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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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 5 | Author: | Powell, Brian | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Brian Powell papers,
2000-2005 ead | | | | Date(s): | 2000-2005 | | | | Abstract: | This collection
includes groupings of data collected by Brian Powell and others in relation to the Sonoran
Desert Inventory and Monitoring Network. Ecologists working with the Sonoran Desert
Inventory and Monitoring Network aim to collect pertinent information on plants, water, air,
birds, and climate by making observations at eleven National Park Service units. These
inventories, collected by Powell, include information on birds, amphibians and reptiles
(identified as 'herps' in the inventories), mammals, and plants at different locations
across Arizona. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Desert plants -- Arizona -- Sonoran Desert | Desert ecology -- Arizona | Birds -- Conservation | Birds -- Arizona | Birders (Observers) | Herpetology | Amphibian culture | Reptile culture | Trapping | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 6 | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 8 | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 13 | Author: | Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Edward Abbey papers 1947-1990
, ead | | | | Date(s): | 1947-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Papers, 1947-1990, of Edward Abbey, author. Contains
biographical materials, correspondence, journals, notebooks, speeches, manuscripts,
articles, audiotapes, videotapes, and supplemental materials documenting his life and
career. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives | Civil disobedience | Environmental literature -- Archival resources | Conservation of natural resources -- Citizen participation | Deserts in literature | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 14 | Author: | McLaughlin, Steven P. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Steve McLaughlin field notebooks,
August
30,1973 - June 9, 2016 ead | | | | Date(s): | August
30,1973 - June 9, 2016 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains the field notebooks of the botanist
Steve McLaughlin, spanning 1973-2016. Most are related to the thousands of plant
specimens he collected over his career, though some include personal anecdotes and
journal entries detailing his trips throughout Arizona and the Southwest. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Botany -- Arizona | Botany -- Research -- United States | Botany -- Southwest, New | Desert plants -- Arizona | Plants -- Type specimens | Botany -- Study and teaching | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 17 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Arizona, Southwestern, and
Borderlands photograph collection, 1873-2018
1920-1970 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1873-2018 | | | | Abstract: | The Arizona, Southwestern and Borderland photograph collection
is an artificially created collection that consists of many folders containing
photographs, from various sources, of Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico arranged by topics
including places, people, events and activities, and dating from about 1875 to the
present, but mostly after 1920. Formats include postcards, stereographs,
cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, cyanotypes, view books, photograph albums, panoramas,
photoprints, and others. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Cemeteries -- Southwest, New -- Photographs | Ghost towns -- Southwest, New -- Photographs | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New --
Photographs | Photographers -- Arizona | Desert plants -- Arizona -- Photographs | Parades -- Arizona -- Nogales -- Photographs | Aerial photography -- Arizona | Photography -- Tucson (Ariz.) | Art and Photography | Indians of North America | Indians of North America -- Arizona | Cities and towns -- Mexican-American Border Region --
Photographs | Rural schools -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) --
Photographs | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pictorial
works | Ranches -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Automobiles -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Urban renewal -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Pictorial
works | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Pictorial
works | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Pictorial
works | Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Pictorial
works | Navajo Indians -- Pictorial works | Hopi Indians -- Pictorial works | Apache Indians -- Pictorial works | Cities and towns -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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