OREfield.xml Guide to the Marian Field Collection 1933-1982 Field (Marian) Collection Finding Aid Authors: Trevor Sandgathe. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center 2018
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This finding aid was encoded in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on April 11th, 2018. Encoding was modified by Elizabeth Nielsen for Archives West compliance. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). Field, Marian. Marian Field Collection 1933-1982 1933-1941 MSS Field 3.00 cubic feet, including 250 illustrations and 23 photographic prints 6 oversize boxes Materials in English. Special Collections and Archives Research Center
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The Marian Field Collection is comprised of botanical illustrations produced by Marian Field, an Oregon artist and botanical illustrator. The illustrations in the collection appear to have been generated by Field between 1933 and 1941 in collaboration with faculty at the University of Oregon and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The collection includes approximately 250 illustrations of plants and fungi, materials from an exhibit of Field's works, photographs, correspondence, and a short biography of Field's life and work. Biographical Note:

Marian Field (née Rorapaugh) was born in the Dakota Territory on November 7, 1885. She attended the Cincinnati Art Institute and, in 1902, married musician William B. Field. In 1905, she took a position as head of the University of North Dakota Art Department where she stayed until 1909. After leaving the University of North Dakota, she attended the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts.

The Field family moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1910. She attended the University of Oregon and earned a B.A. in fine arts in 1930 and took graduate coursework through 1933. From 1929 to 1933, Field worked at the University's art and architecture library. During this time, she also worked closely with Dr. Louis Henderson, curator of the University of Oregon Herbarium, for whom she made numerous botanical illustrations. Beginning in the mid-1930s, Field also did extensive illustrative work for botany professor Frank Sipe.

In 1939, Field became director of the Salem Art Center, a Works Project Administration (WPA) project. After the Salem Art Center was defunded in the early 1940s, she moved to Corvallis, Oregon and taught in the Oregon State College Art Department until her retirement in 1948. Field died in 1957 at the age of 72.

 Oregon State University. Herbarium. United States. Works Progress Administration. United States. Works Progress Administration. Botanical illustrations. Drawings (visual works) Photographic prints. Scientific illustrations (images) Field, Marian. Sipe, Frank Perry. Sipe, Frank Perry. Botanical artists--Oregon--Corvallis. Mushrooms--Oregon. Woody plants--Oregon. Colleges and Universities Fine Arts Science Women Oregon Photographs

Field's illustrations and other materials related to Trees and Shrubs in Winter were held by the University of Oregon Herbarium until 1993 when the University of Oregon and Oregon State University herbariums were combined on the Oregon State University campus. The Marian Field Collection was then transferred to the OSU Archives in December 1998. The Applegate Art Guild donated Illustrations and photographs of Oregon fungi to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center in March of 2015. The collection now resides in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

The Marian Field Collection was processed in 1999. The collection was reprocessed in 2018 to bring it into compliance with current processing standards and include recently accessioned materials.

The collection is open for research.

Marian Field Collection (MSS Field), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Photographs of Marian Field are available in Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC) and the President's Office Photographs (P 092). Other botanical illustrations can be found in the Helen M. Gilkey Papers (MSS GilkeyH) and the Watercolor Society of Oregon Records (MSS Watercolor). Records of the OSU Art Department are available in the College of Liberal Arts Records (RG 143). Materials documenting the history of the OSU Herbarium are located in the Herbarium Records (RG 117) and the Herbarium Photographs (P 093).

The Marian Field Collection is comprised of two series: Series 1. Illustrations for Trees and Shrubs in Winter, 1936-1982 and Series 2. Illustrations of Oregon Fungi, 1933-1934. All illustrations are organized by species name.

The Marian Field Collection is comprised of nearly 250 botanical illustrations created by Field between 1933 and 1941, as well as a small collection of photographs and textual documents.

The bulk of the collection is comprised of nearly 200 illustrations created for use in Trees and Shrubs in Winter, a book written by University of Oregon botany professor Frank Sipe and supported by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Though the book was never published, the University of Oregon Herbarium exhibited Field's illustrations in the 1980s and the collection includes text panels from that exhibit. The collection also includes colorized photos of 15 of Field's illustrations and a small body of correspondence between Sipe and potential publishers.

The collection also includes more than 50 illustrations of Oregon fungi created by Field in 1933-1934. These illustrations were likely created in cooperation with Louis Henderson, curator of the University of Oregon Herbarium. A small number of reference photographs of fungi is also extant.

 Series 1 Illustrations for Trees and Shrubs in Winter 1936-1982

Series 1 is comprised predominately of 193 pen and ink botanical illustrations of woody plants produced by Marian Field between 1936 and 1941. The drawings were originally intended to illustrate Trees and Shrubs in Winter by Frank Sipe, a botany professor at the University of Oregon. The series also includes a small quantity of correspondence documenting Sipe's efforts to publish the book, colorized photographs of 15 of Field's illustrations, and reprints of her illustrations of Acer macrophyllum and several species belonging to genus Arctostaphylos. The project, which was supported by the Works Project Administration (WPA), was defunded prior to publication.

Following the discontinuation of the book project, the illustrations were held and exhibited by the University of Oregon Herbarium. Twelve text panels from this exhibit are included in the series and provide details about the life and work of Marian Field, context for the production of the illustrations, and information about the process of plant identification. The source of some of the exhibit text, a manuscript biographical sketch of Marian Field produced by Mary Field Etter in December 1982, is also present along with a partial inventory of the illustrations.

 Abies Amabilis - Ceanothus velutinus 1936-1941 1.1 Abies amabilis. Amabilis fir. Lovely fir. Red silver fir 1937 1.1 Abies concolor. White fir undated 1.1 Abies grandis. Lowland fir 1941 1.1 Abies grandis. Giant fir. White fir 1936 1.1 Abies lasiocarpa [?] undated 1.1 Abies lasiocarpa. Alipine fir 1941 1.1 Acer circinatum. Vine maple 1936 1.1 Acer circinatum. Vine maple 1938 1.1 Acer macrophyllum. Large-leaf maple 1936 1.1 Acer macrophyllum. Large-leaf maple 1936 1.1 Acer macrophyllum. Large-leaf maple 1936 1.1 Acer macrophyllum. Large-leaf maple 1936 1.1 Acer macrophyllum. Large-leaf maple 1936 1.1 Acer macrophyllum var. Kimballi. Kimball's maple 1941 1.1 Alnus oregona. Red alder 1936 1.1 Alnus oregona. Red alder 1938 1.1 Alnus sinuata. Sitka alder 1940 1.1 Alnus sinuata. Sitka alder 1940 1.1 Alnus sinuata. Sitka alder 1941 1.1 Amelanchier alnifolia. Service berry 1936 1.1 Arbutus menziesii. Madrona undated 1.1 Arctostaphylos columbiana. Hairy manzanita 1936 1.1 Arctostaphylos columbiana. Hairy manzanita 1937 1.1 Arctostaphylos columbiana. Hairy manzanita 1938 1.1 Arctostaphylos patula 1938 1.1 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Kinnikinnic 1936 1.1 Artemisia tridentata. Sagebrush 1936 1.1 Baccharis pilularis. Coyote brush. Chaparral broom. Kidneywort undated 1.1 Berberis aquifolium. Oregon grape 1936 1.1 Berberis aquifolium. Oregon grape 1936 1.1 Berberis aquifolium. Oregon grape 1937 1.1 Berberis nervosa. Mountain Oregon grape 1937 1.1 Berberis nervosa. Mountain Oregon grape 1939 1.1 Castanopsis chrysophyll. Chinquapin. Golden-leaved chestnut 1937 1.1 Castanopsis chrysophyll. Chinquapin. Golden-leaved chestnut 1939 1.1 Ceanothus cordulatus. Snow bush 1937 1.1 Ceanothus cuneatus 1938 1.1 Ceanothus cuneatus. Buckbrush. Greasewood 1938 1.1 Ceanothus cuneatus. Buckbrush. Greasewood 1938 1.1 Ceanothus sanguineus. Oregon tea. Buckbrush. Wild lilac 1937 1.1 Ceanothus velutinus. Cinnamon bush. Snow bush 1940 Cercocarpus ledifolius - Micromeria douglasii 1936-1941 2.1 Cercocarpus ledifolius. Mountain Mahogany 1939 2.1 Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana. Lawson cypress. Port Orford cedar undated 2.1 Chamaecyparis nootkatensis. Yellow cypress. Alaska cypress. Yellow cedar 1937 2.1 Cornus Nuttallii. Dogwood 1936 2.1 Cornus occidentalis. Creek dogwood 1936 2.1 Cornus occidentalis. Creek dogwood 1936 2.1 Cornus occidentalis. Creek dogwood 1938 2.1 Corylus californica. Hazel 1939 2.1 Crataegus Douglasii. Hawthorn 1936 2.1 Crataegus Douglasii. Hawthorn 1938 2.1 Crataegus Douglasii. Hawthorn 1939 2.1 Cytisus scoparius. Scotch broom 1936 2.1 Cytisus scoparius. Scotch broom 1936 2.1 Cytisus scoparius. Scotch broom 1936 2.1 Cytisus scoparius. Scotch broom 1936 2.1 Euonymus occidentalis. Western burning bush 1941 2.1 Euonymus occidentalis. Western burning bush 1941 2.1 Fraxinus oregona. Oregon ash 1936 2.1 Fraxinus oregona. Oregon ash 1936 2.1 Fraxinus oregona. Oregon ash 1936 2.1 Fraxinus oregona. Oregon ash 1936 2.1 Fraxinus oregona. Oregon ash 1936 2.1 Gaultheria shallon. Salal 1936 2.1 Gaultheria shallon. Salal 1937 2.1 Gaultheria shallon. Salal 1938 2.1 Holodiscus discolor. Ocean spray 1937 2.1 Holodiscus discolor. Ocean spray 1938 2.1 Juniperus occidentalis. Western juniper 1936 2.1 Ledum columbianum. Labrador tea 1936 2.1 Libocedrus decurrens. Incense cedar 1936 2.1 Libocedrus decurrens. Incense cedar undated 2.1 Lithocarpus densiflora. Tan oak 1940 2.1 Lonicera ciliosa. Climbing honeysuckle 1936 2.1 Lonicera ciliosa. Climbing honeysuckle 1937 2.1 Lonicera hispidula. Pink honeysuckle 1936 2.1 Lonicera involucrata. Bush honeysuckle 1939 2.1 Lonicera involucrata. Bush honeysuckle undated 2.1 Menziesia ferruginea. Fool's huckleberry. Rusty leaf undated 2.1 Menziesia ferruginea. Fool's huckleberry. Rusty leaf 1937 2.1 Micromeria douglasii. Yerba buena. Oregon tea 1938 Myrica californica - Rhamnus purshiana 1936-1940 3.1 Myrica californica. Wax myrtle. California myrtle 1937 3.1 Myrica californica. Wax myrtle. California myrtle 1937 3.1 Myrica californica. Wax myrtle. California myrtle 1937 3.1 Oplopanax horridum. Devil's club 1936 3.1 Oplopanax horridum. Devil's club 1940 3.1 Osmaronia cerasiformis. Oso berry. Indian peach 1936 3.1 Osmaronia cerasiformis. Oso berry. Indian peach 1938 3.1 Osmaronia cerasiformis. Oso berry. Indian peach 1938 3.1 Pachistima myrsinites. Mountain lover 1938 3.1 Philadelphus gordonianus. Mock orange. Syringa 1938 3.1 Phoradendron villosum. Mistletoe 1937 3.1 Phyllodoce empetriformis. Heather 1937 3.1 Physocarpus capitatus. Nine bark 1936 3.1 Physocarpus capitatus. Nine bark 1936 3.1 Picea sitchensis. Sitka spruce. Tideland spruce 1938 3.1 Pinus albicaulis. White-bark pine 1936 3.1 Pinus albicaulis. White-bark pine 1937 3.1 Pinus contorta. Lodge pole pine 1937 3.1 Pinus ponderosa. Western yellow pine 1936 3.1 Polygonum paronychia. Sand knotweed. Dune knotweed 1937 3.1 Populus trichocarpa. Cottonwood 1936 3.1 Prunus demissa. Wild cherry 1936 3.1 Pseudorsuga taxifolia. Douglas fir 1938 3.1 Purshia tridentata. Antelope brush 1937 3.1 Pyrus rivularis. Wild crab apple 1936 3.1 Pyrus rivularis. Wild crab apple 1939 3.1 Quercus chrysolepsis. Canyon live oak. Mountain holly. Maul oak. Golden leaf oak 1937 3.1 Quercus chrysolepsis. Canyon live oak. Mountain holly. Maul oak. Golden leaf oak 1937 3.1 Quercus garryana. White oak. Garryana. Garry oak 1936 3.1 Quercus garryana. White oak. Garryana. Garry oak 1936 3.1 Quercus garryana. White oak. Garryana. Garry oak 1939 3.1 Quercus Kelloggii. California black oak 1936 3.1 Quercus Kelloggii. California black oak 1936-1939 3.1 Quercus Kelloggii. California black oak 1937 3.1 Rhamnus Purshiana. Cascara. Chittim 1936 3.1 Rhamnus Purshiana. Cascara. Chittim 1936 3.1 Rhamnus Purshiana. Cascara. Chittim 1936 3.1 Rhamnus Purshiana. Cascara. Chittim 1936-1938 Rhododendron albiflorum - Salix sitchensis 1936-1941 4.1 Rhododendron albiflorum 1940 4.1 Rhododendron californicum 1936 4.1 Rhododendron californicum 1936-1939 4.1 Rhododendron occidentale. Azalea 1937 4.1 Rhus diversiloba. Poison oak 1939 4.1 Ribes bracteosum. Stink currant 1938 4.1 Ribes bracteosum. Stink currant 1939 4.1 Ribes cereum. Squaw currant 1937 4.1 Ribes cruentum. Shiny leaved gooseberry 1938 4.1 Ribes divaricatum. Coast black gooseberry. Straggly gooseberry 1938 4.1 Ribes lacustre 1938 4.1 Ribes menziesii 1938 4.1 Ribes sanguineum. Red-flowering currant 1936 4.1 Ribes sanguineum. Red-flowering currant 1936 4.1 Ribes sanguineum. Red-flowering currant 1936 4.1 Ribes sanguineum. Red-flowering currant 1938 4.1 Rosa gymnocarpa. Wood rose 1936 4.1 Rosa nutkana 1936 4.1 Rosa pisocarpa 1936 4.1 Rosa rubiginosa. Sweet briar 1936 4.1 Rosa rubiginosa. Sweet briar 1937 4.1 Rubus laciniatus. Evergreen blackberry 1936 4.1 Rubus leucodermis. Black-cap 1937 4.1 Rubus macropetalus. Wild blackberry 1936 4.1 Rubus parviflorus. Thimble berry 1936 4.1 Rubus parviflorus. Thimble berry 1938 4.1 Rubus spectabilis. Salmon berry 1938 4.1 Rubus Coulteri. Coulter's willow 1941 4.1 Salix Hookeriana. Coast willow 1938 4.1 Salix lasiandra. Yellow willow. Red willow 1938 4.1 Salix mackenziana. Mackenzie black willow 1938 4.1 Salix melanopsis. Dusky willow 1938 4.1 Salix Piperi. White willow. Dune willow. Piper willow 1938 4.1 Salix scouleriana. Nuttall willow. Scouler willow 1938 4.1 Salix sessilifolia 1938 4.1 Salix sitchensis. Satin willow. Silky willow 1939 4.1 Salix sitchensis. Satin willow. Silky willow 1940 4.1 Salix sitchensis. Satin willow. Silky willow 1941 Sambucus - Viburnum pauciflorum 1936-1941 5.1 Sambucus 1938 5.1 Sambucus 1938 5.1 Sambucus glauca. Blue elderberry 1936 5.1 Sambucus glauca. Blue elderberry 1936 5.1 Sambucus racemosa. Red elderberry 1938 5.1 Sequoia sempervirens. Redwood 1938 5.1 Spirea densiflora 1941 5.1 Spirea Douglasii. Hardhack spirea 1936 5.1 Symphoricarpos albus. Snow berry 1939 5.1 Symphoricarpos albus. Snow berry 1939 5.1 Taxis brevifolia. Western 1937 5.1 Thuja plicata. Red cedar. Canoe cedar. Giant cedar 1937 5.1 Tsuga heterophylla. Western hemlock 1937 5.1 Tsuga Mertensiana. Mountain hemlock 1937 5.1 Tsuga Mertensiana. Mountain hemlock 1937-1941 5.1 Ulex europaeus. Gorse. Whin 1937 5.1 Umbellularia californica. California laurel. Oregon myrtle 1938 5.1 Umbellularia californica. California laurel. Oregon myrtle 1938 5.1 Vaccinium caespitosum. Dwarf bilberry 1938 5.1 Vaccinium caespitosum. Dwarf bilberry 1939 5.1 Vaccinium membranaceum. Mountain huckleberry 1938 5.1 Vaccinium occidentale. Western huckleberry 1941 5.1 Vaccinium ovalifolium. Tall blue huckleberry 1938 5.1 Vaccinium ovatum. Common evergreen huckleberry 1936 5.1 Vaccinium ovatum. Common evergreen huckleberry 1937 5.1 Vaccinium ovatum. Common evergreen huckleberry 1937 5.1 Vaccinium Oxycoccos. Small cranberry 1939 5.1 Vaccinium parvifolium. Red huckleberry 1936 5.1 Vaccinium parvifolium. Red huckleberry 1936 5.1 Vaccinium parvifolium. Red huckleberry 1938 5.1 Viburnum ellipticum. Western way-faring tree 1936 5.1 Viburnum ellipticum. Western way-faring tree 1938 5.1 Viburnum ellipticum. Western way-faring tree 1938 5.1 Viburnum ellipticum. Western way-faring tree 1938 5.1 Viburnum ellipticum. Western way-faring tree 1938 5.1 Viburnum pauciflorum. High bush cranberry. Squash berry. Pimpina 1938 6.1 Panels from Winter and Spring Twigs of Oregon Woody Plants exhibit undated 6.2 Photographs and reprints of illustrations for Trees and Shrubs in Winter 1936 6.3 Correspondence re: Trees and Shrubs in Winter 1938-1941 6.4 Partial inventory of illustrations for Trees and Shrubs in Winter circa 1982 6.5 Biographical sketch of Marian Field by Mary Field Etter 1982 Series 2 Illustrations of Oregon Fungi 1933-1934

Series 2 is comprised of 54 illustrations of fungi created between 1933 and 1934. These illustrations were produced in a variety of sizes and mediums and include pencil drawings, oil paintings, and watercolors. Some illustrations depict the subjects in various life stages and sometimes contain notes on the origin of the reference specimen. It is likely these illustrations were produced in collaboration with Louis Henderson, curator of the University of Oregon Herbarium.

The series also includes 8 matted photographs of assorted species of mushrooms that may have been used as reference images for Field's illustrations. Many of the photographs are colorized and all but one include handwritten notes identifying the species.

 Botanical Illustrations 6.6 Alurea aurantia. Orange cup undated 6.6 Amanita calyptrata 1933 6.6 Amanita calyptrata pk. 1934 6.6 Amanita muscaria undated 6.6 Amanita muscaria undated 6.6 Amillaria 1934 6.6 Amillaria undated 6.6 Armillaria mellea / Cantharellus floccosus Schw. Long tubed chanterelle 1933 6.6 Boletus eximius Peck. undated 6.6 Boletus luridus Schaeff var. Rubeolarius [?] undated 6.6 Cantherellus cibarius Fr. Chanterelle undated 6.6 Cantherellus cibarius Fr. Chanterelle undated 6.6 Clavaria undated 6.6 Clavarias undated 6.6 Clilocybe laccata 1934 6.6 Clitocybe laccata Scop. undated 6.6 Coprinus atramentarius (Bull.) Fr. 1934 6.6 Coprinus comatus 1934 6.6 Coprinus micaceus [?] undated 6.6 Cortinarius violaceus undated 6.6 Gomphidius oregonensis 1934 6.6 Heboloma pracox 1934 6.6 Helvella lacunos Afzel undated 6.6 Helvella lacunosa Afzel undated 6.6 Hygrophorus pratensis var. meisneriensis. Meadow hyprophorus / Hygrophorus flammans [?]. Little glassy top 1934 6.6 Hypholoma fasciculare. Sulphur cap 1934 6.6 Hypholoma fasciculare. Sulphur cap undated 6.6 Hypholoma fasciculare. Sulphur cap undated 6.6 Inocybe abundans [?] 1934 6.6 Inocybe geophylla var. Violacea undated 6.6 Lactarius deliciosus Fr. 1933 6.6 Lactarius deliciosus Fr. undated 6.6 Lactarius rufus undated 6.6 Lepiota 1934 6.6 Lepiota undated 6.6 Lycoperdon. Puffball 1933 6.6 Marasmius siccus 1934 6.6 Morchella esculenta Pers. undated 6.6 Paxilus involus (Batsch) Fr. 1933 6.6 Pholiota adiposa Fr. undated 6.6 Pholiota adiposa Fr. undated 6.6 Pleurotus ostreatus. Oyster mushroom / Schizophyllum commune. Split leaf 1934 6.6 Pluteolus expansis undated 6.6 Polyphorus picipes undated 6.6 Polyphorus sulphureus Fr. 1933 6.6 Polyphorus sulphureus Fr. undated 6.6 Polystictus undated 6.6 Russula alutacea Fr. 1933 6.6 Russula nigricans Bull. / Clitocybe laccata Scop. 1933 6.6 Russula roseipes undated 6.6 Russula roseipes 1934 6.6 Tricholoma equestre 1934 6.6 Tricholoma personatum 1934 6.6 Untitled undated Specimen Photographs 6.7 Armillaria mellea [?] 6.7 Amanitopsis raginata 6.7 Cantharellus floccosus 6.7 Gomphidius 6.7 Hypholoma 6.7 Mycena 6.7 [Nidulariaceae]. Bird's nest fungus 6.7 Untitled