NTE2cg122.xml Guide to the Xerpha Mae Gaines Papers 1948-1970 Gaines (Xerpha Mae) Papers Finding aid prepared by Lawrence Stark Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2021 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2021 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 122 Gaines, Xerpha M. Xerpha Mae Gaines Papers 1948-1970 0.5 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Box Xerpha M. Gaines' papers consist of correspondence, notes, and drafts relative to two of her published botanical works, "A botanical survey of the Grand Coulee-Eastern Washington", and "Weeds of Eastern Washington and Adjacent Areas" Collection materials are in English

Xerpha Mae McCullough was born in Wisconsin in 1891 and moved to Washington with her family in 1900. She married Edward Franklin Gaines, later a prominent agronomist at Washington State University, in 1912. In 1930 she graduated from Washington State University. She later worked for the university as a herbarium technician. Xerpha Gaines died in Spokane, in 1970.

Correspondence, notes and drafts regarding research and publication of two of the published botanical works of Xerpha M. Gaines. The bulk of the correspondence regarding "A botanical survey of the Grand Coulee-Eastern Washington," Research Studies, 25 (1957) 207-235 is with her co-author, Theodore H. Scheffer. Her second work, Weeds of Eastern Washington and Adjacent Areas (Davenport, Camp Na-Bor-Lee Association, 1972) was co-written with Dean G. Swan.

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Xerpha Mae Gaines Papers, 1948-1970 (Cage 122)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The papers of Xerpha Mae Gaines, 1891-1970, were transfered to the Washington State University Library in 1977 from the WSU Ownbey Herbarium. Later additions were received in February, 1982 and April, 1983.

This collection was processed in March, 1977 by Lawrence Stark.

Gains, Zerpha M., Scheffer, Theodore H. "A botanical survey of the Grand Coulee-Eastern Washington", Research Studies, 25 (1957):207-235.

Gaines, Xerpha M, and Dean G Swan. Weeds of Eastern Washington and Adjacent Areas. [Davenport: Wash.], Camp-Na-Bor-Lee Association, 1972.

Gaines and McCullough Family Papers, 1902-2008 (Cage 750)

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.

Washington State University Botanical Papers, 1881-1973 (Cage 53)

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)

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Gaines, Xerpha M. -- Archives. Scheffer, Theodore H. Swan, Dean G. (Dean George), 1923- Plants -- Classification -- Research -- Washington (State) Botany -- Research -- Washington (State) Botanists -- United States -- Correspondence. Taxonomists -- United States -- Correspondence. Weeds -- Washington (State) Science Colleges and Universities Washington (State) 1 1 Correspondence with Theodore H. Scheffer relative to research and writing article on Grand Coulee plants 1950-1960 75 items. 1 2 Notes and lists relative to Grand Coulee botanical survey 1950-1955 40 items. 1 3 Drafts of article about Grand Coulee botanical survey 1955 10 items. 1 4 Weeds of Eastern Washington. Notebook, including field notes, and letters 1968-1970 1 volume. 1 5 Alabama Plants. Notes, list and correspondence relative to plant collection in Conocoh National Forest 1948-1950 6 items. 1 6 Personal correspondence 1948 1 item. 1 7 Botanical notes. Correspondence, lists, clippings and other papers. 1958-1962 30 items. 1 8 Glen Canyon, Arizona, plants. Correspondence, plant lists, drafts of reports, and other papers. 1957-1962 15 items.