California women in botany
By: interviews conducted by Carol Holleuffer ; with introductions by Lincoln Constance, Betty Gilchrist, Peter Rowlands, and John Hunter ; The Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office,
Contributors: Carter, Annetta.; DeDecker, Mary.; McClintock, Elizabeth May, 1912-; Holleuffer, Carol.; Constance, Lincoln, 1909-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Botany.; Botanists -- California.; Women botanists.; Botany -- Baja California.; Botany -- California.; Conservation of natural resources -- California.
Other titles: Women in Botany Project.; UC Herbarium botanist, collector and interpreter of Baja California plants.; Botanist and conservationist of the Inyo region.; California Academy of Sciences curator, ornamental plant specialist.
Description: Three women botanists discuss their careers as hebarium curators, collectors of plant specimens, and conservationsists of flora and habitat.

Discusses the UC Dept. of Botany and Herbarium, 1930's-1980's; Baja California trips with Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, 1940's.

Discusses interest in Inyo region flora; struggles with Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power to preserve Owens Valley environment; conservation work with Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service; discovery of new plants in Inyo region.

Discusses career as herbarium curator; collecting ornamental plants; conservation of rare native plants in San Francisco.