Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Carl William Sharsmith Papers
1937-1939
Cage 113
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Creator
- Sharsmith, Carl, 1903-1994
- Title
- Carl William Sharsmith Papers
- ID
- Cage 113
- Date [inclusive]
- 1937-1939
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 Box
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Carl William Sharsmith's papers consist of his correspondence, mostly relative to work at the Washington State University herbarium, and his lists of the botanical specimens he collected while at Washington State University.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Carl William Sharsmith Papers, 1937-1939 (Cage 113)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
Carl William Sharsmith was born in New York, New York in 1903. He studied botany at the University of California in the 1930s and received the Ph.D. in 1940. He held a position combining duties as herbarium curator and botany instructor at Washington State University from 1937 to 1939. From 1940 to 1946 he was with the University of Minnesota, and from 1950 onward at San Jose State College. His principal interest was in alpine vegetation.
Sharsmith's years at Washington State proved to be a frustrating time. He found himself required to teach many classes, while also attempting to complete a doctoral dissertation and administer a herbarium with a large backlog of work. He inadvertently became involved in a quarrel with the university administration when the University President cancelled planned field trips. He also felt a sense of isolation at Pullman, where he was far from the alpine vegetation which held his major interest. Moreover, the lack of cultural opportunities, especially performances of serious music, added to this feeling of isolation. After two years he left this position. Ironically, many of the problems which had vexed him, and which had also prompted his immediate predecessors to leave Washington State, were then alleviated by changes in the policies regarding research, teaching, and administration of the herbarium.
Scope and Content
Sharsmith's papers consist of his correspondence, mostly relative to work at the university herbarium, and his lists of the botanical specimens he collected while at Washington State University.
Arrangement
The correspondence is arranged in a chronological sequence, with the botanical collection lists in a separate folder. An index to the correspondents has been compiled.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016
https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Information
The papers were transferred to the Washington State University Library in 1975 from the W.S.U. Ownbey Herbarium.
Processing Information
This collection was arranged and indexed by Robert Catale in February 1976 and further description was added by Lawrence Stark in June 1976.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Marion Ownbey Herbarium
- Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Sharsmith, Carl William, 1903-1994 -- Archives
Creator(s) :
- Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958
- Constance, Lincoln, 1909-2001
- Hitchcock, C. Leo (Charles Leo), 1902-1986
- Howell, John Thomas, 1903-1994
- Johnson, Arthur Monrad, 1878-
- Ownbey, Marion, 1910-1974
- Smith, Charles Piper, 1877-
Subject(s)
- Botanists -- Washington (State) -- Correspondence
- Botany -- Research -- Northwest, Pacific
- Colleges and Universities
- Washington (State)
- Science
Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence |
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1937 40 items |
1 | 1 | ||
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1938 175 items |
1 | 2 | ||
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1939 140 items |
1 | 3 | ||
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Lists of Specimens |
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| box | folder | |||
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Lists of Specimens Collected, 1937-1939 13 pages |
1 | 4 | ||
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Additional material received Aug. 29, 1982 |
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Correspondence with C.C. Todd and E.O. Holland, 1939 3 items |
1 | Addendum | ||
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Correspondence with J.W. Thompson, 1938 9 items |
1 | Addendum | ||
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Index
Index To Correspondents
Name(s)
- Adams, Ed: 1,3
- Allen, Jessie M.: 1,3
- Alm, Carl G.: 3
- Andres, Heinrich: 2
- Artman, C.E.: 3
- Arwidsson, Th.: 3
- Bacigalupi, Rimo: 2,3
- Ball, Carleton R.: 1
- Barkely, Fred A.: 2,3
- Barnard, Frank T.: 1
- Beath, O.R.: 1
- Benjamin, Curtis G.: 2
- Benson, Lyman: 1,2,3
- Betka, R.G.: 2
- Binns, John H.: 3
- Blake, Sidney F.: 1,2,3
- Bokforlags Aktiebolaget Thule: 2
- Boner, Luana: 3
- Bonestell and Co.: 2
- Brewrink, Captain P.: 1,2,3
- Bright, John: 1,2,3
- Caldwell, E.J.: 3
- Carter, Annetta: 2
- Chase, Agnes: 1,2
- Coleman, Edith A.: 3
- Constance, Lincoln: 1,2,3
- Correspondent: Folders
- Daubenmire, Rexford F.: 2,3
- Davies, Una: 3
- Davis, Ray J.: 2,3
- Detling, Leroy E.: 1,3
- Epling, Carl C.: 1,2,3
- Ewan, Joseph: 2,3
- Eyerdam, Walter J.: 2
- Fassett, Norman C.: 2
- Ferris, Roxana S.: 3
- Fiker, Charles: 2,3
- Freeman, O.W.: 2
- Freese, Carl R.: 3
- Gierisch, Ralph K.: 2
- Gleason, H.A.: 3
- Gould, Frank W.: 3
- Green, W.J.: 2,3
- Greenman, J.M.: 2,3
- Hamblen, Frances G.: 2,3
- Harwell, C.A.: 2
- Hassler, Mildred: 2,3
- Helgeson, E.A.: 2
- Hermann, Elizabeth McKay: 2
- Hermann, F.J.: 2,3
- Hitchcock, C. Leo: 1,2,3
- Hoagland, Henry V.: 2
- Hoffman, W.V.: 2
- Holland, Ernest O.: 2,add.
- Hoover, Robert F.: 3
- Howell, John Thomas: 1,2,3
- Hysslop, G.: 2
- Jeffers, D.S.: 3
- Johnson, A.M.: 2,3
- Johnston, Ivan M.: 2
- Keck, David D.: 2
- Killip, E.P.: 3
- Klastersky, Ivan: 2,3
- Kulin, Arthur: 3
- Lemmon, Paul E.: 2,3
- Leonard, Lewis Y.: 3
- Levan, Albert: 3
- Lewis, C.: 1
- Lewis, Clarence McK.: 1
- Looff, Ethel H.: 2
- Maguire, Bassett: 2,3
- Marie-Victorin, Frere: 1,2,3
- Mason, Herbert L.: 1,2,3
- Mathias, Mildred see Hassler, Mildred:
- Maxon, W.R.: 2,3
- Merriam, W.B.: 2
- Merrill, George M.: 3
- Morrison, B.Y.: 2
- Moss, E.H.: 3
- Muencher, W.C.: 2,3
- Munz, Phillip H.: 2,3
- Nail, Jack R.: 1
- Nelson, Aven: 2,3
- Otis, Jean: 3
- Ownbey, Marion: 1,2,3
- Peck, Morton E.: 1,2,3
- Pennell, Francis W.: 2,3
- Pool, Raymond J.: 3
- Reed, Merton J.: 3
- Rossbach, George B.: 2,3
- Rouleau, Ernest: 2,3
- Samuelsson, G.: 2,3
- Scheffer, Theodore H.: 2,3
- Simmons, Jennie: 2
- Slipp, A.W.: 1
- Sloanaker, J.L.: 2,3
- Smith, Charles Piper: 2,3
- Smith, Harold: 2
- Smith, L.B.: 3
- Spencer Lens Co.: 2
- St. John, Harold: 2
- Stacey, J.W.: 2
- Stebbins, G. Ledyard Jr.: 1,2
- Strechert (G.E.) and Co.: 3
- Tees, Grace M.: 2
- Thompson, J.W.: add.
- Todd, C.C.: add.
- Townsend, Edward C.: 1
- Travis, Mildred T.: 3
- Weatherby, Charles A.: 2,3
- Weigle, W.G.: 1,2
- Weldert, Virginia: 3
- Westmore, Hal G.: 3
- Wherry, Edgar T.: 2
- Wiegand, Kenneth M.: 1,2
- Wilson, Carrie: 3
- Wittrock, G.L.: 3
- Wolf, C.B.: 3