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NTE2cg87.xml Guide to the Fermen Layton Pickett Papers circa 1912-1938 Pickett (Fermen Layton) Papers Finding aid prepared by Lawrence Stark. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2016 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 87 Pickett, F. L. (Fermen Layton), 1881-1940 Fermen Layton Pickett Papers circa 1912-1938 3 Linear Feet of Shelf Space 6 Boxes The papers consists of Fermen Layton Pickett (1881-1940), State College of Washington botany professor, photographs and his botanical notes. Collection materials are inEnglish

Fermen Layton Pickett (1881-1940) was a professor of botany at the State College of Washington (later Washington State University) from 1914 until his death. He came from Indiana, his native state, shortly after receiving his Ph.D. at Indiana University. His major botanical interests were mosses and in plant physiology. He served as Chairman of the Botany Department and as Dean of the Graduate School for many years. Although his colleagues criticized him for his shortcomings as a botanist, his department educated several significant botanical scientists and sponsored many important research projects. His most important achievement may have been securing the herbarium of Wilhelm N. Suksdorf for the University (see Northwest Botanical Manuscripts: An Indexed Register, Pullman, 1976). He was also a skilled photographer and one of the few in the 1920s who photographed a large number of natural features (geological formations, vegetations, rivers, lakes, and mountains).

The papers consists of Pickett's photographs and his botanical notes. Many of the photographs are of vegetation, both individual specimens and habitats. Others stress the natural features of Washington and Oregon, especially Eastern Washington. Sequences trace several rivers over hundreds of miles. Others record a number of lakes, coulees and mountains. Pickett's botanical notes, consist of field and accession notebooks for his personal herbarium, now among the collections of the Ownbey Herbarium at Washington State University.

Pickett's photographic prints (Series 1.1) are arranged in an alphabetical subject system he devised. The copies made from the nitrate negatives (Series 1.2) contains some prints of photographs not included in the first sub-series; these represent materials apparently lost prior to transfer of the photographs to the Library.

The papers are organized in 2 series by material types. Series 1 is sub divided by material type, arranged within each in an alphabetical subject system devised by Pickett.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Fermen Layton Pickett Papers, circa 1912-1938 (Cage 87)

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

The papers of Fermen L. Pickett (1881-1940), consisting of photographs and botanical notebooks, were acquired by the Washington State University Library in two installments. The first, the negatives of Pickett's photographs, came to the Library in 1960. In 1975 the WSU Ownbey Herbarium transferred Pickett's print file, along with certain of his botanical notes. As these prints contained most of the photographs lost in the destruction of the nitrate negatives, the photograph collection was largely restored to completeness.

This collection was processed in July 1976 by Lawrence Stark.

As the negatives were of nitrate film base, a selection was made and copies of about 200 of the approximately 1200 photographs were printed prior to destruction of negatives.

Abstracts of Title Prepared for Fermen L. Pickett, 1927-1939 (Cage 730)

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.

Pickett, F. L. (Fermen Layton), 1881-1940 -- Archives Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives Washington State University -- Buildings -- Photographs Washington (State), Eastern -- Photographs Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) -- Photographs Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.) -- Photographs Botanists -- Washington (State) -- Archives Botany -- Research -- Archives Angiosperms -- Photographs Gymnosperms -- Photographs Washington (State) Science Colleges and Universities Photographs Series 1: Photographs Subseries 1.1: Print File 1 1 Almota Canyon 2 items Animals 1 2 Domestic (s.a. [see also] Lakes, misc.) 10 items 1 3 Wild 39 items 1 4 Wild 55 items Angiosperms 1 5 Amaryllidacae 3 items 1 6 Araceae 9 items 1 7 Araliaceae 2 items 1 8 Ascelepiadaceae 11 items 1 9 Begoniaceae 2 items 1 10 Betulaceae 3 items 1 11 Cactaceae 15 items 1 12 Campanulaceae 4 items 1 13 Capparidaceae 4 items 1 14 Caprifoliaceae 2 items 1 15 Caryophyllaceae 5 items 1 16 Chenopodiaceae 3 items 1 17 Commulinaceae 2 items 1 18 Compositeae 28 items 1 19 Compositeae 30 items 1 20 Convolvulaceae 4 items 1 21 Cornaceae 5 items 1 22 Crassulaceae 1 items 1 23 Cruciferae 12 items 1 24 Dicotyledones, misc. 12 items 1 25 Dipsaceae 5 items 1 26 Ericaceae 18 items 1 27 Euphoribiaceae 3 items 1 28 Gentainaceae 12 items 1 29 Gramineae 22 items 1 30 Hydrophyllaceae 1 items 1 31 Iridaceae 18 items 1 32 Leguminosae 41 items 1 33 Liliaceae 36 items 1 34 Liliaceae 9 items 1 35 Malvaceae 25 items 1 36 Menthaceae 25 items 1 37 Monocots, misc. 2 items 1 38 Nyctaginaceae 4 items 1 39 Nymphaceae 26 items 1 40 Oleaceae 3 items 1 41 Onagraceae 3 items 1 42 Orchidaceae 29 items 1 43 Orobanchaceae 2 items 1 44 Polemoniaceae 4 items 1 45 Polygonaceae 16 items 1 46 Portulacaceae 2 items 1 47 Primulaceae 2 items 1 48 Ranunculaceae 32 items 1 49 Rosaceae 22 items 1 50 Rosaceae 37 items 1 51 Rutaceae 3 items 1 52 Salicaceae 21 items 1 53 Sapindaceae 5 items 1 54 Sarraceniaceae 1 items 1 55 Saxifragaceae 15 items 1 56 Scrophulariaceae 38 items 1 57 Scrophulariaceae 28 items 1 58 Solonaceae 1 items 1 59 Umbellifererae 3 items 1 60 Ulmaceae 6 items 1 61 Violaceae 2 items 2 62 Bellingham, Washington 3 items 2 63 Birds 49 items 2 64 Blewett Pass 19 items California 2 65 Pacific Ocean 2 items 2 66 Timber 14 items 2 67 Charts 2 items 2 68 Chinook Pass (s.a. Mt. Rainer) 36 items 2 69 Churches 2 items 2 70 Cities 12 items 2 71 Clouds (s.a. Chinook Pass, Sunrise/Sunset) 39 items 2 72 Clouds 34 items 2 73 U.S.S. Constitution 5 items 2 74 Copies of Old Drawings and Prints 40 items 2 75 Coulees and Coulee Country-Eastern Washington, near Palouse Falls 18 items 2 76 Coulees and Scab-lands, Eastern Washington 14 items 2 77 Creeks-Pataha 3 items 2 78 Crystals, Para-dischloro-benzene 50 items 2 79 DeSmet Mission, North Idaho 5 items 2 80 Dune Vegetation 21 items 2 81 Ecology (s.a. Dune Vegetation, Prairie, Erosion) 2 items 2 82 Epworth League 6 items 2 83 Epworth Institute (Twanoh Park?) 42 items 2 84 Equisetum 2 items 2 85 Erosion 4 items 2 86 Experiments 3 items 2 87 Ferns 35 items 2 88 Fish 6 items Forest 2 89 Angiosperm Type 19 items 2 90 Angiosperm Type 51 items 2 91 Gymnosperm, Alpine 4 items 2 92 Gymnosperm, East of the Cascades (s.a. Gymnosperms, Grand Ronde) 14 items 2 93 Gymnosperm, Oregon (s.a. Gymnosperms, Grand Ronde) 14 items 2 94 Gymnosperms, Western Washington 28 items 2 95 Fort Simcoe 1 items 2 96 Frost 2 items 2 97 Fungi 23 items 2 98 Gardens, Ornamental 9 items 2 99 Geological Formations (s.a. Grand Coulee, Coulees, Snake River) 2 items 2 100 Glaciers (s.a. Mountains, Mt. Rainer, Glacier Peak) 1 items Grand Coulee 2 101 General (s.a. Rivers-Columbia-Grand Coulee, Coulees) 26 items 2 102 Dry Falls 13 items 2 103 Steamboat Rock 8 items 2 104 Grand Coulee Dam 39 items 2 105 Grand Ronde and Neighboring Country 37 items 2 106 Grand Ronde and Neighboring Country (forests) 5 items Gymnosperms 2 107 Pinaceae (s.a. Forests-Gymnosperms, Mt. Rainer, Washington-Yakima Co., Clallam Co., Jefferrson Co., Yakima River) 33 items 2 108 Pinacea (s.a. Forests) 37 items 2 109 Taxaceae 1 items 3 110 Historical Places (s.a. DeSmet Mission, Oregon) 31 items 3 111 Idaho, Northern (s.a. Lakes, Lewiston, Mountains-Thatuna Hills, Rivers-Clearwater) 47 items 3 112 Idaho (s.a. Forests, Ferns) 16 items 3 113 Indiana (s.a. Erosion, Ferns, Forests) 11 items 3 114 Indians 12 items 3 115 Irritability 2 items 3 116 Kansas City 7 items Lakes 3 117 Alta Lake 10 items 3 118 Bonnie Lake 7 items 3 119 Crater Lake 1 items 3 120 Chelan Lake 31 items 3 121 Kahlotus Lake 16 items 3 122 Miscellaneous 48 items 3 123 Moses Lake (both modern and geologic; s.a. Douglas Co., Franklin Co.) 35 items 3 124 Rock Lake 23 items 3 125 Leaves 3 items 3 126 Lewiston and Highway Grade 6 items 3 127 Lumbering, destructive 1 items 3 128 Microscopes 12 items 3 129 Mississippi (s.a. Animals) 1 items 3 130 Monuments 10 items 3 131 Mosses 69 items Mountains 3 132 Adams (s.a. Washington-Yakima Co.) 9 items 3 133 Baker 3 items 3 134 Glacier Peak (s.a. Washington-Snohomish Co.) 53 items 3 135 Kamiak Butte 31 items 3 136 Rainier, Misc. 10 items 3 137 Rainier, from Chinook Pass-the Peak 14 items 3 138 Rainier, from Chinook Pass-Winter 1 items 3 139 Rainier, from Chinook Pass-General 22 items 3 140 Rainier, from Yakima Park and Sunrise Lodge 12 items 3 141 Steptoe Butte 10 items 3 142 Thatuna Hills 5 items 3 143 Naches Valley 1 items 3 144 North Dakota 1 items 3 145 Oregon (s.a. Lakes-Crater, Forests-gymnosperm, Ferns, Forest-Angiosperm, Grand Ronde) 39 items 3 146 Palebotany 3 items 3 147 Palouse Country-Hills (s.a. Washington-Whitman County) 1 items 3 148 People-Miscellaneous 7 items Photomicrographs 3 149 General 3 items 3 150 Algae 25 items 3 151 Ferns 18 items 3 152 Fungi 6 items 3 153 Leaves 42 items 3 154 Misc. 5 items 3 155 Mitosis 1 items 3 156 Mosses 1 items 3 157 Parasites 2 items 3 158 Roots 16 items 3 159 Stems-dicots 32 items 3 160 Stems-gymnosperms 11 items 3 161 Stems-monocots 8 items 3 162 Stems-pteridophytes 16 items 3 163 Portraits 1 items 4 164 Prairies 5 items 4 165 Pullman, Washington 1 items 4 166 Reforestation 2 items Rivers 4 167 General 1 items 4 168 Clearwater 26 items 4 169 Columbia, General 34 items 4 170 Columbia, Kettle Falls 4 items 4 171 Columbia, Grand Coulee 2 items 4 172 Columbia, Yakima 3 items 4 173 Columbia, Wallula 16 items 4 174 Columbia, Bingen 30 items 4 175 Columbia, Columbia River Highway 4 items 4 176 Palouse, Above Colfax 1 items 4 177 Palouse, Below Colfax 9 items 4 178 Palouse, Middle and Upper Falls 9 items 4 179 Palouse, Big Falls 18 items 4 180 Palouse, Below Big Falls 5 items 4 181 Snake, Above Lewiston 66 items 4 182 Snake, Below Lewiston 14 items 4 183 Snake, Granite Point Area 27 items 4 184 Snake, Geological Formations 12 items 4 185 Snake, Near Highway with Bridge 6 items 4 186 Snake, Near Mouth 15 items 4 187 Yakima items 4 188 Seedlings 22 items 4 189 Seeds 3 items 4 190 Snow 66 items State College of Washington 4 191 Botanical Staff 8 items 4 192 Buildings 19 items 4 193 Campus Views 14 items 4 194 Class Activities 15 items 4 195 Silver Lake 3 items 4 196 Stems, Modified 23 items 4 197 South Dakota 16 items 4 198 Sunrise/Sunset (s.a. Clouds) 3 items 4 199 Teratology, angiosperms 53 items 4 200 Trees 20 items 4 201 Vegetative Propagation 2 items Washington 4 202 Eastern-Misc. 8 items 4 203 Asotin County 1 items 4 204 Clallam County (s.a. Monuments) 16 items 4 205 Columbia County (s.a. Creeks, Forests-gymnosperm) 6 items 4 206 Douglas County (s.a. Moses Lake, Grand Coulee, Coulees) 7 items 4 207 Ferry County (s.a. Forest-angiosperm, Lakes) 14 items 4 208 Franklin County (s.a. Dune vegetation) 1 items 4 209 Garfield County 1 items 4 210 Grant County 1 items 4 211 King County (s.a. Erosion) 1 items 4 212 Kitsap County (s.a. Ferns, Forest-angiosperm) 4 items 4 213 Kittitas County 1 items 4 214 Klickitat County (s.a. Dune vegetation, Ferns, Gardens) 2 items 4 215 Pend Oreille County (s.a. Forest-angiosperm, Forest-gymnosperm) 1 items 4 216 Skagit County 2 items 4 217 Snohomish County (s.a. Forest-alpine, Forest-gymnosperm, Mountains-Glacier Peak) 16 items 4 218 Spokane County 3 items 4 219 Stevens County 9 items 4 220 Walla Walla County (s.a. Dune vegetation, Forest-angiosperm, Monuments) 10 items 4 221 Whitman County, Water ways 13 items 4 222 Whitman County, Palouse Hills 20 items 4 223 Whitman County, Breaks of the Snake 4 items 4 224 Yakima County (s.a. Forest-angiosperm, Fort Simcoe, Gardens, Mountains-Adams, Naches Valley) 5 items 4 225 Waves 8 items 4 226 Weeds 8 items 4 227 Winter 4 items 4 228 Yakima Park 2 items 4 229 Young Men's Christian Association 2 items 4 230 Zea 1 items 4 231 Strays and Unidentified 8 items Subseries 1.2: Selections from the negatives, stressing photographs of the campus of Washington State University approx. 200 items 5 232 WSU: new women's dormitory, 1937 May 5 233 Pullman: elevator fire, 1921 5 234 WSU: President's mansion, 1921 5 235 WSU: campus through Maiden Lane arch, 1921 April 5 236 WSU: YMCA, 1921 5 237 Pullman: concrete bridge, 1921 5 238 WSU: women's gymnasium under construction, 1937 May 5 239 WSU: Silver Lake, 1915-1916 5 240 WSU: Stimson Hall, 1935 May 5 241 Barker family, 1915 5 242 WSU: new science building, 1935 May 5 243 WSU: icicles on old gymnasium, 1929 January 5 244 WSU-Oregon football game, 1921 5 245 WSU: "West along the walk from Wilson Hall," 1927 December 5 246 WSU: McCroskey Hall, Music Hall, Morrill Hall; 1923 5 247 WSU: Science Hall from Ferry Hall, 1927 5 248 Harvesting, 1921 August 5 249 WSU: "Looking across the Lake," 1923 December 5 250 WSU: The Path and "The Rustic Bridge," 1923 5 251 WSU: "The Pond," 1923 June 5 252 WSU: gymnasium, 1921 5 253 WSU: "Athletics" (high school track and field), 1915 5 254 WSU: Community Hall, 1922 January 5 255 WSU: new science building, 1936 5 256 Pullman: "Birches," 1923 December 5 257 Pasco-Kennewick bridge, 1922 August 5 258 WSU: McCroskey Hall, 1922 January 5 259 WSU from the southwest, 1923 5 260 WSU: "The Bell," 1917 5 261 WSU: Plant History laboratory scene, 1921 5 262 WSU: new men's dormitory, 1923 June 5 263 View of Pullman from WSU, 1923 5 264 WSU: Mechanical Arts building, 1924 5 265 Unidentified Washington landscapes, undated 5 266 Miscellaneous unidentified WSU photographs: laboratory, athletics, WSU buildings and surroundings, male student in military uniform; undated 5 267 WSU delegation to Seabeck, 1918 5 268 WSU: Maiden Lane arch, undated 5 269 Pullman views, 1933 January 5 270 Views of WSU, undated 5 271 WSU: Campus Day, 1917 May 10 5 272 WSU: cyclone damage, 1925 5 273 WSU: E.O. Holland's Armistice Day speech, 1920 November 11 5 273 WSU: "Trees," undated 5 274 WSU: Bryan Hall, 1921 and 1923 5 275 WSU: "Live Question Class," 1917 and 1921 5 276 WSU: buildings, 1939. Includes women's gymnasium, Van Doren Hall, men's gymnasium, Ferry Hall, Administration Building, new dormitory, Old Science 5 277 WSU-Idaho football game, 1921 October 22 5 278 Pullman: M. E. (Methodist) Church, 1924 January 5 279 WSU: "Open House Demonstration: 'Flesh-Eating Horse,'" 1930 5 280 Juliaetta Grade: view of Potlatch Creek Valley, 1933 5 281 Rosalia: harvesting, 1921 5 282 WSU: ROTC inspection, 1918 5 0 WSU: Taxonomy class (students doing fieldwork near campus), undated Series 2: Botanical Notes 6 283 Moss descriptions approx. 50 items 6 284 Moss accessions, specimen numbers 1-855, notebook 1 items 6 285 Moss accessions, specimen numbers 1-164, notebook 1 items 6 286 Moss accessions, specimen numbers 165-405, notebook approx. 140 items 6 287 Lichen accessions, specimen numbers 1-114, notebook 1 items 6 288 Vascular Plants, specimen numbers 1-1100, notebook 1 items 6 289 Vascular Plants, specimen numbers 1100-1699, notebook 1 items 6 290 Moss and Lichen Lists, notecards and loose papers, Includes some correspondence which includes lists approx. 65 items 7 Moss notecards approx. 500+ items