NTDPG129 Guide to Thomas R. Ashlee and Geoffrey Coope collection of flora in Idaho and Washington Ashlee (Thomas R.) and Coope (Geoffrey) collection of flora in Idaho and Washington Finding aid prepared by Sara Szobody. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2023
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-03-01. Finding aid written in English and Latin. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Thomas R. Ashlee and Geoffrey Coope collection of flora in Idaho and Washington Ashlee, Thomas R. Coope, Geoffrey PG 129 .5 linear feet 1932-1938 Glass plate negatives, film negatives, and prints of plants photographed in Idaho and Washington. English .

Materials are arranged in one series labeled Prints and Negatives. The items with this series were left in the order in which they were recieved.

Collection is open for research.

Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Thomas R. Ashlee and Geoffrey Coope worked at the University of Idaho during the 1930s. Ashlee was the University of Idaho florist, and Coope was a faculty member of the English Department.

Ashlee studied under Dr. F. B. Laney at U of I. In 1928 he was conducting a graduate study under Dr. Laney on the local flora of Latah County as well as the greater North Idaho. Ashlee published a booklet called "A Contribution to the Latah Flora of Idaho" in 1932.

Coope was a member of the Oregon Agricultural College before coming to teach English at U of I. He was very active in the theater community on campus, and even wrote "All Reasons Now Resigned." Additionally, Coope was the photographer seven of the University of Idaho President portraits (PG 2, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives).

In 1933, Coope and Ashlee partnered in an effort to teach others about the local plant life in an in-depth way. The two professors sponsored an exhibit of Idaho wildflowers which was on display in U of I Library. The display included photographic plates of specimens they went out and found.

In 1933, Coope and Ashlee sponsored an exhibit of Idaho wildflowers. This display included photographic plates of specimens they went out and photographed, and was displayed for a time at U of I Library. This collection contains many of those plates and other photographic prints and negatives of Idaho and Washington flora.

Most of the materials in this collection have been digitized, and available for viewing in the Flora of Idaho and Washington digital collection.

These materials were transferred to U of I Library Special Collections and Archives in 2023 from India Young, of the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, British Columbia.

 Photography of plants Botany Nature Nature photography Natural resources Idaho Series I. Prints and Negatives 1932-1938 Lupinus leucophyllus 1934 1 001 Primula sect. Dodecatheon 08 April 1934 1 002 Balsamorhiza sagittata 23 March 1934 1 003 Brodiaea douglasii 26 April 1934 1 004 Erysimum asperum 23 March 1934 1 005 Habenaria elyans (?) 10 July 1934 1 006 Viola adunca 14 May 1933 1 007 Unidentified 1934 1 008 Unidentified 1934 1 009 Tellima parviflora 10 April 1934 1 010 Veratrum californicum 26 June 1932 1 011 Senecio atriaproulata (?) 23 June 1933 1 012 Pachystima myrsinites 18 February 1934 1 013 Penstemon procerus May 1934 1 014 Penstemon lyallii 24 June 1934 1 015 Young Willow 21 July 1934 1 016 Habenaria --icta (?) 10 June 1934 1 017 Frasera albieaulis May 1934 1 018 Myosotis 14 May 1934 1 019 Berberis repens 07 April 1934 1 020 Arnica cordifolia 31 March 1934 1 021 Brodiaea douglasii 28 May 1934 1 022 Sassifraga columbiana (?) and Thalesia uniflora 07 April 1934 1 023 Cammassia esculenta 09 May 1934 1 024 Gaillardia aristata 17 June 1934 1 025 Field of Camassia (Free Meadows) 30 May 1933 1 026 Acer glabrum douglasii 03 July 1933 1 027 Portraits of an unidentified woman and man undated 1 028 Phlox rigida. 1934 1 029 Erythronium grandiflorum 30 May 1933 1 030 Mertensia longiflora 14 May 1933 1 031 Pinus ponderosa 10 February 1934 1 032 Penstemon deustus 21 June 1933 1 033 Trillium petiolatum 10 April 1934 1 034 Gilia aggregata 30 July 1933 1 035 Castilleja angustifolia 10 June 1934 1 036 Ceanothus sanguineus 23 June 1933 1 037 Young Nighthawks 20 July 1934 1 038 Calochortus nitidus 24 June 1934 1 039 Aquilegia formosa 14 May 1934 1 040 Lobelia kalmii 30 June 1934 1 041 Lysichiton camtschatcensis 01 July 1933 1 042 Unidentified potted-plant 1934 1 043 Lake Pend d 'Oreille 1934 1 044 Penstemon glaber 14 May 1934 1 045 Lonicera ciliosa 14 May 1934 1 046 Lithospermum ruderale 31 March 1934 1 047 Clematis columbiana 1934 1 048 Philadelphus lewisii 17 June 1934 1 049 Veratrum californicum 26 June 1932 1 050 Pachystima myrsinites 18 February 1934 1 051 Smilacina amplexicaulis 23 June 1933 1 052 Epilobium angustifolium 17 June 1934 1 053 Erythronium parviflorum 30 May 1933 1 054 Adiantum pedatum 16 July 1934 1 055 Unidentified potted-plants 1934 1 056 Penstemon confertus May 1934 1 057 Monotropa uniflora 09 July 1934 1 058 Mertensia oblongifolia 31 March 1934 1 059 Prunus demissa 23 June 1933 1 060 Polystichum munitum 20 July 1934 1 061 Unidentified Garden 1934 1 062 Calochortus elegans 10 April 1934 1 063 Unidentified 1934 1 064 Phlox speciosa 1 065 Delphinium menziesii 07 April 1934 1 066 Unidentified [5] 1934 1 067 Unidentified [6] 1934 1 068 Habenaria orbiculata 11 July 1934 1 069 Monarda menthifolia 30 June 1934 1 070 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 21 April 1934 1 071 Allium geyeri and Sisyrinchium idahoense [1] 1934 1 072 Allium geyeri and Sisyrinchium idahoense [2] 1934 1 073 Allium geyeri and Sisyrinchium idahoense [3] 1934 1 074 Nuphar polysepala 02 August 1932 1 075 Cogswellia 12 May 1934 1 076 Unidentified [7] 1934 1 077 Veratrum californicum [3] 10 June 1934 1 078 Dodecatheon saulgau (?) 31 March 1934 1 079 Rosa nutkana 22 April 1934 1 080 Calochortus apiculatus 19 June 1933 1 081 Oenothera pallida 20 June 1932 1 082 Penstemon eriantherus [1] 19 June 1933 1 083 Hydrophyllum capitatum 10 April 1934 1 084 Polygonum bistortoides 09 May 1934 1 085 Unidentified [8] 1934 1 086 Nuphar polysepala [2] 20 August 1932 1 087 Woodsia scopulina 22 April 1934 1 088 Unidentified [9] 1934 1 089 Clarkia pulchella 05 July 1934 1 090 Veratrum californicum [4] 17 June 1934 1 091 Penstemon eriantherus [2] 18 June 1932 1 092 Penstemon scouleri 19 June 1933 1 093 Juniperus 03 July 1933 1 094 Clintonia uniflora 10 June 1934 1 095 Dodecatheon oulgare (?) 11 April 1934 1 096 Lupinus leucophyllus 15 May 1934 1 097 Nest of Sparrows 07 July 1934 1 098 Solidago lepida 14 July 1934 1 099 Erythronium grandiflorum [2] 1934 1 100 Sisyrinchium grandiflorum 10 February 1934 1 101 Penstemon procerus 14 May 1934 1 102 Paeonia brownii 14 May 1934 1 103 Berberis repens 13 July 1934 1 104 Erythronium grandiflorum [3] 07 April 1934 1 105 Aster conspicuus 17 June 1934 1 106 Synthyris reniformis 17 March 1934 1 107 Phlox longifolia 23 March 1934 1 108 Iris missouriensis 12 May 1934 1 109 Boykinia occidentalis 14 July 1934 1 110 Physocarpus malvaceus 23 June 1933 1 111 Pyrola aphylla 21 July 1934 1 112 Abies lasiocarpa 27 June 1933 1 113 Anemone piperi 30 May 1933 1 114 Iris 25 May 1933 1 115 Wasp's Nest 22 July 1934 1 116 Allium sp 03 June 1933 1 117 Oenothera 1934 1 118 Lonicera oilicosa 21 June 1933 1 119 Rubus parviflorus 24 June 1934 1 120 Xerophyllum tenax 1934 1 121 Unidentified man on horse 1934 1 122 Heuchera glabella 19 June 1933 1 123 Fragaria bracteata 30 May 1933 1 124 Pyrola picta 25 July 1932 1 125 Castilleja angustifolia 07 April 1934 1 126 Valeriana sitchensis 03 June 1933 1 127 Senecio atriapiculatus 21 April 1934 1 128 Galium boreale 19 July 1934 1 129 Wyethia amplexicaulis 12 May 1934 1 130 Clematis columbiana 14 May 1933 1 131 Goodyera menziesii 16 July 1934 1 132 Frasera fastigiata 21 April 1934 1 133 Penstemon procerus May 1934 1 134 Porcupine 1934 1 135 Devil's Club 1934 1 136 Physocarpus malvaceus 19 May 1934 1 137 Lupinus wyethii 14 May 1934 1 138 Unidentified 1934 1 139 Mertensia menhanacea 26 April 1934 1 140 Fragaria bracteata 21 April 1934 1 141 Unidentified man with child undated 1 142 Fragaria bracteata 21 April 1934 1 143 University of Idaho campus 1938 1 144 Scientific Names Notecard 1934 1 145 Letter from Herma A. Baggley to Thomas R. Ashlee 10 September 1934 1 146