Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris (1895-1978)

Object Details

Subject
Ferris, Gordon Floyd 1893-1958
Ferris, Roxana S (Roxana Stinchfield) 1895-
Stanford University
Dudley Herbarium
Summary
After Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris (1895-1978) received an A.M. in botany from Stanford University (1916), she joined the research and curatorial staff of the university's Dudley Herbarium. Throughout her career, which continued after the death of her husband, Stanford entomologist Gordon Floyd Ferris (1893-1958), and even after her official retirement in 1963, she collected over 14,000 botanical specimens, served as co-editor of the classic reference work Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, and wrote such books as Death Valley Wildflowers and Flowers of Point Reyes National Seashore.
Cite as
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0592
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Place
Point Reyes National Seashore (Calif.)
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Topic
Botany
Women scientists
Wild flowers
Data Source
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Local number
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0592]
Type
Black-and-white photographs
Restrictions & Rights
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Copyright Not Evaluated
Record ID
siris_arc_290974