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1Author:  Humane BordersAdd to Favorites
 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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...Tucson Citizen,...
...Tucson Weekly,...
...Tucson Weekly,...
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2Author:  McGinnies, William Grovernor, 1899-1990.Add to Favorites
 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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...University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1981. Related materials...
...laboratories -- Arizona -- Tucson. Desert ecology --...
...of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1981. Original typescript with...
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3Author:  unknownAdd to Favorites
 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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...Tucson (Arizona),...
...Tucson (Arizona),...
...Artists--Arizona--Tucson,...
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4Author:  Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950.Add to Favorites
 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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...of the Carnegie Institution, Tucson, Arizona, from 1908 to...
...Botany -- Arizona -- Tucson. Desert ecology -- Arizona....
...of the Carnegie Institution, Tucson, Arizona, from 1908 to...
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5Author:  Bertelsen, C. DavidAdd to Favorites
 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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...Field reports. Tucson Mountain Flora (1 of 3),...
...Field reports. Tucson Mountain Flora (2 of 3),...
...Field reports. Tucson Mountain Flora (3 of 3),...
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6Author:  Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie InstitutionAdd to Favorites
 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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...Property: Tucson, Arizona. 1920-1933...
...Property: Tucson and Carmel. 1928-1933...
...Streets, Mrs. R. B. , Tucson, Arizona. 1925-1927...
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7Author:  Martin, Paul S. (Paul Schultz), 1928-2010Add to Favorites
 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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...The Tucson, Arizona, Flood of October 1983," National...
...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
...laboratories -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History Desert...
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8Author:  Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950Add to Favorites
 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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...Grande, Papago groups, Tucson Mountains (63 photographs) 2...
...Tucson Mountains Tortolita Mountains Santa Cruz floodplain...
...2 photographs), 1915 Views of Tucson from Tumamoc Hill (2...
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9Author:  University of Arizona. Campus ArboretumAdd to Favorites
 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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...Artists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Exhibitions University of...
...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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10Author:  Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970.Add to Favorites
 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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...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
...naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed...
...naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed...
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11Author:  Corbett, Jim, 1933-Add to Favorites
 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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...movement -- Arizona -- Tucson Spiritual life -- Quaker...
...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
...Presbyterian Church in Tucson, AZ, he began the Sanctuary...
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12Author:  unknownAdd to Favorites
 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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...Throwing up the clouds. The Tucson Weekly,...
...Tucson Weekly; A Child's Sense of Wilderness,...
...it's hell being an expert on the blooming. Tucson Weekly,...
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13Author:  Campbell, Bert (Gilbert Alan), 1906-1985 Campbell, Myrtle Gardner, 1907-1979Add to Favorites
 Title:  Gilbert and Myrtle Campbell Photographs 1937-1947 ead 
 Date(s):  1937-1947 
 Abstract:  Bert and Myrtle Campbell took these photographs while working with Arizona Highways magazine. Some of the images appeared in the magazine, but most were never published. They were intended to show Arizona in a favorable light to attract tourists and depict a variety of subjects, including modern, high-quality roadways and road construction, scenic landscapes, and recreation. 
 Repository:  Arizona State University Library Greater Arizona Collection 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Photographs | Rodeos -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs | Transportation -- Arizona -- Photographs | Deserts -- Arizona -- Photographs | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Photographs 
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...Old Tucson [? ]...
...Tucson Rodeo: Grand Opening...
...Sabino Canyon, Tucson,...
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14Author:  Powell, BrianAdd to Favorites
 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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...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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15Author:  Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998Add to Favorites
 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. 
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...Places: Tucson, circa 1900...
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16Author:  Toumey, James W. (James William), 1865-1932Add to Favorites
 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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...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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17Author:  unknownAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Paul Bigelow Sears Collection 1832-1969 1930-1966 (bulk) ead 
 Date(s):  1832-1969 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, grant proposals, reports, photographs, subject files, field notes, pollen samples and data relating to desert ecology which document Paul Sear's career as a botanist, ecologist and educator. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence between Sears and other researchers. Ecology was the central interest of Paul B. Sears' professional life. Understanding an ecosystem includes understanding its history. Sears used pollen analysis data of bog sediments as a tool, as a means to reconstruct past vegetation and to infer climate which is included in this collection. 
 Repository:  Special Collections, University Libraries 
 Subjects:  Botany – Research – United States | Botany – Research – Mexico | Botany – Research – Canada | Ecology – Research – United States | Ecology – Research – Mexico | Ecology – Research – Canada | Desert ecology – United States | Pollen – Research – United States | Pollen – Research – Mexico | Pollen – Research – Canada 
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...Arizona - Tucson,...
...International Conference on Palynology, Tucson, AZ,...
...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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18Author:  Abbey, Edward.Add to Favorites
 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. 
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...Earth First! Rally, Tucson, Ariz. , Ed Abbey, Dave Forman,...
...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
...Abbey died 14 March 1989 in Tucson Arizona at the age of 62....
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19Author:  Arizona State University Libraries. Department of Archives and Special CollectionsAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Arizona Collection Small Manuscripts [CM MSM 501-CM MSM 750] 1701-2009 1850-2009 ead 
 Date(s):  1701-2009 
 Abstract:  This guide describes all of the small manuscript collections held in ASC's Arizona Collection. These collections generally consist of 1-2 folders and document Arizona as a territory and state. Manuscripts, personal papers, and professional papers are included. 
 Repository:  Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection 
 Subjects:  Transportation | Commuting | Streets | Trolley | Buses | Water Projects | Irrigation Canals | Safford, Arizona | Yuma, Arizona | Houses | Floods | Families | Pioneers -- Southwestern States | Aztec Land & Cattle Company | Cattle trade -- History | Land Claims | Crime | Criminals | Bibliographies | Manuscripts | Water Quality | United States Department of State | International Boundary & Water Commission | Minutes | Press Releases | Arizona -- History -- To 1912 | Subsistence Homestead Program | Agriculture | Housing | Actions and defenses 
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...Baseball Tucson (Ariz. ) CM MSM:609...
...of Learning and Creative Living, Tucson, Arizona 1995...
...the Convention Records & Contemporary Tucson Newspapers 1972...
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20Author:  McLaughlin, Steven P.Add to Favorites
 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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...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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