| | 25 | Author: | Shantz, H.L. (Homer LeRoy), 1876-1958 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Homer Leroy Shantz
papers,
1903-1958 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1903-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Field notebooks, reprint articles, speeches,
survey abstracts, photographs, diaries, and correspondence pertaining to
Shantz's interests in worldwide agriculture and botany. Shantz's various trips
to Africa resulted in extensive field notes, including those for the
Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919 to 1920, and the African Education
Commission, 1923 to 1924. Background material he collected about Africa
encompasses maps; postcards; dictionaries and primers on languages, including
Swahili; also, articles on the people, the areas they inhabited, and specific
problems, such as the tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, forced labor, and race
relations. Photographs of his travels from the Cape to Cairo depict the Nile,
Egyptian ruins, wild and domestic animals, vegetation and the landscape,
villages and cities, and people in tribal dress. Communal activities documented
include cultivation, thatching roofs, building a road, and weaving a large
bamboo mat to cover a bridge walkway. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Plant ecology -- Africa | Plant ecology -- United States | Vegetation surveys -- South America | Vegetation surveys -- Colorado | Vegetation surveys -- Africa | Swahili language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Swahili | Agriculture -- Africa | Soils -- Africa | Agriculture -- United States | Soils -- United States | Africa -- Description and travel | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 29 | Author: | Gentry, Howard Scott | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Howard Scott Gentry papers,
1816-2005 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1816-2005 | | | | Abstract: | Howard Scott Gentry was an American botanist who is especially
known for his expertise on the agave plant. Over the course of his work, Gentry
introduced 15,000 plants into the United States for study, with his most notable
contributions consisting of the development of a cortisone precursor compound, the
introduction of disease-resistant wild beans, and the development of jojoba oil. This
collection is comprised of professional correspondence, proposals, and manuscripts
related to his research of plant species. Also included are some photographs and related
material to individual plants in the forms of published articles, pamphlets, booklets,
and notes. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Agriculture | Botany -- United States | Botany -- Research -- Mexico | Chia | Gum Tragacanth | Jojoba | Drimia maritima | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 34 | Author: | University of Arizona Agricultural
Experiment Station | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | University of
Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station records,
1890-1915 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1890-1915 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes correspondence, financial records, and related
materials concerning the establishment of the Station and its branches, its
staff, equipment, operation, publications, early experiments particularly with
canaigre, sugar beets, and date palms, and investigations in plant breeding,
grazing lands, water and soil analysis. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- Arizona | Horticulture -- Arizona | Irrigation -- Arizona | Pumping stations | Canaigre | Date | Date palm | Sugar beet -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 37 | Author: | McLaughlin, Herbert, 1918-1991
McLaughlin, Dorothy, 1912- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Herbert and Dorothy McLaughlin Color Photography and Other Materials
1940-1986, Undated ead | | | | Date(s): | 1940-1986, Undated | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses a variety of color photographs taken by Herb and Dot McLaughlin between 1940 and 1986. The majority of these images are positive transparencies ranging in size from 2" x 2" to 8" x 10"; some color prints are also included. Most of the photographs were taken in Arizona, but Alaska, Montana, Utah, Colorado, and Mexico are also represented prominently. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Kachinas -- Pictorial works. | Rodeos -- Pictorial works. | Wildflowers -- Pictorial works. | Agriculture -- Pictorial works. | Mineral industries -- Pictorial works. | Hopi Indians -- Pictorial works. | Apache Indians -- Pictorial works. | Smoki People, Inc. -- Pictorial works. | Navajo Indians -- Pictorial works. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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