Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Introduction and Inventory
- Biography and Resume
- University of Washington Field Trip
- Whitworth Campus Greenhouses
- Courses Taught
- Eastern Washington State Historical Society Accreditation Committee Service
- Whitworth Greenhouses Financial Records
- Letters Received for Golden Anniversary
- Manuscripts
- Publishing
- Research
- Sabbatical Leave Study: Plant Life in Europe
- Travel
- Funeral and Obituaries
- Names and Subjects
Nicolin J. Plank Gray Papers, 1921-2002
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Gray, Nicolin J. Plank
- Title
- Nicolin J. Plank Gray Papers
- Dates
- 1921-2002 (inclusive)19212002
1952-1980 (bulk)19521980 - Quantity
- .66 cu. ft., (1 box)
- Collection Number
- General Collection N-3-GR
- Summary
- Selected papers of Whitworth professor Nicolin J. Plank Gray including course materials and published research.
- Repository
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Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
Telephone: 5097774481
archives@whitworth.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is not restricted.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Nicolin J. Plank Gray was born in Yakima, Washington in 1921 and joined the Whitworth College faculty in 1952. Her 28 years of teaching a variety of biology classes gave her the opportunity to integrate her Christian faith with the subjects she loved. She was a mentor to women in science. Her familiarity with the mushrooms of the Inland Northwest was important to the Poison Center established for a time at Spokane’s Deaconess Hospital. Its removal to Seattle was a distinct loss to the children of Spokane and Eastern Washington.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The file contains selected papers covering the career of Nicolin J. Plank Gray at Whitworth College. Included are course descriptions and syllabi, miscellaneous research, manuscripts, and published works.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for use.
Preferred Citation
From the Nicolin J. Plank Gray Papers located in the Whitworth College Archives, Spokane, Washington.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Introduction and InventoryReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/1
Biography and ResumeReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/2
University of Washington Field Trip, 1941Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/3
Whitworth Campus Greenhouses, 1941-1978Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/4
Courses TaughtReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/5 | Biology 151 –
Bioscience |
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1/6 | Botany |
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1/7 | Environmental Studies |
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1/8 | Experiments with
Seeds |
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1/9 | “The Food Pyramid: An
Audio-tutorial Mini-unit” |
|
1/10 | Growing Plants in the
Classroom |
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1/11 | Biology 101 (see 140) - Life
Science |
|
1/12 | Biology 373 – Microbial
Ecology |
|
1/13 | Biology 140 – Mini-units:
“The Structure of Cells" “Cell Division" “Mitosis and Meiosis" “Basic Nutrition" “Plant Structure” |
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1/14 | Mini-unit: Nutrition |
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1/15 | Biology 231 – Non-vascular
Plants |
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1/16 | Observation of an Ecological
System |
|
1/17 | Biology 140, Unit I –
Organization – Life |
|
1/18 | Biology 210 – Plant
Growth |
|
1/19 | Biology 140 – Unit – Plants –
World Food Supply |
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1/20 | Biology 140 – Unit – Plants –
World Food Supply |
|
1/21 | Taxonomy |
|
1/22 | The Use of Multiple Options to
Individualize Freshman Non-major Life Science |
1972 March 24 |
Eastern Washington State Historical Society Accreditation Committee Service, 1979Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/23
Whitworth Greenhouses Financial Records, 1963 October 21-1980 March 4Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/24
Letters Received for Golden Anniversary, 1997Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/25
ManuscriptsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/26 |
" Academic Excellence in
Biology"
|
1962 |
1/27 |
" Children and Poisonous Plants Don’t
Mix!"
|
1972 October 20 |
1/28 |
" Illustrated Guide to Plants of the
Spokane Area"
|
1985 |
1/29 |
" Integration of Biology with the
Social Sciences – the Audio-tutorial Approach"
|
1970 March 27;; 1972 March 24 |
1/30 | Miscellaneous Career
Items |
|
1/31 |
" Mushrooms of the Inland
Northwest"
|
1984 |
1/32 | Phi Beta Kappa Study |
1962 |
1/33 | Pine Tree Sickness on the Campus
(Later proved to be fluoride contamination from the Kaiser Mead
Plant) |
1978 April 5 |
1/34 |
" Poisonous Plants of the Inland
Empire"
|
PublishingReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/35 | With Alfred O. Gray,
First Presbyterian Church, Over 100 Years
of Church History
|
1993 |
1/36 |
" The Nature of Cellulose in
Sphagnum,"
American Journal of Botany, Vol.
33, pp. 335-37 |
1946 |
1/37 |
" The Chemistry of Cell Walls,
particularly in respect to their cellulose and other carbohydrate
content,"
American Journal of Botany
Yearbook, p. 54 |
1947 |
1/38 |
" Phlox" in
Signpost
|
1989 June |
ResearchReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/39
Sabbatical Leave Study: Plant Life in Europe, 1975Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/40
TravelReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/41
Funeral and Obituaries, 2002 July 23Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/42
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Biology
- Mushrooms
Personal Names
- Gray, Alfred O.
- Gray, Nicolin J. Plank
Corporate Names
- Deaconess Medical Center
- University of Washington (Seattle, Wash.)
- Whitworth College (Spokane, Wash.)
Geographical Names
- Spokane, Wash.