RS 21-7-136 Cora Belle Keith Pierce Botanical Specimen Book

Descriptive summary

creator:	Pierce, Cora Belle Keith (1859-1885)
title:	Botanical Specimen Book
dates:	1875
extent:	0.21 linear ft. (1 volume in four-fold enclosure)
collection number:	RS 21/7/136
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Cora Belle Keith Pierce Botanical Specimen Book, RS 21/7/136, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Cora Belle Keith was born on August 31, 1859. She attended Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University) starting in 1874 and received her B.S. in 1877. She married Thomas A. Pierce on August 31, 1882, and became a homemaker in Vinton, Iowa. In 1883, she gave birth to a daughter, Cora A. Pierce. Cora Belle Keith Pierce died less than two years later on February 19, 1885.

Collection description

This collection (1875) contains one volume of botanical specimens collected by Cora Belle Keith Pierce. Pierce collected the sixty-three plant samples on or near the Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University) campus from April through September 1875 as a requirement for her sophomore year botany classes. Many of the samples are labeled with each plant's order, genus, species, habitat, and date collected. Some items are left unidentified. Several samples, including mosses and some flowering specimens, are pressed between thin pieces of cardboard and were not inserted into the book.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	1	Botanical specimen book	1875