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Louis Cutter Wheeler papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0265

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Scope and Contents

Collection consists of the papers and research materials of Dr. Louis C. Wheeler (1910-1980), American botanist and professor of botany within the USC Department of Botany in the School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. Materials includes bibliographies, publications, clippings, correspondence, research notes, teaching files, lecture transcripts, and student work and exams.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1940s-1970s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Louis Cutter Wheeler (1910–1980) was an American botanist and professor of botany. He studied botany from 1931 to 1933 at the University of California, Los Angeles and from 1933 to 1934 at Claremont University College. He was a graduate student at Harvard University from 1936 to 1939. Wheeler became an assistant professor in 1945 at the University of Southern California and was eventually promoted to associate professor and then full professor. He retired as professor emeritus in 1975.

Extent

15.75 Linear Feet (14 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection consists of the papers and research materials of Dr. Louis C. Wheeler (1910-1980), American botanist and professor of botany within the USC Department of Botany in the School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Louis Cutter Wheeler papers
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date
March 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States