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1Author:  Bertelsen, C. DavidRequires cookie*
 Title:  C. David Bertelsen papers, 1987-2021 ead 
 Date(s):  1987-2021 
 Abstract:  This collection consists of research notes, field notes, publications, and slides related to flora in the Finger Rock Canyon/Mt. Kimball region of the Santa Catalina Mountains. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Desert plants -- Arizona -- Sonoran Desert | Plant phenology | Desert biology | Desert ecology -- Sonoran Desert | Desert plants -- Arizona 
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2Author:  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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3Author:  Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie InstitutionRequires 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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4Author:  Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950Requires cookie*
 Title:  Forrest Shreve photographs, 1902-1940 (bulk 1914-1936) ead 
 Date(s):  1902-1940 (bulk 1914-1936) 
 Abstract:  This collection consists of 1102 photographs, chiefly of vegetation taken throughout Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Mexico (Sonora and Baja California). 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Botany -- Sonoran Desert -- Photographs | Botany -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- Photographs | Botany -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Photographs | Desert plants -- Arizona -- Photographs | Desert plants -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- Photographs | Desert plants -- Sonoran Desert -- Photographs 
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5Author:  Powell, BrianRequires 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 
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6Author:  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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7Author:  Martin, Paul S. (Paul Schultz), 1928-2010Requires cookie*
 Title:  Paul S. Martin papers, 1910-2006 ead 
 Date(s):  1910-2006 
 Abstract:  This collection consists of professional correspondence, research files and publication files of paleoecologist and geoscientist Dr. Paul S. Martin, Emeritus Professor of Geosciences at the University of Arizona. Collection also includes material relating to Tumamoc Hill Desert Laboratory, where Dr. Martin worked and conducted research for more than 50 years. Completing the collection are nine scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about ecological, social and political issues collected by Paul S. Martin from 1951-1970. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Evolutionary paleoecology | Desert ecology -- Sonoran Desert | Botanical laboratories -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History 
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8Author:  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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9Author:  University of Arizona. Campus ArboretumRequires cookie*
 Title:  Joseph Wood Krutch Garden Florilegium collection, 2013-2021 ead 
 Date(s):  2013-2021 
 Abstract:  This collection includes illustrations commissioned by the Campus Arboretum of plants found within the Joseph Wood Krutch Garden at the University of Arizona. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Desert plants -- Arizona -- Sonoran Desert | Desert plants -- Arizona | Artists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Exhibitions | University of Arizona | Natural history -- Southwest, New | Natural history -- Arizona | Natural history illustration -- Specimens 
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10Author:  Toumey, James W. (James William), 1865-1932Requires cookie*
 Title:  James W. Toumey agricultural correspondence1892-1898 ead 
 Date(s):  1892-1898 
 Abstract:  Correspondence, from the 1890s, mostly with colleagues from other colleges and universities and state agricultural agencies concerning plants both sharing plants and issues with plants. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Agriculture -- Arizona | Desert plants -- Arizona | Botanists -- Correspondence 
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11Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 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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12Author:  Corbett, Jim, 1933-Requires cookie*
 Title:  Jim Corbett Collection 1960-1995 ead 
 Date(s):  1960-1995 
 Abstract:  The Jim Corbett Collection documents Corbett's work spanning the early sixties to the mid-nineties, with the bulk of the collection taking place in the 1980s. The content covers personal letters to his wife to research material for the Sanctuary Movement, but a majority of the content are his writings from his books to essays and thoughts. Unpublished essays and an El Salvador License plate are also contained in this collection. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Sanctuary movement -- Arizona -- Tucson | Spiritual life -- Quaker authors | Simplicity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Goats -- Sonoran Desert 
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13Author:  Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989Requires 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 
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14Author:  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 
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15Author:  Humane BordersRequires cookie*
 Title:  Humane Borders Collection 2000-2010 ead 
 Date(s):  2000-2010 
 Abstract:  This collection is comprised of the records of Humane Borders. Items include press material and administrative files. The bulk of the material consists of media files including news clippings and audiovisual recordings relating to the organization and its cause of reducing the number of deaths in the Arizona borderlands. The collection also includes correspondence, financial, legal, legislative and research materials as well as reports and schedules related to the operation of Humane Borders. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Desert survival -- Mexican-American Border Region. | Drinking water -- Mexican-American Border Region. | Human rights workers -- United States -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Immigration advocates -- United States -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Immigration issues in the United States. | Nonprofit organizations -- Arizona. | Nonprofit organizations -- Management. 
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16Author:  Delano, Annita (1894-1979)Requires cookie*
 Title:  The Annita Delano Photograph Collection 1930-1940 ead 
 Date(s):  1930-1940 
 Abstract:  Photographs, postcards and newspaper clippings, circa 1930-1940. This collection is comprised of photographs, photographic postcards and newspaper clippings collected by California artist and UCLA professor of art Annita Delano. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Indian dance -- Arizona. | Indian dance -- New Mexico.. | Apache Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. | Apache Indians -- Social life and customs. | Hopi Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. | Hopi Indians -- Social life and customs. | Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs. | Navajo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. | Navajo Indians -- Dwellings. | Navajo rugs. | Pueblo Indians -- Social life and customs. | Pueblo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. | Pueblo Indians -- Dwellings. | Zuni Indians -- Social life and customs. | Zuni Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.. | Desert plants -- Arizona. 
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17Author:  unknownRequires 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 
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