Whitworth University Archives
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
(509) 777-1000
http://www.whitworth.edu/library/archives/index.htm
General Collection N-3-GR
Gray, Nicolin J.
Plank
Nicolin J. Plank Gray
Papers
1921-2002
1952-1980
.66 cu. ft.
1 box
Selected papers of Whitworth professor
Nicolin J. Plank Gray including course materials and published
research.
Materials are in
English
Biographical Note
Nicolin J. Plank Gray was born in Yakima, Washington in 1921 and
joined the Whitworth College faculty in 1952. Her 28 years of teaching a
variety of biology classes gave her the opportunity to integrate her Christian
faith with the subjects she loved. She was a mentor to women in science. Her
familiarity with the mushrooms of the Inland Northwest was important to the
Poison Center established for a time at Spokane’s Deaconess Hospital. Its
removal to Seattle was a distinct loss to the children of Spokane and Eastern
Washington.
The file contains selected papers covering the career of Nicolin J.
Plank Gray at Whitworth College. Included are course descriptions and syllabi,
miscellaneous research, manuscripts, and published works.
Collection is not restricted.
Collection is open for use.
From the Nicolin J. Plank Gray Papers located in the Whitworth College
Archives, Spokane, Washington.
Donated by Drs. Richard and Robin Gray on behalf of the Alfred and
Nicolin Gray Estate, May 2002-December 2006.
Processed to the file folder level.
See also the Alfred O. Gray Papers (General Collection, D-14)
Gray, Alfred
O.
Gray, Nicolin J.
Plank
Deaconess Medical
Center
University of Washington
(Seattle, Wash.)
Whitworth College
(Spokane, Wash.)
Spokane, Wash.
Biology
Mushrooms
Colleges and Universities
Science
Spokane
Washington (state)
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1/1
Introduction and
Inventory
1/2
Biography and Resume
1/3
University of Washington Field
Trip
1941
1/4
Whitworth Campus
Greenhouses
1941-1978
Courses Taught
1/5
Biology 151 –
Bioscience
1/6
Botany
1/7
Environmental Studies
1/8
Experiments with
Seeds
1/9
“The Food Pyramid: An
Audio-tutorial Mini-unit”
1/10
Growing Plants in the
Classroom
1/11
Biology 101 (see 140) - Life
Science
1/12
Biology 373 – Microbial
Ecology
1/13
Biology 140 – Mini-units:
“The Structure of Cells"
“Cell Division"
“Mitosis and
Meiosis"
“Basic Nutrition"
“Plant Structure”
1/14
Mini-unit: Nutrition
1/15
Biology 231 – Non-vascular
Plants
1/16
Observation of an Ecological
System
1/17
Biology 140, Unit I –
Organization – Life
1/18
Biology 210 – Plant
Growth
1/19
Biology 140 – Unit – Plants –
World Food Supply
1/20
Biology 140 – Unit – Plants –
World Food Supply
1/21
Taxonomy
1/22
The Use of Multiple Options to
Individualize Freshman Non-major Life Science
1972 March 24
1/23
Eastern Washington State Historical
Society Accreditation Committee Service
1979
1/24
Whitworth Greenhouses Financial
Records
1963 October 21-1980 March 4
1/25
Letters Received for Golden
Anniversary
1997
Manuscripts
1/26
Academic Excellence in
Biology
1962
1/27
Children and Poisonous Plants Don’t
Mix!
1972 October 20
1/28
Illustrated Guide to Plants of the
Spokane Area
1985
1/29
Integration of Biology with the
Social Sciences – the Audio-tutorial Approach
1970 March 27;
1972 March 24
1/30
Miscellaneous Career
Items
1/31
Mushrooms of the Inland
Northwest
1984
1/32
Phi Beta Kappa Study
1962
1/33
Pine Tree Sickness on the Campus
(Later proved to be fluoride contamination from the Kaiser Mead
Plant)
1978 April
5
1/34
Poisonous Plants of the Inland
Empire
Publishing
1/35
With Alfred O. Gray,
First Presbyterian Church, Over 100 Years
of Church History
1993
1/36
The Nature of Cellulose in
Sphagnum,
American Journal of Botany, Vol.
33, pp. 335-37
1946
1/37
The Chemistry of Cell Walls,
particularly in respect to their cellulose and other carbohydrate
content,
American Journal of Botany
Yearbook, p. 54
1947
1/38
Phlox in
Signpost
1989 June
1/39
Research
1/40
Sabbatical Leave Study: Plant Life
in Europe
1975
1/41
Travel
1/42
Funeral and Obituaries
2002 July 23