Finding aid for the California Wildflower Specimen Collection

Nicole Grady
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University of the Pacific Library
3601 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
Fax: (209) 946-2942
URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html
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University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.

Finding aid for the California Wildflower Specimen Collection

Collection number: MSS 343

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

Stockton, California
Processed by:
Nicole Grady
Date Completed:
2019
Encoded by:
Nicole Grady
© 2013 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

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

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

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.

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.

Indexing Terms

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


 

BOX 1: “California Wild Flowers collected for Taxonomy of California Flora, Dr. Dale W. McNeal Instructor, 1973” (Book 1 and 2)