Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) Collection Uarch 126
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8wd45qq No online items Guide to the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) collection UArch 126 UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara 93106-9010 [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections 2017 September 27 UArch 126 1 Title: Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) collection Identifier/Call Number: UArch 126 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections Physical Description: 70 linear feet Date (inclusive): 20th century Abstract: Papers transferred from the UC Santa Barbara Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration to the UC Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections. Included in this collection are the papers generated in the course of research by area botanists and biologists, as well as records documenting such events as the UCSB Greenhouse acquisition, and the creation of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve. UC Santa Barbara Library, Special Research Collections Access Restrictions The collection is open for research. Use Restrictions Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained Preferred Citation [Identification of Item], Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration collection, UArch Mss 126. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Acquisition Information Papers transferred from the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara, to the UC Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections, August, 2016. Processing Information Originally processed, arranged and described by UC Santa Barbara Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) staff (circa 2008), and transferred to the UC Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections (SRC) in 2016, these papers have been gathered into series that now comprise the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) collection (UArch 126). Arrangement and description has otherwise been retained. Scope and Content Papers transferred from the UC Santa Barbara Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) to the UC Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections. Included in this collection are the papers generated in the course of research by Will Beitel, Carol Boyce, A.L. Brigger, Vernon and Mary Cheadle, Olivia Converse, Raymond B. Cowles, Demorest Davenport, Katherine Esau, Adriance S. Foster, Wayne Ferren, Robert W. Holmes, Maynard F. Moseley, Cornelius H. Muller, Robert M. Norris, and Beatrice Sweeney. Also included in the colleciton are National Research Service records, UCSB Greenhouse acquisition records, and the Caprinteria Salt Marsh Reserve records. Subjects and Indexing Terms Botanists--North America University of California, Santa Barbara Thorsch, Jennifer UArch 126 2 Will Beittel 1940-1994 Teaching materials 1972-1977 Will Beittel 1940-1994 Abstract: Lecture materials, clippings, propagation and planting notes, and photographs relating to trees and shrubs growing in Santa Barbara County, and especially plants grown by Will Beittel, former Santa Barbara City Arborist and Nurseryman at UCSB. Acquisition Information Materials acquired from the Dept. of Biological Sciences. Photocopies of additional materials received from Susan Chamberlin September 2008 and copied from files on the campus lagoon at the Cheadle Center. This series, formerly the Will Beittel papers (MS.09) was transferred from the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara, to the UC Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections, August, 2016. Biographical Note Wilbur (Will) G. Beittel was born March 2, 1913 in Philadelphia. After attending NYU and Oberlin College, he began a music career in 1936 as a composer and arranger for the Lucky Strike Hit Parade and CBS Swing Session. He also wrote for various motion picture studios up until he switched careers around 1955 after attending Pierce Agricultural College. Beittel moved to Santa Barbara and became the City Arborist until 1963. He lived at horticulturist Francesco Franceschi's original home and garden (now Franceschi Park), overseeing the plants there and using the grounds as the city's nursery, where he propagated and introduced many exotic species to Santa Barbara. He grew plants for the street tree program, public parks, and other civic properties, propagating between 4,000 and 5,000 plants per year. In 1963, Beittel became the Senior Nurseryman at University of California, Santa Barbara. He continued growing unusual exotic species which he planted around the campus grounds, many which are still there today. Among Beittel's noteworthy contributions to horticulture are several books that he authored: Santa Barbara's Street and Park Trees, Santa Barbara's Trees, and Dr. F. Franceschi, Pioneer Plantsman. He co-wrote Trees of Santa Barbara with Katherine Muller and Richard Broder. Beittel also taught several popular classes through Adult Education. Beittel passed away in 1999 at the age of 86. Processing Information Arrangement and description of this collection funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Scope and Content Series 1 Teaching Materials includes notes and handouts for several adult education and extension courses taught by Beittel. Series 2 Publications includes lists in draft form and galley proofs of some pages from the 1977 edition of Santa Barbara's Trees. Series 3 Clippings includes newspaper articles about Beittel, articles about Santa Barbara parks and trees, and articles on individual plants written by Beittel for the Santa Barbara News-Press. Series 4 Professional Papers includes Beittel's records on plant propagation for Franceschi Park and UCSB and inventories of plants on the UCSB campus. There are also records on experimental plantings of various eucalyptus species on campus, a project aimed at finding suitable street trees for Santa Barbara. In this series is also correspondence from Raymond B. Cowles and Sima Eliovsen on South African plants, and a tribute to Santa Barbara Park Superintendant Finlay MacKenzie. Series 5 Photographs includes color slides and prints of plants that Beittel planted at Franceschi Park and at UCSB, as well as trees and shrubs growing in various parks and gardens in Santa Barbara. Separated Material A copy of Santa Barbara's Trees containing Beittel's annotations was moved to the library collection. Related Material A collection of Santa Barbara park inventories including maps and plant lists by Will Beittel are located at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Library. Teaching materials 1972-1977 UArch 126 3 Will Beittel 1940-1994 Teaching materials 1972-1977 "Harmful and Beneficial Properties of Plants in this Region"--University Extension course 1972 "Trees and Shrubs of Santa Barbara" 1973-1977 Publications 1976 Clippings 1958-1983 Professional papers 1947-1994 Photographs UArch 126 4 Vernon and Mary Cheadle 1936-1994 Professional Activities 1947-1977 Vernon and Mary Cheadle 1936-1994 Physical Description: 11 linear feet Abstract: Correspondence, teaching materials, research materials, photographs, scrapbooks, and artifacts documenting Vernon and Mary Cheadle's years when Vernon was Professor of Botany at UC Davis and when he was Chancellor at UCSB Immediate Source of Acquisition This series, formerly the Vernon and Mary Cheadle papers (MS-07) was transferred from the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara, to the UC Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections, August, 2016. Biography Vernon Irvin Cheadle was both an academician and administrator at several colleges and universities across the country, but he is best known for his role as Chancellor of UCSB from 1962 to 1977. Cheadle was born in Salem, South Dakota on February 6, 1910. As a high-school and college student, he competed in track and field events and was also a member of the basketball and football teams. He attended South Dakota State University for one year before transferring to Miami University where he received a B.S. (magna cum laude) in 1932. In 1932 he was accepted to Harvard University and he received an M.S. in 1934 and his Ph.D. in botany in 1936 under the mentorship of Ralph H. Wetmore. After graduating from Harvard, Vernon Cheadle spent six weeks on a collecting trip in Cuba. Many of the specimens he collected are still preserved in his vast plant specimen collection in the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration at UCSB. While on his collecting trip, he was offered a position in the Department of Botany at Rhode Island State College, an appointment he began in 1936. He was Professor and Chair of the department from 1942 to 1952 and also served