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Title: California wildflower specimen
collection
Dates: 1973
Collection number: MSS 343
Creator:
Medford, Marie P.,
1926-2018
Collection Size:
.5 linear feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: This collection of California Wildflower
specimens consists of 83 samples listing descriptive information including
locality, habitat, altitude, relative abundance, and date collected.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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
researcher.
California wildflower specimen collection. MSS 343. Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
Marie P. Medford was born June 4, 1926, she was the youngest of three
children of parents L.C. Wisdom and John Roy Peery in Weiser, Idaho. Medford
was married to E. Leslie Medford, Jr. (Dean of Admissions of the University of
the Pacific) for 64 years and a third grade teacher for the Stockton Unified
School District. She took courses in Biological Sciences from the University of
the Pacific. Marie Medford passed away October 19, 2018.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection of California Wildflower specimens consists of 83
samples listing descriptive information including locality, habitat, altitude,
relative abundance, and date collected. Specimens were gathered from the
Calaveras River Bank, Stockton, California and Carson Pass, Sierra Nevada,
California.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Wild flowers - California| -
Identification
Plants - California -
Identification
Botany - California