Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution records, 1903-1985

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Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution records, 1903-1985

AZ 356


Collection Summary
Creator:	Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution
Collection Name:	Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution records,
Inclusive Dates:	1903-1985
Physical Description:	4 linear feet
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.
Collection Number:	AZ 356
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/

Historical Note

The Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution was established by Volney M. Spaulding and William A. Cannon at Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona, in 1903. It was sold to the U.S. Forest Service in 1940, and later to the University of Arizona in 1960. The purpose of the laboratory was to research the of adaptation of desert plants to their environment. The Laboratory was directed by D.T. MacDougal from 1906 to 1918, then by Forrest Shreve from 1929 to 1938.

By 1920, a related institution, the Coastal Laboratory was established in Carmel, California with MacDougal as director.

Scope and Content Note

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. Correspondents include Carnegie Institution officials, the Smithsonian Institution, laboratory staff members Godfrey Sykes and Herman A. Spoehr, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, William Boyce Thompson, Andrew E. Douglass, and Mary Austin, as well as societies, herbariums, and universities around the world. Additional correspondence relates to equipment, scientific societies, plant exchanges and collecting, the University of Arizona, and personal material of both Shreve and MacDougal.

Organization

This collection is organized into seven series:

Series I: Carnegie Institution Officials Records and Correspondence, 1903-1938
Series II: Desert Laboratory Records and Correspondence, 1905-1937
Series III: Coastal Laboratory Correspondence, 1910-1938
Series IV: General Records and Correspondence, 1905-1938
Series V: D. T. MacDougal Personal Papers, 1908-1935
Series VI: Forrest Shreve Personal Papers, 1916-1937
Series VII: Desert Botanical Laboratory Plot Records, 1906-1985

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Related Material

A related collection of D. T. MacDougal Papers can be found at the Arizona Historical Society, MS0452.

Separated Material

Slides received with the collection were removed and cataloged separately.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Douglass, A. E. (Andrew Ellicott), 1867-1962 -- Correspondence

Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934 -- Correspondence

Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 -- Correspondence

MacDougal, Daniel Trembly, 1865-1958

Shreve, Forrest, 1878-1950

Spoehr, Herman Augustus, 1885-1954 -- Correspondence

Sykes, Godfrey, 1861-1948 -- Correspondence

Thompson, William Boyce, 1869-1930 -- Correspondence

Corporate Name(s)

Carnegie Institution of Washington

Carnegie Institution of Washington. Coastal Laboratory

Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution -- Archives

University of Arizona -- History

Geographic Name(s)

Sonoran Desert -- Research

Tumamoc Hill (Ariz.)

Subject(s)

Desert ecology -- Sonoran Desert

Botanical laboratories -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- Sources

Botanical laboratories -- California -- Carmel -- History -- Sources

Botanists -- Correspondence

Desert ecology -- Arizona

Desert plants -- Arizona

Desert plants -- Sonoran Desert

Plant ecologists -- Correspondence

Plant ecology -- Arizona

Genre Form(s)

Correspondence

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution records(AZ 356). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Container List


Series I: Carnegie Institution Officials Records and Correspondence, 1903-1938
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1	1	Reports. , 1905-1906, 1909
1	1	Minutes of Executive Meeting. , January 18, 1910
1	2-9	Correspondence: Woodward, R. S. (President). , 1905-1913
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2	1-2	Correspondence: Woodward, R. S. (President). , 1914-1916, 1920
2	3-8	Correspondence: Merriam, John C. (President). , ca. 1914, 1920-1937
2	9-11	Correspondence: MacDougal, D. T. and Shreve, Forrest. , 1913-1937
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3	1	Correspondence: Baker, Marcus (Assistant Secretary). , August 10, 1903-October 12, 1903
3	2-10	Correspondence: Gilbert, Walter M. (Assistant Secretary, Administrative Secretary). , 1905-1937
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4	1-6	Correspondence: Wirt, John L. (Bursar). , 1905-1917, 1920-1924
4	7	Correspondence: Wirt, John L. and Varela, E. A. (Bursar) , 1925-1937
4	8-9	Correspondence: Barnum, William (Chief Clerk, Editor, Division of Publications). , 1904-1916
4	10	Correspondence: Barnum, William and Bunker, Frank F. (Editors, Division of Publications). , 1920-1928
4	11	Correspondence: Bunker, Frank F. (Editor, Division of Publications). , 1929-1938
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5	1-3	Alcohol Reports and Orders. , 1915-1916, 1925-1937
5	4	Financial Statements, Notes, "Budget Items." , 1907-1930
5	5	Wage Accounts. , March 1928-December 1929
5	5	Petty Cash Account. , 1928-1929
5	6	Purchase Orders. , October 1927-December 1929
5	7	Correspondence and Records: Fifth Avenue Bank, New York. , 1910-1928
5	8	Correspondence: Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Co. , 1911-1936
5	9	Records: Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Co. , 1928-1936
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6	1-5	Correspondence: Rose, J. N. (Smithsonian Institution, Research Associate with the Carnegie Institution, 1912-1921, and Associate Curator, Division of Plants, U. S. National Museum, 1922-1928). , 1912-1928


Series II: Desert Laboratory Records and Correspondence, 1905-1937
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7	1	Correspondence: Laboratory construction, telephone, etc. , 1910-1931
7	2	Correspondence: Arizona State Land Commission, Taxes, Forest Service. , 1913-1934
7	3	Correspondence: Breitenbecher, J. K. (Staff). , 1910, 191520 1920-1925
7	3	Correspondence: Krieger, L. C. C. (Staff). , 1915
7	3	Correspondence: Leamon, William G. (Staff). , 1916
7	3	Correspondence: Waller, J. C. (Staff). , 1916, 1925
7	3	Correspondence: Minzey, J. H. (Staff). , 1927-1928
7	3	Correspondence: Kenny, Richard (Staff). , 1933
7	3	Correspondence: Hinckley, Arthur (Staff). , 1934
7	4	Correspondence: Bovee, B. R. (Staff). , 1914, 1920-1930
7	5	Correspondence: Cannon, W. A. (Staff). , 1905, 1915-1934
7	6	Correspondence: Fraps, Mason (Staff). , 1926-1936
7	7	Correspondence: Mallery, T. D. (Staff). , 1929-1936
7	8	Correspondence: Runyon, E. H. (Staff). , 1928-1937
7	9	Correspondence: Sinclair, J. G. (Staff). , 1913-1915
7	10	Correspondence: Spalding, V. M. and Spalding, Effie, S. , 1913-1932
7	11	Correspondence: Tower, W. L. (Staff). , 1912-1924
7	12	Correspondence: Turnage, William V. (Staff). , 1935-1937
7	13	Correspondence: Working, E. B. (Staff). , 1920-1937
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8	1-7	Correspondence: Sykes, Godfrey (Staff). ,
8	8	Correspondence: Sykes, Stanley, Gilbert and Glenton. , 1920-1936
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9	1-3	Correspondence: Strickland, J. C. (Office Secretary). , 1911-1915
9	4	Correspondence: Strickland, J. C., Huber, Rena, and Gillies, E. (Office Secretaries). , 1916-1920
9	5	Correspondence: Huber, Rena (Office Secretary). , 1921
9	6	Correspondence: Huber, Rena, Maguire, Mary, Mrs. Strickland (Office Secretaries). , 1922-1924
9	7-8	Correspondence: Bois, R. S. (Office Secretary). , 1925-1926
9	9	Correspondence: Keddington, Mrs. Iva and others (Office Secretaries). , 1927-1937


Series III: Coastal Laboratory Correspondence, 1910-1938
box	folder
10	1	Correspondence: Laboratory construction, land, etc. , 1912-1925
10	2-6	Correspondence: Pestell, W. A. (Office). , 1927-1937
10	7	Correspondence: Aucourt, Harry (Staff). , 1920-1929
10	8	Correspondence: Ballou, Fremont O. (Staff). , 1925-1933
10	9	Correspondence: Haasis, Ferdinand W. (Staff). , 1930-1935
10	10	Correspondence: McGee, J. M. (Staff). , 1916-1924
10	11	Correspondence: McLean, F. T. (Staff). , 1920-1928
10	12	Correspondence: Tag, Tessie (Staff). , 1914-1915
10	12	Correspondence: Dutra, J. (Staff). , 1916
10	12	Correspondence: Cherry, C. W. (Staff). , 1920-1921
10	12	Correspondence: Goold, C. O. (Staff). , 1920-1921
10	12	Correspondence: Ridgway, J. L. (Staff). , 1921
10	12	Correspondence: Newton, William (Staff). , 1924-1926
10	12	Correspondence: Daugherty, L. (Staff). , 1924
10	12	Correspondence: Mawdsley, P. (Staff). , 1925
10	12	Correspondence: Wilbur, P. C. (Staff). , 1925-1928
10	12	Correspondence: Young, W. G. (Staff). , 1925-1928
10	12	Correspondence: Immink, D. H. , 1927-1929
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11	1	Correspondence: G. Stieglitz and A. Smith (University of Chicago) regarding H. A. Spoehr. , 1910
11	2-9	Correspondence: Spoehr, H. A. (Staff). , 1913-1938


Series IV: General Records and Correspondence, 1905-1938

	Records and Correspondence of Other Institutions and Research Divisions, 1905-1937
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12	1	Correspondence: Clements, F. E., Alpine Laboratory, Manitou, Colorado. , 1913, 1920-1927
12	1	Correspondence: Lotfield, G., Alpine Laboratory, Manitou, Colorado. , 1921-1922
12	2	Correspondence: Kidder, A. V., Division of Historical Research, Andover, Massachusetts. , 1934-1935
12	2	Correspondence: Scott, Donald, Division of Historical Research, Andover, Massachusetts. , 1935-1936
12	3	Correspondence: Hall, Harvey M., Division of Plant Biology, Stanford University, California. , 1924-1931
12	4	Correspondence: Smith, James H.C., Division of Plant Biology, Stanford University, California. , 1924-1937
12	5	Correspondence: Harris, J. Arthur, Station for Experimental Evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York. , 1915-1923
12	5	Correspondence: Harris, J. Arthur, Department of Botany, University of Minnesota. , 1925-1930
12	6	Correspondence: Blakeslee, A. F., Station for Experimental Evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York. , 1923-1937
12	6	Correspondence: Davenport, Charles B., Station for Experimental Evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York. , 1920-1929
12	7	Correspondence: Chaney, Ralph W., Long, Frances and Keck, David D.
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13	1	Correspondence: U. S. Navy Department regarding Helium. , 1919-1923
13	2-5	Correspondence: Free, Edward E. , 1912-1934
13	6	Free, Edward E. Articles.
13	7	Correspondence: Cattell, J. McKeen (Editor, Science). , 1905-1928
13	8	Correspondence: Science Service. , 1920-1937
13	9	Science Service, Minutes of Meetings. , 1920-1930
13	10	Science Service, Financial Statements. , 1922-1930

	General Correspondence, 1907-1937
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14	1	Correspondence: Ashby, Eric, England. , 1930-1936
14	2	Correspondence: Ayer, Edward E. , 1921, 1923
14	3	Correspondence: Babcock, Ernest B., University of California Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley. , 1921-1923
14	3	Correspondence: Lesley, J. W., California. , 1921-1923
14	4	Correspondence: Bailey, L. H., Ithaca, New York. , 1924, 1936-1937
14	5	Correspondence: Bakke, A. L., Department of Botany, Iowa State College. , 1920-1937
14	6	Correspondence: Becking, L. B., Department of Botany, Stanford University. , 1920-1929
14	7	Correspondence: Bowman, Isiah, American Geographical Society. , 1921-1934
14	8	Correspondence: Britton, N. L., New York Botanical Garden. , 1910-1928
14	8	Correspondence: Howe, Marshall, New York Botanical Garden. , 1910-1928
14	9	Correspondence: Buxton, P. A., England. , 1921-1931
14	10	Correspondence: Cahalane, Victor H., Cranbrook Institute of Science. , 1932-1934
14	11	Correspondence: Carrel, Alexis, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. , 1927
14	12	Correspondence: Castetter, E. F., Department of Botany, University of New Mexico. , 1931-1937
14	13	Correspondence: Clarke, Beverly L., Food Research Institute, Stanford University. , 1924-1931
14	14	Correspondence: Clowes, G. H. A., Eli Lilly and Co. , 1920-1928
14	15	Correspondence: Cole, A. C., Jr., U. S. D. A., Bureau of Entomology. , 1932-1935
14	16	Correspondence: Compton, R. H., National Botanic Gardens, Union of South Africa. , 1929-1932
14	17	Correspondence: Conkin, E. G., Department of Biology, Princeton, University. , 1920-1925
14	18	Correspondence: Cooper, William S., Department of Botany, University of Minnesota. , 1920-1936
14	19	Correspondence: Coulter, John M., Department of Botany, University of Chicago. , 1907, 1920-1924, 1928-1929
14	20	Correspondence: Coulter, Stanley, School of Science, Purdue University. , 1921-1925
14	21	Correspondence: Coville, Frederick V., (U. S. D. A., Bureau of Plant Industry. , 1921, 1931-1936
14	22	Correspondence: Czaja, A. T., Germany. , 1923-1924
14	23	Correspondence: Dean, Eva (artist). , 1924-1934
14	24	Correspondence: De Forest, H. W., New York Botanical Garden, Department of Botany, University of Southern California. , 1928-1937
14	25	Correspondence: Dellenbaugh, F. S. , 1920-1930
14	26	Correspondence: Dice, Lee R., Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. , 1928-1937
14	27	Correspondence: Duggar, B. M., Missouri Botanical Garden, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin. , 1928-1937
14	28	Correspondence: Emerson, Fred W., New Mexico Normal University. , 1931-1933
14	29	Correspondence: Farrand, Max, Huntington Library, regarding the cactus garden. , 1929
14	30	Correspondence: Fritsch, F. E., Department of Botany, University of London, England. , 1929-1932
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15	1	Correspondence: Gager, C. Stuart, Brooklyn Botanical Garden. , 1915-1929
15	2	Correspondence: Gustafson, F. G., Department of Botany, University of Michigan. , 1932-1937
15	3	Correspondence: Harding, John W., American correspondent for the London Daily Chronicle. , 1920-1929
15	4	Correspondence: Harper, R. A., Department of Botany, Columbia University, University of Alabama. , 1920-1930
15	5	Correspondence: Harshberger, John W., Botany Department, University of Pennsylvania. , 1920-1925
15	6	Correspondence: Hellmich, Walter, Zoologische Sammlung, Munchen, Germany. , 1932-1933
15	7	Correspondence: Herrera, Alphonse L., Direccion de Estudios Biologicos, Mexico. , 1920-1928
15	8	Correspondence: Hobbs, William H., Department of Geology, University of Michigan. , 1924-1925
15	9	Correspondence: Hornaday, William T, New York Zoological Society. , 1915-1929
15	10	Correspondence: Humphrey, Robert R., Department of Botany, University of Minnesota. , 1930-1936
15	11	Correspondence: Hunnington, Ellsworth, Yale University. , 1912-1935
15	12	Correspondence: Johnson, Duncan S., Botanical Garden and Lab, Johns Hopkins University. , 1915-1937
15	13	Correspondence: Jones, J. S., College of Engineering, University of Nevada. , 1914-1915
15	14	Correspondence: Killian, C., Lab de Botanique, University d'Alger, Algeria. , 1930-1933
15	15	Correspondence: Kinsey, Alfred C., Department of Zoology, Indiana University. , 1920, 1925
15	16	Correspondence: Lee, Frederic L., New York Botanical Garden. , 1923-1929
15	17-19	Correspondence: Livingston, Burton E., Lab of Plant Physiology, Johns Hopkins University. , 1910-1937
15	20	Correspondence: Lloyd, Francis E., Department of Botany, McGill University, Montreal. , 1914-1932
15	21	Correspondence: Long, Esmond R., University of Chicago, Henry Phipps Institute. , 1920-1935
15	22	Correspondence: Lotsy, J. P., Holland. , 1922-1923
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16	1	Correspondence: McKee, Edwin, National Park Service. , 1929-1934
16	2	Correspondence: Magnes, Judah L., Hebrew University, Palestine. , 1931-1933
16	3	Correspondence: Mead, Pauline, Department of Botany, University of Chicago, National Park Service. , 1929-1931
16	4	Correspondence: Menninger, C. F., Menninger Clinic, Kansas. , 1932-1934
16	5	Correspondence: Merrill, Elmer D., Bureau of Science, Philippine Islands; New York Botanical Garden. , 1914-1930
16	6	Correspondence: Meyer, Bernard S., Department of Botany, Ohio State University. , 1928-1932
16	7	Correspondence: Moore, George T., Missouri Botanical Garden. , 1913-1934
16	8	Correspondence: More, Louis T., University of Cincinnati. , 1924-1925
16	9	Correspondence: National Research Council. , 1921-1932
16	10-11	Correspondence: Overton, J. B., Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin. , 1925-1932
16	12	Correspondence: Parish, S. B., San Bernardino, California. , 1913-1916
16	13	Correspondence: Peirce, G. J., Department of Botany, Stanford University. , 1913-1932
16	14	Correspondence: Richards, Herbert M., Department of Botany, Barnard College, Columbia University. , 1913-1929, 1937
16	15	Correspondence: Schratz, E., Kaiser Wilhelm Institut fur Biologie, Berlin. , 1927-1934
16	16	Correspondence: Schroter, Carl, Zurich, Switzerland. , 1914-1926
16	17	Correspondence: Seifriz, William, Botanical Lab, University of Pennsylvania. , 1922-1937
16	18	Correspondence: Setchell, William A., Department of Botany, University of California, Berkley. , 1913-1929
16	19	Correspondence: Shull, George H., Department of Biology, Princeton University. , 1913-1926
16	20	Correspondence: Skottsberg, Carl, University of Upsala, Sweden. , 1913, 1934-1935
16	21	Correspondence: Small, J. K., New York Botanical Garden. , 1920-1936
16	22	Correspondence: Smith, Gilbert, Department of Botany, Stanford University. , 1926-1929
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17	1	Correspondence: Snow, Laetitia M., Department of Botany, Wellesley College. , 1920-1934
17	2	Correspondence: Thompson, William Boyce, Superior, Arizona. , 1924-1925
17	3	Correspondence: Thompson, W. Gilman, New York. , 1921-1927
17	4	Correspondence: Ulehla, Vladimir and Moravek, Vladimir, Institute for Plant Physiology, Masaryk University, Czechoslovakia. , 1924-1928
17	5	Correspondence: Walter, Heinrich, Botanical Institute, Heidelberg and Stuttgart, Germany. , 1929-1936
17	6	Correspondence: Weaver, J. E., Department of Botany, University of Nebraska. , 1927-1935
17	7	Correspondence: Wilson, Edwin B., Department of Zoology, Columbia University, Department of Vital Statistics, Harvard University. , 1920-1926
17	8	Correspondence: Wright, John S., Eli Lilly and Co. , 1921-1928
17	9-11	Miscellaneous Correspondence. , 1907, 1912-1937
			Includes letters about a shipment of tortoises, May 6-10, 1924 and a letter from George Sarton, December 22, 1929.

17	12	Correspondence regarding soil analysis, temperature, moisture content, rain gauges, etc. , 1929-1937
17	13	Correspondence: Invitations. , 1921-1935
17	14	Correspondence: Carnegie Institution Exhibits. , 1923-1935
17	15	Correspondence from visitors. , 1909-1937
			Includes requests to visit the Laboratory, thank you notes, and information regarding the Desert Laboratory Tea, given by Dr. and Mrs. Shreve, April 3, 1929.


	Guayule and Dendrograph Correspondence, 1912-1937
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18	1	Miscellaneous correspondence on Guayule. , 1913-1932
			Includes letters to and from Cleveland Dodge, 1915 & 1920, and Russian professor N. Maximov in Leningrad.

18	2	Correspondence: Requests for Information on Guayule and rubber. , 1915-1913
18	3	Correspondence: Dendograph patent and advertising. , 1921-1924
18	4	Miscellaneous correspondence on the Dendrograph. , 1919-1932
18	5	Correspondence: Antes, Ernest American Geographical Society. , 1923-1927
18	6	Correspondence: Bailey, I. W., Bussey Institution, Harvard University. , 1919-1931
18	7	Correspondence: Craighead, F. C., Department of Argiculture, Ottawa,; U. S. D. A, Bureau of Entomology. , 1922-1926
18	8	Correspondence: Dixon, Henry, H., School of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin. , 1924-1929
18	9	Correspondence: Korstian, C. F., U. S. D. A., Forest Service. , 1920-1936
18	10	Correspondence: McCallum, W. B., Rubber Exploration Co., California. , 1912-1928
18	11	Correspondence: Pearson, G. A., U. S. D. A., Forest Service. , 1920-1936
18	12	Correspondence: Pole-Evans, T. B., Division of Botany, Union of South Africa. , 1920-1922
			Includes a letter from Prime Minister, Jan Smuts.

18	13	Correspondence: Reed, H. S., Citrus Experiment Station, University of California, Riverside. , 1919-1932
18	14	Correspondence: Streets, Mrs. R. B., Tucson, Arizona. , 1925-1927
18	15	Correspondence: Sumner, F. B., Scripps Institution, University of California, La Jolla. , 1920-1933
18	16	Correspondence: Von Schrenk, Herman, Consulting Timber Engineer, St. Louis. , 1913-1933
18	17	Miscellaneous correspondence regarding McDougal's articles on the Dendograph and tree growth. , 1919-1930
			Includes letter from Gifford Pinchot, July 29, 1921.


	Correspondence Regarding Plant Exchanges and Collecting, 1912-1937
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19	1-3	Correspondence: Plant exchanges and collecting. , 1912-1937
19	4	Correspondence: Abrams, L. R., Dudley Herbarium, Stanford University. , 1925-1937
19	5	Correspondence: Clayton, Alan B., San Diego & El Centro, California. , 1933-1935
19	6	Correspondence: Eig, A., Hebrew University, Palestine. , 1931-1937
19	6	Correspondence: Epling, Carl, University of California, Los Angeles. , 1935-1937
19	7	Correspondence: Ferris, Roxana S., Dudley Herbarium, Stanford University. , 1934-1936
19	8	Correspondence: Gentry, Howard Scott, Sonora, Mexico and California. , 1934-1937
19	9	Correspondence: Graham, Edward H., Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh. , 1929-1936
19	10	Correspondence: Hester, J. P. , 1930-1934
19	11	Correspondence: Hoffman, Ralph, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. , 1928-1932
19	12	Correspondence: Johnston, Ivan M., Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. , 1934-1937
19	13	Correspondence: Kerney, T. H., Peebles, R. H., Tidestrom, I., U. S. D. A., Bureau of Plant Industry. , 1928-1937
19	14	Correspondence: Kraus, E. J., Department of Botany, University of Chicago. , 1929-1934
19	15	Correspondence: Labordere, Marcel, Paris. , 1931-1932
19	16	Correspondence: Manson, James W., Nogales, Arizona. , 1932-1935
19	17	Correspondence: Miege, E., Rabat, Morocco. , 1930-1937
19	18	Correspondence: Rethaller, Marcel, Baja California. , 1934-1937
19	19	Correspondence: Standley, Paul C., Simms, S. C., Gregg, C. C., Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. , 1931-1937
19	20	Correspondence: Swingle, Walter, T., U. S. D. A., Bureau of Plant Industry. , 1925-1935
19	21	Correspondence: Whitehead, Jack, Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum. , 1933-1937
19	22	Correspondence: Wiggins, Ira L., Dudley Herbarium, Stanford University. , 1932-1937
19	23	Correspondence: Wynd, F. Lyle, Washington University, St. Louis. , 1936-1937

	Correspondence With Scientific Societies, 1915-1937
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20	1-6	Correspondence: American Association for the Advancement of Science. , 1915-1937
			Includes material on the AAAS Population Symposium, 1930.

20	7	Correspondence: Prentiss, Elliott C., American Association for the Advancement of Science. , 1920-1928
20	8	Correspondence: Botanical Society of America and American Society of Plant Physiologists. , 1920-1931
20	9-10	Correspondence: Ecological Society of America. , 1919-1937
			Includes correspondence about its publication, Ecology, and articles submitted by MacDougal and others. Also correspondence with Barrington Moore, President.

20	11	Correspondence: Cactus and Succulent Society of America. , 1930-1937
			Includes correspondence about its journal and Shreve articles.


	University of Arizona Correspondence, 1909-1937
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21	1	Correspondence: Anderson, Ernest, Department of Chemistry. , 1925-1927
21	2	Correspondence: Brown, J. G., Department of Botany, Department of Plant Pathology. , 1910-1935
21	3	Correspondence: Buehrer, T. F., Department of Chemistry, Agriculture Experiment Station. , 1928-1933
21	4	Correspondence: Crider, F. J., Department of Horticulture, Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum. , 1922-1933
21	5	Correspondence: Doublass, Andrew, E., Steward Observatory. , 1920-1929
21	6	Correspondence: Forbes, Robert H., Agriculture Experiment Station. , 1909, 1919-1924
21	7	Correspondence: Kleinsmid, Rufus B. von, President, University of Arizona, President, University of Southern California. , 1916-1924
21	8	Correspondence: Lockwood, Franck, C., Acting President, University of Arizona, Dean, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. , 1921-1930
21	9	Correspondence: Marvin, Cloyd H., President, University of Arizona. , 1923-1926
21	10	Correspondence: Shantz, Homer L., Department of Botany, University of Illinois, President, University of Arizona. , 1927-1933
21	11	Correspondence: Thornber, J. J., Agriculture Experiment Station. , 1913-1934
21	12	Correspondence: Vinson, A. E., Agriculture Experiment Station. , 1913-1926
21	13	Correspondence: Vorhies, Charles T., Agriculture Experiment Station. , 1922-1935
21	14	Correspondence: Wilde, Arthur H., President, University of Arizona. , 1913-1914
21	15	Miscellaneous correspondence regarding the University of Arizona Presidency. , 1914-1927
21	16	Miscellaneous correspondence regarding various University of Arizona topics. , 1912-1937
			Includes Tucson Chamber of Commerce letters regarding the Munk Library, departmental reorganization, a metal tower on the roof of the Mines Building, etc.


	Correspondence Regarding Equipment and Supplies, 1906-1938
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22	1-2	Correspondence: Arthur H. Thomas Co., Philadelphia. , 1910-1935
22	3	Correspondence: Braun Corporation, Los Angeles. , 1910-1933
22	4	Correspondence: Braun-Knecht-Heimann Co., San Francisco. , 1920-1929
22	5	Correspondence: Central Scientific Co., Chicago. , 1920-1937
22	6	Correspondence: James W. Conway, Atlanta. , 1928
22	7	Correspondence: Fred S. Carver, New York City. , 1929-1931
22	8	Correspondence: Harris Laboratories, Tuckahoe, New York. , 1921
22	9	Correspondence: Fred C. Henson, Co., Pasadena, California. , 1928-1936
22	10	Correspondence: Julien P. Friez & Sons, Baltimore, Maryland. , 1910-1938
22	11	Correspondence: Standard Oil Company of California. , 1928, 1932
22	12	Correspondence: Taylor Instrument Companies, Rochester, New York. , 1910-1930
22	13	Correspondence: Linde Air Products Co., New York. , 1919-1921
22	13	Correspondence: Arthur L. Day, Corning Glass Works. , May, 1920-August, 1920
22	13	Correspondence: Bario Metal Corp., New York. , 1920-1921
22	13	Correspondence: Special Chemicals Co., Highland Park, Illinois. , 1920-1921
22	13	Correspondence: Standard Scientific Co., New York. , 1920-1921
22	13	Correspondence: A. F. Wells Co., San Francisco. , 1920-1925
22	13	Correspondence: Leeds & Northrup Co., Philadelphia. , 1920-1921, 1930, 1937
22	14	Correspondence: Chicago Apparatus Co., Chicago. , 1925-1927
22	14	Correspondence: Keuffel & Esser Co., Hoboken, New Jersey. , 1927-1936
22	14	Correspondence: Ohio Chemical & manufacturing Co., Cleveland. , 1931-1932
22	14	Correspondence: Scott Paper Co., Chester, Pennsylvania. , 1921-1936
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23	1-6	Miscellaneous correspondence regarding equipment. , 1906-1937
23	7	Miscellaneous correspondence regarding office supplies. , 1910-1935
23	8	Correspondence regarding slides and photographic materials. , 1912-1936
23	9	Correspondence regarding a motorcycle. , 1911
23	10	Miscellaneous correspondence regarding automobiles. , 1910-1934
23	11	Correspondence: Lord Motor Car Co., Los Angeles. , 1909-1914
23	12	Miscellaneous correspondence regarding automobiles licenses and insurance. , 1915-1929

	Requests, 1910-1937
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24	1	Requests for plants. , 1910-1937
24	2	Requests for seeds. , 1910-1937
24	3	Requests for plant identification. , 1921-1935
24	4	Requests for advice on plant selection. , 1920-1934
24	5	Requests for information regarding the Desert Laboratory. , 1913-1937
24	6	Requests for information regarding cactus. , 1913-1937
24	7	Requests for information regarding desert flora. , 1913-1937
24	8	Requests for information regarding the yucca fiber industry. , 1914-1937
24	9	Requests for information regarding plants in general. , 1913-1937
24	10	Requests for information regarding trees. , 1914-1937
24	11	Requests for information regarding sap flow in trees. , 1921-1929
24	12	Requests for information regarding artificial cell. , 1922-1928
24	13	Requests for information regarding equipment. , 1920-1937
24	14	Requests for information regarding climatic conditions. , 1922-1937
24	14	Requests for information regarding health problems. , 1921-1934
24	14	Requests for information regarding E. L. Larkin and Cell Life. , 1922
24	14	Requests for information regarding various people. , 1916-1932
24	14	Requests for information regarding the Salton Sea. , 1920-1927
24	14	Requests for information regarding solar radiation. , 1920-1936
24	15	Requests for miscellaneous information. , 1913-1936
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25	1	Requests for advice and opinions regarding projects, publications, theories, study, etc. , 1913-1937
25	2	Requests for travel advice. , 1919-1937
			Includes correspondence with Comte de Nouy, November 1926 and Nicholas Roosevelt, February 1930.

25	3	Requests for photographs, films, slides, etc. , 1910-1937
25	4	Requests for personal recommendations, references, and endorsements. , 1920-1932
25	5	Requests for information and recommendations concerning various publications. , 1914-1937
25	6	Miscellaneous requests. , 1921-1934
25	7-9	Requests for jobs. , 1913-1937
			Includes a job request from Donald Culross Peattie, March 6, 1925.

25	10	Requests for letters for introduction and recommendations. , 1912-1936
25	11	Desert Laboratory requests to fill positions. , 1928-1931

	Correspondence Regarding Publications, Books, etc., 1907-1938
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26	1	Correspondence: Requests for various and miscellaneous Carnegie Publications. , 1913-1937
26	2	Correspondence: Acknowledgments for Carnegie Publications. , 1920-1931
26	3	Correspondence: Publications requested by the Desert Laboratory. , 1913-1937
26	4	Correspondence: Publications ,
26	5	Correspondence: Book orders. , 1909-1938
26	6	Correspondence: Stechert, G. E. , 1907-1937
26	7	Correspondence: Subscriptions. , 1909-1935
26	8	Correspondence: Book-binding. , 1920-1938
26	9	Correspondence: John Crerar Library, Chicago. , 1920-1937
26	10	Miscellaneous correspondence regarding books, publications, etc. , 1910-1937
26	11	Correspondence: The Plant World. , 1923-1937


Series V: D. T. MacDougal Personal Papers, 1908-1935
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27	1	Biographical Information for publications. , 1923-1929
27	2	Personal Correspondence: Family. , 1920-1924
27	3	Personal Correspondence: Stearns, Harold (family). , 1920-1922
27	4	Personal Correspondence: Austin, Mary. , 1920-1924
27	5	Personal Correspondence: Dutton, Louisa B., Carmel Library. , 1920-1926
27	6	Personal Correspondence: Fenner, Dr. H. W. , 1916-1925
27	7	Personal Correspondence: Heard, Dwight B. , 1925-1929
27	8	Personal Correspondence: Hoffmann, Bernhard. , 1920-1923
27	9	Personal Correspondence: Taylor, Henry O. , 1921-1930
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Livingston, Grace. , June, 1920-November 1920
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Gulick, Sidney L. , 1920-1921
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Flanders, Grace & Paul. , 1921-1923
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Lowell, Amy. , December 21, 1922-December 23, 1922
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Bechdolt, F. R. , 1922-1928
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Martin, Anne. , 1923-1924
27	10	Personal Correspondence: James, D. L. , 1925-1930
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Hunter, Mrs. Robert. , October 1926-November 1926
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Kahofer, Jules. , 1926-1929
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Vail, Anna Murray. , 1925-1927
27	10	Personal Correspondence: Abbott, Lawrence F. , February 1928-July 1928
27	11	Personal Correspondence: DePauw University. , 1920-1927
27	12	Personal Correspondence: Art and pageants. , 1920-1928
			Includes correspondence relating to the Arizona Pageantry Association, 1927-1928, with a letter from James McClintock.

27	13	Personal Correspondence: Books and subscriptions. , 1920-1924
27	14	Personal Correspondence: Miscellaneous. , 1908-1959
27	15	Property: Carmel, California. , 1920-1925
27	16	Property: Tucson, Arizona. , 1920-1933
27	17	Contributions. , 1921-1930
			Includes correspondence regarding a 1923 Tokyo earthquake and the Arizona Hut, Inc.

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28	1	Personal Correspondence: Articles in The Garden Magazine. , 1921-1927
28	2	Personal Correspondence: Alexander, Jerome regarding MacDougal's contribution to a book on colloid chemistry. , 1920-1928
28	3	Personal Correspondence: Ingalls, Albert G., Associate Editor of Scientific American regarding articles. , 1925-1931
28	4	Personal Correspondence: Various publications by MacDougal including requests for copies and reprints. , 1913-1935
28	5	Requests for MacDougal to write articles. , 1915-1928
28	6	Proposed publications. , 1920-1929
			Includes correspondence with Frederick L. Allen of Harper & Brothers, 1924-1925, and John Farrar of George H. Doran Company, 1926-1929.

28	7	Memberships: American Philosophical Society. , 1919-1930
			Includes correspondence regarding MacDougal's articles published in its Proceedings.

28	8	Memberships: California Academy of Sciences. , 1916-1926
			Includes correspondence with Director, B. W. Evermann.

28	9	Memberships: Century Club, N. Y. , 1920-1930
28	10	Various memberships.
28	11	Memberships declined.
28	12	Personal Correspondence: Speeches. , 1909-1931
28	13	Speech: "Living Things and Physical Forces in Soils," New York Farmers. , December 1924
			Includes correspondence with Secretary, Samuel Thorne.


Series VI: Forrest Shreve Personal Papers, 1916-1937
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29	1	Personal Correspondence: Various publications by Shreve including requests for copies and reprints. , 1916-1937
29	2	Personal Correspondence: The Cactus and Its Home. , 1929-1937
29	3	Personal Correspondence: Hannig, E. regarding Shreve's contributions to the publication Pflanzenareale. , 1929-1930
29	4	Personal Correspondence: "Rainfall, Runoff, and Soil Moisture Under Desert Conditions," Annals of The Association of American Geographers, v. 24. , September 1934
29	5	Requests for Shreve to write articles. , 1930-1937
29	6	Requests for Shreve to critique articles by others. , 1930-1932
29	7	Personal Correspondence: Proposed publications. , 1929-1935
			Includes Shreve's "little handbook," The Desert, and a book to commemorate the Desert Laboratory's first 30 years.

29	8	Personal Correspondence: Speeches. , 1931-1934
29	9	Personal Correspondence: Family. , 1928-1937
29	10	Personal Correspondence: "The Education of Margaret," regarding his daughter's schooling, etc. , 1928-1933
29	11	Personal Correspondence: Miscellaneous. , 1928-1937
29	12	Memberships. , 1929-1936
29	13	Property: Tucson and Carmel. , 1928-1933


Series VII: Desert Botanical Laboratory Plot Records, 1906-1985
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30	5	Plot 4. , February 16, 1906
30	5	Plot 4. , March 6, 1968
30	5	Plot 4. , January 30, 1978, February 15, 1978
30	5	Plot 4. , March 21, 1985
30	6	Plot 7. , February 21, 1906
30	6	Plot 7. , December 13, 1968
30	6	Plot 7. , March 31, 1978-April 4, 1978
30	6	Plot 7. , March 26, 1985
30	7	Plot 9. , February 21, 1906
30	7	Plot 9. , March 12, 1968,
30	7	Plot 9. , January 5-7, 1978, January 25, 1978
30	7	Plot 9. , April 8, 1985
30	8	Plot 10. , February 21, 1906
30	8	Plot 10. , April 8, 1968
30	8	Plot 10. , April 7, 1968, April 10, 1968
30	9	Plot 11. , February 1906
30	9	Plot 11. , April 1910
30	9	Plot 11. , November 2, 1928
30	9	Plot 11. , April 8, 1936
30	9	Plot 11. , February 9, 1960, February 18, 1960
30	9	Plot 11. , January 22, 1968
30	9	Plot 11. , June 15-19, 1975, June 29, 1975
30	9	Plot 11. , Spril 13-19, 1978
30	9	Plot 11. , December 10-12, 1984
30	10	Plot 12. , February 24, 1906
30	10	Plot 12. , February 27, 1929
30	10	Plot 12. , April 1, 1936
30	10	Plot 12. , March 1, 1960
30	10	Plot 12. , January 31, 1968
30	10	Plot 12. , June 1975
30	10	Plot 12. , September 9-20, 1975
30	10	Plot 12. , April 19, 1978
30	10	Plot 12. , December 3, 1982
30	10	Plot 12. , December 12-17, 1984
30	11	Plot 14. , February 26, 1906
30	11	Plot 14. , Aprill 2, 1969
30	11	Plot 14. , April 11-13, 1978
30	11	Plot 14. , April 11, 1978
30	11	Plot 14. , April 9, 1985
30	12	Plot 15. , May 1910
30	12	Plot 15. , November 3, 1928
30	12	Plot 15. , February 17, 1936
30	12	Plot 15. , July 1936
30	12	Plot 15. , November 1959
30	12	Plot 15. , January 8, 1968
30	12	Plot 15. , June 1975
30	12	Plot 15. , April 21, 1978
30	12	Plot 15. , December 18, 1984
30	13	Plot 16. , November 1, 1906
30	13	Plot 16. , November 25, 1928
30	13	Plot 16. , June 10, 1957
30	13	Plot 16. , October 13-17, 1959
30	13	Plot 16. , April 19, 1968
30	13	Plot 16. , December 12, 1967
30	13	Plot 16. , April 20, 1978
30	13	Plot 16. , December 12, 1984
30	14	Plot 17. , April 2, 1906
30	14	Plot 17. , December 2, 1928
30	14	Plot 17. , February 24, 1936
30	14	Plot 17. , 1948
30	15	Area B General: Legend, small sketches. , 1928-1978
30	16	Area B-1. , 1928
30	16	Area B-1. , March 16, 1936
30	16	Area B-1. , 1948
30	16	Area B-1. , March 26, 1957
30	16	Area B-1. , January 12, 1968
30	16	Area B-1. , February 15, 1978
30	16	Area B-1. , June 1, 1984
30	17	Area B-2. , 1928
30	17	Area B-2. , March 17, 1936
30	17	Area B-2. , February 13, 1948
30	17	Area B-2. , April 8, 1957
30	17	Area B-2. , January 12, 1968
30	17	Area B-2. , February 22, 1978
30	17	Area B-2. , June 14, 1984
30	18	Area B-3. , 1928
30	18	Area B-3. , March 16, 1936
30	18	Area B-3. , 1948
30	18	Area B-3. , April 22, 1957
30	18	Area B-3. , January 12, 1968
30	18	Area B-3. , February 22, 1978
30	18	Area B-3. , June 14, 1984
30	19	Area B-4. , 1928
30	19	Area B-4. , March 17, 1936
30	19	Area B-4. , March 4, 1948
30	19	Area B-4. , April 12, 1957
30	19	Area B-4. , January 12, 1968
30	19	Area B-4. , March 23, 1978
30	19	Area B-4. , June 14, 1984
30	20	Area B-5. , 1928
30	20	Area B-5. , March 4, 1936
30	20	Area B-5. , February 14, 1948
30	20	Area B-5. , April 25, 1957
30	20	Area B-5. , January 15, 1968
30	20	Area B-5. , March 28, 1978
30	20	Area B-5. , June 15, 1984
30	21	Area B-6. , 1928
30	21	Area B-6. , March 10, 1936
30	21	Area B-6. , 1948
30	21	Area B-6. , May 16, 1957
30	21	Area B-6. , January 15, 1968
30	21	Area B-6. , March 29, 1978
30	21	Area B-6. , June 15, 1984
30	22	Area B-7. , 1928
30	22	Area B-7. , March 4, 1936
30	22	Area B-7. , 1948
30	22	Area B-7. , April 27, 1957
30	22	Area B-7. , January 15, 1968
30	22	Area B-7. , March 28, 1978
30	22	Area B-7. , June 14, 1984
30	23	Area B-8. , 1928
30	23	Area B-8. , March 10, 1936
30	23	Area B-8. , February 28, 1948
30	23	Area B-8. , June 3, 1957
30	23	Area B-8. , January 15, 1968
30	23	Area B-8. , March 29, 1978
30	23	Area B-8. , June 15, 1984