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Guide to Harry Detjen, Wild Flowers, Shrubs and Trees of the Puget Sound Area 1939-1940

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Descriptive Summary

Title:

Detjen, Harry. Wild Flowers, Shrubs and Trees of the Puget Sound Area

Dates:

1939-1940

Manuscript Number:

Crerar Ms 399

Size:

4 linear feet (6 boxes)

Repository:

Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

The collection consists of 306 mounted photographs in 6 volumes titled Wild Flowers, shrubs and trees of the Puget Sound area; photographed in their natural habitat by Harry Detjen. Crerar Manuscript 399.

Information on Use

Access

The collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Detjen, Harry. Wild Flowers, Shrubs and Trees of the Puget Sound Area, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Scope Note

Harry Detjen (1901-1995) was a photographer in Seattle, Washington. The 306 mounted photographs in this collection are numbered, and all but the final volume contains fifty photographs each. The verso of each page contains handwritten descriptions such as the scientific and popular names of the specimen, reproduction scale (ranging between a third of to four times natural size, although natural size is the most common), as well as the location and date of the photograph. Not all photographs have all these types of information.

The collection’s call number in the John Crerar Library was L581.9797 V001, v.1-6.

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Subject Headings

INVENTORY

Box 1

Volume 1, Plates 1-50

Box 2

Volume 2, Plates 51-100

Box 3

Volume 3, Plates 101-150

Box 4

Volume 4, Plates 151-200

Box 5

Volume 5, Plates 201-250

Box 6

Volume 6, Plates 251-306