Flora Murray Scott Collection of Photographs of Southern California Trees,1935-1957

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Flora Murray Scott Collection of Photographs of Southern California Trees,
Date (inclusive): 1935-1957
Collection number: 51
Creator: Scott, Flora Murray 1891-1984
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library.Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
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.
Physical location: SRLF
Language of Material: Collection materials inEnglish

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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.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6093829 

Acquisition Information

Gift of Flora Murray Scott (ca. 1959)

Biography

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.

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.

Related Material

UCLA CHARLES E. YOUNG RESEARCH LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Collection #395: "Flora Murray Scott Papers, 1919-1984"

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Trees -- California -- Photographs

Genres and Forms

Photographs