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LOC/Q. Science

 Record Group Term
Identifier: LOC/Q

Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:

Irving Petite papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 581
Abstract

Irving Petite (1920-2004) was a free-lance writer for the Seattle Times and an author who wrote stories regarding outdoor life and wildlife encounters from his cabin on Tiger Mountain, Washington, including the popular, "Mr. B," about a bear cub that adopted Petite. The collection contains manuscripts, clippings, and published books.

Dates: 1960s-1970s

Pi Mu Epsilon. Oregon Alpha Chapter records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 118
Abstract

Pi Mu Epsilon dedicates itself to the promotion of mathematics and recognition of students who successfully pursue mathematical understanding. The University of Oregon Chapter, Oregon Alpha, was established in 1931 but is now inactive. Collection includes correspondence, initiation material, and artifacts from this fraternity, 1925-1930's.

Dates: 1925-circa 1930

James Hugh Pruett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 091
Abstract J. Hugh Pruett (1865-1955) was an educator and an amateur astronomer who passionately tracked Northwest meteors, built and operated the Evergreen Observatory in his home in Eugene, taught astronomy classes through the University of Oregon Extension for thirty years, served as Pacific Coast director for the American Meteor Society, and wrote articles for astronomy journals. The collection contains correspondence, articles and manuscripts of articles, an Evergreen Observatory visitor...
Dates: 1887-1954

R. D. Hume and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Bx 184
Abstract

The R.D. Hume and Company was founded by Robert Deniston Hume (1845-1908) who came to Oregon from California and created a commercial empire in Curry County. The collection (1877-1911) contains ledgers, journals, cash books, inventories, statements, invoices, letterpress copybooks, as well as records of related accounts and companies: Wedderburn Trading Co., Del Norte Commercial Co., and Excelsior Packing and Trading Co.

Dates: 1877-1911

Research Committee records

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 35025041977402]
Identifier: UA 129
Abstract

The purpose of the UO Research Committee, and its successor, the General Research Council of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, was to stimulate research at the university. The collection contains one record book of minutes, correspondence, grant information, and project descriptions.

Dates: 1919-1947

Millicent Ellis Selsam papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 457
Abstract

Millicent Selsam (1912- 1996) was a biologist and teacher who wrote natural science literature for children. This collection primarily contains manuscripts, illustrations, and other materials related to published works as well as various versions of paperbacks and correspondence.

Dates: 1912-1996

Shelby Shackelford papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 777
Abstract

Shelby Shackelford (1899-1987) was an author and illustrator of works on natural history. Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts (book length), short stories, articles, Illustrations, scratchboard, Illustration proofs, book reviews, and other miscellaneous papers regarding Shackelford.

Dates: circa 1899-1960

Marjorie O. Shearon papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 131
Abstract

Marjorie O’Connell Shearon was a paleontologist and employee of the Social Security Board who later shifted careers to become a lecturer, author, editor, publisher, legislative consultant, and opponent of nationalized medicine. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, subject and source files, publications, financial records, and personal papers.

Dates: circa 1880-1974

Carl F. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: CA Sm6
Abstract

Carl F. Smith researched Thomas Condon and the Condon family. The collection (1875-1957) consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, publications and other printed matter, and photographs, all related to Thomas Condon and the Condon family.

Dates: 1875-1957

Report on mineral valuation of Indian lands along the Oregon coast, [1950?] / by Warren D. Smith

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 122] 1: [Barcode: i19012457]
Identifier: SFM 122
Abstract

Appraisal of mineral resources in the coastal areas of Coos, Curry, Jackson, and Josephine counties as of Nov. 5, 1855, when the government signed a treaty with the local Indian tribes.

Dates: 1950?

Society of the Sigma Xi. University of Oregon Chapter records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 147
Abstract

Sigma Xi was founded in 1886 (nationally) to honor excellence in scientific investigation and encourage a sense of companionship and cooperation among researchers in all fields of science and engineering. The Society of the Sigma Xi, University of Oregon Chapter, was founded in 1923 after a two year effort. Collection contains office files, correspondence, fraternity records, chapter book, and historical information.

Dates: 1914-1980

Raymond Smiley Spears papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 156
Abstract

Raymond Smiley Spears was an American author of western and adventure stories. Collection comprises personal and professional correspondence; diaries and journals; manuscripts of books, short stories, and non-fiction articles; tearsheets of stories, articles, and advice columns published under a variety of pseudonyms, Jim Smiley most frequently; research material; whole issues of magazines containing his stories or articles; and copies of his published books.

Dates: 1897-1948

Harry S. Stamper, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 361
Abstract

Harry S. Stamper, Jr. (1944-2012) was a longshoreman and folksinger who spent most of his working life in Coos Bay, Oregon. This collection documents Stamper's musical and literary activities and contains information on regional labor history, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, environmental politics, and other subjects.

Dates: 1955 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1965 - 2013

Bernhard J. Stern papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 026
Abstract Bernhard Joseph Stern (1894-1956) was a professor of social anthropology at Columbia University and the New School for Social Researchand an independent Marxist who, with his wife, Charlotte Todes Stern, suffered under McCarthyism. The collection consists primarily of correspondence dealing with his publications; manuscripts, notes and research files for topics such as medical care, the Lummi Indians, Lysenko's genetic theories and unique correspondence of Lester F. Ward; and files on the...
Dates: circa 1894-1956

George Streisinger faculty papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 233
Abstract George Streisinger was a professor and biologist at the University of Oregon. Conducting his research on the cloning of zebra fish, Streisinger’s work made great contributions to the study of biology. Streisinger was the first person to successfully clone a Vertebrate. The collection consists of documents concerning Streisinger’s research, work at the U of O and personal documents. The majority of the collection consists of subject files and research notes as well as experimental data and...
Dates: 1950-1984

Albert and Carrie Sweetser papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 075
Abstract Albert Raddin Sweetser (1861-1940) was professor of botany at the University of Oregon, 1902-1931, and he established the UO Herbarium. His wife, Carrie K. Sweetser (1863-1952) was a watercolorist, a life-long diarist, and her botanist husband's devoted travel companion. The collection contains Albert Sweetser correspondence and notes, photographs and negatives of botanical subjects and travel in Japan and S. Korea in the early 1900s, and Albert and Carrie Sweetser travel and teaching...
Dates: 1887-1952

Carrie K. Sweetser paintings

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 237
Abstract

Carrie K. Sweetser (1863-1952) was a watercolorist, life-long diarist, and devoted travel companion of her botanist husband, UO Botany professor, Albert Raddin Sweetser. The collection contains watercolor paintings of botany subjects, including wildflowers and fungi.

Dates: circa 1888-1952

Helen Damrosch Tee-Van papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 715
Abstract

Collection comprises papers of American artist, illustrator and author Helen Damrosch Tee-Van, and includes illustrations from her books (both rough sketches and final drawings), sketch books, educational dioramas, murals, backgrounds for exhibits, manuscripts, articles, underwater illustrations from oceanographic expeditions, photographs, letters, and habitat maps.

Dates: 1900-1969

Laura E. Turner household account book and weather record

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 124] 1: [Barcode: 35025042868352]
Identifier: A 124
Abstract

Laura E. Turner was an Oregon resident who kept track of the local weather on a daily basis. The collection consists of three volumes; one household financial account and two weather diaries.

Dates: 1885-1918

United States Spruce Production Corporation records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Bx 114
Abstract

United States Spruce Production Corporation was incorporated in Washington, on August 19, 1918, and set out to manufacture Spruce products, especially for war planes during WWI. The collection (1918-1946) contains three volumes of corporate records including articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, correspondence and telegrams, lumber company information, and financial records.

Dates: 1918-1946

United States Spruce Production Corporation, Spruce Products Division records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Bx 088
Abstract

United States Spruce Production Corporation was incorporated in Washington on August 19, 1918, and the Spruce Products Division was responsible for overseeing the logging of Northwest Spruce, and the manufacturing of Spruce products. The collection (1918-1919) contains orders and special orders, U. S. War Department memoranda, weekly bulletins, efficiency reports, correspondence, publications, liquidation files, and files on timber and railway companies.

Dates: 1918-1919

John Breckenridge Waldo papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 303
Abstract Judge John Breckenridge Waldo (1844-1907) was a conservationist who explored Oregon's Cascade Range and sought to protect it as a forest reserve. The collection includes his diary, 1891-1907; letters, journals, and photographs by Waldo on his travels in the Cascade Range, 1880-1907; and two periodical articles about Waldo and his conservation efforts published in 1984 and 1989. The materials in the collection present a portrait of Oregon’s Cascade Range at the time it came under protection...
Dates: 1880-1989

Warner Creek Fire collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 287
Abstract

The Warner Creek Fire collection consists of documents related to the Warner Creek Fire in Willamette National Forest, Oregon in October 1991, and its aftermath. The majority of the collection is the Administrative Record presented by the U.S.F.S. during DISTRICT OF OREGON lawsuit 94-6245: SIERRA CLUB, et al v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE.

Dates: 1991-2001

T. F. and G. W. Williams legal document

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1883 Nov 5] 1: [Barcode: i50131709]
Identifier: CA 1883 Nov 5
Abstract

The collection contains a written legal agreement dated November 5, 1883, between T. F. Williams and G. W. Williams, both of Cascade Locks, Oregon, and also William Haaker of the Importing and Fish Preservation House, in New York City, concerning the sale of sturgeon and caviar.

Dates: 1883 November 5

Roy Winger papers

 Collection — Box 1 : [Barcode: 35025041771631]
Identifier: Ax 411
Abstract

Roy Martin Winger (1885- ?) served in WWI, taught at Army overseas schools during WWII, and was a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon, and at universities in Washington and Illinois. The collection (1918-1968) contains personal letters sent while Winger was a private during WWI, when he taught in Army overseas schools during WWII, and also when he was a professor at the University of Washington.

Dates: 1918-1968

Stanley Paul Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 295
Abstract

Stanley Paul Young (1889-1969) became a biologist who held many positions in the federal government, including in the Department of Interior, and also authored articles and books, including literature for children, regarding America's wolves, coyotes, and big cats. The collection (1940s-1960s) contains manuscript material, photographs, and minor correspondence.

Dates: 1940s-1960s

Herbert Spencer Zim and Sonia Bleeker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 558
Abstract

Herbert Spencer Zim (1909-1994) was a teacher and author in the field of science. His works in this collection reflect his work in the science field. Sonia Bleeker Zim was an editor for a publishing house and a writer of youth books. Her work in this collection represents her career as a youth author.

Dates: 1934-1976