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Visual Materials
A collection of botanical prints and ephemera created by artist Henry H. Evans, dating from approximately the 1970s to the 1990s. Materials include linocut prints, calendars, catalogs, price lists, order forms, postcards, correspondence, and other ephemera. The collection contains approximately 150 prints, and all are signed, titled, dated, and editioned in pencil by the creator. A complete unbound print of Henry Evans' California Native Wildflowers (1976 to 1984) is included. Also included is a signed copy of Botanical prints: with excerpts from the artist's notebooks (1977). Botanical subjects depicted in the prints often include: poppies, roses, daffodils, daisies, violets, tulips, pomegranates, irises, bamboo, persimmons, camellias, lilies, and other flowers.
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Manuscripts
Chronological record of explorations and surveys in tabular form of the Colorado River and its tributaries including the Green River beginning in 1527 to 1902 with each event supported by citations. Also included are two pages of bibliographies on the Colorado River and additional related geological works.
mssHM 27957