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Henry Paul Hansen Papers, 1907-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hansen, Henry P. (Henry Paul)
Title
Henry Paul Hansen Papers
Dates
1907-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 cubic feet
Collection Number
Consult repository.
Summary
These papers were generated and collected by Henry Hansen, a paleobotanist, who served as Dean of the Graduate school at Oregon State College until 1971. The collection includes research materials, field notes and publications.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Henry Paul Hansen was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin to Andrew and Emma Petersen Hansen on 28 April 1907. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.S. in 1930, and began graduate work there in 1931. He continued graduate work in 1935 at the University of Washington, receiving a Ph.D. in 1937. He came to Oregon State College in 1939 as an Instructor in Botany. He became Dean of the Graduate School in 1949, a position he held until his retirement in 1971.

Hansen's accomplishments include two John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships (1943-44, 1947-48) and two Fulbright Fellowships. He authored over 65 documents during his career; copies of most of them are included in this collection. Hansen died in Corvallis, Oregon on 8 October 1989. A more extensive biography is included in this collection.

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Content Description

The collection include publications of Hansen and his colleagues from the United States and Norway; correspondence files; research files containing field notes, manuscripts, and a set of pollen sample slides; information on pollen analysis methods and pollen classifications; two NSF research proposals, one regarding Peat Bogs in Eastern Norway and another on the Three Sisters Wilderness Area; photos of Hansen and of wilderness landscapes; teaching materials including handouts for palynology courses; 1906 map of Washington floral regions, plus a 1941 map of Oregon, Washington and some of the Canadian Provinces; papers and information files on palynology and geology; copies of masters thesis of Hansen's son, David Henry Hansen.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Henry Paul Hansen Papers, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The papers of Henry Paul Hansen are organized into nine series.

Related Materials

Materials pertaining to Hansen's work as Dean of the Graduate School are in the Graduate School Records (RG 16).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Biology--Research--Arctic regions.
  • Excavations (Archaeology)--Oregon.
  • Natural history--Arctic regions.
  • Paleobotany--Northwest, Pacific.
  • Paleobotany--Quaternary.
  • Palynology--Technique.
  • Palynology.
  • Peat bogs.
  • Pollen, Fossil.

Personal Names

  • Faegri, Knut.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon State University. Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology.

Geographical Names

  • Three Sisters Wilderness (Or.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Hansen, David Henry. (creator)
    • Heusser, Calvin J. (creator)
    • Heusser, Linda E. (creator)
    • Starker, T.J. (Thurman James), 1890-1983. (creator)


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