Guide to the Xerpha Mae Gaines Papers 1948-1970
Cage 122

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Gaines, Xerpha M.
Title
Xerpha Mae Gaines Papers
ID
Cage 122
Date [inclusive]
1948-1970
Extent
0.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 Box
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Xerpha M. Gaines' papers consist of correspondence, notes, and drafts relative to two of her published botanical works, "A botanical survey of the Grand Coulee-Eastern Washington", and "Weeds of Eastern Washington and Adjacent Areas"

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Xerpha Mae Gaines Papers, 1948-1970 (Cage 122)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Xerpha Mae McCullough was born in Wisconsin in 1891 and moved to Washington with her family in 1900. She married Edward Franklin Gaines, later a prominent agronomist at Washington State University, in 1912. In 1930 she graduated from Washington State University. She later worked for the university as a herbarium technician. Xerpha Gaines died in Spokane, in 1970.

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Scope and Content

Correspondence, notes and drafts regarding research and publication of two of the published botanical works of Xerpha M. Gaines. The bulk of the correspondence regarding "A botanical survey of the Grand Coulee-Eastern Washington," Research Studies, 25 (1957) 207-235 is with her co-author, Theodore H. Scheffer. Her second work, Weeds of Eastern Washington and Adjacent Areas (Davenport, Camp Na-Bor-Lee Association, 1972) was co-written with Dean G. Swan.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2021

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Xerpha Mae Gaines, 1891-1970, were transfered to the Washington State University Library in 1977 from the WSU Ownbey Herbarium. Later additions were received in February, 1982 and April, 1983.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in March, 1977 by Lawrence Stark.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Gaines and McCullough Family Papers, 1902-2008 (Cage 750)

Northwest Botanical Manuscripts : an Indexed Register of the Papers, 1867-1957, of Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf, William Conklin Cusick, Charles Vancouver Piper, Rolla Kent Beattie, and Harold St. John in the Washington State University Library. Washington State University; 1976.

Washington State University Botanical Papers, 1881-1973 (Cage 53)

Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf Papers, 1867-1935 (Cage 315)

William Conklin Cusick Papers, 1906-1924 (Cage 316)

Charles Vancouver Piper Papers, 1888-1926 (Cage 317)

Rolla Kent Beattie Papers, 1899-1956 (Cage 318)

Harold St. John Papers, 1912-1957 (Cage 319)

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Names and Subjects

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Gaines, Xerpha M. -- Archives.
  • Scheffer, Theodore H.
  • Swan, Dean G. (Dean George), 1923-

Subject(s)

  • Plants -- Classification -- Research -- Washington (State)
  • Botany -- Research -- Washington (State)
  • Botanists -- United States -- Correspondence.
  • Taxonomists -- United States -- Correspondence.
  • Weeds -- Washington (State)
  • Science
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Washington (State)

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Bibliography

Gains, Zerpha M., Scheffer, Theodore H. "A botanical survey of the Grand Coulee-Eastern Washington", Research Studies, 25 (1957):207-235.

Gaines, Xerpha M, and Dean G Swan. Weeds of Eastern Washington and Adjacent Areas. [Davenport: Wash.], Camp-Na-Bor-Lee Association, 1972.

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Detailed Description of Collection

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Correspondence with Theodore H. Scheffer relative to research and writing article on Grand Coulee plants 1950-1960  75 items.

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Notes and lists relative to Grand Coulee botanical survey 1950-1955  40 items.

1 2

Drafts of article about Grand Coulee botanical survey 1955  10 items.

1 3

Weeds of Eastern Washington. Notebook, including field notes, and letters 1968-1970  1 volume.

1 4

Alabama Plants. Notes, list and correspondence relative to plant collection in Conocoh National Forest 1948-1950  6 items.

1 5

Personal correspondence 1948  1 item.

1 6

Botanical notes. Correspondence, lists, clippings and other papers. 1958-1962  30 items.

1 7

Glen Canyon, Arizona, plants. Correspondence, plant lists, drafts of reports, and other papers. 1957-1962  15 items.

1 8