California Wildflower Specimen Collection, 1973

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Summary

Title:
California wildflower specimen collection
Dates:
1973
Creators:
Medford, Marie P., 1926-2018
Abstract:
This collection of California Wildflower specimens consists of 83 samples listing descriptive information including locality, habitat, altitude, relative abundance, and date collected.
Extent:
.5 linear feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

California wildflower specimen collection. MSS 343. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Nicole Grady
Date Prepared:
© 2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Nicole Grady. Date of source: October 31, 2019.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

California wildflower specimen collection. MSS 343. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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