Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 22/5/0/31
Iowa State University
Botany Club
Records, 1936-1996, undated
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Iowa State University. Botany Club |
| title: | Records |
| dates: | 1936-1996, undated |
| extent: | 3.94 linear ft. (7 document boxes, 1 oversized box) |
| collection number: | RS 22/5/0/31 |
| 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, Botany Club Records, RS 22/5/0/31, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Historical note
The Iowa State University Botany Club was composed of students from a range of majors who were interested in botany. Students involved in the club participated in various activities and created annual exhibits and displays for VEISHEA, a campus-wide celebration held at Iowa State University. Throughout its existence, the club also sponsored many field trips to places across the United States, including California, Colorado, Missouri, and Utah. The club was discontinued in 2003 when the Department of Botany was merged with several related disciplines to form the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology. |
Collection description
This collection (1936-1996, undated) contains information from club meetings, lectures sponsored by or related to the club, newspaper clippings, club sponsored field trips, and newsletters. There are group photographs as well as photographs and slides from various field trips. The slides also contain images of different plant life observed on field trips. Most of the slides were created by George Knaphus, a professor of Botany at Iowa State and longtime advisor to the club. |
Related materials
Related collections in the University Archives, Iowa State University Library include:
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Organization
The collection is organized into two series: |
Description of series
| Series 1 | Club Records |
1955-1996, undated |
| extent: | 0.74 linear ft. (25 folders) |
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| description: | This series contains minutes from club meetings, newspaper clippings, lists of members, information about visiting lecturers, newsletters, and revised club constitutions. In addition, there is information about club trips and events, including painting the childhood home of Norman Borlaug, plans for the annual VEISHEA display, and visits to Colorado, Missouri, Texas, and the Smoky Mountains. |
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Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Newspaper clippings |
1960-1969 |
1 |
2 |
Songbook |
undated |
1 |
3 |
Club notes and meeting minutes |
1955 |
1 |
4 |
Trip to National Forest, Colorado |
1959 |
1 |
5 |
Accounts ledger |
1956-1963 |
1 |
7 |
Trip to St. Louis |
1961 |
1 |
6 |
Trip to St. Louis, constitution amendments, member list |
1961 |
1 |
8 |
Historian's note |
1961-1963 |
1 |
9 |
Club display at VEISHEA |
1962-1969 |
1 |
10 |
Lectures, meeting, and trip information |
1963-1968 |
1 |
11 |
Trip to the Smoky Mountains |
1967 |
1 |
12 |
Botany Club trip |
1969 |
1 |
13 |
Lectures, letters, meeting, and trip information |
1970-1979 |
1 |
14 |
Botany Club trip |
1970 |
1 |
15 |
Trip to Texas |
1971 |
1 |
16 |
Painting of Norman Borlaug childhood home |
1971 |
1 |
17 |
Promotional information and letters regarding William C. Paddock's lecture |
1971 |
1 |
18 |
Promotional information and letters regarding George and Muriel Beadles' lecture |
1974 |
1 |
19 |
Promotional information regarding Dr. Lois Tiffany's lecture |
1976 |
2 |
1 |
Newsletters and letters including information about lectures and/or club meetings |
1980-1985 |
2 |
2 |
VEISHEA display certificates |
1983-1990 |
2 |
3 |
Book of meeting minutes and list of members, constitution, and historian's note |
1961-1974 |
2 |
4 |
Book of meeting minutes |
1974-1988 |
2 |
5 |
Lecture, letters, meeting, and trip information |
1986-1989 |
2 |
6 |
Lecture, letters, and meeting information |
1990-1996 |
Description of series
| Series 2 | Photographs and Slides |
1936-1992, undated |
| extent: | 3.2 linear ft. (5 document boxes and 1 oversized box) |
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| description: | The series includes photographs and slides of club members, field trips, plant life, and club displays at VEISHEA. Most of the field trips taken by the club and documented here were to national parks in California, Colorado, Texas, and Utah. George Knaphus was the principal photographer for most of the slides and additional images are available in his papers, RS 13/5/58. The series also contains two scrapbooks; one includes photographs of club field trips and the other contains images related to the club's 1986 VEISHEA display. |
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Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
7 |
Group photo (1- 3x5" b/w photograph) |
1936 |
2 |
11 |
Scrapbook: Field trips (6- 8x10" b/w photographs) |
1958-1961 ca. |
2 |
9 |
Scrapbook: Loose photographs (3- 3x5" b/w photographs) |
1958-1961 ca. |
2 |
8 |
Scrapbook: Loose photographs (7- 3x5" b/w photographs) |
1958-1961 ca. |
2 |
10 |
Scrapbook: Loose photographs, Loveland Pass (6- 3x5" b/w photographs) |
1958-1961 ca. |
3 |
6 |
Field trip the Rocky Mountains, Colorado (8 color slides) |
1959 |
8 |
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Scrapbook: Club trips (23- 5x7" b/w, 36- 3x4.5" b/w, 5- 8x10" b/w photographs) |
1959-1961 ca. |
3 |
7 |
Field trips (45 color slides) |
1959-1962 |
3 |
3 |
Trip to St. Louis Botanical Gardens (21- 3x5" b/w photographs) |
1961 |
3 |
2 |
Group photos (1- 3.5x5" color, 7- 8x10" color, 2- 8x10" b/w photographs) |
1961-1991, undated |
2 |
12 |
VEISHEA display (1- 3x4" b/w, 4- 5x8" b/w photographs) |
1962, undated |
3 |
8 |
Field trips to New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and the Smoky Mountains (66 color slides) |
1963-1967 |
3 |
9 |
Assorted field trips (30 color slides) |
1965-1986 |
6 |
11 |
Plant life at Casa Grande, Arizona, and Big Bend National Park, Texas (28 color slides) |
1966-1985 |
7 |
1 |
Plant life (35 color slides) |
1967-1980 |
6 |
5 |
Mushrooms (31 color slides) |
1967-1993 |
3 |
10 |
Field trips to New Mexico and Utah (79 color slides) |
1968-1971 |
7 |
2 |
Field trips to California, Oregon, and Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona (33 color slides) |
1968-1977 |
5 |
8 |
Cacti at Utah (29 color slides) |
1968-1988 |
6 |
10 |
Plant life at Utah (21 color slides) |
1968-1988 |
6 |
1 |
Fungi at Loess Hills, Clay Prairie, and Doolittle Prairie, Iowa (22 color slides) |
1969-1981 |
6 |
6 |
People (34 color slides) |
1969-1988 |
6 |
8 |
Yucca, Joshua tree, castelleja, and sego lily (32 color slides) |
1969-1988 |
3 |
11 |
Field trip to Utah (35 color slides) |
1970 |
3 |
4 |
Painting the Borlaug House (5- 8x10" b/w, 5- 3.5x5" b/w photographs) |
1971 |
6 |
9 |
Plant life (29 color slides) |
1971-1980 |
5 |
7 |
Cacti at Big Bend National Park, Texas (28 color slides) |
1971-1989 |
7 |
4 |
Plant life (32 color slides) |
1971-1990 |
4 |
1 |
Field trip to Utah (54 color slides) |
1972 |
4 |
2 |
Field trips to Big Bend National Park, Texas, and Utah (80 color slides) |
1973-1974 |
6 |
7 |
Plant life at Natural Bridges National Park, Texas, and Arizona (23 color slides) |
1973-1982 |
4 |
3 |
Field trip to Big Bend National Park, Texas, and Arizona (49 color slides) |
1974 |
6 |
4 |
Slides: “I think I can picture - part of the history" (8 color slides) |
1974-1991 |
4 |
4 |
Field trips to Big Bend National Park, Texas, and Arches National Park, Utah (80 color slides) |
1975-1976 |
4 |
5 |
Field trip to Arches National Park, Utah (34 color slides) |
1976 |
7 |
5 |
Rusts, cedar brecks, and fungal cartoons (22 color slides) |
1976-1984 |
7 |
7 |
Yucca (26 color slides) |
1976-1985 |
4 |
6 |
Field trip to Big Bend National Park, Texas, and Central Utah (71 color slides) |
1977-1979 |
7 |
3 |
Plant life at Big Bend National Park, Texas (31 color slides) |
1977-1983 |
4 |
7 |
Field trips (80 color slides) |
1980-1981 |
5 |
1 |
Field trips (12 color slides) |
1981 |
6 |
2 |
Fungi at Big Bend National Park, Texas (80 color slides) |
1981-1992 |
5 |
2 |
Field trips to Big Bend National Park, Texas, Arches National Park, Utah, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, and Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (63 color slides) |
1982-1983 |
5 |
3 |
Field trip to Lake Powell, Arizona, Arches National Park, Utah, and Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah (74 color slides) |
1984 |
7 |
6 |
Shiitake log inoculation (26 color slides) |
1985 |
5 |
4 |
Field trips to Big Bend National Park, Texas, and Canyonlands National Park, Utah (68 color slides) |
1985-1986 |
8 |
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Scrapbook: 1986 VEISHEA display (12- 3.5x5" color photographs) |
1986 |
3 |
5 |
VEISHEA display (34- 3.5x5" color photographs) |
1986 |
5 |
5 |
Field trip to Lytle Ranch in Southwest Utah (54 color slides) |
1987-1988 |
5 |
6 |
Field trip to Black Hills, South Dakota (29 color slides) |
1990 |
6 |
3 |
Fungi at Big Bend National Park, Texas (22 color slides) |
1990 |
3 |
1 |
Unidentified club trip (4- 8x10" b/w photographs) |
undated |