NTDMG554 Guide to George Woodbury collection Woodbury (George) collection Finding Aid prepared by Ariana Burns; updated with additional materials by Zoe Stave. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2023; 2025.
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-27. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives George Woodbury collection Woodbury, George, 1904-1997 MG 554 8 cubic feet 2 document boxes, 2 bankers boxes, and 4 oversized. 1950-1976 A scrapbook of the Woodburys' trip to South America and matted photographs taken both nationally and internationally. Film slides of personal and research trips abroad. Includes horticulture photographs. English . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Photographs of Palouse area, Idaho and South America; scrapbook of his year in Colombia; series of photos of Nez Perce woman; newsclippings; programs; brochures. Additional materials added include photographs from Fulbright research, personal photographs, and research pertaining to his faculty position.

George Woodbury

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FOR DOCUMENTS: Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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

Restricted materials were removed and foldered separately.

George was born August 21, 1904 to Ames Lynn and Rose Woodbury in St. Johns, Michigan where he was educated. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). He received his doctorate in vegetable crops from Comell University. His first teaching job was at the University of Maine where he met and married Kathryn Schanley in 1928. In 1935, Woodbury was employed by the University of Idaho. During World War II he worked in commercial areas of vegetable and grain related companies in Ithaca, New York. He returned to Idaho in 1948 where he served as a researcher at Parma, as Chairman of the Horticultural Department at U.I. in Moscow, and headed the University's Mission to Ecuador from 1954-1956. In 1961 George accepted a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Columbia, South America. George retired and traveled extensively using Moscow, Idaho as his home base. He died January 27, 1997 in Moscow, Idaho.

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Film slides were removed from metal and wood containers and put into archival sleeves for preservation. The second scrapbook was scanned for digital prosperity.

 Travel photography Nimiipuu Nature photography Photography of plants University of Idaho Universities and colleges--Faculty Travel Dugout canoes Nez Percé Indians Nimi'ipuu Indians Rural development--Ecuador Indigenous peoples Idaho Nez Perce Tribe Series I: Scrapbook Fulbright 15 items Letters and ephemera 1960-1961 1 1 Monserrate 11 items Brochures; bw photos Avenida Septima Bogata; Continental residencies Vera Cruz; Tequendama Falls; Catedral de Sal Zipaquira; 1960 1 2 Bogata 16 items Journal and bw photos of Bogata 1960 1 3 Vera Cruz 32 items bw photos Mesitas del Colegio; Vera Cruz; Los Andes; 1960 1 4 Los Andes 6 items bw photos fiesta; business card Alicia de Harnandez; flyer 1960 1 5 Colombia 9 items bw photos of villagers, building, and cemetery; champagne label; news clippings about Colombian violence; airdropped leaflet from the Bay of Pigs 1961 1 6 Medellin 11 items bw photos of travel to Medellin; music program; business cards; ephemera 1961 1 7 Colombia Travel 14 items travel book; bw photos of Colombian countryside; Cartagena; colonial buildings; Fort San Jose; San Felipe; 1961 1 8 Panama 31 items Equator crossing certificate; Mormacsurf menu; bw photos of the ship Mormacsurf; passengers; officers; Caracas; La Guaira Venezuela; Maracaibo; Valencia; Carahbo battle monument; postcard 1961 1 9 Trindad and Tobago 11 items Miramar Night Club program; travel guides; bw photos 1961 1 10 Brasil and Argentina 32 items Ephemera; Peru newsclipping; brochures; postcards; bw photos scenic photos; Salvador Bahia Brasil; scenic views 1961 1 11 University 32 items Brochures; ephemera; Festival newsclipping; bw photos Leon Lyde; Fulbright; Audrey Kaslow; Joe Grimsley; sugar factor; "el Paraiso" ; walking palm; Dr. Andrade Marin y Guillo; Patricio Andris; Quito; 1961 2 12 Various photos 14 items hotel receipt; bw photos Plaza Francesa, Panama City; Antingua, Guatemala; San Agustin; arachaological park statues; 1961 2 13 Guatemala 11 items tour itinerary; business cards; bw photos of Lake Atitlan; Chichicastinango; 1961 2 14 Yucatan 12 items Brochure; card; bw photos Chichen Itza; caracal; castilla; hennequin; labna 1961 2 15 Mexico 10 items Brochures; receipts; bw photos 1961 2 16 United States 12 items Brochures; letters from Henry Dworshak; Christmas cards; bw and color family photos 1961 2 17 Booklets 3 items Historic Silver City by Mildretta Adams; The Hobby Greenhouse by George Woodbury; The 'Irish' Potato by G.W. Woodbury and J.E. Kraus 1961 2 18 Campus View 3 items 2 4x5 bw negs and a description of the campus view 1961 2 19 University of Idaho 3 items 8x10 bw photos greenhouses; Admin Bldg clock tower 1961 2 20 Palouse 4 items 8x10 bw photos steam engine; Paradise Ridge; Moscow, Idaho undated 2 21 Boothill 2 items 8x10 bw photo tombstones undated 2 22 Atlanta 2 items 8x10 bw photo Atlanta undated 2 23 Montana 3 items 8x10 bw photos Glacier National Park; tombstone; gallows; Bannack, Montana undated 2 24 Plants 4 items 8x10 bw photos Death Camas; False Hellebore undated 2 25 People 4 items 8x10 bw photos Horticulturists; entomologists; plant pathologists; Kenneth Andrew Dick; Jim Neibaur; Rose Neibaur; Steve Symms; Donald R. Theophilus 1958-1961 2 26 Nez Perce 6 items 8x10 bw photos Nez Perce women in regalia undated 2 27 Idaho 2 items 8x10 bw photos Custer, Idaho; Delamar, Idaho; Forence Franklin; Kathryn Woodbury 1950-1955 2 28 Lewiston 5 items 8x10 bw photos Lewiston field station; systemic horticulture; undated 2 29 Idaho Historical Signs 6 items 8x10 bw photos Mackenzie's Post; Lolo Summit; First Capital; Lawyer's Canyon; Old Fort Boise undated 2 30 Idaho City 12 items 8x10 bw photos undated 2 31 Series II: Photographs Subseries I: Oversized Oversize scrapbook 10 items pages from the scrapbook; newsclippings undated 3 1 Photographs 10 items bw photograph Clivia; Selway Falls; Kibbie Dome undated 3 2 Round Barn Near Pullman 1 items bw photograph undated 4 1 Dendrobium Orchids 1 items bw photograph undated 4 2 U of I Golf Course 1 items bw photograph undated 4 3 Old Admin Steps 1 items bw photograph undated 4 4 Smilacena racemosa 1 items bw photograph undated 4 5 Rhona Glacier, Switzerland 1 items bw photograph undated 4 6 Taj Mahal, India 1 items bw photograph undated 4 7 Palenque, Mayan Yucatan, Mexico 1 items bw photograph undated 4 8 Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon 1 items bw photograph undated 4 9 Theatre at Epidaurus, Peloponnese, near Athens 1 items bw photograph undated 4 10 Mt. Eisenhauer, Banff National Park, B.C. 1 items bw photograph undated 4 11 Abbottsford, Scott's home, England 1 items bw photograph undated 4 12 Untitled 1 items bw photograph undated 4 13 Dancing Ladies 1 items bw photograph undated 4 14 Arches, World's Fair, Seattle, WA 1 items bw photograph 1957 4 15 Dugout Canoe Building on Subic River, New Guinea 1 items bw photograph undated 4 16 Untitled 1 items bw photograph undated 4 17 Two Ecuadorian Girls at Equator 1 items bw photograph undated 4 18 Sidon Lebanon early 1976 1 items bw photograph 1976 4 19 Path, Univ. of Idaho Campus 1 items bw photograph undated 4 20 Street in Pisac, Peru 1 items bw photograph undated 5 1 Alcalde (amyor) Pisac, Peru 1 items bw photograph undated 5 2 Palenque - Mexico 1 items bw photograph 1974 5 3 Palenque Temple of Inscriptions 1 items bw photograph 1974 5 4 Machu Picchu Peru 1 items bw photograph; reverse gives 1955 as the date 1956 5 5 Market in Quito, Ecuador 1 items bw photograph undated 5 6 Memorial Towers, Caracas, Venezuela 1 items bw photograph undated 5 7 Aqueduct, Segovia, Spain 1 items bw photograph undated 5 8 Linderhof Castle, Bavarian Alps Austria 1 items bw photograph undated 5 9 Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli 1 items bw photograph undated 5 10 Gateway Dubrovnik 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "Entrance to Old Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia." undated 5 11 Chapel in Loire Valley, France 1 item bw photograph undated 5 12 Guard Tower, Dubrovnik 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia 1975." 1975 5 13 Apple Terraces Lebanon 1 item bw photograph 1975 5 14 Chapel Dubrovnik 1 item bw photograph 1975 5 15 Acropolis, Athens 1 item bw photograph undated 5 16 Pigeons at Dubrovnik 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "kids feeding pigeons, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia." 1975 5 17 Temple of Zeus, Athens 1 item bw photograph undated 5 18 Shrine of Apollo, Delphi 1 item bw photograph 1970 5 19 Temple of Jupiter, Baalbeck 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Lebanon." 1975 5 20 11th Century Castle, Obidos, Portugal 1 item bw photograph undated 5 21 Temple of Castor & Pollux, Roman Forum, Rome 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "Forum, Rome." undated 5 22 San Marcos, Venice 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "San Marcos Cathedral, St. Marks Square Venice." undated 5 23 Salisbury Cathedral, England 1 item bw photograph undated 5 24 Roman Arch, Tyre, Lebanon 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "Roman Arch, Tyre, Lebanon." 1975 5 25 Main Street, Dubrovinik 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "Street, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia." 1975 5 26 Towers in Barcelona, Spain 1 item bw photograph undated 5 27 Sheep in Northern Idaho 1 item bw photograph undated 6 1 Trick Falls, Glacier National park, Montana 1 item bw photograph undated 6 2 Aug - The Dawg 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "Augie, the Basset Hound." undated 6 3 Jenny Lake, Teton National Forest 1 item bw photograph undated 6 4 Rain Forest, Olympic Peninsula, WA 1 item bw photograph undated 6 5 Oregon Coast Near Cannon Beach 1 item bw photograph undated 6 6 Canadian National Park 1 item bw photograph; reverse reads: "Highway between Banff and Jasper, B.C. National Park undated 6 7 Lake between Babb & Many Glacier, Glacier National Park 1 item bw photograph undated 6 8 Big Trees of Calaveros California 1 item bw photograph undated 6 9 Lake, Glacier National Park 1 item bw photograph undated 6 10 Back of 1424 Borah, Moscow, ID 1 item bw photograph 1968 6 11 Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone Park 1 item bw photograph undated 6 12 Subseries II: Scrapbooks, Research Trip Scrapbook 1 item Scrapbook of the Woodbury's trip to Ecuador between 1954-1956. 1954-1956 7 1 University of Idaho Ecuador Project: Semi-Annual Report 31 items Semi-annual report written by George Woodbury for the period between December 1, 1954 through May 1955. 1954-1955 7 2 Subseries III: Film Slides Film Slide Inventory Book 2 items Film slide inventory book for Woodbury's collection of film slides from his travels. undated 8 1 Film Slide Box 1 7 items Contents: Quito film slides 1954-1956 8 2 Film Slide Box 2 & 3 7 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 2 - Colordados, Natives, Quito Natives, Fiesta Bull Fight" & "Box 3 - Santo Domingo, Guayaquil, South of Quito, Trip to Ecuador, Otavalo." 1955-1956 8 3 Film Slide Box 3 & 4 8 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 3 - Santo Domingo, Guayaquil, South of Quito, Trip to Ecuador, Otavalo." & "Box 4 - People Ecuador, Kinfolks people, Churches, Indian markets." 1954-1956 8 4 Film Slide Box 4 3 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 4 - People Ecuador, kinfolks people, churches, Indian markets." 1955-1956 8 5 Film Slide Box 9, 10, 11 & 12 7 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 9 - Rio to B.A.", "Box 10 - Guatemala & Ch. Itza", "Box 11 - Cusco - Macchu Picchu", "Box 12 - Gold museum, Bogota." 1954-1961 8 6 Film Slide Box 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 8 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 13 - Gold museum, Bogota", "Box 14 - Bogota", "Box 15 - Bogota", "Box 16 - San Augustin, Colombia", "Box 17 - Cali trip to Co., misc." 1961 8 7 Film Slide Box 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 8 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 17 - Cali trip to Co., misc.", "Box 18 - Flowers, Fruits, Plants", "Box 19 - Flowers & Horticulture", "Box 20 - Medellin, Cauca Valley, St. Augustin, etc.", "Box 21 - Panama to Antigua". 1960-1962 8 8 Film Slide Box 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 8 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 22 - Chichen Itza", "Box 23 - Mexico", "Box 24 - Wild flowers", "Box 25 - Wild flowers", "Box 26 - Quito Otovola", "Box 27 - Wild flowers". 1959-1962 8 9 Film Slide Box 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35 9 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 27 - wildflowers", "Box 29 - wildflowers", "Box 30 - wildflowers", "Box 32 - highway historical", "Box 34 - Tetons 1962", "Box 35 - Trip to Seattle and Puget Sound". 1956-1962 8 10 Film Slide Box 35, 39, 40, 41a, 42 7 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 35 - Trip to Seattle and Puget Sound", "Box 39 - wildflowers", "Box 40 - wildflowers", "Box 41a - Owyhee California, misc. views", "Box 42 - mostly wildflowers". 1960-1965 8 11 Film Slide Box 43b, 2b, 3b, Q 7 items Contents described by donor as: "Box 43b - Indians 1964", "Box 43 - wildflowers", "Box 2b - wildflowers", "Box 3b - wildflowers", Box Q - Quito, etc.". 1956-1964 8 12 Film Slide Box R, S, T, U, X 7 items Contents described by donor as: "Box R - Trip Home", "Box S - Santo Domingo & Other", "Box T - Flowers, etc.", "Box U - Horticulture", "Box X - Machu Picchu". 1955-1956 8 13 Film Slide Box Y, Z 3 items Contents described by donor as: "Box Y - Pisac", "Box Z - Peru, Lima". 1956 8 14 Restricted Film Slides 9 items ***Restricted*** Film slides include indigenous ceremonies and practices, as well as nudity. undated 8 15 Subseries IV: Miscellaneous Materials Miscellaneous Photographs 47 items Miscellaneous photographs of research trip to Ecuador and South America. 1955-1956 8 16 Miscellaneous Materials 6 items Miscellaneous paper materials relating to research and publications. 1950-1975 8 17 Autobiography: "George… By George" 141 items Autobiography of George Woodbury. 1976 8 18