Oregon Historical
Society, Davies Family Research Library
Research Library
Mss
1524
Oregon Historical
Society
Science collection
1748-1980
2 cubic feet
3 document cases, 1 flat box, 6 reels of
microfilm
Collection created by the Oregon
Historical Society containing printed and manuscript materials concerning
natural history and physical science in general, and including astronomy,
geography, zoology, and other fields related to the Pacific northwest region.
Includes copies of documents related to botanist Archibald Menzies, herbarium
scrapbooks of Richard Meyer (1871) and Julius L. Meier (1892), and clippings on
the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
Materials in the collection are inEnglish,
German, and Russian
Originals of some of the materials are located at: The Royal Botanical
Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland; New College Library, Edinburgh, Scotland; British
Library and British Museum of Natural History, London; Kew Gardens Library,
London; the Carl Heinrich Merck Archives, Darmstadt, Germany; and the
Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Science collection is an artificial collection created by the
Oregon Historical Society from a variety of sources. It contains printed and
manuscript materials (primarily photocopies) concerning natural history and
physical science in general, and including astronomy, geography, zoology, and
other fields related to the Pacific northwest region. Included are: herbarium
scrapbooks of Richard Meyer (1871) and Julius L. Meier (1892); copies of
letters and documents relating to Archibald Menzies, with a typescript of a
book on Menzies by Norah Gourlie; a report on the coal fields of the Pacific
coast, prepared for the Foundation Oven Corporation by George Watkin Evans; a
memoir of James Burney (1818), who served on Cook's third voyage; copies of the
correspondence of Joseph Banks; biographical sketch of Georg Wilhelm Steller
(in Russian); and scrapbooks of clippings concerning the eruption of Mount St.
Helens in southern Washington State 1980.
The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
The collection is open to the public.
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold
copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the
copyright holders.
Science collection, Mss 1524, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library
The collection was assembled by the Oregon Historical Society from a
variety of sources
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Burney,
James, 1750-1821.
Gourlie,
Norah.
Meier,
Julius L., 1874-1937.
Menzies,
Archibald, 1754-1842.
Meyer,
Richard, fl. 1871.
Foundation
Oven Corporation
Saint
Helens, Mount (Wash.)
Botany--Oregon
Volcanoes--Washington
(State)--Saint Helens, Mount
Voyages to the Pacific
coast.
Expeditions and Adventure
Science
Scrapbooks
Clippings
Scrapbooks
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1/1
Astronomy--"Astronaut John H. Glenn orbits the earth for
America" (booklet)
1962
1/2
Botany--Published papers on forest botany
1835-1988
Includes papers on botanical expeditions in Oregon and other
writings on botany, gardening, fungi, whitlavia, and horticulture. Authors
include: George Barclay, John Jeffrey, Dr. D. Lyall, Frederich Pursh, F. P.
Keen, and Peter Schutt.
1/3
Botany--R.B. Hinds journals (photocopies)
1836-1842
See additional copy on Mss 1524 Microfilm, Reel 2
1/4-5
Botany--Archibald Menzies materials
(photocopies)
1784-1951
Materials were collected by Norah Gourlie, author of "The life and
adventures of Archibald Menzies." A detailed list of materials is included in
the first folder. Some items also available on Mss 1524 Microfilm.
1/6
Botany--"The life and adventures of Archibald Menzies," by
Norah Gourlie, with a forward and appendix by Robert Jeffers (typescript and
manuscript)
undated
1/7
Botany--Letters from Archibald Menzies to Joseph Banks
(photocopies)
1793
1/8
Botany--Herbarium scrapbook of Richard Meyer, and booklet
of sea mosses from Oregon
1871
undated
4/2
Botany--Herbarium scrapbook of Julius L. Meier, Portland,
Oregon
1892
Microfilm Reel 6
Botany--Minute books and correspondence of Botanical
Society expeditions to British Columbia and Oregon, 1850s and 1860s (copies of
originals at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland)
circa 1850-1870
1/9
Entomology--Writings of Thomas, Lord
Walsingham
1873-1970
Includes "On the distribution of the different species of deer and
other ruminants in northern California and Oregon," 1873; and "Itinerary of
Lord Walsingham in California and Oregon, 1871-1872," by F. O. Essig, 1941.
2/1
Exploration--"Vancouver Island exploring expedition"
(photocopy of printed work)
1864
2/2
Exploration--Steller, Georg Wilhelm, biography (photocopy,
in Russian)
1748
Steller was a German scientist who accompanied Vitus Bering on his
second expedition, 1735-1741, and was supposedly the first scientist to set
foot in the northwestern United States.
2/3
Exploration--Copies of German publications regarding
exploration of western North America
1869-1871
Microfilm reel 1
Exploration--"Narrative journal of the Vancouver
expedition, 1791-1794" (copies from originals at the British Museum of Natural
History)
1791-1794
2/4
Geography--"A memoir on the geography of the north-eastern
part of Asia, and on the question whether Asia and America are contiguous, or
are separated by the sea," by James Burney (photocopy of printed
text)
1817
2/5
Geology--George Watkin Evans, "A report on the coal fields
of the Pacific Coast, for the Foundation Oven Corporation" (typescript,
carbon)
1920
2/6
Geology--General materials, including biographies of
Hilary Bauerman
1909-1936
4/1
Hydrology--Comparative water table, "Relation between the Various Datum Planes Used in Portland and Vicinity"
1930
2/7
Meteorology--U.S. Weather Bureau data from San Francicso
(manuscript)
1870-1892
2/8
Nuclear power--
The atom, electricity and you!(comic
book produced for the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, Rainer, Or.)
1973
2/9
Oceanography--Flyer for illustrated talks at Oregon State
University
1967
2/10
Volcanology--Mount St. Helens ephemera
circa 1980
2/11-2/14
Volcanology--Mount St. Helens clippings
1980
3/1-3
Volcanology--Mount St. Helens scrapbooks
1980