Inventory of the Thomas E. Weier Papers
D-019
University of California, Davis Library,
Dept. of Special Collections
2010
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of
California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library,
Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Thomas E. Weier Papers
Creator:
Weier, T. Elliot (Thomas
Elliot) (1903-1991)
Identifier/Call Number: D-019
Identifier/Call Number: 182
Physical Description:
3.1 linear
feet
Date (inclusive):
1929-1991
Abstract: Photo
albums, diaries, research notes and lab notebooks corresponding
to Weier's frequent and extensive collecting trips, including
field trips with his botany classes.
Physical Location: Researchers
should contact Archives and Special Collections to request
collections, as many are stored offsite.
Biography
Professor of Botany, University of California, Davis
(1936-1968); author of Botany: an introduction to plant biology
(1982); lichenologist and pioneer in plant chloroplast
structure.
Scope and Content
Photo albums, diaries, research notes and lab notebooks
corresponding to Weier's frequent and extensive collecting trips,
including field trips with his botany classes.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Liz Phillips encoded this finding aid.
Acquisition Information
Copyright transferred to the Regents in March, 2014 by Francis
Haskins and Lucy Krystallis, nieces of Thomas Weier.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Thomas E. Weier Papers, D-019,
Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of
California, Davis.
Publication Rights
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected
under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted
in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University
of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Botany
University of California,
Davis--Faculty--Archives
Box 1
Photograph album
1980-1989
Box 1
Photograph album, Silver Lake, Leon, Ida and
Dick, Scotland, June
1964
Box 1
Photograph album, The Weiers and the Johnsons,
Dodie, Thana, Alice, Brookhaven
September
1965
Box 1
Photograph album, undated
Box 2
Plaque for Distinguished Alumni Award from Hope
College
1978
Box 2
8mm films by Weier
Scope and Contents
The following films have been digitized and are
available for viewing on the Internet Archive
Box 2
Agnews Meadow
1942
Physical Description:
1
film
18 mm
Scope and Contents
This film, by T.E. Weier, Professor of Botany at UC
Davis, contains footage of Agnews Meadow in the Eastern
Sierra, just outside of Mammoth Lakes. The images
include: the Weiers fishing and hiking with their dog,
Shadow Lake, Lake Ediza, and the El Dorado National
Forest.
Box 2
[Bodega Bay, Stillwater Cove]
Spring 1940
Physical Description:
1
film
8 mm
Physical Description:
Due to original recording and/or condition when
digitized: occasional over/underexposure.
Scope and Contents
This film features T.E. Weier, Professor of Botany at
UC Davis, and his family in the yard of their home at 233
Rice Lane in Davis, California. The scenes include:
gardening, weeding, playing corn hole, as well as
close-ups of some plants and flowers. Several views of
Picnic Day (circa 1947), the annual campus open house,
are seen starting at 5:55. The parade featuring floats,
including one by Philo Delphos, historic agricultural
technology equipment, and livestock is captured. The film
concludes with Weier playing catch with his dog.
Box 2
California Coast and Twin Lakes with Edith and
Kenneth
1943-1944
Physical Description:
1
film
8 mm
Scope and Contents
This film shows images of the California Coast and
Twin Lakes (Mammoth Lakes area) in the 1940s.
Box 2
Camping and plant collecting trips
circa 1945
Physical Description:
1
film
8 mm
Scope and Contents
This film captures several different montages by
Weier: a camping trip on the California coast, hydraulic
mining in Weaverville, and a plant collecting trip.
The signboards, describing the film's various scenes,
have been transcribed here:
[Camping]: The Pickwick [their dog] is finally gotten
aboard [the car] for the spring trip up the coast, 1942.
We make camp on the banks of the Gualala River. The
Pickwick is up to his favorite sport -- fishing.
[Hydraulic mining]: At Weaverville we at last find real
hydraulic mining. The gold bearing ore is at the base of
the bank. It is washed out by the powerful stream of
water. The gold bearing gravel is forced up to the base
of a sheet iron barrier by the stream of the water. The
riffles are at the base of this barrier. The gold is
caught by mercury as it drops between the rifles. The
miner keeps the stream free of silt so that water and the
silt it carries will move away. [Collecting trip]: It
would seem that the main activity on this trip was
putting on taking off the rucksack. It was. The azaleas
were in their full glory. Stowing away our treasures and
washing away any contact with poison oak. We hope.
The film canister was labeled "Georgetown and
Coast."
Box 2
Davis, California
circa 1945
Physical Description:
1
film
8 mm
Scope and Contents
This film features T.E. Weier, Professor of Botany at
UC Davis, and his family in the yard of their home at 233
Rice Lane in Davis, California. The scenes include:
gardening, weeding, playing corn hole, as well as
close-ups of some plants and flowers. Several views of
Picnic Day (circa 1947), the annual campus open house,
are seen starting at 5:55. The parade featuring floats,
including one by Philo Delphos, historic agricultural
technology equipment, and livestock is captured. The film
concludes with Weier playing catch with his dog.
Box 2
Lassen National Volcanic Park
1939
Physical Description:
1
film
8 mm
Scope and Contents
This film by T.E. Weier, Professor of Botany at UC
Davis, contains scenes of Lassen National Park in its
third decade as a national park. The footage includes the
park landscape with and without snow as well as images of
the Weiers hiking and camping.
Box 2
Sonora Pass, California and Other
Sites
1941
Physical Description:
1
film
8 mm
Scope and Contents
This film by T.E. Weier, Professor of Botany at UC
Davis, contains footage of Sonora Pass in the Sierra
Nevada in 1941. Other footage in the film is described by
the following title cards: "August 1941, we camp near the
summit of Sonora Pass in dusty gulch on a tributary of
Deadman's Creek;" "Before Climb;" "Snow fields high above
our camp intrigue Mr. Pickwick;" "Lunch in the shade of
mountain pines;" "After descent;" "Flowers;" "Have you
nothing better to do," "Sunday afternoon," "The fall of
1941 is to be remembered for the gasoline we did not
use," "Football at Berkeley, The Aggies Lose," "The
Spochers are overnight guests," "People Arrive," "The
Kick-Off," and "The Aggie Band."
This film contains footage of two 1941 UC Davis
football games, one at UC Berkeley and one at UC Davis,
presumably versus the University of Nevada. The home
football game also contains a performance by the Cal
Aggie Marching Band.
Box 2
Spring Collecting Trip East of the
Sierras
1941
Physical Description:
1
film
8 mm
Scope and Contents
T. Elliot Weier served as Professor of Botany at the
UC Davis from 1936-1968. This film contains footage of a
trip he took to collect plants. The film begins with a
title card stating: "In June we visited Marie in Los
Angeles." Other footage includes: the Mojave Desert, Red
Rock Canyon, Death Valley National Monument, and Yosemite
National Park. Another title card reads: "The crest of
the Sierra is in view for many miles." The film concludes
with a signboard titled: "Home Again." The individuals in
the film are presumed to be Weier and his wife.
Box 2
T. Elliot Weier and Family
Activities
1942-1945
Physical Description:
1
film
8 mm
Scope and Contents
This film by T.E. Weier, Professor of Botany at UC
Davis, contains footage of Weier, his wife, and other
family members, along with images of their garden and
chrysanthemums. Other footage in the film is described by
the following title cards: "1942 Spring in the Garden,"
"Karl back from Tokyo, Pays Davis A Visit, 1945," "Mums
for Alice," "Our Dwarf Cedar," "New-house Ranch,"
"Squash-bug control," "Weeding," "Another Fall, Mums for
Alice and Mother," and "The Lemon Crop."
Box 2
Whitaker Forest and Echo Lake
circa 1945
Physical Description:
1
film
8 mm
Scope and Contents
Whitaker's Forest is adjacent to Kings Canyon National
Park. Echo Lake is located in El Dorado County,
California. This film shows views of both of those
locations in the 1940s.
Box 3, Folder 1
Photographs of Vicia Faba
Box 3, Folder 2-5
Photographs, KS 171 Vicia Faba
Box 3, Folder 28
Copyright Correspondence
1964-1992
Box 4, Folder 1
Audio Cassette: "Professor E. Weier's Lecture on
'Lower Plants.'" UC Davis Arboretum
January 12,
1984
Box 4, Folder 2
Personal journal
1938-1940
Box 4, Folder 26
Guestbook for Weier's Faculty
Lecture
1968
Box 5, Folder 1
Photographs (NSF Summer Institute
1959)
1959-1961
Box 5, Folder 7
Photographs by Weier of Botany Facilities on
Campus
Box 5, Folder 10
Yard May
1987
Scope and Contents
Negatives
Box 5, Folder 13
Cold Dehydration Prints of Vicia
Faba
1966
Box 5, Folder 14
Cold Dehydration Charts on Vicia
Faba
1965-1966
Box 5, Folder 16
Experiments in Plant-Hybridization-Gregor
Mendel
1980
Box 5, Folder 17
The Botanical Society of America Certificate of
Merit to T. Elliot Weier
Box 5, Folder 18
Geological and Other Reports