Louis Cutter Wheeler papers
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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.
Subject
- Wheeler, Louis C. (Louis Cutter), 1910-1980 -- Archives (Person)
- University of Southern California (Organization)
- 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
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu