| | 1 | Author: | unknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Paul Bigelow Sears Collection
1832-1969
1930-1966 (bulk) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1832-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, grant proposals, reports, photographs,
subject files, field notes, pollen samples and data relating to desert ecology which document Paul Sear's career as a botanist,
ecologist and educator. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence between Sears and other researchers.
Ecology was the central interest of Paul B. Sears' professional life. Understanding an ecosystem includes understanding
its history. Sears used pollen analysis data of bog sediments as a tool, as a means to reconstruct past vegetation and to
infer climate which is included in this collection. | | | | Repository: | Special Collections, University Libraries | | | | Subjects: | Botany – Research – United States | Botany – Research – Mexico | Botany – Research – Canada | Ecology – Research – United States | Ecology – Research – Mexico | Ecology – Research – Canada | Desert ecology – United States | Pollen – Research – United States | Pollen – Research – Mexico | Pollen – Research – Canada | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | Douglass, A. E. (Andrew Ellicott),
1867-1962 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Andrew Ellicott Douglass papers,
1867-1962 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1867-1962 | | | | Abstract: | Chiefly materials related to A.E. Douglass' astronomical and
tree-ring research, and administration, at the Harvard College Observatory, Lowell
Observatories, Steward Observatory, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, and University of
Arizona. Includes correspondence, photographs, films shot by A.E. Douglass, and an
unpublished biography. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Scientific apparatus and instruments | Scientists -- Arizona | Astronomical observatories -- Arizona | Astronomical observatories -- Mexico | Astronomical observatories -- Peru | Climatology -- Research | Dendrochronology -- Research | Solar eclipses -- Observations | Tree-rings -- Research | Solar energy -- Research | Sunspots -- Research | Weather forecasting -- Research | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 5 | Author: | Moore, Carleton B. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Preliminary Inventory of the Carleton Moore Papers
1949-1953, 1976 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1949-1953, 1976 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists primarily of research files, notes, and indicies used to write A Bibliography on Meteorites. This volume was edited by Harrison Brown with associate editors Gunnar Kullerud and Walter Nichiporuk for the University of Chicago Press in 1953. Also included are two folders documenting a fire in Arizona State University's Chemistry Department that killed a student. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. University Archives | | | | Subjects: | Meteors -- Research | Meteorites -- Research | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 9 | Author: | Carpenter, Kenneth (Kenneth Lyle), 1921-2006 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Kenneth Carpenter Collection
1974-1975 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1974-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The Kenneth Carpenter Collection consists of various papers accumulated by Carpenter from 1974 through 1975. Documentation compiled during this period concerns involvement of scientists and others at ASU in efforts by state and local government agencies, educational institutions, and private interests to lobby the federal government for placement of the new National Solar Energy Research Institute (NSERI) in Arizona. The institute had been established by the federal Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). The collection is divided into two series. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Design and the Arts Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Solar energy -- Research -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 10 | Author: | Arizona State University. Hispanic Research Center. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Preliminary Inventory of the Hispanic Research Center Records
1970, 1984-1996 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1970, 1984-1996 | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses program files, minutes, correspondence, conference and forum records, studies, papers, and other materials documenting the Community Documentation Program, the Barrier Project, the Archive Project, the Chicano Faculty and Staff Association, the Quesada Family Research Endowment, the proposed Chicano Studies Program, the Vacunas Desde la Cuna Project, Arizona Disease Control Research, and the Concilio Latino de Salud. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. University Archives | | | | Subjects: | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Research. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 16 | Author: | Nininger, Harvey Harlow, 1887- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | H. H. Nininger Papers
1864-1991
1914-1984 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1864-1991 | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, receipts, invoices, drafts and final versions of books and articles, photographs, and other materials documenting H. H. Nininger's fieldwork, research on meteoritical and biological topics, professional publications, personal writings, participation in professional organizations, and personal life. It has been divided into eight series: Series I: Research and Fieldwork; Series II: Professional Correspondence; Series III: Meteorite Laboratories and Museums, Series IV: Publications; Series V: Teaching and Lectures; Series VI: Professional Organizations and Conferences; Series VII: Personal Papers; and Series VIII: Oversized Materials. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. University Archives | | | | Subjects: | Meteorites -- Research -- Arizona. | Meteorites -- Study and teaching. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 19 | Author: | Wood, Harry (Harry E.), 1910-1995 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Harry Wood Papers
1883-1987 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1883-1987 | | | | Abstract: | The Harry Wood Papers are comprised of original artwork, awards, correspondence, poetry, research papers, short stories, and writings. The collection is divided into five series: Series I: Artwork, Series II: Awards, Series III: Media Clippings, Series IV: Photographs and Slides, and Series V: Written Materials. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Visual Literacy Collection | | | | Subjects: | Television personalities -- Arizona | Painters -- United States | Psychiatry -- Research | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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