Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Ethel Bailey Higgins Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1940-1960
Collection number: 913
Creator:
Higgins, Ethel Bailey
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Ethel Bailey Higgins was the curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum, and the author of
Our Native Cacti (1931) and
Annotated Distributional List of the Ferns and Flowering Plants of San Diego County, California (1949). The collection consists of manuscripts, photocopies, and printed booklets about the flora and fauna of San Diego
County, California gathered by Higgins.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. 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 where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jean B. Grover, 1967.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ethel Bailey Higgins Papers (Collection 913). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Higgins is the author of
Our Native Cacti (1931) and
Annotated Distributional List of the Ferns and Flowering Plants of San Diego County, California (1949).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts, photocopies, and printed booklets about the flora and fauna of San Diego County, California
gathered by Ethel Bailey Higgins in her capacity as curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Higgins, Ethel Bailey--Archives.
Women botanists--San Diego County (Calif.)--Archival resources.
Natural history--California--San Diego County.
Manuscripts for publication.