| LC control no. | n 80162435 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gilkey, Helen M., 1886-1972 |
| Variant(s) | Gilkey, Helen Margaret, 1886- Gilkey, Helen Margaret, 1886-1972 Gilkey, H. M., 1886-1972 Gilkey, Helen, 1886-1972 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Berkeley (Calif.) |
| Located | Corvallis (Or.) |
| Birth date | 1886-03-06 |
| Death date | 1972 |
| Place of birth | Montesano (Wash.) |
| Field of activity | Botany Mycology Museums--Curatorship |
| Affiliation | University of California (1868-1952) Oregon Agricultural College Oregon State Agricultural College Oregon State College |
| Profession or occupation | Botanists Mycologists Natural history illustrators Botanical illustrator Natural history museum curators College teachers Herbarium curators University and college faculty members |
| Found in | Her A revision of the Tuberales ... 1916. NUCMC data from Oregon State University Archives for Her Papers, 1907-1974 (Gilkey, Helen Margaret, 1886-1972; scientific ill. at Berkeley, 1915-1918; curator of herbarium at Oregon Agricultural College from 1918-1951; prof. of botany) APSnet website, Oct. 4, 2012: About APS > History > Pioneering Plant Pathologists > Helen Margaret Gilkey (Helen Margaret Gilkey, 1886-1972. In 1915, Gilkey became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. degree in botany from the University of California, Berkeley. She was an excellent mycologist and pioneered the study of Tuberales in North America. Gilkey was also a superb illustrator, documenting her own work as well as providing illustrations for other botanists. Her art was featured in the Hunt Botanical Library Exhibit of 20th Century Botanical Art and Illustration at the 1969 International Botanical Congress. During her 33-year career at Oregon State University, Gilkey oversaw the herbarium, which increased from 25,000 to 75,000 plant specimens under her direction. She wrote Handbook of Northwest Flowering Plants in 1936, a book still in print today. The latest edition was published in 2001.) <http://www.apsnet.org/about/history/pioneeringplantpathologists/Pages/GilkeyHelenMargaret.aspx> Helen M. Gilkey papers, 1907-1974, via OSU Archives website, Oct. 4, 2012 (Gilkey, Helen Margaret, 1886-1972; born on March 6, 1886, in Montesanto [i.e. Montesano], Washington. She moved with her family to Corvallis in 1903. She received her MA at Oregon Agricultural College in 1911 and her PhD at University of California at Berkeley in 1915. From 1915 until 1918, she worked as a scientific illustrator at Berkeley. Curator of the herbarium at OAC from 1918 until 1951, Gilkey was also a Professor of Botany. She had 44 publications to her credit, 10 on vascular plant taxonomy and 10 on Tuberales; died in 1972) <http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/files/archives/mss/gilkey.html> OCLC, October 4, 2012 (usage: Helen M. Gilkey (most common); Helen Margaret Gilkey; H.M. Gilkey; Helen Gilkey) |
| Associated language | eng |
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