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Accession #MC2011/124
TopicGockley, Anna: Student, Mt. Morris, Plant Analysis Notebook,
KeywordsNatural Science, Plants, Botany,
TitlePlant Analysis Notebook: Gockley, Mt. Morris College, 1887
LocationMt. Morris
CitationPlant Analysis Notebook: Gockley, Mt. Morris College, 1887, MC2011/124, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceArchives' unrecorded bookshelves
Scope and ContentOne workbook, "Apgar's Plant Analysis," with the notes of Anna Gockley.
Date of Accession24 March 2011
Bio History Note

About 52 plants are recorded in this personal notebook kept by Anna Gockley, thought to be a student at Mt. Morris College, Illinois in 1987.  The book is dated May 9, 1887 and spans spans May 9, 1887  through April 24, 1890.  The preprinted formatted notebook is entitled, “APGAR’S PLANT ANALYSIS: Adapted to Gray’s Botanies," by E. A. and A. C. Apgar. Although preformatted, the individual fills in the blanks.  Ms. Gockley included localities where specimens were found, such as:

Timber near Spring Creek,

Timber near Frenchtown, Iowa,

New Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Illinois,

College Campus, Mt. Morris, Illinois.

Archivist NoteDescription prepared 24 March 2011 by Jeanine M. Wine.
 


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