Summary Information

Repository
California Academy of Sciences Archives
Creator
Eastwood, Alice, 1859-1953
Title
Eastwood (Alice) papers
ID
MSS.142
Date
undated
Extent
23.09 Cubic feet 80 boxes (19 manuscript boxes, 40 clamshell boxes, 4 extra large manuscript boxes, 4 half-width manuscript boxes, 3 flat oversized archives boxes, 1 photo album box, and 9 index boxes)
Stack Location
AR8/I/4-AR8/K/4
Language
English
Abstract
The Alice Eastwood Collection is comprised of materials donated to the California Academy of Sciences. It contains her memoirs, diaries, field notes, and correspondence, among other items.

Preferred citation

Alice Eastwood papers, Special Collections, California Academy of Sciences Library, San Francisco, CA

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Biographical note

Alice Eastwood was born to Colin Skinner Eastwood and Eliza Jane Gowdey Eastwood on January 19, 1859, in Toronto Canada. The family moved to Denver, Colorado in 1873 and Alice Eastwood went on to graduate as valedictorian from Shawa Convent Catholic High School in 1879. For the next ten years, Eastwood would teach at her alma mater, forgoing a college education. Using Grey’s Manual and the Flora of Colorado, Alice Eastwood would use this time to teach herself botany, going on various collecting trips during her vacations.

In 1891, after reviewing Eastwood’s collection in Denver, Mary Katharine Brandegee, Curator of the Botany Department at the California Academy of Sciences, invited Eastwood to assist in the Academy’s Herbarium. This would be the beginning of Alice Eastwood’s long and fruitful career at the Academy of Sciences. The following year, Alice Eastwood would become joint Curator of the Botany Department at the Academy, alongside Mary Katharine Brandegee. Brandegee’s retirement in 1894 resulted in Alice Eastwood becoming the sole Curator and Head of the Botany Department at the Academy. Eastwood completed many trips at this time and collected and discovered a number of plants on the California coast.

Against conventional practices of the time, Eastwood segregated type specimens from the main collection. This would prove to be an ingenious practice after the San Francisco 1906 earthquake and fire. After the earthquake, Eastwood went to the Academy and found the building deeply damaged. With the help of Robert Porter, Alice Eastwood was able to save 1,497 type specimens from the impending fire that was devouring the city and that was already burning the neighboring building. The fire would go on to destroy most of the Academy’s collections.

Afterwards, Alice Eastwood traveled and studied throughout Europe and the United States. She eventually returned to the Academy as Curator of the Botany Department. She dedicated herself to rebuilding the collection and her expeditions were numerous, including collecting trips to Alaska, Arizona, Baja California, British Columbia, Utah, and all throughout California. By 1942, the collection numbered over 300,000 plant specimens, nearly three times the number destroyed in 1906 earthquake and fire.

After 50 years of service to the Academy, Eastwood retired in 1950 at the age of ninety. Her inexhaustible career included the publication of over 300 articles, numerous books, and eight plant species of which were named after her. Along with John Thomas Howell, she founded the journal, Leaflets of Western Botany, served as editor for Zoe, helped to form the American Fuchsia Society, and worked to save a redwood grove in Humboldt County (which was named Alice Eastwood Memorial Grove). And so, at the age 94, on October 30, 1953, Alice Eastwood died in San Francisco, ending a prolific career at the California Academy of Sciences.

Sources Consulted: The Memoirs of Alice Eastwood, Earthquake (Chapter VI).

"A Partial Gazateer and Chronology of Alice Eastwood's Botanical Explorations," by Carol Wilson.

“Miss Alice Eastwood,” American Fuchsia Society, Vol. 25, No. 12, December 1, 1953.

Alice Eastwood biography, Harvard University Herbaria. http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/archives/EASTWOOD.html

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Chronology

Eastwood Chronology
1859 Born in Toronto, Ontario, to Colin Skinner Eastwood and Eliza Jane Gowdey Eastwood
1879 Graduates as valedictorian from Shawa Convent Catholic High School
1891 Moves to California as herbarium assistant to Mrs. Katherine Brandegee
1892 Appointed Joint Curator of Botany (with Katherine Brandegee) at the California Academy of Sciences
1895 Becomes Curator and Head of the Department of Botany
1906 Saves 1,497 California Academy of Sciences botany specimens from the San Francisco fire
1914 Expedition to Alaska
1917 Elected life member of California Academy of Sciences
1942 Elected Honorary member of California Academy of Sciences
1950 Serves as Honorary President of the VIIth International Botanical Congress in Sweden
1953 Dies in San Francisco

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Scope and Contents note

The collection consists of papers and materials relating to Alice Eastwood’s life, primarily during her time as curator for the California Academy of Sciences. The collection includes memoirs, diaries, correspondence and field notes as well as materials relating to her collecting expeditions. Numerous personal objects and photographs are also housed in the collection as are publication written by and about Alice Eastwood.

The California Academy of Sciences maintains a database of over 1700 correspondents from the Alice Eastwood Collection. Please visit the Alice Eastwood Correspondents page for a partial list of correspondents found in the collection.

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Arrangement note

Organized into the following series: Series 1: Biographical Materials; Series 2: Alice Eastwood Writings; Series 3: Correspondence; Series 4: Alice Eastwood Biographies; Series 5: Herbarium and Hall of Botany; Series 6: Commemorative Materials and Awards; Series 7: News clippings and Articles about Alice Eastwood; Series 8: Eastwoodiana Scrapbooks; Series 9: Ephemera; Series 10: Photographic Material

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Administrative Information

Conditions governing access

Access is unrestricted.

Reproduction

All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Photographs
  • Awards
  • Portraits
  • Field notes

Subject(s)

  • California Academy of Sciences--Buildings
  • California Academy of Sciences--History
  • Botany--Pictorial works
  • Flowers
  • Wild flowers
  • California Academy of Sciences--Employees
  • California Academy of Sciences--Scientists
  • California Academy of Sciences--Curators
  • Women in science
  • Botanists--California--Archives.
  • Botanists
  • San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
  • California Academy of Sciences--Expeditions

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Collection Inventory

Series 1: Biographical Materials 

Personal materials and records 
Box Folder

Biographical information 

 1 1

Eastwood family history 

 1 2

Expense book 1906-1907 

 1 3

Expense books and bills 1911-1912 

 1 4

Expense book and Panama Pacific International Exposition tickets 1923 and 1915 

Controlled Access Headings

Subject(s)

  • Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
 1 5

Farmer's Almanac/Academy expenses and expense book 1912 and 1927-1928 

 1 6

Address book, address lists, and California Academy of Sciences Honorary Member membership card 

 1 7

Passports 1930 and 1935 

 1 8

Personal financial records 

 1 9

Financial transactions with California Academy of Sciences and salary receipts 

 2 2

Ration books 

 2 3

Calling cards of contacts and Eastwood acrostic composed by Eunice Taylor 

 2 4

Copies of "My Birthday" commissioned by Alice Eastwood 

 2 5

Eastwood's photocopy and notes of "Caroli Clusii" 

 2 6

Poems saved by Eastwood 

 3 1

Denver activities 

General note

Includes Eastwood's high school diploma.

 3 2

California road maps, time tables, and guides belonging to Eastwood 

 3 3

Trips abroad 1911 and 1935 

 3 4

Newspaper clippings saved by Eastwood 

 3 5

Mount Tamalpais and Tamalpias Conservation Club materials 

 3 6

Drawings and designs by Eastwood's high school students 

 3 7

G.K Gilbert photos of trees and plants 

 4 1

Plant photos by Elizabeth Morse and newspaper clippings referencing Elizabeth Morse 

General note

Elizabeth Morse worked at the University of California Berkeley Fungi Department.

 4 2

Botanical photographs, trip photos, and specimen drawings 

 4 3

List of Species and sketches from Oregon expedition 

 4 4

Salix Collection List from Alaska and report of Alaska expedition 1914 and 1942 

Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

  • Alaska.
 4 5

Photos and correspondence of trip to Sweden for VII International Botanical Congress 1950 

Related materials

See also under Correspondence: Skottsberg.

 5 1

Passport, invitation, and other travel materials related to trip to Sweden for VII International Botanical Congress 

 5 2

Materials relating to the Garden of Shakespeare's Flowers and the California Spring Blossom and Wild Flower Association 

 5 3

Alice Eastwood Grove 

 5 4

Personal postcard album 

 6 1

Personal copies of California Academy of Sciences Constitutions and By-laws Books 1904 and 1915 

 6 2

Personal copies of California Academy of Sciences Constitution and By-laws Books 1921 and 1925 

 6 3

Saturday Evening Post cover addressed to Eastwood 1951 

 6 4

Birthday materials 
Box Folder

80th birthday - Robert C. Miller's correspondence and notes 1938-1939 

 7 1

80th birthday - Booklets 

 7 2

80th birthday - Biographies and speeches 1939 

 7 3

80th birthday - Luncheon invitations and tickets 1939 

 7 4

80th birthday - Robert C. Miller correspondence regarding luncheon attendance 1939 

 7 5

80th birthday - Newspaper clippings 1938-1939 

 7 6

80th birthday - Article in Madroño 1939 

 7 7

80th birthday - Booklet photos 

 7 8

80th birthday - List of birthday brochure recipients 1939 

 7 9

80th birthday - Congratulatory letters (A-E) 1938-1939 

 7 10

80th birthday - Congratulatory letters (F-L) 1938-1939 

 7 11

80th birthday - Congratulatory letters (M-R) 1938-1939 

 7 12

80th birthday - Congratulatory letters (S-W and unknown) 1938-1939 

 7 13

80th birthday - Dr. MacFarland's notes for meeting at Eastwood's semi-centennial 

 8 1

80th birthday - Index card list of birthday letters 

 8 2

80th birthday - Magazine articles 1939 

 8 3

80th birthday - Magazine articles 1939 

 8 4

80th birthday - "My Birthday" by Dixie Lee (read by Alice Eastwood) 

 8 5

80th birthday - Robert C. Miller's account book 1939 

 8 6

90th birthday - Correspondence 1949 

 8 7

90th birthday - Retirement, magazine articles 1949 

 8 9

90th birthday - Retirement, Pacific Discovery Article 1949 

 8 8

Obituaries and funeral 
Box Folder

Funeral and estate arrangements 1953-1955, 1958 

 9 1

Obituaries - Proceedings of 8th Annual American Horticultural Congress 1953 

 9 2

Obituaries - California Academy of Sciences Newsletter 1953 

 9 3

Obituaries - American Fuchsia Society Bulletin 1953 and 1959 

 9 4

Obituaries - Bulletin of the Garden Club of America 1954 

 9 5

Obituaries - Golden Gardens 1953 

 9 6

Obituaries - Leaflets of Western Botany 1954 

 9 7

Obituaries - Notes from the California Historical Society 1953 

 9 8

 Howell, John Thomas, 1903-1994 Obituaries - Sierra Club Bulletin 1954 

 9 9

Obituaries - Taxon 1954 

 9 10

Obituaries - Trails (California Alpine Club) 1953 

 9 11

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Series 2: Alice Eastwood Writings 

Diaries 
Box Folder

Copies of diaries 1908-13, 1915-1945, 1943-46, 1947-51 

 10 1

Diary 1908 and 1909 

 10 2

Diary 1910 

 10 3

Diary 1911 and 1913 

 10 4

Diary 1912, 1915, 1916 

 10 5

Diary 1917-1921, 1922-1926, and 1929 

 10 6

Diary 1927-1931 

 10 7

Diary 1932-1936 

 11 1

Diary 1942-1946 and 1947-1951 

 11 2

Diary 1937-1941 and 1951 

 11 3

Field notes 
Box Folder

Notebooks 1906, 1906 and 1934-35 

 12 1

Notebook, Del Norte and Yosemite 1907 

 12 2

Notebooks, California 1912 

 12 3

Notebooks 1913 

 12 4

Notebook pages 1912-1941 

 12 5

Notebooks 1914, n.d., 1915-1917, 1915 

 13 1

Notebooks 1915-1916 and 1917-1918 

 13 2

Notebooks 1919 and 1919-1920  

 13 3

Notebooks 1921 

 13 4

Notebooks 1923, 1924, 1928 

 13 5

Notebooks 1924-1925 and 1925-1927 

 13 6

Notebook 1927-1929 

 13 7

Notebooks 1928-1932 

 13 8

Notebooks 1933, 1934, 1933-1943 

 13 9

Notebook 1940 

 13 10

Miscellaneous notes 1940 

 13 11

Card file of Arctic Plants 

 21

Publications 
Box Folder

"The Common Shrubs of Southwest Colorado" 1891 

Scope and content

Published in Zoe, Vol. II Issue 2.

 14 1

"Additions to the Flora of Colorado I" 1891 

Scope and content

Published in Zoe, Vol. II Issue 3.

 14 2

"Notes on Some Species of the Genus Oenothera" 1892 

Scope and content

Published in Zoe, Vol. III Issue 3.

 14 3

"Notes on the Cliff Dwellers" 1893 

Scope and content

Published in Zoe, Vol. III Issue 4.

 14 4

"Notes on Some Colorado Plants" 1893 

Scope and content

Published in Zoe, Vol. IV Issue 1.

 14 5

"Additions to the Flora of Colorado II" 1893 

Scope and content

Published in Zoe, Vol. IV Issue 1.

 14 6

"Field Notes at San Emidio" 1893 

Scope and content

Published in Zoe, Vol. IV Issue 2.

 14 7

"List of Plants Collected in Southeastern Utah" 1893 

Scope and content

Published in Zoe, Vol. IV Issue 2.

 14 8

"On Heteromorphic Organs of Sequoia Sempervirens" 1895 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Series 2, Vol. 5.

 14 9

"The Small-flowered Heathers in Golden Gate Park" 1895 

 14 10

"Bibliography on the Writings of Alice Eastwood" 1895 

Scope and content

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Series 4, Vol. 15.

 14 11

Bibliographies 1895 

 14 12

"Late Flowering Exotics in the San Francisco Bay Region" 1895 

 14 13

"Two Species of Aquilegia from the Upper Sonoran Zone of Colorado and Utah" 1895 

Scope and content

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Series 2, Vol. 4.

 14 14

"Descriptions of Some New Species of California Plants" 1896 

Scope and content

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Series 2, Vol. 6.

 14 15

"Report on a Collection of Plants from San Juan Country, in Southeastern Utah" 1896 

Scope and content

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Series 2, Vol. 6.

 14 16

"Descriptions of Some New Species of Californian Plants" 1896 

Scope and content

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Series 2, Vol. 6.

 14 17

"A Guide for the Analysis and Description of Flowering Plants" 1897 

Scope and content

Prepared for the Botanical Club, CAS.

 14 18

"Studies in the Herbarium and the Field" 1897-1898 

Scope and content

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Series 1, Vol. 2.

 14 19

"The Flora of the Nob Hill Cobblestones: San Francisco in the 1890s" - Erythea/California Botanical Club (reprint) 1898 

Scope and content

Prepared for the Botanical Club, CAS.

Scope and content

This article was originally published in Erythea, Vol. 6, June 1898 with the misleading title of the "The Plant Inhabitants of Nob Hill, San Francisco." The title was changed without consultation of Alice Eastwood.

 14 20

"The Plant Inhabitants of Nob Hill, San Francisco" - Erythea VI(6) 1898 

 14 21

"Notes on Cupressus Macnabiana" - Zoe V(1) 1900 

 14 22

"New Species of California Plants" - Zoe V(4-5) 1900 

 14 23

"Shrubs of California" - Proceedings of the Pacific States Flora Congress 1901 

 14 24

"Some Small-Flowered Species of Nemophila form the Pacific Coast" - Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 28 1901 

 14 25

"An Undescribed Species of Paronychia from California" - Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 28 1901 

 14 26

"New Species of from the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California" 1902 

 14 27

"Some New Species of Pacific Coast Ribes" 1902 

 14 28

"From Redding to the Snow Clad Peaks of Trinity County" 1902 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. IV Issue 1.

 14 29

"Some New Species of California Plants" 1902 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 29

 14 30

"A Descriptive List of the Plants Collected by Dr. F. E. Blaisdell at Nome City, Alaska" 1902 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Botanical Gazette, Vol. XXXIII

 15 1

"A Flora of the South Fork of Kings River" 1902 

Scope and Contents note

Published by the Publications of the Sierra Club, No. 27

 15 2

"New Species of Nemophila from the Pacific Coast" 1902 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 29

 15 3

"New Western Plants" 1902 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 29

 15 4

"New Species of Oreocarya" 1903 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 30

 15 5

"New Species of Western Plants" 1903 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 30

 15 6

"Notes on Garrya with Descriptions of New Species and Key" 1903 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Botanical Gazette, Vol. 36.

 15 7

"Some New Species of Western Polemoniaceae" 1904 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Botanical Gazette, Vol. 37.

 15 8

"A New Gilia" 1904 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Botanical Gazette, Vol. 38.

 15 9

"A Handbook of the trees of California" 1905 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Occasional Papers of CAS.

 15 10

"New Species of Western Plants" 1905 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 32.

 15 11

"New Species of California Plants" 1906 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Botanical Gazette, Vol. 41.

 15 12

Letter published in Science regarding 1906 earthquake 1906 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Science, May 25, 1906.

 15 13

"The Earthquake and the California Academy of Sciences" 1906 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Torreya, Vol. 6 Issue 6.

 15 14

"Cypripedium Fasciculatum in Santa Cruz County, California" 1907 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Muhlenbergia, Vol. 3 Issue 6.

 15 15

"Notes on California Plants" 1907 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Muhlenbergia, Vol. 3 Issue 8.

 15 16

"Extensions of Range" 1908 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Muhlenbergia, Vol. 3 Issue 9.

 15 17

"Synopsis of the Mexican and Central American Species of Castilleja" and "Some Undescribed Species of Mexican Phanerogams" 1909 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. XLIV Issue 21.

 15 18

"Hartweg's Explorations in California I-IV" 1911 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Muhlenbergia, Vol. 7 Issues 2-5.

 15 19

"Some General Features of the Californian Flora" 1915 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the History of California, Vol. 5.

 15 20

"Early spring at the Grand Cañon Near El Tovar" 1919 

Scope and Contents note

Published in The Plant World, Vol. 22 Issue 4.

 15 21

"The Oak Family on Mount Tamalpais" 1919 

Scope and Contents note

Published in California Outdoors.

 15 22

"Seasonal Wild Flowers Exhibit in Museum of the California Academy of Sciences" 1922 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Golden Gate Pathfinder, Vol. III Issue 32.

 15 23

"Trees of Mount Tamalpais Region" 1923 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Trails.

 15 24

"The Rose Family on Mount Tamalpais" 1925 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Out-of-Doors

 15 25

"New Species of Ceanothus" 1927 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Vol. XVI Issue 11.

 15 26

"Trees of Golden Gate Park" 1929 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Vol. XVI Issue 11.

 16 1

"An Earlier Record of Eucalyptus in California" 1929 

Scope and Contents note

Published as a letter to the Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 20th.

 16 2

"The Escallonias in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, with Descriptions of New Species" 1929 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Vol. XVIII Issue 13.

 16 3

"Studies in the Flora of Lower California and Adjacent Islands" Sept. 6, 1929 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Vol. XVIII Issue 14.

 16 4

"The True Species of Fuchsia Cultivated in California" 1931 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the National Horticulture Magazine, Vol. 10 Issue 2.

 16 5

"New Species of Plants from Western North America" 1931 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Vol. 10 Issue 5.

 16 6

"The Tree Ferns in Golden Gate Park" 1932 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Bay Cities Garden Monthly, Vol. 1 Issue 8.

 16 7

"Flowers Along the Highway" 1933 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Bay Cities Garden Monthly, Vol. 2 Issue 3.

 16 8

"Escallonias in Golden Gate Park" and "New Species of Californian Arctostaphylos" 1933 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. I Issue 8.

 16 9

"A Key to the Common Families of Flowering Plants in California and A Guide for the Analysis and Description of Flowering Plants" 1934 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Botanical Club of CAS.

 16 10

"Preliminary Key to the Species of Arctostaphylos" 1934 

Scope and Contents note

Published for an American Association of the Advancements of Sciences Meeting.

 16 11

"A Revision of Arctostaphylos with Key and Description" 1934 

 16 12

"Conservation of Wild Flowers and Shrubs" 1935 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Department of Education Bulletin, No. 2.

 16 13

"Quest for Lilies" 1937 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. 2 No. 2.

 16 14

Introduction to the Illustrated Dictionary of Botanical Terms 1938 

 16 15

"A Key to the Common Families of Flowering Plants in California and a Guide for the Analysis and Description of Flowering Plants" 1938 

Scope and Contents note

Published for the California Botanical Club, CAS

 16 16

Lillian Kruse's copy of "A Key to the Common Families of Flowering Plants in California..." and newspaper clippings saved by Kruse 1938 

Scope and Contents note

Published for the California Botanical Club, CAS

 16 17

"Perennial Lupines of the Pacific States" and "A New Phlox from Oregon" 1939 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. II Issue 9.

 16 18

"Little Known Exotics in California" 1939 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Golden Gardens, Vol. 7 Issue 8.

 16 19

"Early Botanical Explorers on the Pacific Coast and the Trees They Found There" 1939 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Historical Society Quarterly.

 16 20

"Early Botanical Explorers on the Pacific Coast" 1939 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Historical Society Quarterly (reprint).

 16 21

"California, the Land of Flowers" 1941 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the 12th Annual California Spring Garden Show Yearbook.

 16 22

"The Islands of Southern California and a List of the Recorded Plants I" 1941 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. III Issue 2.

 16 23

"On the Golden Anniversary of the California Botanical Club" and "The Lupinus Latifolius Aggregate" 1941 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. III No. 2.

 16 24

"The Islands of Southern California and a List of the Recorded Plants II" 1941 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. III Issue 3.

 16 25

"A Plea for the Preservation of a Magnificent Azalea Grove in Humboldt County" 1942 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the National League for Woman's Service Magazine, Vol. XVI No. 7.

 16 26

"Some Veronicas in Golden Gate Park" 1943 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. III No. 10.

 16 27

"Some Alpine Castillejas of the High Sierra of California" 1943 

Scope and Contents note

Published in The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 30 No. 1.

 16 28

Review of Wild Violets in North America 1943 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the National League for Woman's Service Magazine, Vol. XVII No. 2.

 16 29

A Collection of Popular Articles on the Flora of Mount Tamalpais 1944 

 17 1

"Notes on Castanopsis, Romneya and the Spring-Star Flower" 1945 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Journal of the California Horticultural Society, Vol. VI Issue 1.

 17 2

"The Wildflower Garden of San Francisco in the 1890's " 1945 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. IV No. 6.

 17 3

"An Account and List of the Plants in the Brackenridge Journal" 1945 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. XXIV No. 4.

 17 4

"The Islay Cherry" 1946 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Folklore Quarterly, Vol. V No. 1.

 17 5

"The Lure of Arizona Rock Ferns" 1946 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the American Fern Journals, Vol. 26 No. 2.

 17 6

"The Prostate Oaks of Marin County, California" 1946 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. IV No. 10.

 17 7

"Endemism in the Flora of California" 1947 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Contributions from the Gray Herbarium, No. CLXV.

 17 8

"Studies of Pacific Coast Lilies I-III" 1948 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. V No. 6-8.

 17 9

"In Portu Bodega" 1949 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol. V No. 10.

 17 10

"Some Pacific Coast Plants Seen in England and Scotland" 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Published in El Aliso, Vol. 2 No. 2.

 17 11

"Notes on the Flora of Mount Tamalpais" 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Published in California Out of Doors.

 17 12

"Notes from the Strybing Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Golden Gate Park" 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Journal of the California Historical Society, Vol XI No. 3.

 17 13

"The Albert Prager Herbarium of the California Academy of Sciences" 1952 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol VI No. 11.

 17 14

"A List of Plants from Dall and Annette Islands, Alaska" 1932-1957, 1957 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Leaflets of Western Botany, Vol VIII No. 5.

 17 15

Introduction to the Illustrated Dictionary of Botanical Terms (reprint) 1964 

 17 16

"Late Summer on Mount Tamalpais" 1972 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Out of Doors, posthumously.

 17 17

"The Oak Family on Mount Tamalpais" 1972 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Out-of-Doors, posthumously.

 17 18

"The Madrona" 1975 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the California Out of Doors, posthumously.

 17 19

Typed Articles - Early days of the California Academy of Science and the 1906 Earthquake 1941 

 17 20

Typed Articles - Review of "Origin of the Flora of California" 1948 

Scope and content

"Origins of the Flora of California" was written by H. Campbell and Ira L Wiggins, Stanford Publications, Biological Sciences, Vol. XI No. 1. Alice Eastwood's review was published in "Pacific Discovery," Vol. 1, March/April 1948.

 17 21

Typed Articles - Review of "The New World Cypresses" 1948 

Scope and Contents note

"The New World Cypresses" was written by C.B. Wolf and W.W. Wagener in El Aliso, Vol. 1. Alice Eastwood's review was published in Pacific Discovery Vol. 1 No. 4.

 17 22

Typed Articles - "Early Days of the California Academy of Sciences" 1939 

Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript copy for publication in the Journal of California Horticultural Society, Vol. 14 No. 4, October 1953

 17 23

Typed Articles - "Mount Tamalpais State Park #26: Data on Trees, Shrubs and Flowers of the Area" undated 

 17 24

Manuscript Article - "Botanical Features of the Tomales Bay Region" undated 

 17 25

Manuscript Article - "Suggestions for a Windowbox with North Exposure" 1934 

Scope and Contents note

Drafted for the Garden Quarterly but never published due to time constraints.

 17 26

Manuscript Article - "Manzanitas" 1933 

Scope and Contents note

For publication in California Out-of-Doors, Sept. 1933.

 17 27

"Typed Article - "California, The Land of Flowers" undated 

 17 28

Manuscript Article - "The Care, Arrangement and Development of a Large Herbarium" 1910 

Scope and Contents note

Paper for the National Herbarium.

 17 29

Miscellaneous Publications 1933-1950 

 17 30

Miscellaneous Publications 1933-1950 

 17 31

A Handbook of the Trees of California (51 of 500) 1905 

 18 1

A Handbook of the Trees of California (58 of 500) 1905 

 18 2

A Handbook of the Trees of California 1905 

Scope and content

Published in the Occasional Papers of CAS.

 18 3

A Handbook of the Trees of California 1905 

Scope and content

Published in the Occasional Papers of CAS.

 18 4

A Handbook of the Trees of California (1 of 500) 1905 

Scope and content

Alice Eastwood's personal copy.

 18 5

Bergen's Botany Key and Flora Pacific Coast Edition 1897 and 1901 

 19 1

Bergen's Botany Key and Flora Pacific Coast Edition 1897 and 1901 

 19 2

Bergen's Botany Key and Flora Pacific Coast Edition 1901 

 19 3

A Popular Flora of Denver, Colorado 1898 

 19 4

Elements of Botany (Bergen) and Elements of Botany II, Flora of the Pacific Coast 1900 and 1897 

 19 5

Miss Pringle's copy of Key and Flora and Miss Pringle's Eastwoodia elegans specimen 1901 

 19 6

Bergen's Botany Key and Flora Pacific Edition and Rocky Mountain Edition 1901 and 1900 

 19 7

Memoirs 
Box Folder

Memoirs 1 of 2 1859-1905 

 20 1

Memoirs 2 of 2 1859-1905 

 20 2

Earthquake (Chapter VI) 1906 

Controlled Access Headings

Subject(s)

  • San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
 20 3

After the Earthquake 1906-1907 

 20 4

"Trip up Gray's Peak with Alfred Russell Wallace" 1887-1887 

 20 5

"The Trip from Silverton to Ouray" 1889 

 20 6

"My Trip Through the Santa Lucia Mountains" 1893 

 20 7

"Trip Up Mount Shasta" 1893 

 20 8

"Del Norte County" undated 

 20 9

Stay at Fallen Leaf Lake and trip to Yosemite 1906 

 20 10

"The Trip to the Head of Canyon Creek" 1900-1901 

 20 11

Trip to England 1911 

 20 12

"Trip to Mount Eddy" 1912 

 20 13

Memoirs 1907-1912 

 20 14

"Trip to Alaska and the Yukon" (Chapter IX) 1914 

Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

  • Alaska.
 20 15

"A Transcontinental Trip by Plane" 1928 

 20 16

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Series 3: Correspondence 

Scope and content

The California Academy of Sciences maintains a database of over 1700 correspondents from the Alice Eastwood Collection. For a partial list of correspondents, please visit the California Academy's list of Alice Eastwood's correspondents..
Box Folder

Family Correspondence 
Box Folder

Correspondence with Colin Skinner Eastwood, Step-mother, and Sidney Eastwood 

 22 1

Eastwood Family Letters 

 22 2

Correspondence with Kate Phelps (sister) 

 22 3

Correspondence with Kate Phelps (sister) from British Isles, Paris 1930 

 22 4

Correspondence with friends, Kate Phelps (sister), and father while in England, Ireland, and Paris 1911-1912 

 22 5

Correspondence "A" 

 23

Correspondence "Ba-Bi" 

 24

Correspondence "Bl-Bu" 

 25

Correspondence "C-Cl" 

 26

Correspondence "Cl-Cu" 

 27

Correspondence "D" 

 28

Correspondence "E-Fi" 

 29

Correspondence "Fl-Gra" 

 30

Correspondence with Edward Lee Greene 1894-1914 

 31

Correspondence "Gre-He" 

 32

Correspondence "He-Ho" 

 33

Correspondence "Hu-J" (Including Howell, J.T.) 

 34

Correspondence "K-L" 

 35

Correspondence "Ma" 

 36

Correspondence "Me-Mi" 

 37

Correspondence "Mo-My" 

 38

Correspondence "N-Pi" 

 39

Correspondence "Pl-Ri" 

 40

Correspondence "Ro-Ry" 

 41

Correspondence "Sa-Se" 

 42

Correspondence "Sh-Su" (including Sunsheimer-1940) 

 43

Correspondence with G. Sunsheimer 1941-1949 

 44

Correspondence "Sk-St" 

 45

Correspondence "Su-T" 

 46

Correspondence "U-We" (except for Weston) 

 47

Materials and Correspondence of Roy E. Weston 

Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

  • Weston, Roy E.
Box Folder

File pocket of photos with corresponding folio of letters 

 48 1

Eastwood's personal copy of Botanical Report by Durand and Hilgard given to Weston 

 48 2

Prints and copies of Alan Galloway's article in the New Flora and Silva; correspondence 

 48 3

Correspondence with Eastwood 

 48 4

New Flora and Silva, gift by Alan Galloway 1933 

 48 5

Specimen list by Durand and Hilgard; New Species of Plants From Western North America (gift by Eastwood) 

 48 6

Correspondence "Wh-Z" and miscellaneous correspondence 

 49

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Series 4: Alice Eastwood Biographies 

 Wilson, Carol Green Carol Wilson materials 
Box Folder

Book Plates for Wonderland 

 50 1

Wonderland - Discarded Drafts 1955 

 50 2

Wonderland related talks by Carol Green Wilson 1953 

 50 3

Wonderland author notes 1953 

 50 4

Wonderland author notes 1953 

 50 5

Wonderland correspondence 1945, 1952-1956 

 50 6

Wonderland correspondence (1 of 2) 1952-1955 

 50 7

Wonderland correspondence (2 of 2) 1952-1955 

 50 8

Typed manuscripts and drafts with worksheets of Wonderland 

 51

Typed drafts with changes and edited typed drafts 

 52

 Asaeda, Toshio Toshio Aseda sketches for Wonderland Chapter headings 1955 

Scope and content

26 ink sketches mounted on board.

 53

Clippings and articles concerned with the publication of Wonderland 

 54 1

Acrostic signed by Eunice Taylor, Hysop Fable, and postcard from B.B. Miller 

 54 2

Original drawing of Eastwoodia elegans by T. Duell for book cover and Award of Merit for Wonderland 

 54 3

Wonderland publication receipt and correspondence 

 54 4

Wilson's notes for Wonderland 

 54 5

Photos of Wilson at dedication of the Eastwood Grove 1954 

 54 6

Wonderland correction notes 1954 

 54 7

Tickets, program and advertisement for events concerning Wonderland 1954 

 54 8

Miscellaneous materials concerning Wilson 1954 

 54 9

Wilson's Wonderland scrapbook 

 55

Evening Primrose reading 1955 

 56 1

Evening Primrose script 1955 

 56 2

Evening Primrose story line 

 56 3

Evening Primrose typescript (p. 4-30) 

 56 4

Evening Primrose 

 56 5

"The Eastwood Era at the CAS" by Wilson 

Scope and content

Written for publication in summer issue of Leaflets of Western Botany.

 56 6

"A Partial Gazateer and Chronology of Alice Eastwood's Botanical Explorations," by Wilson 

Scope and Contents note

Written for publication in summer issue of Leaflets of Western Botany.

 56 7

 Dakin, Susanna Bryant Susan Dakin materials 
Box Folder

KCBS script by Jim Grady, Perennial Adventure Tribute, and Perennial Adventure Christmas Card enclosed with book 

 57 1

Subscription Volume of the Perennial Adventure 1955 

 57 2

"Adventures of Alice Eastwood" by Susan Dakin 1954 

Scope and Contents note

Original typed manuscript and published article in the Bulletin of the Garden Club of California.

 57 3

Peggy Brown's copy of the Perennial Adventure 1954 

 57 4

Copies of the Perennial Adventure 1954 

 57 5

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Series 5: Herbarium Fund and Hall of Botany 

Scope and content

The Hall of Botany was proposed during Alice Eastwood's eightieth birthday. It was intended to increase the Academy's Herbarium to three times its size and to provide space for displaying botanical exhibits to the public. The Alice Eastwood Herbarium Fund was established by the Trustees of the Council of the Academy in order to collect contributions for the Hall of Botany. The California Garden Club assisted with fundraising.
Box Folder

Photos and pamphlets regarding the Herbarium Fund 

 58 1

Herbarium contribution statements and receipts 1938-1941 

 58 2

Herbarium Fund Manuscripts 1938-1941 

 58 3

Correspondence regarding contributions to the Herbarium Fund 1941-1945 

 58 4

Correspondence between Joan Woodbury and Robert Miller re: Herbarium Fund 1944 

 58 5

California State Gardening Club fundraising papers for the Herbarium Fund 1944 

 58 6

Herbarium Fund donations 1939-1941 

 59 1

Miscellaneous Correspondence re: Herbarium Fund 1940-1941, 1944 

 59 2

Herbarium Fund fundraising brochures undated 

 59 3

Correspondence re: Herbarium Fund 1940-1944 

 59 4

Herbarium Fund Correspondence, mailers, and mail list 1940-1944 

 59 5

Hall of Botany fundraising articles in Fortnight 1953 

 60 1

Hall of Botany fund drive brochure and fundraising letters 1953 

 60 2

Hall of Botany dedication and construction papers 1959 

 60 3

Hall of Botany Dedication Tribute by Robert C. Miller 1959 

 60 4

Hall of Botany article 1953 

Scope and Contents note

Published in Golden Garden, Vol. 17 Issue 10

 60 5

Hall of Botany photo 1959 

 60 6

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Series 6: Commemorative Materials and Awards 
Box Folder

Semi-Centennial Publications 1943-1949 

 60 7

Citation of Merit from the American Horticultural Council 1953 

 60 8

Press Releases for Eastwood related events 1941-1945, 1949-1950, undated 

 60 9

Retirement posted in the CAS Annual Report 1948 

 60 10

CAS Honorary Membership nomination of Eastwood 1942 

 60 11

Semi-Centennial meeting minutes 1942 

 60 12

Semi-Centennial luncheon 1942 

 60 13

Semi-Centennial Program 1942 

 60 14

Semi-Centennial Notice in The American Botanist 1943 

Scope and Contents note

Published in The American Botanist, Vol. 49 No. 1.

 60 15

Semi-Centennial Proceedings of the CAS 

Scope and Contents note

Published in the Proceedings of the CAS, Vol. XXV.

 60 16

Alice Eastwood Scholarship information from the San Francisco Garden Club 

 61 1

Alice Eastwood Scholarship awardees 1949-1956 

 61 2

Alice Eastwood Scholarship awardees 1957-1964 

 61 3

Correspondence regarding Alice Eastwood Scholarship 1957-1964 

 61 4

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Series 7: News clippings and Articles about Alice Eastwood 
Box Folder

Publications about or referencing Eastwood A-Bu 

 62 1

CAS Publications about or referencing Eastwood 

 62 2

Publications about or referencing Eastwood, C-Fr 

 62 3

Publications about or referencing Eastwood, G-Gr 

 62 4

Publications about or referencing Eastwood, H-Jo 

 62 5

Publications about or referencing Eastwood, M-Su 

 62 6

Publications about or referencing Eastwood, T-Yo 

 62 7

Miscellaneous publications about or referencing Eastwood 

 62 8

Newspaper clippings about or referencing Eastwood 

 62 9

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 Campbell, Margaret Warthin Series 8: Administrative Materials 

Scope and content

Correspondence, processing notes, and loan documentation regarding the Eastwood collection.

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Series 9: Eastwoodiana scrapbooks 

Scope and content

Eastwoodiana scrapbooks are personal collections of newspaper clippings, photos, and other materials recording the life works and events of Alice Eastwood.
Box Folder

Radio script and Patrick McGuirk letter to Mrs. Edward Robeson Taylor. 1950 

 64 1

Mrs. Edward Robeson Taylor's Eastwoodiana scrapbook 

 64 1

Mrs. H. C. Cantelow's correspondence and other collected Eastwood materials 

 65 1

Mrs. H. C. Cantelow's Eastwoodiana scrapbook 

 65 1

Eastwood correspondence with Miss Pringle 

 65 2

Miss Pringle's Eastwoodiana scrapbook 

 65 2

 Sutliffe, Dorothy Dorothy Sutliffe's Eastwoodiana scrapbook 

 65 3

Eastwoodiana scrapbook, author unknown 

 66 1

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Series 10: Ephemera and Realia
Box Folder

Rags/Strings used to tie bundles of dried plants 

 2 1

Hand-knitted shawl by Eastwood for Martha Ross 

 67 1

Hand-knitted shawl by Eastwood for Clark E. Ross 

 67 2

Eastwood's ceramic bowl that survived 1906 earthquake 

 68 1

Medallion - awarded to Eastwood by The San Francisco Garden Club 1933 

 69 1

Medallion and case - Jons Jakob, Berzelius 1933 

 69 2

Medallion and case - Presented to Eastwood at the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1935 

 69 3

Medallion - Donated to CAS by the Committee of Presentation, National War Garden Commission 1919 

 69 4

Medallion - Semi-Centennial medallion of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters 1922 

 69 5

Medal - Awarded to Eastwood by the National Council of State Garden Club 1922 

 69 6

Medallion - (Curator Emeritus) Presented to Eastwood by CAS 1949 

 69 7

Medallion - Presented to Eastwood by the American Fuchsia Society 1949 

 69 8

Medallion - Académie Française 1935 

 69 9

Medallion - From Manuel C. T'ellez, Ambassador of Mexico 1925 

 69 10

TCC, Guardian 9 pin 1925 

 69 11

Eastwood eye glass case 1925 

 69 12

Participants Commemorative Medal by the California Commission, Golden Gate International Exposition 1925 

 69 13

California Spring Blossom and Wildflower Association pin 1925 

 69 14

Eastwood's fountain pen 

 69 15

Eastwood's crochet hook 

 69 16

Eastwood family bible 

 70 1

Eastwood's personal copy of Gray's Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology 1877 

 71 1

Beads given to or from Eastwood 1877 

 72 1
72 3
72 2
72 4

Beads given to or from Eastwood 

 72 2

Beads given to or from Eastwood 

 72 4

Eatwood's calling cards 1877 

 72 5

Shakespeare's Garden Bench card 1877 

 72 6

Copper printing plate for Shakespeare's Garden bench card 

 73 1

Copper plate for Eastwood calling card 

 73 2

Eastwood Ex Libris copper plate 

 73 3

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Series 11: Photographic Material 
Box Object

Family photo album 

 74 1

Eastwood photographs 1880's-1930's 

Scope and content

Photographs numbered AE0001-AE0058.

 75

Family photos, expeditions, friends, and homes 1940's - 1950's 

Scope and content

Photographs numbered AE0059-AE0437

 76

Family photos and ancestral home 

 77

Pictures of homes 

 78

Photographs of specimens 

 79

Miscellaneous, unmarked photographs, and copy guide 

 80

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