The Desert Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: History and Achievements 1981

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The Desert Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: History and Achievements 1981

AZ 425


Collection Summary
Creator:	McGinnies, William Grovernor, 1899-1990.
Collection Name:	The Desert Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: History and Achievements
Inclusive Dates:	1981
Physical Description:	.4 linear feet
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.
Collection Number:	AZ 425
Language:	Materials are in English.
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/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

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.

Scope and Content Note

Original typescript with figures and photographs.

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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Related Material

Published as Discovering the Desert: Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory, by the University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1981.

Related materials may be found at: AZ 356, AZ 518, AZ 566.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

McGinnies, William Grovenor, 1899-1990. Discovering the desert.

Corporate Name(s)

Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution -- History.

Subject(s)

Botanical laboratories -- Arizona -- Tucson.

Desert ecology -- Arizona.

Desert ecology -- Sonoran Desert.

Desert plants -- Arizona.

Desert plants -- Sonoran Desert.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

The Desert Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: History and Achievements (AZ 425). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Acquired as gift, 1981.

Processing History

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