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The Dept. of Botany was formed and was placed in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1925 when the Dept. of Biology was abolished.  Walter P. Cottam, A.O. Garrett, Thomas L. Martin, Bertrand F. Harrison, and Edna Snow served as Department Chairs for the department.  The department was abolished in 1954 when the College of Arts and Sciences was abolished.  The Dept. of Botany was then placed in the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences.
 
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The Dept. of Botany was responsible for teaching courses in: botany, bacteriology, algae and fungi, seed plants, spring flora, plant ecology and physiology, diseases of cultivated plants, heredity and eugenics, and graduate courses in plant cytology and flora of the Wasatch.  By 1954 the department also taught courses in plant taxonomy, trees and shrubs, anatomy, morphology of algae, morphology of fungi, and morphology of bryophytes and pteridophytes.
  
 
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The Dept. of Botany was a department within the College of Arts and Sciences and headed by a Department Chair.  The Department Chairs were: Walter P. Cottam, 1925-1929 and 1930; A.O. Garrett, 1929; Thomas L. Martin, 1931-1933; Bertrand F. Harrison, 1934-1935 and 1937-1954; and Edna Snow, 1936.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:33, 31 August 2009

The Dept. of Botany was formed and was placed in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1925 when the Dept. of Biology was abolished. Walter P. Cottam, A.O. Garrett, Thomas L. Martin, Bertrand F. Harrison, and Edna Snow served as Department Chairs for the department. The department was abolished in 1954 when the College of Arts and Sciences was abolished. The Dept. of Botany was then placed in the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences.

Description

Established: 1925

Abolished: 1954

Location: Provo, Utah (1925-1954)

Functions

The Dept. of Botany was responsible for teaching courses in: botany, bacteriology, algae and fungi, seed plants, spring flora, plant ecology and physiology, diseases of cultivated plants, heredity and eugenics, and graduate courses in plant cytology and flora of the Wasatch. By 1954 the department also taught courses in plant taxonomy, trees and shrubs, anatomy, morphology of algae, morphology of fungi, and morphology of bryophytes and pteridophytes.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The Dept. of Botany was a department within the College of Arts and Sciences and headed by a Department Chair. The Department Chairs were: Walter P. Cottam, 1925-1929 and 1930; A.O. Garrett, 1929; Thomas L. Martin, 1931-1933; Bertrand F. Harrison, 1934-1935 and 1937-1954; and Edna Snow, 1936.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Arts and Sciences (1925-1954)

Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. College of Arts and Sciences. Dept. of Biology (1921-1925)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences. Dept. of Botany (1954-1972)

Associated Archival Materials

Brigham Young University. Dept. of Botany Botanical Garden Records, 1942-2006 (UA 1258).

Sources

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1925-1926: p. 41 (part of College of Arts and Sciences) p. 64-67 (courses taught by the department).

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1953-1954: p. 125-127 (courses taught by the department).

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog 1954-1955: p. 354 (part of the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences).

Brigham Young University The First One Hundred Years, 1975: v. 4 p. 494 (Department Chairs: Walter P. Cottam, 1925-1929 and 1930; A.O. Garrett, 1929; Thomas L. Martin, 1931-1933; Bertrand F. Harrison, 1934-1935 and 1937-1954; and Edna Snow, 1936).

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00211

Creator: UPB