Botany Department Records, 1938-1957

Overview of the Collection

Title
Botany Department Records
Dates
1938-1957 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 linear feet, ( 2 containers)
Collection Number
Archives 248
Summary
Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, budgets, recruiting and department graduate student information.
Repository
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

The Collection is open for research use.

Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Washington Agricultural College first employed a botanist in 1893. A Department of Botany and Zoology came into existence in about 1895. A separate Botany Department was organized in 1907, and continues to the present (2000AD). The Botany faculty has included many well-known botanical scientists.

Further documentation of the Botany Department can be found at the University Libraries, chiefly in the form of personal papers of various members of the faculty. See also WSU Publications 37.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, minutes, reports, budgets, recruiting inforation, and information regarding graduate, students, including placement of same, to and from the Department of Botany. Of particular interest is the correspondence of Winslow R. Hatch, Chairman of the Division of Biological Sciences, and early correspondence regarding the development of the Prairie Strip Administration.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The records are arranged in subject files, ordered alphabetically.

Acquisition Information

Records of the Washington State University Department of Botany were transferred to the University Libraries in 1988 by Botany department personnel (UA1988-34).

Processing Note

Processing was by Brenda Jackson, June 2000.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1 "A" Miscellaneous 1950
1 2 American Institute of Biological Sciences 1949-1950
1 3 Annual Report 1946-1950
1 4 "B" Miscellanous 1949-1955
1 5 Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. 1949-1950
1 6 Books 1951
1 7 Botany Courses 1950
1 8 Botany Greenhouse 1947-1952
1 9 Botany Staff Meeting 1947-1951
1 10 Botanical Information Inquiries 1955-1957
1 11 Budget - Annual 1947-1952
1 12 Budget - Quarterly 1947-1957
1 13 Building & Grounds (Mr. Fred Rounds) 1947-1951
1 14 "C" Miscellaneous 1945-1956
1 15 Calculator 1950-1951
1 16 Catalogue - 1951-1953
1 17 1951 Catalogues
1 18 1950 Catalog
1 19 Civil Service 1940-1950
1 20 Courses 1949-1952
1 21 "D" Miscellaneous 1950-1956
1 22 Departmental Requirements 1948
1 23 Director of Admissions 1947-1952
1 24 Draft Deferment Information 1950-1951
1 25 "E" Miscellaneous 1949-1955
1 26 Education 1949-1952
1 27 Emergency Facilities
1 28 Employment Possibilities 1944-1949
1 29 Enrollment Data 1947-1951
1 30 Equipment
1 31 "F" Miscellaneous 1949-1954
1 32 Faculty Executive Committee 1950-1951
1 33 Faculty Personnel Policies 1949-1951
1 34 Field Trips 1945-1949
1 35 Fisher Scientific Company 1949-1950
1 36 "G" Miscellaneous 1950-1952
1 37 Garden Projects 1947-1953
1 38 G.I. Regulations - For Equipment, Books, etc.
1 39 Graduate Applications 1952-1955
1 40 Letters of Recommendation 1953-1954
1 41 Graduate Applications 1952-1953
1 42 Graduate Assistants 1946-1949
1 43 Graduate Examination, Announcements 1948-1955
1 44 Graduate School 1949-1955
1 45 Grant In Aid 1948-1952
1 46 Thesis Specifications 1950-1952
1 47 Graham, John W & Co. 1938-1950
1 48 "H" Miscellaneous 1945-1952
1 49 Hatch, W.R., Chair., Div. of Biological Sciences 1943-1951
1 50 Herbarium 1948-1952
1 51 E.H. Hopkins 1947-1950
1 52 "I" Miscellaneous
1 53 International Botanical Congress 1954-1955
1 54 Isotopes Research - Operations 1950
1 55 "J" Miscellaneous 1950-1952
1 56 Journal Vouchers 1949-1954
1 57 "K" Miscellaneous 1949
1 58 Key Listings 1949-1950
1 59 "L" Miscellaneous 1951
1 60 Library 1943-1952
1 61 Library Committee on Location of Serials 1953
2 62 "M" Miscellaneous 1949-1952
2 63 Microscopic Equipment 1948-1949
2 64 Military Service 1953
2 65 "N" Miscellaneous 1949-1952
2 66 Non-Faculty Personnel - Lloyd G. Everest, Dir. 1950-1952
2 67 "O" Miscellaneous 1952
2 68 Openings 1949-1950
2 69 "P" Miscellaneous 1949-1952
2 70 Pettibone, Carl - Business Manager & Comptroller 1947-1952
2 71 Photographic Department 1949
2 72 Placement Bureau - W.M. Bristol 1940-1952
2 73 Prairie Strip Adm. 1947
2 74 President 1952
2 75 Prospective Undergraduates 1949-1950
2 76 Publicity 1949-1951
2 77 Purchasing Office 1944-1952
2 78 Quarter System 1949-1950
2 79 "R" Miscellaneous 1950-1952
2 80 Registrar (Chambers) 1944-1951
2 81 Registrar: Grade Reports 1946-1948
2 82 Review of General College Requirements 1949
2 83 Rempel, J., Coor. of General Education at WSC 1949-1950
2 84 Requisitions Equipment - Numerically 1947-1950
2 85 "S" Miscellaneous 1949-1952
2 86 Sandberg, R.S. 1949-1951
2 87 Scholarships 1946-1952
2 88 Schedule of Courses 1951-1952
2 89 Science Hall - Floor Plan 1950
2 90 Scientific Supplies 1939-1952
2 91 2410 Slide Allocation 1950-1951
2 92 Seminars 1948-1951
2 93 Slide Lists Available 1947-1952
2 94 WSC Staff Bulletins - Jan. 9, 1953 thru Dec. 1954
2 95 S.T. Stephenson, Dean of Faculty 1950-1951
2 96 Summer School 1940-1952
2 97 Student Book Corp. 1949-1952
2 98 "T" Miscellaneous 1950-1952
2 99 Thesis Committees 1948-1951
2 100 Time Slip Payroll - Botany 1948-1952
2 101 Travel 1952-1953
2 102 Travel Authorizations Approved 1949-1957
2 103 Travel Vouchers Submitted 1950-1956
2 104 "U" Miscellaneous 1952
2 105 Utilities & Construc., Sherman Markley, Supt. 1950-1951
2 106 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 1938-1949
2 107 Visual Aids 1948-1952
2 108 "V" Miscellaneous 1952
2 109 "W" Miscellaneous 1949-1952
2 110 War Food Administration
2 111 Weed Killers 2-4-D 1952
2 112 Requisitions #1-50 Numerical, Supplies & Operations 1949
2 113 Requisitions #51-100 Numerical, Supplies & Operations 1949

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Botany--Study and teaching (Higher)--Washington (State)--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Washington State University. Botany Department--Archives (creator)
  • Washington State University. Botany Department--Curricula--History
  • Washington State University. Botany Department--Records and correspondence

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Hatch, Winslow Roper, 1908---Archives (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • State College of Washington. Botany Department. (creator)
    • State College of Washington. Division of Biological Sciences. (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Brenda Jackson
2012

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