Francis R. McCabe Oregon Wild Flower Notebook
Scope and Contents
A single notebook of pressed flowers with identifications.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1930
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Biographical / Historical
Francis R. McCabe graduated from Oregon State University in 1934 with a degree in forestry management. He died in Portland, Oregon in 1999. It is likely that McCabe assembled this notebook as a teenager prior to enrolling at Oregon State University. In the introduction to the notebook, McCabe describes the importance of preserving plants that are becoming endangered.
Extent
.16 cubic feet (1 box)
Abstract
This notebook of pressed and identified Oregon wild flowers was created by Francis R. McCabe for a Boy Scouts of America Botany Merit Badge for Troop 20 of Albany, Oregon.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Lewis & Clark College in 2012.
Processing Information
Processed in 2012.
- Title
- Guide to the Francis R. McCabe Oregon Wild Flower Notebook ca. 1930
- Author
- Jeremy Skinner
- Date
- © 2012
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Repository