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Kareen Peiffer Laboratory Notes, 1930-1931

By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.

Collection Overview

Title: Kareen Peiffer Laboratory Notes, 1930-1931

ID: MSS Peiffer

Primary Creator: Peiffer, Kareen

Extent: 0.15 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Kareen Peiffer Laboratory Notes consist of laboratory notes and drawings made by Peiffer in botany and zoology courses at Oregon State College. Peiffer graduated from Oregon State in 1934 with a degree in education.

Scope and Content Notes

The Kareen Peiffer Laboratory Notes consist of laboratory notes and drawings made by Peiffer in three courses at Oregon State College: Botany 101, General Botany; Botany 203, Plant Identification; and Zoology 103, General Zoology. The instructors were W.M. Atwood for Botany 101 and John Osborn for Zoology 103. Helen Gilkey may have been the instructor for the plant identification course.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Kareen Peiffer, of Portland, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural College in the 1930-1931 and 1933-34 academic years and earned a BS degree in education in 1934. She married Morris Vennewitz, also an Oregon State graduate in 1934, and lived in Portland. Kareen Vennewitz died in 1997.

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The materials were received by the Archives in 2007.

Related Materials: Additional materials pertaining to botany and zoology courses at Oregon State are available in the Botany and Plant Pathology Department Records (RG 054) and the Zoology Department Records (RG 074). The Special Collections and Archives Research Center collections include the collections of several botany faculty including Winifred M. Atwood Scrapbook (MSS Atwood), Helen M. Gilkey Papers (MSS GilkeyH), and the William Evans Lawrence Papers (MSS Lawrence).

Preferred Citation: Kareen Peiffer Laboratory Notes (MSS Peiffer), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Peiffer, Kareen
Oregon State College. Department of Botany
Oregon State College. Department of Zoology

People, Places, and Topics

Botany--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
History of Science
Peiffer, Kareen
University History
Zoology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.


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