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Van Rensselaer, Maunsell Collection
2006.-02  
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Personal Papers I. 1920-1970

Scope and Contents

Box 1
A. Student Work Consists of University of California, Berkeley term papers for Landscape Gardening, Botany, which include drawings and detailed descriptions of various plant species located on campus. Contains the study of the Douglas Fir in Lagunitas and Little Carson Canyons, photographs of plants and trees, as well as a field notebook with pressings of plant specimens of named trees in California.
B. Publications Includes publications by his wife Eleanor Van Rensselaer.
 

Student Work A.

Box 1, Folder 1

Landscape Gardening 101 Prof. Flint (Planting South of N. Hall)

Box 1, Folder 2

Landscape Gardening 101 (Plot SW of Hilgard Hall)

Box 1, Folder 3

Botany 3 1921

Box 1, Folder 4

Study of Douglas Fir in Lagunitas and Little Carson Canyons 1920

Box 1, Folder 5

Student's Field Notebook

Box 1, Folder 6

Eleanor Van Rensselaer 1957-1966

 

Publications B.

Box 1, Folder 7

Bird Publications 1927-1970

Box 1, Folder 8

Nature Guide Publications 1921-1934

Box 1, Folder 9

Garden/Plant Publications 1932-1942

 

Professional Papers II. 1921-1942

Scope and Contents

Box 2
Contains nature guides, as well as garden, plant and bird publications. It also includes a notebook bound by Van Rensselaer titled "Trees By Counties," in which he has listed named trees by alphabetical counties in California.
Box 2, Folder 1

Misc. Tree Photographs with captions 1921-1960

Box 2, Folder 2

Reference - Trees of Howell Mountain

Box 2, Folder 3

Reference - Sierra Club Bulletin 1933

Box 2, Folder 4

Trees By Counties Book 1932-1936

 

Famous Trees of California Project III. 1933-1945

Scope and Contents

Boxes 2-5
A. Photographs Consists of photographs of famous named trees of California. Some with captions, some with no captions. Also includes photographed postcards of trees.
B. Correspondence & Research Contains correspondence primarily from Lokoya and Santa Barbara regarding the Famous Trees of California project. Also, includes research notes and Famous Trees of California book
 

Photographs

Box 2, Folder 1

California Tree Photographs no-captions

Box 2, Folder 2

Postcards/Photographs

Box 2, Folder 3

Photographs

Box 2, Folder 4

"Morgue" Photographs

Box 2, Folder 5

"Famous Trees of California" Project

 

Correspondence & Research

Box 3, Folder 6-7

Correspondence Lokoya 1933-1934

Box 3, Folder 8

Correspondence Santa Barbara 1935-1945

Box 3, Folder 9

Notes & Research Santa Barbara 1935-1945

Box 3, Folder 10

Clippings

Box 3, Folder 11

Notes & Research

Box 4

Famous Trees of California book

Box 5

Index Cards- Alphabetical by Species