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Botany -- Study and teaching

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.21
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a pamphlet that gives a thorough description of the Sanford Natural Area; the booklet "Exploring the Ecology Along the Red Cedar River" by Dorothy McMeekin, news clippings of obituaries and funeral programs of faculty; and a comprehensive list of the requirements for a Bachelor's degree in Botany. There are also bulletins about plants and plant pathology information put out by the department. Also included are materials related to the Seminarium Botanicum (Sem Bot)...
Dates: 1876 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1992

Elnora and Richard Leyes papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.310
Scope and Contents

The Elnora and Richard Leyes collection contains class notes and course material from Michigan State College (now Michigan State University), National Sales and Management Rally for Florists Lectures for 1951 and 1952, as well as a small amount of biographical information and history of the Janesville Floral Company. The class materials include horticulture, landscape architecture, as well as botany, chemistry, entomology, business accounting and other classes.

Dates: 1946-1952, Undated

Fred W. Dean papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.90
Scope and Content

This collection contains the hand written botany notes of Fred W. Dean. The notes cover topics such as the growth and development of a typical plant, differing physiologies between plants, and different modes of reproduction used by plants. There are also a number of sketches of whole plants and cross-sections; these are usually labeled. The course was taught by Professor Beal.

Dates: 1898

John F. Brower papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.174
Scope and Contents

The John F. Brower papers consist of materials from his time as a student at Michigan State University including notes, class exercises, exams, textbooks, and experiments. Also included are materials from his military science classes as well as his military service.

Dates: 1931 - 1956

Lloyd G. Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.374
Scope and Contents The papers of Lloyd G. Wilson consist of lab notebooks about sulfur dioxide and sulfate research related to plants, other research, reprints of his articles, presentations and other of his faculty papers. Also included is material related to a cellulolytic fungi project he worked on at the Wright Air Development Center. The collection also contains materials related to the design and construction of the Michigan State University Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory as...
Dates: 1939 - 1990

Rufus P. Hibbard papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.24
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a notebook of R. P. Hibbard entitled “Physiological Botany.” Included in the notebook are approximately 50 written experiments regarding the basics of Botany.

Dates: 1939