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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection consists of the personal papers of northern California botanist and rancher Lowell William Ahart. The collection consists primarily of Ahart's personal and professional correspondence with botanists. Topics covered include plant collecting, Ahart's specimens, and plant conservation. The collection also contains a small amount of notes and biographical material.
Biographical Note
Lowell William Ahart, rancher and botanist, was born in Marysville, California on November 10, 1938 and lives and works on a ranch northeast of Honcut, Butte County, California. He attended Chico State College in 1956, studying agriculture at first and switching to biology in 1957. After taking Plant Taxonomy in 1960 with Dr. Marge Anthony, Ahart began collecting plant specimens, 500 of which he donated to the Chico State Herbarium in 1972. He continued to collect plants after graduating and working as a rancher. He developed a collection of over 15,000 specimens and became well known for his well preserved specimens and botanical knowledge of the area. He became close friends with Chico biology professor Dr. Vernon Oswald with whom he co-wrote the Manual of Vascular Plants of Butte County, California. For his botanical work he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Chico State herbarium in 1997.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions:
Copyright has not been assigned to the University and Jepson Herbaria Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University and Jepson Herbaria Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the publisher.
Preferred Citation:
Lowell Ahart Papers, University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Correspondence, 1972-1992],
[
Series 2: Notes],
[
Series 3: Biographical material],
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All]
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1972-1992
- Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Anderson, Walt and Rebecca, 1982-1988
- Folder 2: A, 1977-1988
- Folder 3: Barbe, Doug, 1981
- Folder 4: Barkworth, Mary, 1980-1982
- Folder 5: B, 1977-1991
- Folder 6: C, 1979-1987
- Folder 7: Day, Alva, 1981-1982
- Folder 8: Derr, William, 1987-1991
- Folder 9: D, 1980-1989
- Folder 10: Ertter, Barbara, 1979-1991
- Folder 11: E, 1972-1988
- Folder 12: Fortino, Robert, 1986-1987
- Folder 13: F, 1977-1981
- Folder 14: Geary, Ida, 1974-1975
- Folder 15: Geddis-Driscoll-Christopherson-Lenhardt Inc. (1 out of 2), 1979-1980
- Folder 16: Geddis-Driscoll-Christopherson-Lenhardt Inc. (2 out of 2), 1981
- Folder 17: G, 1974-1991
- Folder 18: Howell, John Thomas (1 out of 4), 1974-1976
- Folder 19: Howell, John Thomas (2 out of 4), 1977-1979
- Folder 20: Howell, John Thomas (3 out of 4), 1980-1982
- Folder 21: Howell, John Thomas (4 out of 4), 1983-1990
- Folder 22: H, 1974-1991
- Folder 23: Jokerst, Jim, 1978-1988
- Folder 24: J, 1978-1979
- Folder 25: K, 1986-1989
- Folder 26: Lederer, Roger J., 1983-1986
- Folder 27: McClellan, J. Ed., 1982-1982
- Folder 28: McClintock, Elizabeth, 1982-1988
- Folder 29: Morin, Nancy, 1984-1985
- Folder 30: Murphy, Scott, 1988
- Folder 31: M, 1976-1986
- Folder 32: N, 1978-1983
- Folder 33: Oswald, Vern, 1985-1992
- Folder 34: P, 1979-1989
- Folder 35: Roof, Jim, 1975-1980
- Folder 36: R, 1990
- Folder 37: Schlising, Robert, 1977-1989
- Folder 38: Stern, Kingsley, 1973-1991
- Folder 39: S, 1975-1988
- Folder 40: Taylor, Sue, 1981-1991
- Folder 41: Thomas, John H., 1979-1982
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[Series 1: Correspondence, 1972-1992],
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Series 2: Notes],
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Series 3: Biographical material],
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