Barbara Pope Photographs of Marys Peak (Oregon), 1967

Title: Barbara Pope Photographs of Marys Peak (Oregon), 1967

ID: P 334

Primary Creator: Pope, Barbara Mary

Extent: 0.01 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Barbara Pope Photographs of Marys Peak (Oregon) consists of 28 snapshots of Marys Peak taken in the summer of 1967. Barbara Pope took the photographs of people, plants, meadows, forests and vistas while on a tour of Marys Peak lead by Oregon State University professor of botany and plant pathology, Dr. William Chilcote.

The subjects depicted in the photographs include logging on Marys Peak; areas that had been logged 6, 11 and 14 years earlier; plant specimens, including grasses, flowers and trees; and the valleys and mountains seen from Marys Peak. One image is of Dr. William Chilcote speaking to the tour group.

Barbara Pope (1937-2016) received her bachelor of science degree from San Francisco State University and master’s degree from Stanford University, where she specialized in the physiology of algae.

From 1965 to 2000, Pope taught biology and interdisciplinary studies at Chabot College in Hayward, California. While on sabbatical, she studied Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species at Cambridge University and returned to teach on the subject in Chabot College’s innovative Interdisciplinary Studies Department in the Letters and Science program.

In June, 1967, Barbara Pope was part of a group that toured Marys Peak with Dr. William Chilcote, who was a professor of botany and plant pathology at Oregon State University from 1950 to 1982.

More Extent Information: 28 photographs; 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These photographs were transferred to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center by Barbara Pope's sister-in-law, Kathleen Pope, in 2017.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include a variety of collections that document the landscape of Marys Peak, including the Rice Family Photograph Album (P 272), Gerald W. Williams Regional Albums (P 303), Herbarium Photographs (P 093) and Marys Peak Area Aerial Photographs (P 293).

Preferred Citation: Barbara Pope Photographs of Marys Peak (Oregon) (P 334), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

Pope, Barbara Mary

Chilcote, William W.
Logging--Oregon--Benton County.
Marys Peak (Or.)
Natural Resources

Photographic prints.