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1	Author:	Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Forrest Shreve speeches 1920-1933 ead
	Date(s):	1920-1933
	Abstract:	Forrest Shreve, 1878-1950, was a botanist, desert plant ecologist; on the staff of the Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, Tucson, Arizona, from 1908 to 1929, director from 1929 to 1938. Collection includes transcripts of five speeches, including author's corrections, relating to Shreve's work at the laboratory.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Botany -- Arizona -- Tucson. \| Desert ecology -- Arizona. \| Desert plants -- Arizona.
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2	Author:	McGinnies, William Grovernor, 1899-1990.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	The Desert Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: History and Achievements 1981 ead
	Date(s):	1981
	Abstract:	William Grovenor McGinnies was an arid lands ecologist, educator; University of Arizona Assistant Professor, 1927-1929, Associate Professor, 1930-1932, Acting Head of the Botany Department, 1932-1935, Director of Lab Tree Research, 1960-1964, Director of Office of Arid Land Studies and Professor of Dendrochronology, 1965-1969, Research ecologist Office of Arid Land Studies, 1969-1974. Originally published as Discovering the Desert: Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory, by the University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1981. Original typescript with figures and photographs.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Botanical laboratories -- Arizona -- Tucson. \| Desert ecology -- Arizona. \| Desert ecology -- Sonoran Desert. \| Desert plants -- Arizona. \| Desert plants -- Sonoran Desert.
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3	Author:	Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Manuscripts of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1952-1970 ead
	Date(s):	1952-1970
	Abstract:	Joseph Wood Krutch, 1893-1970, was an author, educator, and naturalist. Author of social criticism, critical biographies, and later naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed several works. This collection includes typescripts, some with holograph corrections, of published manuscripts for The Desert Year, 1952, Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation, 1955, The Great Chain of Life, 1957, Grand Canyon: Today and All Its Yesterdays, 1958, The Forgotten Peninsula: A Naturalist in Baja California, 1961, Herbal, 1965, and the introduction for The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1970. Typescripts of unpublished travel diaries, 1965-1967, concern trips to France, Greece, and Baja California. Also present are printers copies for Great Chain of Life, Forgotten Peninsula, and Grand Canyon; and notes and miscellaneous material related to Herbal.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Animal behavior. \| Botany, Medical. \| Desert animals -- Arizona. \| Desert biology. \| Desert plants -- Arizona. \| Evolution (Biology) \| Manuscripts, American. \| Natural history -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) \| Natural history -- Southwest, New. \| Plants -- Folklore.
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4	Author:	Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution records, 1903-1985 ead
	Date(s):	1903-1985
	Abstract:	This collection contains chiefly correspondence, along with reports, minutes of meetings, and financial records related to the establishment, development, and operation of the Desert Laboratory and Coastal Laboratory under directors Daniel T. MacDougal and Forrest Shreve.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Desert plants -- Arizona \| Desert plants -- Sonoran Desert \| Desert ecology -- Arizona \| Desert ecology -- Sonoran Desert \| Plant ecology -- Arizona \| Plant ecologists -- Correspondence \| Botanists -- Correspondence \| Botanical laboratories -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- Sources \| Botanical laboratories -- California -- Carmel -- History -- Sources
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	Title:	Gary Nabhan papers1978-1995 (bulk 1969-2008) ead
	Date(s):	1978-1995
	Abstract:	Papers, 1969-2008 of Gary Paul Nabhan, ethnobotanist, plant ecologist, and author. Contains journals, scholarly and popular published works, production materials relating to his monographs, and transparency slides from his research and public lectures. The contents of this collection focus on the Sonoran Desert bioregion and aridlands agriculture and ethnobotany more generally.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Biodiversity conservation -- West (U.S.) \| Conservation biology -- West (U.S.) \| Desert plants -- Arizona \| Gastronomy. \| Natural history -- Arizona. \| Plant communities -- Sonoran desert. \| Plant conservation -- North America. \| Pollinators -- West (U.S.) \| Seeds -- United States. \| Wild flowers -- Arizona. \| Tohono O'odham Indians -- Ethnobotany.
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