| 1 | 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 |
4 | 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 |
5 | 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 |
7 | Author: | Henderson, Randall | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Desert Magazine Collection, 1937-1973. ead | | | Date(s): | 1937-1973. | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of a portion of the research files from the publicationDesert Magazine. The files cover a myriad of western and southwestern topics. Topics include archaeology, ghost towns and mines, travel, and general folklore. Included in the files are manuscripts submitted for publication, correspondence, and general research material. | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department. | | | Subjects: | Periodical editors--Southwest, New. | Periodical editors--West (U.S.) | Journalists--Southwest, New. | Journalists--West (U.S.) | Periodicals--Southwest, New. | Periodicals--West (U.S.) | Deserts--Southwest, New. | Deserts--West (U.S.) | | | West (U.S.)--Description and travel. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
8 | Author: | Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Barry M. Goldwater Historic Photograph Collection
1850s-1960s ead | | | Date(s): | 1850s-1960s | | | Abstract: | This collection houses photographs showing variety of subjects pertaining to Arizona, including views of desert flora and fauna, landscapes, military, mining, Native Americans, agriculture, buildings, street scenes, transportation, and people and places. | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs. | Buildings -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs. | Cowboys -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs. | Deserts -- Arizona -- Photographs. | Deserts -- Southwest, New -- Photographs. | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Photographs. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Photographs. | Rodeos -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs. | Transportation -- Arizona -- Photographs. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
12 | Author: | Abbey, Edward. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Papers of Edward
Abbey,
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 Collection | | | 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 |
13 | Author: | Whiting, Alfred F. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Alfred Whiting collection, ead | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | Abstract: | Botanist, Anthropologist, and Ethnobotanist, Alfred
Whiting's career took to institutions across the United States (Museum of Northern
Arizona, Michigan Ethnobotanical Laboratory, University of Oregon, Dartmouth College
Museum). This collection consists of his research materials, particularly as they
relate to his research at the Museum of Northern Arizona. | | | Repository: | Museum of Northern Arizona | | | Subjects: | All-Indian Pow-Wow (Flagstaff,
Ariz.) | Animals | Catclaw acacia | Desert plants | Desert plants --
Arizona | Ethnobiology | Ethnobiology --
Arizona | Ethnobotany | Ethnology | Ethnozoology | Folklore | Havasupai Indians | Havasupai Indians --
Religion | Havasupai Indians -- Social life
and customs | Havasupai baskets | Havasupai
language | Havasupai
mythology | Hopi Indians | Hopi Indians --
Agriculture | Hopi Indians --
Ethnobotany | Hopi Indians --
Folklore | Hopi Indians --
Jewelry | Hopi Indians --
Music | Hopi Indians --
Religion | Hopi Indians -- Rites and
ceremonies | Hopi art | Hopi language | Hopi mythology | Hopi textile
fabrics | Hualapai language | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
16 | 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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