Maynard F. Moseley papers, 1941-1989

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Summary

Creators:
Moseley, Maynard F.
Abstract:
Teaching materials, including hand-drawn illustrations, lectures, and exams for several botany courses taught by UCSB professor Maynard Moseley. Includes a small amount of correspondence.
Extent:
3 linear feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English German
Preferred citation:

Maynard F. Moseley papers, MS-03, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration. University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of the papers in this collection are teaching materials related to plant anatomy and morphology courses Moseley taught at UCSB. The series Research and Publications is an artificial group of items, ranging from a notebook used during Moseley's wartime service as a lab technician to a National Science Foundation grant report. Also included are collection notes for plant specimens Moseley collected in California which correspond to his chart on Garrya. The Plant Anatomy Drawings consist of about 200 pen and pencil drawings made mostly by Moseley when he was an undergraduate studying botany.

Biographical / historical:

Maynard Fowle Moseley was born in Boston in 1918 and attended University of Massachusetts and University of Illinois at Urbana, completing his Ph.D. in Botany in 1947. He taught for two years at Cornell before moving to Santa Barbara to join the faculty of UCSB in 1949. At UCSB, he was Professor of Botany where he taught plant anatomy and plant morphology until April 1, 1984. Moseley researched wood and floral anatomy as they related to the evolution of and relationship between flowering plants. He was an expert in the floral structure of water lilies and published extensively on them. He was also co-author with William Purves of Botany in the Laboratory, published in 1974. During his career he advised seven doctoral students and was known for his interest and enthusiasm in his students' work. The Botanical Society of America established the Maynard F. Moseley Award in 1995 to honor a career of dedicated teaching, scholarship, and service to the furtherance of the botanical sciences. Moseley passed away in 2003 at the age of 85.

Acquisition information:
Transfer from Dept. of Biological Sciences in 2005.
Processing information:

Arrangement and description of this collection was made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into five series: Series 1 Correspondence; Series 2 Research and Publications; Series 3 Plant Anatomy Drawings; Series 4 Teaching Materials; and Series 5 Biographical.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, UC Santa Barbara. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cheadle Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Maynard F. Moseley papers, MS-03, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration. University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
University of California
Harder South 9615
Santa Barbara, CA 93106, US
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