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P
093
Oregon
State University. Herbarium.
Herbarium Photographs
1904-1963
1904-1920
0.25 cubic ft.
ca. 80 items
The Herbarium Photographs were made or
assembled by curators of the Herbarium and students in the Department of Botany
and Plant Pathology. The images depict a variety of subjects including Pacific
Northwest species of plants and trees, the Oregon Agricultural College
greenhouses, botany research and teaching, and logging operations.
Materials in
English.
Historical Note:
Since its establishment in the early 1880s, the Herbarium has served as
the chief repository for the University's collection of flora as well as a
laboratory for the study and identification of plants and fungi. Managed since
1883 by a Curator under the auspices of the Department of Botany and
Horticulture, the focus of the Herbarium has shifted away from the traditional
role of student instruction and more toward the acquisition and cataloging of
Pacific Northwest plant specimens. As a research facility, the Herbarium has
become the leading center for research on the taxonomy of mycorrhizal fungi.
Currently housed at Cordley Hall, the Herbarium has moved many times from its
original location in Education Hall. The Herbarium has also resided in the
Strand Agricultural building, the basement of the Memorial Union, and Gill
Coliseum. In 1993, under pressure to cut costs stemming from state budget
reductions, the University of Oregon Herbarium merged with the facility at OSU,
increasing the number of plant specimens housed at Cordley Hall by nearly one-
third. Willamette University's collection of flora has also recently been
transferred to the OSU Herbarium.
This collection consists of photographs from the Herbarium. About half
of the photographs are identified and one-third are dated. The images depict a
variety of plants and trees both in the wild and in greenhouses, famous
botanists, Curators of the Herbarium including E.R. Lake and Helen Gilkey,
botany students engaged in research in the classroom and in the field, logging
operations, and views of Marys Peak taken from several locations.
There are 29 prints in this collection: 28 b/w and 1 color. The
remainder of the photographic images are nitrate and glass plate negatives with
no prints.
The photographs are numbered P093:01-P093:69.
Herbarium Photographs (P 93), Oregon State University Archives,
Corvallis, Oregon.
In addition to the photographs of the Herbarium, other materials
relating to OSU's role in plant instruction and research include: the records
of the Herbarium (RG 117), the records and photographs of the Botany and Plant
Pathology Department (RG 54, P 75), the records and photographs of the
Horticulture Department (RG 187, P 90), and the records of the OSU
Horticultural Society (RG 151). The personal papers of Helen Gilkey, who served
as the Curator of the Herbarium from 1918 to 1951, also contain materials
pertaining to the Herbarium, including an unpublished manuscript of the history
of the facility.
Gilkey,
Helen Margaret, 1886-
Lake, E.
R. (Edward Ralph), b. 1860.
Lawrence, William E. (William Evans), 1883-1947.
Oregon
Agricultural College. Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology.
Oregon
Agricultural College--Buildings.
Botany--Study and
teaching--Oregon--Corvallis.
Botany--Oregon.
Greenhouses--Oregon--Corvallis.
Lumber
trade--Oregon.
Logging
railroads--Oregon.
Women
botanists--Oregon--Benton County.
Botanists.
Marys Peak
(Or.)
Photographic
prints.
Nitrate
negatives.
Glass
negatives.
Oregon
Photographs
Logging
Colleges and
Universities
Science
Women
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:01
Showing characteristic habitat of
Riccia Natans at the Oregon Electric Railway Bridge, Beach's Woods
October 29, 1914
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:02
"Umpqua Valley looking southeast
showing prune orchard, and corn field to the right of the river. On the north
side may be seen the extent of a stream as shown by the line of firs bordered
by a zone of oaks."; Near Kellogg, Oregon
July
27, 1918
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:03
Silver Lake
ca. 1920
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:04
Bed of Silver Lake
1919
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:05
A "shoe string" ranch, Hinton
Creek Valley; east of Heppner
June
30, 1919
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:06
Head of sheep grazing in Brock
Meadows, Wenaha National Forest
August 1, 1916
3 prints
1
P093:07
Logging dumping pool and
tracks
1910
3 prints
1
P093:08
Abris
Nobilis, chiefly felled for logging
1910
3 prints
1
P093:09
Logging train backing down to
dumping pool
1910
3 prints
1
P093:10
Abris
Nobilis, chiefly felled for logging
1910
3 prints
Different from P093:08.
1
P093:11
Logging mill and train
trestle
ca. 1910
3 prints
1
P093:12
Standing timber before
logging
1910
3 prints
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:13
"Spruce log on flat car, with
A.A. Asbahr County Agent of Lincoln County and Harry N. Bowler, Seims Carey
H.S., Kerbaugh Corp. Seattle. Log 8 ft in diameter and 304 years old, Toledo,
Oregon"
1918
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:14
Looking up Crooked River
Canyon
ca. 1920
2
P093:15
Botany class
ca. 1904
8x10 glass plate negative
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:16
Mt. Chintimini, Marys Peak, taken
from OAC barns
1915
3 prints
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:17
Mt. Chintimini, Marys Peak, taken
from OAC barns
1915
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:18
Marys Peak from Tinker's
Hill
1917
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:19
Marys Peak from Forestry
Building, OAC
1917
3 prints
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:20
Marys Peak
1917
2 prints
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:21
Marys Peak from Tinker's
Hill
1917
3
P093:23-P093:29
Greenhouses; interior
1903-1924
8x10 glass negatives
1
P093:30
Zuercus
Garryanna(height 49 ft), SW of OAC
ca. 1910
1
P093:31
Armory Building (McAlexander
Fieldhouse) on OAC campus at Armory and Jefferson St.
ca. 1910
3 prints
1
Photo by William Lawrence.
P093:32
"Class in forest botany
identifying woody plants in their winter condition in Beeche's Woods, east of
the Willamette. Pictured, left to right: S.E. Brett, Lundeen, Benjamin Culver,
and LeRoy Wooks"
1914
3 prints
1
Photo by V. Walls.
P093:33
Mass of Sisymbrium Officinale growing along roadside near Alpha
Hall on 22nd St., Corvallis
1914
P093:34-P093:52
undated
copy negatives on nitrate film stock
P093:34-P093:40 are identified and appear to have been copied
from a publication on famous botanists. Images P093:41-P093:52 are
unidentified.
4
P093:34
Millardet, Alexis
4
P093:35
Douglas, David
4
P093:36
Von Linne, Carl
4
P093:37
Gray, Asa
4
P093:38
Atkinson, George
F.
4
P093:39
Kuhn, Julius
4
P093:40
De Bary, Anton
4
P093:41-P093:52
Unidentified
Botanists
3
Photo by Earl Beaconsfield.
P093:53
Fuschia
ca. 1904
8x10 glass negative
3
P093:54
Art class
ca. 1904
8x10 glass negative
3
P093:55-P093:57
Military cadets at
inspection
ca. 1904
8x10 glass negatives
3
P093:58
Botany class
ca. 1904
8x10 glass negative
3
P093:59
Benton Hall
ca. 1904
8x10 glass negative
3
P093:60
Mechanical drawing
class
ca. 1904
8x10 glass negative
3
P093:61
Palm tree; decorative
ca. 1905
8x10 glass negative
3
P093:62
Botany students
ca. 1904
8x10 glass negative
3
P093:63
Plants
ca. 1904
8x10 glass negative
3
P093:64-P093:65
Greenhouse; interior
ca. 1904
8x10 glass negatives
1
P093:66
"Professor E.R. Lake, Head of
Botany and Horticulture when Oregon State became a land grant college. Helen
Gilkey and Lillie Riggs-Kinney are also in the photo"
ca. 1946
1
P093:67
Professor E.R. Lake
ca. 1946
1
P093:68
"Professor E.R. Lake, when he
visited in Corvallis about ca. 1950". Our yard."
Color photo
1
P093:69
Pereskia Aculeata. (Photo
attached to a letter from F. McWhorter to Dr. P.C. Hutchison
October 1, 1963