Preliminary Inventory of the Ronald L. Stuckey Research on Edgar N. Transeau, 1820-1994, 2005 SPEC.RARE.0176 Finding aid prepared by Ashleigh Minor Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2017 October

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2017-10-14T15:54-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ronald L. Stuckey Research on Edgar N. Transeau SPEC.RARE.0176 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1.2 Cubic feet 1820-1994, 2005 Ronald L. Stuckey served as professor of botany at Ohio State University from 1965 to 1991. The collection contains two binders related to Stuckey’s research on Edgar N. Transeau and Ohio’s topography, climate, vegetation, and land between 1820 and 1994, as well as a draft of Stuckey's paper about Transeau's work. (1) carton English Stuckey, Ronald L. Arrangement of Materials

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Acquisitions Information

SPEC.RARE.0176: Ronald L. Stuckey, 2016 July

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Ronald L. Stuckey Research on Edgar N. Transeau, SPEC.RARE.0176, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

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This collection is unprocessed. Finding aid written by: Ashleigh Minor, 2017 October

Biographical Note

Ronald L. Stuckey served as professor of botany at Ohio State University from 1965 to 1991. Stuckey is an internationally recognized authority on the identification and geographical distribution of aquatic and wetland plants in North America, and, as of 2010, has published more than 200 articles on the subject. After his retirement in 1991, Stuckey continued to research and publish in the field of botany.

Scope and Contents

The Ronald L. Stuckey Research on Edgar N. Transeau contain two binders related to Stuckey’s research on ecologist Edgar N. Transeau. The first binder contains copies of topographic maps, surveys and research on Ohio’s climate and vegetation between 1820 and 1994, primarily conducted by Edgar N. Transeau. The second binder contains Ronald Stuckey’s 2005 draft of a paper titled: “Edgar N. Transeau (1875-1960): Distinguished Educator and Ecologist. His Mapping of Vegetation Centers, Climate, and the Prairie Peninsula. An Anthology of Papers”.

Stuckey, Ronald L. Transeau, Edgar Nelson, 1875-1960 Ecologists--Ohio--19th century Ecologists--Ohio--20th century Plant ecology--Ohio--19th century Plant ecology--Ohio--20th century Research (documents) Topographic maps Vegetation and climate--Research--Ohio--19th century Vegetation and climate--Research--Ohio--20th century Vegetation mapping--Ohio--19th century Vegetation mapping--Ohio--20th century Accession No. RARE.2016.0028 "Edgar N. Transeau (1875-1960): Distinguished Educator and Ecologist. His Mapping of Vegetation Centers, Climate, and the Prairie Peninsula. An Anthology of Papers" draft by Ronald L. Stuckey Accession No. RARE.2016.0028.001 2005 Maps, surveys and research on history of Ohio's topography, climate, vegetation, and land conducted by Edgar N. Transeau Accession No. RARE.2016.0028.001 1820-1994