| LC control no. | n 92063431 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Carlson, Margery Claire, 1892-1985 |
| Variant(s) | Carlson, Margery, 1892-1985 Carlson, Margery C., 1892-1985 Carlson, Margery Claire, 1892- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Mexico El Salvador Costa Rica |
| Birth date | 1892-11-21 |
| Death date | 1985-07-05 |
| Place of birth | Arthur (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Evanston (Ill.) |
| Affiliation | Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Botany University of Wisconsin--Madison Nature Conservancy (U.S.). Illinois Chapter Field Museum of Natural History Garden Club of Evanston (Evanston, Ill.) |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Botanists Botany teachers Plant collectors Conservationists |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Chicago Hist. Soc., Archives and Mss. Dept. (Ill.) for Nature Conservancy (U.S.). Illinois Chapter. Records, 1954-1977 (Dr Margery Carlson, a botanist and active supporter of the Nature Conservancy who served for some years as secretary of the Illinois Chapter and also participated in fundraising, membership drives, and educational activities) WW in Am., 1974-1975 (Carlson, Margery Claire; educator; b. Arthur, Ill., Nov. 21, 1892; d. John Emerich and Nellie Marie (Johnson) Carlson; assoc. prof. emeritus, botany, Northwestern Univ., 1958- ; dir. Nature Center and Wild Flower Trail, Evanston, Ill., 1958- ; sec. Ill. Chapt. Nature Conservancy, 1964- ; home address, Evanston, Ill.) Hidden No More website, June 2, 2020 profile page (Botanist Margery C. Carlson was the first female appointed as full professor at Northwestern University, in 1928; at NU's Botany Department 1928-1958; first woman to major in botany at the university, undergraduate completed in 1916; completed a PhD in botany at the University of Wisconsin in 1925; with research companion Kate Staley, while at Northwestern, traveled to Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and Europe to study flora; during their Central America expedition they collected nearly 5,000 plants and discovered 15 new species, trip sponsored by the Field Museum; Dr. Carlson is a founder of the [Illinois] Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and the National Conservancy; the Margery C. Carlson Nature Preserve (Illinois) was named in her honor in 1976) <https://www.northwestern.edu/hidden-no-more/faculty-profiles/margery-c.-carlson.html> Evanston Women's History Project, viewed June 9, 2021 (Margery Carlson; died July 5, 1985, Evanston, Illinois; lived in Evanston from 1930 until her death; research associate at the Field Museum, helping build its plant collection) <https://evanstonwomen.org/woman/margery-carlson/> The Garden Club of Evanston website, viewed June 9, 2021: Our history (Dr. Margery Carlson, honorary member of GCE; she chaired the Wildflower Garden for several years and made significant contributions to the Lighthouse Nature Center) |
| Associated language | eng |
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