Cora Belle Keith Pierce Botanical Specimen Book

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: RS 21/7/136

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection (1875) contains one volume of botanical specimens collected by Cora Belle Keith Pierce. Pierce collected the sixty-three plant samples on or near the Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University) campus from April through September 1875 as a requirement for her sophomore year botany classes. Many of the samples are labeled with each plant's order, genus, species, habitat, and date collected. Some items are left unidentified. Several samples, including mosses and some flowering specimens, are pressed between thin pieces of cardboard and were not inserted into the book.

Dates

1875

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

Open for research.

Use/Re-use Restrictions

Consult Special Collections and University Archives

Biography/Profile

Cora Belle Keith was born on August 31, 1859. She attended Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University) starting in 1874 and received her B.S. in 1877. She married Thomas A. Pierce on August 31, 1882, and became a homemaker in Vinton, Iowa. In 1883, she gave birth to a daughter, Cora A. Pierce. Cora Belle Keith Pierce died less than two years later on February 19, 1885.

Extent

0.85 Linear Feet (1 volume in custom flat box)

Additional Description

Collection Files

Processing Information

Released on 2018-11-01.

Subjects

Ames (Iowa) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Botanical specimens--Iowa--Ames--Identification Subject Source: Local sources
Botany--Study and teaching Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Iowa Subject Source: Lcnaf
Iowa State College--Students Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Iowa State University--Students--19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Physicians--Middle West--19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Physicians--West (U.S.)--19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Specimens Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source