Coville, Frederick V (Frederick Vernon) 1867-1937 Search this
Subject:
Coville, Frederick V (Frederick Vernon) 1867-1937 Search this
Physical description:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Field notes
Collection descriptions
Manuscripts
Place:
Oregon
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
California
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Maine
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Alaska
Arizona
Nebraska
Washington (D.C.)
Canada
Washington (State)
Date:
1890
1890-1934
Notes:
Electronic List in accession file.
Item List in accession file.
For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization:
Unarranged
Summary:
The collection consists of Frederick Vernon Coville's field notes from botanical collecting and observation efforts between 1890 and 1924. Notes are contained in ten bound volumes as well as loose field notes, manuscripts, and correspondence. The collection includes: narrative journals and specimen lists from Coville's various botanical collecting endeavors throughout the United States including notes taken in Oregon, Death Valley, and other localities in California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Maine, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Alaska, Arizona, Nebraska, Washington state, and Washington, D.C. Two notebooks also contain entries from various localities in Canada.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
