Raymond J. Pool, Botany Papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of Raymond J. Pool relate to his work as a botanist and professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and published materials by Pool, as well as botanical sketches and resource materials, class and field notes, and biographical items. Also included are photographs and negatives, lantern slides, and glass plate negatives. Some of the negatives are deteriorated due to their format. Of particular interest are the field notes and photographic materials related to his work on the Salt Lake Smelter Commission in 1920. The papers document Pool's career as noted botanist and the changing environmental landscape of Nebraska and parts of the western United States.
Dates
- 1884-1967
Creator
Extent
26 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
- Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915
- Botany Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Botany -- Nebraska Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Flowers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Plant ecology Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Pool, Raymond J. (Raymond John), 1882-1967
- Trees -- Nebraska Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository
Archives & Special Collections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
P.O. Box 884100
Lincoln NE 68588-4100 United States
402-472-2531
archives@unl.edu
