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Tag Archives: Rocky Mountain Herbarium
Burt C. Buffum, Part One
Post contributed by AHC Archives Aide Patty Kessler “Agriculture is the foundation of civilization, and the commercial, educational and ethical advancement of the people rests primarily on the creation and increase of new wealth from the soil.” –Burt C. Buffum, … Continue reading →
Posted in Agriculture, Biographies and Profiles, University of Wyoming, Western History, Wyoming
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Tagged 1893 World's Fair, 19th century, A.A. Johnson, Aven Nelson, Burt C. Buffum, Colorado, Colorado Agricultural College, Elwood Mead, Frederick Jackson Turner, Hatch Act, Populism, range management, Rocky Mountain Herbarium, Second Industrial Revolution, University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Designing the University of Wyoming: The Aven Nelson Building
Continuing our series on the University of Wyoming’s building history, we’re here to share the tales behind some of UW’s treasured structures. The Aven Nelson Building, the fifth-oldest existing building on campus, is significant today as a hub for botany … Continue reading →
Posted in University of Wyoming
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Tagged Aven Nelson, Aven Nelson Building, Botany Department, Campus Heritage, F.O. Sawin, Grace Raymond Hebard, Historic Buildings, Louis O. and Terua P. Williams Conservatory, National Register of Historic Places, Old Main, Rocky Mountain Herbarium, University of Wyoming Libraries, W.G. Solheim Mycological Herbarium, Wilbur Hitchcock
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Foremost Fungi Authority: W.G. Solheim
Wilhelm G. Solheim was born in Stoughton, Wisconsin, in 1898. He earned his M.A. degree in 1926, followed by his Doctorate in 1928, from the University of Illinois. He came to UW that next year and worked as professor emeritus … Continue reading →