Botany and Bacteriology Department records
Collection Statement
This collection contains information on the Botany Club, annual reports of the DePauw Biological Association, Dr. Winona Welch, correspondence, news about individual DePauw Botany majors, clippings, the Harrison Hall construction, laboratory manuals, experiment information, and Biology Club minutes and initiation ceremony. Also included in the back of document case #438 are : blueprints for Harrison Hall; and two record books, one containing additional Biology Club Minutes and one containing the Constitution, minutes, and membership roll of the DePauw Biological Association.
Dates
- 1894 - 1962
Creator
- Welch, Winona Hazel (class of 1923, Professor of Botany 1930-1961) (Person)
- Harrison, John H. (class of 1890) (Person)
- DePauw University. Biology Department (Organization)
- Yuncker, Truman G. (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright interests for this collection have been transferred to DePauw University.
Historical sketch
The DePauw Biological Association, Botany Club, Biology Club, and DePauw-Wabash Sigma XI Club were some of the science-related organizations on the DePauw campus. The John H. Harrison Hall on campus, built in the 1939-1940 time period, was built as a science hall with a donation from John H. Harrison and in memoriam of Harrison. Harrison Hall was to be occupied by the departments of Psychology, Zoology, Geology, and Botany.
Extent
1.21 Cubic Feet (3 document cases)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Botany and Bacteriology Department records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Wesley Wilson
- Date
- 3/21/2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism Repository
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States
archives@depauw.edu
