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Charles H. Shattuck lantern slides collection, 1904-1910

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Shattuck, Charles Houston, 1867-1931
Title
Charles H. Shattuck lantern slides collection
Dates
1904-1910 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 linear feet
Collection Number
PG 105
Summary
Glass lantern slides used by C. H. Shattuck of the Department of Forestry at the University of Idaho as illustrations in forestry and geology lectures.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Charles Houston Shattuck was born in Vandalia, Missouri. Little is known about his chilhood, but in 1894 and 1898 he earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Campbell College. He taught at the college from 1895 to 1903, and additionally held the role of Vice President from 1897 to 1903.

Shattuck was hired by the University of Idaho in 1909 to start the school's first forestry program. The Department of Forestry was first housed in the College of Agriculture, then quickly moved to the College of Letters and Science when Shattuck was appointed Dean there. In 1910, with the assistance of C. L. Price (the first person hired to oversee campus plantings) he began planting a 14-acre weedy slope with hundreds of introduced trees and shrubs. The Arboretum Hill at U of I was the first university arboretum in the West.

In 1914 Shattuck was made Dean of the College of Letters and Sciences. Shattuck left the U of I in 1917 due to differences in administration but stayed active in forestry. After his death, the arboretum at U of I was renamed the Charles Houston Shattuck Arboretum in 1933.

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Content Description

Some of the images in these slides appear in a report from C. H. Shattuck, University of Idaho, Dept. of Forestry to Major F. A. Fenn, Supervisor, Clearwater National Forest (Day-NW SD428.C55S5) and in an article by C. H. Shattuck in the UI Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin no. 91, Dec. 1916 (Idaho S 53 E416).

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

Most of the lantern slide images are available to view online in the C. H. Shattuck Lantern Slides, 1904-1910 digital collection.

Preferred Citation

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

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The slides were donated to the University of Idaho Library by the Latah County Historical Society in November 2009. Another set of lantern slides were donated in 2022 to the library's Special Collections and Archives from the Latah County Historical Society.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Lantern slides
  • Photographers
  • Photography of plants
  • University of Idaho

Finding aid prepared by Sara Szobody.
2022

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