Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 13/5/1
Iowa State University
Department of Botany
Subject Files, 1906-2008, undated
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Iowa State University. Department of Botany |
| title: | Subject Files |
| dates: | 1906-2008, undated |
| extent: | 0.42 linear feet (1 document box) |
| collection number: | RS 13/5/1 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Iowa State University, Department of Botany Subject Files, RS 13/5/1, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Abstract
The Department of Botany was established at Iowa State in 1870 with Charles E. Bessey serving as head. The first graduate degree issued by Iowa State was received by botany student J.C. Arthur in 1877. The Department of Botany also holds the distinction of graduating Iowa State's first Ph.D. student, Leslie Kenoyer in 1916, and first female Ph.D. student, Ada Hayden in 1918. In 2003, the Department of Botany was merged with the departments of Animal Ecology and Zoology and Genetics to form the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology. This collection contains department history, publications, lists of former students, proposals, and reports. It also includes information on the Ada Hayden Herbarium and Pammel Woods. |
Historical note
The Department of Botany was established in 1870 with Charles E. Bessey serving as head. In 1871, the Department first offered graduate courses for a M.S. degree in botany, and J.C. Arthur, in 1877, received the first M.S. degree issued by Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University). In 1914, the Department initiated a Ph.D. program, and again the Department held the distinction for awarding the first Ph.D. degree at Iowa State, given to Leslie Kenoyer in 1916. In 1918, Ada Hayden became the first woman Ph.D. at Iowa State College (University). In 1957, an undergraduate curriculum in plant pathology was initiated in the College of Agriculture and the name of the department was changed to the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. A decade later, the department was moved to a new building, Bessey Hall. The Department of Botany became a separate entity again within the College of Sciences and Humanities after the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology split into two departments in 1979. In 2003, the Department of Botany was merged with the departments of Animal Ecology and Zoology and Genetics to form the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology. |
Collection description
This collection (1906-2008) contains department history, publications, lists of former students, proposals, and reports. It also includes information on the Ada Hayden Herbarium and Pammel Woods. |
Organization
This collection is arranged chronologically. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
History of the Department |
1906-1994 |
1 |
2 |
Departmental Memoranda |
1909-1929 |
1 |
3 |
Pamphlets from Society of American Bacteriologists Meetings |
1909-1949 |
1 |
4 |
List of Bacteriology Students |
1917-1937, undated |
1 |
5 |
Barberry Eradication |
1918-1919 |
1 |
17 |
List of Articles by the Faculty |
1925-1985 |
1 |
6 |
Ada Hayden Herbarium |
1927-2008 |
1 |
8 |
"Plant Life of Iowa" |
1939-1942 |
1 |
22 |
Ada Hayden Herbarium: Correspondence of Dr. G. W. Martin, Botany Professor and Curator of Herbarium at University of Iowa |
1939-1968 |
1 |
7 |
Pammel Woods |
1940-1971 |
1 |
9 |
Staff and Students Serving in World War II |
1944 |
1 |
10 |
Answer to Polish Microbiological Society |
1952 |
1 |
11 |
Bacteriology Seminar Program, Winter Quarter |
1953 |
1 |
12 |
"Historical Outline of the First Century of Biological Instruction at Iowa State University of Science and Technology" |
1969 |
1 |
23 |
Staff of Botany Committee Report on Problems and Goals of Science and Humanities Segment of Department |
1972 |
1 |
13 |
Greenhouses |
1987 |
1 |
14 |
Promotion and Tenure Policies |
1988 |
1 |
15 |
Skunk River Navy |
2001 |
1 |
16 |
"A History of Bacteriology at Iowa State University" |
undated |
1 |
18 |
"Key to the Genera of Trees in the Summer Condition" |
undated |
1 |
24 |
"Spring Flowers and Other Plants Marked Along the Nature Trails in Some State Parks," Botany Circular 19 |
undated |
1 |
19 |
National Agricultural Science Week |
undated |
1 |
20 |
Projects (Departmental) |
undated |
1 |
21 |
Proposed Plant Physiology Laboratory |
undated |