarding Guggenheim Fellowship |
4/10/47 |
Series II: Correspondence, 1943-1983Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Regarding Knut
Faegri |
1965-1971 |
| 1 | Fulbright Research
Scholarship |
1960-1969 |
| 1 | Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation |
1943-1960 |
| 1 | Summer Institute for College
Teachers of Biological Science |
1958-1960 |
| 1 | U.S. and International
Colleagues |
1949-1983 |
| 1 | Sabbatical Leave |
1961-1969 |
Series III: Teaching Materials, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Outline for Three-term Course
in Palynology |
|
| 1 | Geology 501 Outline of
course |
|
| 1 | Pleistocene Palynology
Outline |
|
| 1 | Handouts for Palynology
G49.2090 Course |
|
| 1 | Handouts for Palynology
G49.2100 Course |
|
| 1 | Various handouts for
classes |
|
| 1 | Handout information on
pollens and spores |
|
| 1 | Complete set of
classification and directions on pollen classes |
|
| 1 | List of H.P. Hansen's
publications |
|
| 1 | Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory
information |
|
| 1 | Monographs from various
persons probably used in classes |
|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Cal Heusser (2
monographs) |
|
| 1 | Henry P.
Hansen |
|
| 1 | M.E. Harward and C.T.
Youngberg |
Series IV: Research Materials and Data, 1958-1969Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 4 | Set of slides, 15 (two are
broken) of pollen on shale and coal, index inside case |
|
| 1 | National Science Foundation,
proposal,
" A Palynological Investigation
of Peat Bogs in Eastern Norway" |
1964-1969 |
| 1 | National Science Foundation,
proposal and reports, Three Sisters Wilderness Area |
1958-1964 |
| 1 | Data - Lake Washington,
Washington |
|
| 1 | Data - Priest Rapids,
Washington |
|
| 1 | Palynological Techniques
handbook (2 copies) |
|
| 1 | Climate and Chronological
charts |
|
| 1 | Foreword by Henry Hansen to
publication of Dr. Calvin J. Heusser |
|
| 1 |
" Principles of
Paleopalynology" , Chapters I, III and IV, plus references |
|
| 1 |
" Pollen & Spore
Classification Keys" , and related documents |
|
| 1 |
" Pollen Analysis
Methods"
|
|
| 1 |
" Spore and pollen analysis,
Semi-Popular Reports" , includes related publications |
1947-1967 |
| 1 | Information on equipment for
sediment sampling, Micron Research & Development |
|
| 1 | Index to pollen samples (no
samples included) |
|
| 1 | Index to labeled specimens
(no specimens included) |
|
| 1 |
" Lake Labish Carbon
Dates"
|
|
| 1 |
" Quarter Method Data
Form" , Upper French Pete Creek |
|
| 1 |
" Quarter Method Data
Form" , Above Horse Creek |
|
| 1 |
" Quarter Method Data
Form" , South Fork - McKenzie |
|
| 1 |
" Quarter Method Data
Form" , Hinton Creek |
|
| 1 |
" Quarter Method Data
Form" , Horse Lake and Platt Lake area |
1958 |
| 1 |
" Quarter Method Data
Form" , Castle Creek |
1957 |
| 1 |
" Quarter Method Data
Form" , Horse Lake |
|
| 1 | Miscellaneous data
charts |
|
| 1 | Six newspaper clippings
regarding carbon dating |
1950-1963, undated |
| 1 | Numerous articles clipped
from magazines, journals and periodicals relating to Dr. Hansen's field of
study, with part of a handwritten index |
Series V: Publications by Henry P. Hansen, 1933-1974Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | List of publications by Henry
P. Hansen, up to number 63 |
|
| 2 | Various publications by Henry
P. Hansen, 85 total (two copies of some of the publications, see List of
Publications for titles), filed in numerical and chronological order in four
folders |
1933-1974 |
Series VI: Publications by Other Authors, 1937-1979Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Three publications by Olav
Gjaerevoll, in Norwegian |
|
| 2 | Publication by Knut Faegri,
in Norwegian |
1965 |
| 2 | Fifteen publications by Svein
Manum, in Norwegian |
|
| 2 | Eleven publications by Olaf
I. Ronning, in Norwegian |
|
| 2 | Publication by Olof H.
Selling, in Norwegian |
1951 |
| 2 | Publication by Jorunn Vigran
Os |
1970 |
| 2 | Publication on Radiocarbon
Dating by several authors |
1953 |
| 2 | Two publications by Olaf I.
Ronning |
1961-1962 |
| 2 | Eleven publications by Olav
Gjaerovoll |
1950-1977 |
| 2 | Three publications by David
H. Hansen, son of Henry P. Hansen |
1969-1979 |
| 2 | Publication by Enrique
Palavecino, in Spanish |
1977 |
| 2 | Twenty five publications by
Calvin and Linda Heusser, some co-written by other authors |
|
| 2 |
" Identification of Northwestern
Trees" , T.J. Starker |
1937 |
| 2 |
" The Geology of Crater Lake
National Park, Oregon" , Howel Williams |
1942 |
| 2 |
" Arctic Biology" , Biology
Colloquium, edited by Henry P. Hansen |
1957 |
| 2 |
" Biogeography" , Biology
Colloquium |
1947 |
| 2 |
" Great Salt Lake: An Historical
Sketch" , David E. Miller |
|
| 2 |
" A Long Pollen Record From St.
Lawrence Island, Bering Sea (Alaska)" , Paul A. Colinvaux |
1966 |
| 2 |
" Towards Computerization of
Palynology-Paleobotany: A Progress Report on a Fact-finding Trip" ,
Gerhard O.W. Kremp |
1970 |
| 2 |
" Palynological
Techniques" , Clair A. Brown |
1960 |
| 2 |
" The Natural C14 Contents
Materials From Hard-water Lakes" , Deevey, Gross, Hutchinson,
Kraybill |
1954 |
| 2 |
" Predecessors of Great Salt
Lake" , by Roger B. Morrison |
|
| 2 |
" Biological Aspects of Weather
Modification"
|
1965 |
| 2 |
" Geological Society of America
Bulletin"
|
1973 |
| 2 |
" Presidential Address The Plants
of Canada Past and Present" , A.H.R. Buller |
1928 |
| 2 |
" Energy Production from
Hardwoods growing on Southern Pine Sites" , Joseph Karchesy and Peter
Koch |
1979 |
| 2 |
" Archaeological Researches in
the Northern Great Basin" , L.S. Cressman |
1942 |
| 2 |
" Additional Radiocarbon Dates,
Lovelock Cave, Nevada" , L.S. Cressman |
1956 |
| 2 | Essay, James J. Flynn and
John R. Rowley, University of Stockholm |
1972 |
| 2 | Essay, John R. Rowley,
University of Stockholm |
1973 |
| 2 | Essay, John R. Rowley,
University of Stockholm |
1974 |
| 2 | Program of Alaskan Science
Conference |
1950 |
Series VII: Photographs, 1937, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 3 | Collection of 76 black and
white 8x10 photographs of wilderness landscapes |
|
| 3 | Oberlin College group
photograph, 8x10 black and white, with index to names of
individuals |
|
| 3 | Henry Hansen graduation at
University of Washington, Ph.D., 4x6 black and white |
June 1937 |
| 3 | Two 5x7 black and white
photographs of Henry Hansen, one in his office, and one outside of a campus
building |
undated |
| 3 | Henry P. Hansen, 9 1/2 x 12
black and white, from Oregon State University publication, (same photograph as
one of the two 5x7's) |
undated |
Series VIII: Awards, 1973Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Certificate of
Appreciation |
June 1973 |
Series IX: Maps, 1906, 1941Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Map Case | ||
| * | Northwestern United States
and Neighboring Canadian Provinces, National Geographic Society |
June 1941 |
| * | Floral Areas of the State of
Washington, Smithsonian Institution |
1906 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Biology--Research--Arctic regions.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Oregon.
- Natural history--Arctic regions.
- Paleobotany--Northwest, Pacific.
- Paleobotany--Quaternary.
- Palynology--Technique.
- Palynology.
- Peat bogs.
- Pollen, Fossil.
Personal Names
- Faegri, Knut.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State University. Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology.
Geographical Names
- Three Sisters Wilderness (Or.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs.
Other Creators
-
Personal Names
- Hansen, David Henry. (creator)
- Heusser, Calvin J. (creator)
- Heusser, Linda E. (creator)
- Starker, T.J. (Thurman James), 1890-1983. (creator)
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