Botanical Seminar, Student Life
Records
Title: Botanical Seminar,
Student Life Records
Creator: Botanical Seminar
Dates: 1886-1936
Quantity: 3 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
Collection Number: RG 12-07-05
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Background:
Seven University of Nebraska students, two juniors, two sophomores, and three
freshmen, originated the idea of the Seminar Botanicum in the autumn of 1886. Among
them were Roscoe Pound, J.G. Smith, J.R. Schofield, H.J. Webber, and J.A. Williams,
all with an interest in botanical field work. A shortened name for the organization,
Sem.Bot., replaced the more formal name.
For two years, there was no regular program of work and no recognized organization.
The group's first offical meeting took place on October 11, 1888. Originally,
members were initiated into the Sem.Bot. following a formal examination.
Between 1891 to 1899 the Sem. Bot. worked on a botanical survey of Nebraska. Several
publications developed from this project, including the Flora
of Nebraska. Publications were presented as the Botanical Survey of Nebraska Conducted by the Botanical Seminar. The
final publication appeared in 1936.
Charles E. Bessey first supervised the Sem. Bot. After Bessey'd death in 1915,
Raymond J. Pool took over and continued to support the group until it went out of
existence, probably in the late 1930s.
Scope and Content:
The records of the Sem. Bot. include a constitution, by-laws, examination questions
and selected examples of membership exams, publications, and photographs. The
histories detail the organizations creation and activities. With these items is a
1934 letter written by Roscoe Pound on the possibility of "nationalizing" the
seminar.
Subjects:
University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Botanical
Seminar
Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964
Pool, Raymond J. (Raymond John), 1882-1967
Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915
Botany -- Nebraska
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Constitution, creeds
Box 1. Folder 2. Minutes and proceedings, 1886-1900
Box 1. Folder 3. Programs, 1892-1923
Box 1. Folder 4. Regular convocation orders
Box 1. Folder 5. Convocation, Charles Bessey, 1891
Box 1. Folder 6. Initiations, 1906-1935
Box 1. Folder 7. Register, 1925-1935
Box 1. Folder 8. Examination invitations
Box 1. Folder 9. Candidate examinations, 1893-1896
Box 1. Folder 10. Candidate examinations, 1911
Box 2. Folder 1. Songs, poetry
Box 2. Folder 2. History, essays, correspondence
Box 2. Folder 3. Publication list, prices
Box 2. Folder 4. Publication, "The Book of the Sem. Bot."
Box 2. Folder 5. Publication, vol. 1, "Preliminary: The Plan and Scope of the
Survey," 1892
Box 2. Folder 6. Publication, vol. 2, "Report on Collections Made in
1892," 1893, Apr.
Box 2. Folder 7. Publication, vol. 3, "Report for 1893," 1894, June
Box 2. Folder 8. Publication, vol. 4, "Report on Collections Made in
1894-95," 1896, Jan.
Box 2. Folder 9. Publication, vol. 5, "Report on Recent Collections Studies in the
Vegetation of the State, I," 1901, Mar.
Box 2. Folder 10. Publication, vol. 6, "Studies on the Vegetation of the State,
II," 1902, Oct.
Box 2. Folder 11. Publication, vol. 7, "Studies on the Vegetation of the State,
III," 1904, Apr.
Box 2. Folder 12. Publication, "Flora of Nebraska," overview
Box 2. Folder 13. Publication, "Flora of Nebraska, Part 1 Protophyta-Phycophyta, Part 2
Coleochaetaceae, Characeae," 1894
Box 2. Folder 14. Publication, "Flora of Nebraska, Part 21 Rosales," 1895
Box 3. Folder 1. Publication, New Series, no. 1, no. 2Item 1. "Ecological Studies in the Tension Zone between Prairie and
Woodland," J.E. Weaver, Albert F. Thiel, 1917, Apr.
Item 2. "Further Studies in the Ecotone Between Prairie and Woodland,"
R.J. Pool, J.E. Weaver, and F.C. Jean, 1918
Box 3. Folder 2. Publication, New Series, no. 4, no. 5Item 1. "An Ecological Study of the Algae of Some Sandhill Lakes,"
Emma N. Andersen, Elda R. Walker, 1920
Item 2. "Distribution and Structure of the Forests of Eastern
Nebraska," John M. Aikman, 1929
Box 3. Folder 3. Publication, New Series, no. 7, no.8Item 1. "Structure of Prairie Vegetation," T.L. Steiger, 1930, Jan.
Item 2. "Development of Roots and Shoots of Certain Deciduous Tree
Seedlings in Different Forest Sites," A.E. Holch, 1931, Apr.
Box 3. Folder 4. Publication, New Series, no. 9, no. 10Item 1. "Report of the Myxophyceae of Nebraska," Eleanor Lowrey
Vivian, 1932, Apr.
Item 2. "An Analysis of the Flowering Plants of Nebraska," John Mack
Winter, 1936, Apr.
Box 3. Folder 5. Publication, New Series, no. 6, Conservation and Survey Division
Bulletin 5, "The Environment of the Prairie," J.E. Weaver, W.J.
Jimmel, 1931, Mar.
Box 3. Folder 6. Articles, on the Sem. Bot.
Box 3. Folder 7. Stationary examples
Box 3. Folder 8. Photos, group portraits, 1890-1891, 1896
Box 3. Folder 9. Photos, group portraits, 1902-1903
Box 3. Folder 10. Photos, group portrait, 1907
Box 3. Folder 11. Photos, group portraits, 1920-1929
Box 3. Folder 12. Photos, group portraits, 1930-1939
Box 3. Folder 13. Photos, group portraits, undated
Box 3. Folder 14. Photos, Medford, 1913
Box 3. Folder 15. Photos, Nebraska City, 1924
Box 3. Folder 16. Photo postcard, initiation group portrait
Box 3. Folder 17. Slides, group portraits
Box 3. Folder 18. Artifacts, sash, hat
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