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Lawrence High School Biology class notebook

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS 851

Overview

This class notebook, assembled by high school student Barbara Pendleton, contains 81 pages of pressed and named leaves of deciduous trees and conifers. Pendleton's notebook dates from the 1930s--produced for a biology class at Lawrence High School, Lawrence (Douglas County), Kansas.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1930s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

1 volume (1 flat box, 28cm)

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

This class notebook of high school student Barbara Pendleton has 81 pages on which she has pressed and named 83 leaves of deciduous trees and conifers. Preceding the pressed leaves are Pendleton's pencilled descriptions of the characteristics of various deciduous tress. Pendleton's notebook was assembled for a Biology I class which she took in the 1930s when attending Lawrence High School, Lawrence (Douglas County), Kansas.

Physical Location

RH MS 851

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Barbara Pendleton Gilfillan, 1992

Title
Guide to the Barbara Pendleton Collection
Subtitle
Lawrence High School Biology class notebook
Author
Finding aid prepared by mh, 2006 Finding aid encoded by mh, 2006
Date
2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6313993209
Preferred citation
Gilfillan, Barbara Pendleton. Lawrence High School Biology class notebook, Kansas Collection, RH MS 851, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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