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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)
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
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

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

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.

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Content Description

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 Additionally, drafts of unpublished essays, including a biography of R. M. Horner, and plant surveys are included.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.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

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)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Becon, Marion. Field Notebooks
    1 item.
    Dates: 1951-1952
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Beaverhead Plants
    1 item.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 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.

    Dates: 1930-1933
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Colorado Agricultural College Herbarium. Exchange List
    1 item.
    Dates: 1896
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Constance, Lincoln. Papers. List of plants collected
    3 items.
    Dates: 1934-1935
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: 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.

    Dates: 1935-1939
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: Cotton, J. S . List of plants, with collection numbers
    1 item.
    Dates: 1902
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: 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.

    Dates: 1948-1951
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: Crow, John H. List of Plants Collected, Cooper River Delta, Alaska
    1 item.
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: Darlington, Henry T. Plants collected in the Blue Mountains, annotated list; notes on itinerary and map of route
    5 items.
    Dates: 1963.
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: Daubenmire, Rexford. Plants collected on Freezout Mountain, twelve miles east of Clarika
    1 item.
    Dates: 1961.
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: Davis, Jared. Field Notebook
    1 item.
    Dates: 1951-1953
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
  • Description: Eggleston, Willard W. Plants collected in Washington
    1 item.
    Dates: 1916
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12
  • Description: Fiker, Charles B. Catalogue of the Charles B. Fiker Collection of Okanogan County Plants donated to the State College
    1 item.
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 1, Folder 13
  • Description: Fye, R. E. Field Notebooks
    1 item.
    Dates: 1951
    Container: Box 1, Folder 14
  • Description: Gehrman, Kenneth H. Field Notebooks
    1 item.
    Dates: 1949
    Container: Box 1, Folder 15
  • Description: Harris, S. W. Field Notebooks
    1 item.
    Dates: 1950-1951
    Container: Box 1, Folder 16
  • Description: Hatch, Winslow R. Field Notebooks, Central America and Caribbean, and some related correspondence
    20 items.
    Dates: 1937-1945
    Container: Box 1, Folder 17
  • Description: Horner, Donald. Robert Messinger Horner 1854-1910 [draft essay], undated, and some related correspondence
    4 items.
    Dates: 1949
    Container: Box 1, Folder 18
  • Description: 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.

    Container: Box 1, Folder 19
  • Description: Huntley, M. C. Field Notebooks
    1 item.
    Dates: 1952
    Container: Box 1, Folder 20
  • Description: Johansen, Carl. Vetches and Vetch-like Plants of Northwestern Washington with keys and descriptions of Vicia and Lathuyrus, [draft essay]
    2 items.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 21
  • Description: Jones, George Neville. A Preliminary Report on the Weed Flora of Washington, [draft essay]
    1 item.
    Dates: 1927
    Container: Box 2, Folder 22
  • Description: Jones, George Neville. Weeds of Washington, [draft essay]
    1 item.
    Dates: 1931
    Container: Box 2, Folder 23
  • Description: Jones, Quentin. Filed Data on Alaskan Plant Collection
    1 item.
    Dates: 1951
    Container: Box 2, Folder 24
  • Description: Keys to the Species of Bromus
    1 item.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 25
  • Description: King, James R. Field Notebook
    1 item.
    Dates: 1951-1952
    Container: Box 2, Folder 26
  • Description: Kreager, Frank O. Plants of Northeastern Washington. Catalog, determinations by C. V. Piper, and field notebook.
    5 items.
    Dates: 1902
    Container: Box 2, Folder 27
  • Description: Larrison, Earl. Plants collected on the Janiper Forest Preeserve
    1 item.
    Dates: 1975 October
    Container: Box 2, Folder 28
  • Description: Lingenfetter, Richard L. Lists of plants collected and notes
    100 items.
    Dates: 1948-1949
    Container: Box 2, Folder 29
  • Description: Long, William. List of Plants collected at the Mt. Stuart Region, Chelan County
    1 item.
    Dates: 1947
    Container: Box 2, Folder 30
  • Description: Miscellaneous correspondence.
    20 items.

    Correspondents include E. R. Lake, R. A. Cooley, and Rex Hunt.

    Dates: 1896-1911
    Container: Box 2, Folder 31
  • Description: Mooman, J. G. List of Plants Collected
    2 items.
    Dates: circa 1957
    Container: Box 2, Folder 32
  • Description: Moore, William R. ; Moore, Jacqueline P. Plants of Texas Collected by William R. and Jacqueline P. Moore
    1 item.
    Dates: 1941
    Container: Box 2, Folder 33
  • Description: Murphey, James R. Field Notebook
    1 item.
    Dates: 1947
    Container: Box 2, Folder 34
  • Description: Notes on the history of the nomenclature dispute
    2 items.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 35
  • Description: Otis, Ira C. Herbarium of Mr. Ira C. Otis
    1 item.
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box 2, Folder 36
  • Description: Parker, Charles S. List of Plants Collected
    1 item.
    Dates: 1922 Spring and Summer
    Container: Box 2, Folder 37
  • Description: Pollock, W. M. West Virginia Plants, [catalog]
    1 item.
    Dates: 1895
    Container: Box 2, Folder 38
  • Description: Reed, Robert M. Wind River Mountains Collection Data; list, with notes
    1 item.
    Dates: 1966
    Container: Box 3, Folder 39
  • Description: Rogers, H. Thomas , et. al. Columbia River Plant Survey
    2 items.
    Dates: 1939-1940
    Container: Box 3, Folder 40
  • Description: Smith, Leslie H. Field Notebook, Pullman Virgin Prairie, 1930, Benton and Yakima Counties
    1 item.
    Dates: 1929
    Container: Box 3, Folder 41
  • Description: Solf, John David. List of plants collected in Alaska; Letter of explanation re: List of plants collected in Alaska.
    4 items.
    Dates: circa 1959-1963
    Container: Box 3, Folder 42
  • Description: Sprague, Roderick. List of Plants Collected by Roderick Sprague during summer of 1922 in Snohomish, Skagit and San Juan Counties.
    1 item.
    Dates: 1922
    Container: Box 3, Folder 43
  • Description: Stevens, Jerome David. Field Notebook, Oregon
    1 item.
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box 3, Folder 44
  • Description: Townsend, Edward C. Material relative to herbarium of E. C. Townsend, press clippings, reprints of article describing herbarium
    15 items.
    Dates: circa 1936-1937
    Container: Box 3, Folder 45
  • Description: Trivette, Edward. Field Notebooks
    2 items.
    Dates: 1950-1951
    Container: Box 3, Folder 46
  • Description: Vasey, George R. List of plants collected [presumably transcribed by C. V. Piper]
    1 item.
    Dates: 1889
    Container: Box 3, Folder 47
  • Description: Ward, George H. Field Notebook
    1 item.
    Dates: 1946
    Container: Box 3, Folder 48
  • Description: Washington State University. List of Plants Collected on Summer Field Trip of 1941
    2 items.
    Dates: 1941
    Container: Box 3, Folder 49
  • Description: Weber, William A. Check lists of Plants of Washington [draft essay]
    1 item.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3, Folder 50
  • Description: Wilson, C. B. Checklist of Shoshone County Idaho Plants Collected by C. B. Wilson, undated.; Field Notebook
    2 items.
    Dates: 1941.
    Container: Box 3, Folder 51
  • Description: Winecki, Lillian , et. al. Field Notebook, Yellowstone National Park
    1 item.
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box 3, Folder 52
  • Description: Wirsing, John M. Medicine Bow National Forest Collections
    1 item.
    Dates: circa 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 53
  • Description: Witt, Jean Gleason. Field Notebooks, List of Plants Collected
    7 items.
    Dates: 1945-1948
    Container: Box 3, Folder 54
  • Description: Unidentified card file listing Washington species, partially arranged by counties, with some data on type localities, written in several hands
    600 items.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4, Folder 55
  • Description: Wagner, Paul. Archival Material in the Marion Ownbey Herbarium, A Catalogue by P. Wagner
    10 pages
    Dates: 1975
    Container: Box 4, Folder 56
  • Description: Heller, A. A. , Portrait, Chico, circa 1918; Collection Expedition Idaho, circa 1887-1888. Northwest collection, University of Washington Libraries.
    3 items.
    Dates: circa 1887-1918
    Container: Box 4, Folder 57
  • Description: Hecht, Adolf. Correspondence regarding Rudbeckia laciniate L. [added November 1985, lrs]
    7 items.
    Dates: 1935-1937
    Container: Box 4, Folder 58

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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

  • 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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