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Researchers can now search our library catalog and find summary descriptions for the papers of C. H. Muller, Robert Holmes, A. L. Brigger, Katherine Esau, and Olivia Converse. |
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Laurie Hannah |
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Work began last fall to catalog all of CCBER’s biological manuscript collections, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. With the assistance of Environmental Studies interns Sarah Vitone (see Intern Profile) and Lindsey Hashimoto, we have completed the arrangement, rehousing, and collection-level description of five collections. Researchers can now search our library catalog and find summary descriptions for the papers of C. H. Muller, Robert Holmes, A. L. Brigger, Katherine Esau, and Olivia Converse. Complete finding aids, or inventories, of the boxes and files are available in the library. Later in the year, these finding aids will be uploaded to the Online Archive of California and will be available over the Internet.
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Cornelius Muller collecting plants in Mexico, 1939. From the C.H. Muller Papers. |
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This project is also the starting point for further collection preservation and digitization. We have begun to rehouse all the photographs from the various collections in acid-free sleeves and boxes, given them accession numbers, and begun to scan and database a small collection of plant anatomy images. We have submitted a grant proposal to the California State Library for a pilot digitization project that will focus on the life and achievements of plant anatomist Katherine Esau, aimed at attracting young girls to the field of science. |
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Light microscope image of cotton stem.
From the Katherine Esau Papers. |
Katherine Esau at Spreckels Sugar Co., 1925.
From the Katherine Esau Papers. |
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