Since its establishment in the early 1880s, the Herbarium has served as the chief repository for the University's collection of flora as well as a laboratory for the study and identification of plants and fungi. Managed since 1883 by a Curator under the auspices of the Department of Botany and Horticulture, the focus of the Herbarium has shifted away from the traditional role of student instruction and more toward the acquisition and cataloging of Pacific Northwest plant specimens. As a research facility, the Herbarium has become the leading center for research on the taxonomy of mycorrhizal fungi. Currently housed at Cordley Hall, the Herbarium has moved many times from its original location in Education Hall. The Herbarium has also resided in the Strand Agricultural building, the basement of the Memorial Union, and Gill Coliseum. In 1993, under pressure to cut costs stemming from state budget reductions, the University of Oregon Herbarium merged with the facility at OSU, increasing the number of plant specimens housed at Cordley Hall by nearly one- third. Willamette University's collection of flora has also recently been transferred to the OSU Herbarium.
This collection consists of photographs from the Herbarium. About half of the photographs are identified and one-third are dated. The images depict a variety of plants and trees both in the wild and in greenhouses, famous botanists, Curators of the Herbarium including E.R. Lake and Helen Gilkey, botany students engaged in research in the classroom and in the field, logging operations, and views of Marys Peak taken from several locations.
There are 29 prints in this collection: 28 b/w and 1 color. The remainder of the photographic images are nitrate and glass plate negatives with no prints.
Herbarium Photographs (P 93), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Container(s): Box 1
Container(s): Box 1
Different from P093:08.
Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 2
Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 1
Container(s): Box 1
Container(s): Box 1
Photo by William Lawrence.Container(s): Box 1
Photo by V. Walls.P093:34-P093:40 are identified and appear to have been copied from a publication on famous botanists. Images P093:41-P093:52 are unidentified.
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P093:34: Millardet, Alexis
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P093:35: Douglas, David
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4 |
P093:36: Von Linne, Carl
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4 |
P093:37: Gray, Asa
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4 |
P093:38: Atkinson, George
F.
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4 |
P093:39: Kuhn, Julius
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4 |
P093:40: De Bary, Anton
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4 |
P093:41-P093:52: Unidentified
Botanists
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Container(s): Box 3
Photo by Earl Beaconsfield.Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 3
Container(s): Box 1
Container(s): Box 1
Container(s): Box 1
Container(s): Box 1