Botany Department records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes course materials, administrative correspondence, subject files, photographs, and research materials from the Botany Department. Collection also includes materials related to the construction of Sage Hall and the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens.
Dates
- Creation: 1875-1994
Creator
- Wellesley College. Department of Botany (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research, but contains some material which has been restricted as per the Wellesley College Archives Access Policy: https://www.wellesley.edu/lts/policies/archivesaccess. To make an appointment to view unrestricted materials, please contact the Archives staff by email at archives@wellesley.edu or by phone at (781) 283-3745.
Conditions Governing Use
The Wellesley College Archives welcomes researchers to use materials in the public domain, to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law, and to request permission to use works whose copyright is held by Wellesley College. All materials from the Archives, regardless of copyright status, should be attributed to the Wellesley College Archives, Library and Technology Services, Wellesley College when cited, quoted, or reproduced.
Extent
10.2 Linear Feet (In 21 Hollinger letter-sized boxes, one flat storage box, and one card box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes course materials, administrative correspondence, subject files, photographs, and research materials dating from 1875 to 1994. Collection also includes materials related to the construction of Sage Hall and the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
I. Department administration
II. Buildings and grounds
III. Teachers’ class books
IV. Course material
V. Faculty publications
VI. Student materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection is made up of accessions that were all given to the archives by the Department of Biological Sciences and the Botany Department. In 1979, one accession donated in the same year was processed and rehoused.
- Title
- Botany Department records, 1875-1994: A Guide
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Updated by Abigail Wilson in 2023
- Date
- October 1979, reprocessed June 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Wellesley College Archives Repository