California Women in Botany Oral History

Dublin Core

Title

California Women in Botany Oral History

Subject

Baja California
Botanists
Botany
California , Conservation of natural resources
Women botanists

Description

Interview is part of the Women in Botany Project.

Three women botanists discuss their careers as hebarium curators, collectors of plant specimens, and conservationsists of flora and habitat.

Annetta Carter: Herbarium Botanist, Collector and Interpreter of Baja California plants. | Discusses the UC Dept. of Botany and Herbarium, 1930's-1980's; Baja California trips with Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, 1940's.

Mary DeDecker: Botanist and Conservationist of the Inyo Region. | Discusses interest in Inyo region flora; struggles with Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power to preserve Owens Valley environment; conservation work with Bureau of Land Management and National Park Se

Elizabeth McClintock: California Academy of Sciences Curator, Ornamental Plant Specialist. | Discusses career as herbarium curator; collecting ornamental plants; conservation of rare native plants in San Francisco.

Creator

Carter, Annetta M. , UC Herbarium botanist, collector and interpreter of Baja California plants.
Constance, Lincoln, 1909-
DeDecker, Mary. , Botanist and conservationist of the Inyo region.
Holleuffer, Carol.
McClintock, Elizabeth May, 1912- , California Academy of Sciences curator, ornamental plant specialist.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Source

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/19163#/details

Publisher

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Date

1985

Rights

In Copyright

Relation

Digital Libraries Group 1

Format

book

Language

English

Type

Oral history

Identifier

katedemo-0003

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Carol Holleuffer

Interviewee

Annetta Carter
Mary DeDecker
Elizabeth McClintock

Location

University of California Berklee

Citation

Carter, Annetta M. , UC Herbarium botanist, collector and interpreter of Baja California plants. et al., “California Women in Botany Oral History,” DU LIS Digital Libraries Spring 2021, accessed May 18, 2024, https://dulisspring2021.omeka.net/items/show/1.