Scott (Flora M.) collection of photographs of southern California trees, 1935-1957

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Summary

Title:
Flora Murray Scott Collection of Photographs of Southern California Trees,
Dates:
1935-1957
Creators:
Scott, Flora Murray 1891-1984
Abstract:
The collection consists of 56 black and white photographs of southern California trees, identified by popular and scientific name. The collection was assembled for teaching purposes for the Herbarium and Botanical Gardens of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:
Collection materials in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Flora Murray Scott collection of photographs of southern California trees (Manuscript collection 51). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of 56 black and white photographs of southern California trees, identified by popular and scientific name. The collection was assembled for teaching purposes for the Herbarium and Botanical Gardens of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Biographical / historical:

Flora Murray Scott (1891-1984) was a faculty member at the American College for Women at Constantinople (1921) and Stanford (1922-25) before coming a professor at UCLA in 1925. She served as Chair of the Department of Botany and as the first president of the UCLA Association of Academic Women. Her research focused on physiological plant anatomy. She became professor emeritus in 1959.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Flora Murray Scott (ca. 1959)
Physical location:
SRLF
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using DACS

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by and machine-readable finding aid created by UCLA Biomedical Library staff.
Date Prepared:
©2011
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from ColdFusion web application and SQLServer relational database. Date of source: 2008

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Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Terms of access:

Property rights in the physical objects belong to the UCLA Biomedical Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish if the Biomedical Library does not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Flora Murray Scott collection of photographs of southern California trees (Manuscript collection 51). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
Contact:
(310) 825-6940
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