Guide to the Washington State University Botanical Papers 1881-1973
Cage 53

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Marion Ownbey Herbarium.
Title
Washington State University Botanical Papers
ID
Cage 53
Date [inclusive]
1881-1973
Extent
2 Linear feet of shelf space, 4 Boxes, 960 Items
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, notes, unprinted essays, and field notebooks relating to the collection of botanical specimens for the Washington State University Ownbey Herbarium and for general distribution.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

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

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

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Biography/History

The Washington State University Marion Ownbey Herbarium was founded in the 1890s. It was named in 1974 after Marion Ownbey, who served as head of the Herbarium from 1939-1974.

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Scope and Content

The Botanical Papers, 1881-1973, consists of correspondence, notes, unprinted essays, and field notebooks, most of which relate to plant specimens accessioned by the Washington State University Ownbey Herbarium. A large number of items are the collection books of various collectors of botanical specimens, both for the Ownbey Herbarium and for general distribution. Some correspondence of herbarium personnel, especially Edwin R. Bogusch, Lincoln Constance and Arthur Cronquist is included in this collection. Of the approximately fifty collectors represented here, others include J. S. Cotton, Henry Darlington, W. W. Eggleston, Thomas Howell, and Frank Kreager. Additionally, drafts of unpublished essays, including a biography of R. M. Horner, and plant surveys are included.

Though closely related to the activities of the herbarium, these materials have the characteristics of personal papers, and therefore are not regarded as constituting a formal archival record group of the herbarium.

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Arrangement

The papers are arranged in alphabetical order by author.

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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 materials in this collection of botanical documents were transferred to the Washington State University Library in 1975 from the university’s Marion Ownbey Herbarium.

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Related Materials

Related Material

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.

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

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

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Marion Ownbey Herbarium -- Records and correspondence.

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Horner, Robert Messinger, 1854-1910.
Creator(s) :
  • Bogusch, Edwin Robert, 1905-
  • Constance, Lincoln, 1909-2001.
  • Cronquist, Arthur.
  • Cotton, J. S.
  • Darlington, Henry T. (Henry Townsend), 1875-1964.
  • Eggleston, W. W. (Willard Webster), 1863-1935.
  • Howell, Thomas, 1842-1912.
  • Kreager, Frank Oren, -1951.

Subject(s)

  • Botany -- Research -- Northwest, Pacific.
  • Botanists -- United States -- Correspondence.
  • Science
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

box folder

Becon, Marion. Field Notebooks 1951-1952  1 item.

1 1

Beaverhead Plants  undated  1 item.

1 2

Bogusch, Edwin Robert. Correspondence.  1930-1933  52 items.

Correspondents include: Leroy Abrams, H. Andres, Sidney F. Blake, T. A. Bonser, Willima J. Boone, F. F. Crevecoeur, J. E. Graff, H. Hapeman, V. T. Heidenreich, Marcus E. Jones, William R. Maxon, Fermen L. Pickett, Benjamin L. Robinson, Paul Standley, Harold St. John, Henry K. Swenson, Charles A. Weatherby and Edgar T. Wherry.

1 3

Colorado Agricultural College Herbarium. Exchange List  1896  1 item.

1 4

Constance, Lincoln. Papers. List of plants collected  1934-1935  3 items.

1 5

Constance, Lincoln. Correspondence. 1935-1939  33 items.

Correspondents include: D. R. Crookshanks, Gladys DeNeff, Mae E. Dennis, Vivian L. Dotts, Walter S. Flory Jr., David D. Keck, F. B. Laney, E. G. MacFarleane, E. H. Moss, Leslie Muller, Adolf Pascher, E. M. Phillipson, Charles Piper Smith, Edward C. Townsend, Fred A. Warren, Ed Zaring, and U. H. Zuberbuhler.

1 5

Cotton, J. S . List of plants, with collection numbers  1902  1 item.

1 6

Cronquist, Arthur. Correspondence. 1948-1951  45 items.

Correspondents include: Alan J. Beetle, Charles A. Berger, Sidney F. Blake, J. P. M. Brenan, J. H. Christ, Robert T. Clausen, Earl L. Core, Ray T. Davis, Joseph A. Ewan, Roxana Ferris, R. K. Godfrey, H. T. Harkness, John Thomas Howell, Donal G. Huttleston, Louis H. Jordal, David D. Keck, George H. M. Lawrence, Ernst Mayr, Gerald Ownbey, K. F. Parker, A. E. Porsild, C. L. Porter, H. W. Rickett, Ernest Rouleau, John Thieret and Oswald Tippo.

1 7

Crow, John H. List of Plants Collected, Cooper River Delta, Alaska 1963  1 item.

1 8

Darlington, Henry T. Plants collected in the Blue Mountains, annotated list; notes on itinerary and map of route 1963.  5 items.

1 9

Daubenmire, Rexford. Plants collected on Freezout Mountain, twelve miles east of Clarika 1961.  1 item.

1 10

Davis, Jared. Field Notebook 1951-1953  1 item.

1 11

Eggleston, Willard W. Plants collected in Washington 1916  1 item.

1 12

Fiker, Charles B. Catalogue of the Charles B. Fiker Collection of Okanogan County Plants donated to the State College 1935  1 item.

1 13

Fye, R. E. Field Notebooks 1951  1 item.

1 14

Gehrman, Kenneth H. Field Notebooks 1949  1 item.

1 15

Harris, S. W. Field Notebooks 1950-1951  1 item.

1 16

Hatch, Winslow R. Field Notebooks, Central America and Caribbean, and some related correspondence 1937-1945  20 items.

1 17

Horner, Donald. Robert Messinger Horner 1854-1910 [draft essay], undated, and some related correspondence 1949  4 items.

1 18

Howell, Thomas J. Papers   4 items.

Consisting of 1) catalog, presumably of 1881 2) catalog of 1883 3) list of plants in Herbarium of E. L. Greene, presumed to be in Howell's hand 4) notes for a Flora, also presumed to be in Howell's hand.

1 19

Huntley, M. C. Field Notebooks 1952  1 item.

1 20

Johansen, Carl. Vetches and Vetch-like Plants of Northwestern Washington with keys and descriptions of Vicia and Lathuyrus, [draft essay] undated  2 items.

2 21

Jones, George Neville. A Preliminary Report on the Weed Flora of Washington, [draft essay]  1927  1 item.

2 22

Jones, George Neville. Weeds of Washington, [draft essay]  1931  1 item.

2 23

Jones, Quentin. Filed Data on Alaskan Plant Collection 1951  1 item.

2 24

Keys to the Species of Bromus  undated  1 item.

2 25

King, James R. Field Notebook 1951-1952  1 item.

2 26

Kreager, Frank O. Plants of Northeastern Washington. Catalog, determinations by C. V. Piper, and field notebook. 1902  5 items.

2 27

Larrison, Earl. Plants collected on the Janiper Forest Preeserve 1975 October  1 item.

2 28

Lingenfetter, Richard L. Lists of plants collected and notes 1948-1949  100 items.

2 29

Long, William. List of Plants collected at the Mt. Stuart Region, Chelan County 1947  1 item.

2 30

Miscellaneous correspondence. 1896-1911  20 items.

Correspondents include E. R. Lake, R. A. Cooley, and Rex Hunt.

2 31

Mooman, J. G. List of Plants Collected circa 1957  2 items.

2 32

Moore, William R. ; Moore, Jacqueline P. Plants of Texas Collected by William R. and Jacqueline P. Moore 1941  1 item.

2 33

Murphey, James R. Field Notebook 1947  1 item.

2 34

Notes on the history of the nomenclature dispute undated  2 items.

2 35

Otis, Ira C. Herbarium of Mr. Ira C. Otis 1936  1 item.

2 36

Parker, Charles S. List of Plants Collected 1922 Spring and Summer  1 item.

2 37

Pollock, W. M. West Virginia Plants, [catalog] 1895  1 item.

2 38

Reed, Robert M. Wind River Mountains Collection Data; list, with notes 1966  1 item.

3 39

Rogers, H. Thomas , et. al. Columbia River Plant Survey 1939-1940  2 items.

3 40

Smith, Leslie H. Field Notebook, Pullman Virgin Prairie, 1930, Benton and Yakima Counties 1929  1 item.

3 41

Solf, John David. List of plants collected in Alaska; Letter of explanation re: List of plants collected in Alaska. circa 1959-1963  4 items.

3 42

Sprague, Roderick. List of Plants Collected by Roderick Sprague during summer of 1922 in Snohomish, Skagit and San Juan Counties.  1922  1 item.

3 43

Stevens, Jerome David. Field Notebook, Oregon 1963  1 item.

3 44

Townsend, Edward C. Material relative to herbarium of E. C. Townsend, press clippings, reprints of article describing herbarium circa 1936-1937  15 items.

3 45

Trivette, Edward. Field Notebooks 1950-1951  2 items.

3 46

Vasey, George R. List of plants collected [presumably transcribed by C. V. Piper] 1889  1 item.

3 47

Ward, George H. Field Notebook 1946  1 item.

3 48

Washington State University. List of Plants Collected on Summer Field Trip of 1941  1941  2 items.

3 49

Weber, William A. Check lists of Plants of Washington [draft essay] undated  1 item.

3 50

Wilson, C. B. Checklist of Shoshone County Idaho Plants Collected by C. B. Wilson, undated.; Field Notebook 1941.  2 items.

3 51

Winecki, Lillian , et. al. Field Notebook, Yellowstone National Park 1942  1 item.

3 52

Wirsing, John M. Medicine Bow National Forest Collections circa 1972  1 item.

3 53

Witt, Jean Gleason. Field Notebooks, List of Plants Collected 1945-1948  7 items.

3 54

Unidentified card file listing Washington species, partially arranged by counties, with some data on type localities, written in several hands undated  600 items.

4 55

Wagner, Paul. Archival Material in the Marion Ownbey Herbarium, A Catalogue by P. Wagner 1975  10 pages

4 56

Heller, A. A. , Portrait, Chico, circa 1918; Collection Expedition Idaho, circa 1887-1888. Northwest collection, University of Washington Libraries. circa 1887-1918  3 items.

4 57

Hecht, Adolf. Correspondence regarding Rudbeckia laciniate L. [added November 1985, lrs]  1935-1937  7 items.

4 58