Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris (1895-1978)
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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
- No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- siris_arc_290974