Title
Herbarium scientist, University of California, Davis
By
McCaskill, June, 1930-
Lage, Ann
Tucker, John M.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Type
Book
Publication info
Berkeley, Calif, University of California, c1989
Notes
Interview is part of the Women in Botany Project.
She discusses her lifetime association with plants and horticulturists , beginning with her family's nursery, McCaskill Gardens in Pasadena. After graduation from Mills College she was hired by botanist John M. Tucker as an assistant in the University of California, Davis, herbarium. She speaks of her curatorial work in preserving, identifying, cataloging, and making available over one hundred thousand plant specimens. She was active in founding the Friends of the Davis Arboretum.
Subjects
Arboretums
,
Botanical gardens
,
Botanists
,
Botany
,
California
,
Friends of the Davis Arboretum, Davis, Calif
,
Herbarium
,
Interviews
,
McCaskill Gardens (Pasadena, Calif.)
,
Oral histories
,
University of California, Davis
,
University of California, Davis. Arboretum
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.19196
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51427225
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