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Washington State University Botanical Papers, 1881-1973
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Marion Ownbey Herbarium.
- Title
- Washington State University Botanical Papers
- Dates
- 1881-1973 (inclusive)18811973
- Quantity
- 2 Linear feet of shelf space, (4 Boxes), (960 Items)
- Collection Number
- Cage 53 (collection)
- Summary
- Correspondence, notes, unprinted essays, and field notebooks relating to the collection of botanical specimens for the Washington State University Ownbey Herbarium and for general distribution.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Washington State University Marion Ownbey Herbarium was founded in the 1890s. It was named in 1974 after Marion Ownbey, who served as head of the Herbarium from 1939-1974.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Botanical Papers, 1881-1973, consists of correspondence, notes, unprinted essays, and field notebooks, most of which relate to plant specimens accessioned by the Washington State University Ownbey Herbarium. A large number of items are the collection books of various collectors of botanical specimens, both for the Ownbey Herbarium and for general distribution. Some correspondence of herbarium personnel, especially Edwin R. Bogusch, Lincoln Constance and Arthur Cronquist is included in this collection. Of the approximately fifty collectors represented here, others include J. S. Cotton, Henry Darlington, W. W. Eggleston, Thomas Howell, and Frank Kreager. Additionally, drafts of unpublished essays, including a biography of R. M. Horner, and plant surveys are included.
Though closely related to the activities of the herbarium, these materials have the characteristics of personal papers, and therefore are not regarded as constituting a formal archival record group of the herbarium.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Washington State University Botanical Papers, 1881-1973 (Cage 53)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in alphabetical order by author.
Acquisition Information
The materials in this collection of botanical documents were transferred to the Washington State University Library in 1975 from the university’s Marion Ownbey Herbarium.
Related Materials
Northwest Botanical Manuscripts : an Indexed Register of the Papers, 1867-1957, of Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf, William Conklin Cusick, Charles Vancouver Piper, Rolla Kent Beattie, and Harold St. John in the Washington State University Library. Washington State University; 1976.
Xerpha Mae Gaines Papers, 1948-1970 (Cage 122)
Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf Papers, 1867-1935 (Cage 315)
William Conklin Cusick Papers, 1906-1924 (Cage 316)
Charles Vancouver Piper Papers, 1888-1926 (Cage 317)
Rolla Kent Beattie Papers, 1899-1956 (Cage 318)
Harold St. John Papers, 1912-1957 (Cage 319)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Becon, Marion. Field Notebooks 1 item.
|
1951-1952 |
| 1 | 2 | Beaverhead Plants 1 item.
|
undated |
| 1 | 3 | Bogusch, Edwin Robert. Correspondence. 52 items.
Correspondents include: Leroy Abrams, H. Andres, Sidney F. Blake, T. A.
Bonser, Willima J. Boone, F. F. Crevecoeur, J. E. Graff, H. Hapeman, V. T.
Heidenreich, Marcus E. Jones, William R. Maxon, Fermen L. Pickett, Benjamin
L. Robinson, Paul Standley, Harold St. John, Henry K. Swenson, Charles A.
Weatherby and Edgar T. Wherry.
|
1930-1933 |
| 1 | 4 | Colorado Agricultural College Herbarium.
Exchange List 1 item.
|
1896 |
| 1 | 5 | Constance, Lincoln. Papers. List of plants
collected 3 items.
|
1934-1935 |
| 1 | 5 | Constance, Lincoln.
Correspondence. 33 items.
Correspondents include: D. R. Crookshanks, Gladys DeNeff, Mae E. Dennis,
Vivian L. Dotts, Walter S. Flory Jr., David D. Keck, F. B. Laney, E. G.
MacFarleane, E. H. Moss, Leslie Muller, Adolf Pascher, E. M. Phillipson,
Charles Piper Smith, Edward C. Townsend, Fred A. Warren, Ed Zaring, and U.
H. Zuberbuhler.
|
1935-1939 |
| 1 | 6 | Cotton, J. S . List of plants, with collection
numbers 1 item.
|
1902 |
| 1 | 7 | Cronquist, Arthur. Correspondence. 45 items.
Correspondents include: Alan J. Beetle, Charles A. Berger, Sidney F. Blake,
J. P. M. Brenan, J. H. Christ, Robert T. Clausen, Earl L. Core, Ray T.
Davis, Joseph A. Ewan, Roxana Ferris, R. K. Godfrey, H. T. Harkness, John
Thomas Howell, Donal G. Huttleston, Louis H. Jordal, David D. Keck, George
H. M. Lawrence, Ernst Mayr, Gerald Ownbey, K. F. Parker, A. E. Porsild, C.
L. Porter, H. W. Rickett, Ernest Rouleau, John Thieret and Oswald Tippo.
|
1948-1951 |
| 1 | 8 | Crow, John H. List of Plants Collected, Cooper
River Delta, Alaska 1 item.
|
1963 |
| 1 | 9 | Darlington, Henry T. Plants collected in the
Blue Mountains, annotated list; notes on itinerary and map of
route 5 items.
|
1963. |
| 1 | 10 | Daubenmire, Rexford. Plants collected on
Freezout Mountain, twelve miles east of Clarika 1 item.
|
1961. |
| 1 | 11 | Davis, Jared. Field Notebook 1 item.
|
1951-1953 |
| 1 | 12 | Eggleston, Willard W. Plants collected in
Washington 1 item.
|
1916 |
| 1 | 13 | Fiker, Charles B. Catalogue of the Charles B.
Fiker Collection of Okanogan County Plants donated to the State
College 1 item.
|
1935 |
| 1 | 14 | Fye, R. E. Field Notebooks 1 item.
|
1951 |
| 1 | 15 | Gehrman, Kenneth H. Field
Notebooks 1 item.
|
1949 |
| 1 | 16 | Harris, S. W. Field Notebooks 1 item.
|
1950-1951 |
| 1 | 17 | Hatch, Winslow R. Field Notebooks, Central
America and Caribbean, and some related correspondence 20 items.
|
1937-1945 |
| 1 | 18 | Horner, Donald. Robert Messinger Horner
1854-1910 [draft essay], undated, and some related
correspondence 4 items.
|
1949 |
| 1 | 19 | Howell, Thomas J. Papers 4 items.
Consisting of 1) catalog, presumably of 1881 2) catalog of 1883 3) list of
plants in Herbarium of E. L. Greene, presumed to be in Howell's hand 4)
notes for a Flora, also presumed to be in Howell's hand.
|
|
| 1 | 20 | Huntley, M. C. Field Notebooks 1 item.
|
1952 |
| 2 | 21 | Johansen, Carl. Vetches and Vetch-like Plants
of Northwestern Washington with keys and descriptions of Vicia and
Lathuyrus, [draft essay] 2 items.
|
undated |
| 2 | 22 | Jones, George Neville. A Preliminary Report on
the Weed Flora of Washington, [draft essay] 1 item.
|
1927 |
| 2 | 23 | Jones, George Neville. Weeds of Washington,
[draft essay] 1 item.
|
1931 |
| 2 | 24 | Jones, Quentin. Filed Data on Alaskan Plant
Collection 1 item.
|
1951 |
| 2 | 25 | Keys to the Species of Bromus 1 item.
|
undated |
| 2 | 26 | King, James R. Field Notebook 1 item.
|
1951-1952 |
| 2 | 27 | Kreager, Frank O. Plants of Northeastern
Washington. Catalog, determinations by C. V. Piper, and field
notebook. 5 items.
|
1902 |
| 2 | 28 | Larrison, Earl. Plants collected on the
Janiper Forest Preeserve 1 item.
|
1975 October |
| 2 | 29 | Lingenfetter, Richard L. Lists of plants
collected and notes 100 items.
|
1948-1949 |
| 2 | 30 | Long, William. List of Plants collected at the
Mt. Stuart Region, Chelan County 1 item.
|
1947 |
| 2 | 31 | Miscellaneous correspondence. 20 items.
Correspondents include E. R. Lake, R. A. Cooley, and Rex Hunt.
|
1896-1911 |
| 2 | 32 | Mooman, J. G. List of Plants
Collected 2 items.
|
circa 1957 |
| 2 | 33 | Moore, William R. ; Moore, Jacqueline P.
Plants of Texas Collected by William R. and Jacqueline P. Moore 1 item.
|
1941 |
| 2 | 34 | Murphey, James R. Field Notebook 1 item.
|
1947 |
| 2 | 35 | Notes on the history of the nomenclature
dispute 2 items.
|
undated |
| 2 | 36 | Otis, Ira C. Herbarium of Mr. Ira C.
Otis 1 item.
|
1936 |
| 2 | 37 | Parker, Charles S. List of Plants
Collected 1 item.
|
1922 Spring and Summer |
| 2 | 38 | Pollock, W. M. West Virginia Plants,
[catalog] 1 item.
|
1895 |
| 3 | 39 | Reed, Robert M. Wind River Mountains
Collection Data; list, with notes 1 item.
|
1966 |
| 3 | 40 | Rogers, H. Thomas , et. al. Columbia River
Plant Survey 2 items.
|
1939-1940 |
| 3 | 41 | Smith, Leslie H. Field Notebook, Pullman
Virgin Prairie, 1930, Benton and Yakima Counties 1 item.
|
1929 |
| 3 | 42 | Solf, John David. List of plants collected in
Alaska; Letter of explanation re: List of plants collected in
Alaska. 4 items.
|
circa 1959-1963 |
| 3 | 43 | Sprague, Roderick. List of Plants Collected by
Roderick Sprague during summer of 1922 in Snohomish, Skagit and San Juan
Counties. 1 item.
|
1922 |
| 3 | 44 | Stevens, Jerome David. Field Notebook,
Oregon 1 item.
|
1963 |
| 3 | 45 | Townsend, Edward C. Material relative to
herbarium of E. C. Townsend, press clippings, reprints of article describing
herbarium 15 items.
|
circa 1936-1937 |
| 3 | 46 | Trivette, Edward. Field Notebooks 2 items.
|
1950-1951 |
| 3 | 47 | Vasey, George R. List of plants collected
[presumably transcribed by C. V. Piper] 1 item.
|
1889 |
| 3 | 48 | Ward, George H. Field Notebook 1 item.
|
1946 |
| 3 | 49 | Washington State University. List of Plants
Collected on Summer Field Trip of 1941 2 items.
|
1941 |
| 3 | 50 | Weber, William A. Check lists of Plants of
Washington [draft essay] 1 item.
|
undated |
| 3 | 51 | Wilson, C. B. Checklist of Shoshone County
Idaho Plants Collected by C. B. Wilson, undated.; Field Notebook 2 items.
|
1941. |
| 3 | 52 | Winecki, Lillian , et. al. Field Notebook,
Yellowstone National Park 1 item.
|
1942 |
| 3 | 53 | Wirsing, John M. Medicine Bow National Forest
Collections 1 item.
|
circa 1972 |
| 3 | 54 | Witt, Jean Gleason. Field Notebooks, List of
Plants Collected 7 items.
|
1945-1948 |
| 4 | 55 | Unidentified card file listing Washington
species, partially arranged by counties, with some data on type localities,
written in several hands 600 items.
|
undated |
| 4 | 56 | Wagner, Paul. Archival Material in the Marion
Ownbey Herbarium, A Catalogue by P. Wagner 10 pages
|
1975 |
| 4 | 57 | Heller, A. A. , Portrait, Chico, circa 1918;
Collection Expedition Idaho, circa 1887-1888. Northwest collection,
University of Washington Libraries. 3 items.
|
circa 1887-1918 |
| 4 | 58 | Hecht, Adolf. Correspondence regarding
Rudbeckia laciniate L. [added November 1985, lrs] 7 items.
|
1935-1937 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Botanists -- United States -- Correspondence.
- Botany -- Research -- Northwest, Pacific.
Personal Names
- Horner, Robert Messinger, 1854-1910.
Corporate Names
- Marion Ownbey Herbarium -- Records and correspondence.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Bogusch, Edwin Robert, 1905- (creator)
- Constance, Lincoln, 1909-2001. (creator)
- Cotton, J. S. (creator)
- Cronquist, Arthur. (creator)
- Darlington, Henry T. (Henry Townsend), 1875-1964. (creator)
- Eggleston, W. W. (Willard Webster), 1863-1935. (creator)
- Howell, Thomas, 1842-1912. (creator)
- Kreager, Frank Oren, -1951. (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Lawrence Stark
2021
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