Herbarium scientist, University of California, Davis :
oral history transcript /
interview conducted by Ann Lage ; introduction by John Tucker ; Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley,
1988.

Description

Main Author

McCaskill, June, 1930-

Related Names

Tucker, John Maurice, 1916-
Lage, Ann, interviewer.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Published

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, c1989.

Subjects

Friends of the Davis Arboretum, Davis, Calif.
University of California, Davis. > University of California, Davis. / Center for Plant Diversity.
University of California, Davis. > University of California, Davis. / Arboretum.
McCaskill Gardens (Pasadena, Calif.)
Arboretums.
Botanical gardens.
Botanists > Botanists / California > Botanists / California / Interviews.
Botany > Botany / California.
Oral histories.

Summary

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.

Note

Interview is part of the Women in Botany Project.
Also available online.

Physical Description

Phonotapes: 6 sound cassettes : analog.
Transcript: [vi], iv, 83 p. : ill.

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