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| | 2 | 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 | | | | Matches:
54 hit(s)
| ...Chia photographs,...
...Agave jarcia photographs,...
...Agave kerchovei photographs,...
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| 5 | Author: | Compañia Constructora Richardson, S.A. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Records of the Compañia Constructora Richardson, S.A.,
1904-1968
1904-1927 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1904-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Records, 1904-1968 (bulk 1904-1927). Collection consists primarily of photographs, legal papers, and other materials concerning the development of a railroad and irrigation system in the Yaqui River Valley, Sonora, Mexico. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Water rights -- Mexico -- Yaqui River | Irrigation engineering -- Mexico -- Yaqui River | Agriculture and state -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Agricultural colonies -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Yaqui Indians -- Photographs | Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Photographs | | | | Matches:
9 hit(s)
| ...Photographs,...
...Series IV: Photographs, 1904-1927...
...Valley (Mexico) -- History -- Photographs Guaymas (Sonora,...
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| 6 | 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 | | | | Matches:
16 hit(s)
| ...Africa: Photographs (various trips)....
...Africa: Vegetation Photographs (from previously published...
...Colorado Survey: Mounted Photographs, #80-203, A-Z, AA-EE....
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| 7 | Author: | Reeder, John Raymond, PhD
Reeder, Charlotte Olive
Goodding | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | John R. Reeder and Charlotte
Goodding Reeder papers, 1907-2009
1970-2005 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1907-2009 | | | | Abstract: | John Raymond Reeder and Charlotte Goodding Reeder were American
agrostologists known for their expertise regarding grasses found in the western and
southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico. They discovered and named
several new species of grasses and concluded their research work at the University of
Arizona Herbarium. This collection consists of biographical materials, professional and
personal correspondence, and research files related to their work on grasses. Also
included are publications, photographic materials, and scrapbooks focused on botanical
subject matters. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Grasses -- Arizona | Grasses -- Mexico | Agriculture | Botany -- United States | Botany -- Research -- Mexico | Botany -- Research -- United States | | | | Matches:
7 hit(s)
| ...Photographs,...
...Chromosomes – photographs,...
...Chromosome photographs,...
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| 8 | Author: | Barrett, Thomas W. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Thomas W. Barrett papers,
1910-1988
1955-1985 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1910-1988 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas W. Barrett was born September 6, 1917 in Orem, Utah, on
a fruit farm. While growing up on the family farm, Barrett became interested in crops,
soils, and would later find a passion for agronomy (the science of soil management and
crop production). The Thomas W. Barrett papers include personal correspondence,
photographs, and a few family papers. A majority of the collection consists of research
correspondence, photographs, negatives, transparency slides, research files, field
notes, and publications by both Barrett and other agronomists and
agriculturalists. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- Arizona | Agriculture -- Arizona -- Sulphur Springs Valley | Agronomy | Soils -- Arizona | Soil Conservation -- Arizona | Science -- Study and teaching -- Arizona | Plants -- Effect of sulfur dioxide
on | Plant ecology | Air -- Pollution -- Arizona | Air pollution control
industry | | | | Matches:
10 hit(s)
| ...Family photographs,...
...Family photographs,...
...Family trip, snow photographs,...
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| 10 | Author: | University of Arizona. Agricultural Extension Service. County Agricultural Agents. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | University of Arizona Agricultural Extension Service reports
1918-1958 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1918-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Bound typescript reports of County Agricultural Agents for each county, 1918 to 1958.
Also includes photographs, charts, blueprints, clippings, and examples of publications.
Includes statistical summaries for 1918-19 to 1932-33. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Agricultural extension work -- Arizona. | Agriculture -- Arizona. | County agricultural agents -- Arizona. | Sociology, Rural -- Arizona. | | | | Matches:
3 hit(s)
| ...Rural -- Arizona. Arizona -- History, Local -- Photographs....
...1918 to 1958. Also includes photographs, charts, blueprints,...
...1918 to 1958. Also includes photographs, charts, blueprints,...
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| 11 | Author: | University of Arizona. Agricultural Extension Service. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Reports of University of Arizona Agricultural Extension Service
1921-1963 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1921-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Bound typescripts of subject specialists reports, 1921 to 1963. Also contains photographs, clippings, charts, and examples of publications. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Agricultural extension work -- Arizona. | Agriculture -- Arizona. | | | | Matches:
2 hit(s)
| ...to 1963. Also contains photographs, clippings, charts, and...
...to 1963. Also contains photographs, clippings, charts, and...
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| 12 | Author: | University of Arizona. Agricultural Extension Service. Home Demonstration Agents. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Reports of Home Demonstration Agents
1918-1958 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1918-1958 | | | | Abstract: | The collection was created through a cooperative project of the University of Arizona, College of Agriculture
and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture to encourage agriculture and home economics in Arizona. It includes bound
typescripts of agents reports, including photographs, charts, clippings, and examples of publications, 1918 to 1958. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Agricultural extension work -- Arizona. | Agriculture -- Arizona. | County agricultural agents -- Arizona. | Home demonstration work -- Arizona. | Sociology, Rural -- Arizona. | | | | Matches:
3 hit(s)
| ...Rural -- Arizona. Arizona -- History, Local -- Photographs....
...reports, including photographs, charts, clippings, and...
...reports, including photographs, charts, clippings, and...
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| 13 | Author: | University of Arizona. Agricultural Extension Service. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | 4-H Club reports
1948-1958 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1948-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Bound typescripts of agents reports, including photographs, charts, clippings, and examples of publications, 1948 to 1958. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | 4-H clubs -- Arizona. | Agricultural extension work -- Arizona. | Agriculture -- Arizona. | County agricultural agents -- Arizona. | Home demonstration work -- Arizona. | Sociology, Rural -- Arizona. | | | | Matches:
3 hit(s)
| ...Rural -- Arizona. Arizona -- History, Local -- Photographs....
...reports, including photographs, charts, clippings, and...
...reports, including photographs, charts, clippings, and...
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| 14 | Author: | University of Arizona. Agricultural Extension Service. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | University of Arizona Agricultural Extension Service reports
1958-1968 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1958-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Bound typescript and printed reports of county agricultural agents, home demonstration agents,
and 4-H clubs; also include photographs, clippings, charts, and examples of publications, 1958 to 1968. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | 4-H clubs -- Arizona. | Agricultural extension work -- Arizona. | Agriculture -- Arizona. | Home demonstration work -- Arizona. | | | | Matches:
2 hit(s)
| ...4-H clubs; also include photographs, clippings, charts, and...
...4-H clubs; also include photographs, clippings, charts, and...
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| 15 | Author: | Schwalen, Harold Christy,
1895-1987 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Harold Christy
Schwalen papers,
1896-1967 (bulk
1919-1965) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1896-1967 (bulk
1919-1965) | | | | Abstract: | Collection includes research notes, maps, blueprints,
correspondence, photographs, and other material gathered for his research
projects. Includes data from the Department's agricultural experiment stations;
surface and groundwater studies; wells and pump irrigation; flow records;
climatological data; and manuscript reports and papers. Also includes over 2000
photographs illustrating well drilling, floods and erosion, pumps and pumping
plants, irrigation projects, and concrete pipe and ditch
construction. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Snow surveys -- Arizona | Groundwater -- Arizona | Water supply -- Arizona | Building, Adobe -- Arizona | Agricultural Engineering -- Arizona | Agriculture -- Arizona | Weather -- Arizona -- Observations | Cotton -- Research -- Arizona | Floodplains -- Arizona -- Cochise County --
Management | Floodplains -- Arizona -- Tucson --
Management | Gila River Watershed (N.M. and Ariz.) | Guayule | Salt River Project | Irrigation -- Arizona | Lettuce -- Arizona | | | | Matches:
14 hit(s)
| ...San Simon Valley, photographs....
...Series XXX: Photographs, 1919-1966...
...Santa Cruz River, flood photographs. 1965-1966...
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| 16 | 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 | | | | Matches:
1 hit(s)
| ...Requests for Photographs, etc. in Publications. 1893-1905...
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