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Andrew Hutchinson fonds
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5.8 m of textual records and other material.
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Andrew Henderson Hutchinson was born in York Mills, Ontario. He obtained his B.A. and M.A. in Education and Biology from McMaster University and Ph.D. from Chicago (1915). Hutchinson came to the University of British Columbia in 1917 as an assistant professor and acting head of the Department of Biology. In 1921, he served as head of the Department of Botany until 1939, when he became head of the reorganized Department of Biology and Botany. Hutchinson continued in this capacity until his retirement in 1954, although he remained an individual and honourary lecturer for another three years. He was an active member of many professional societies and government advisory bodies and was a member of the Royal Society of Canada. In addition, Hutchinson participated in numerous university, church, and community activities and pioneered work in marine biology laying the foundations for UBC's Institute of Oceanography. He died in 1975.
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Fonds consists of course materials, correspondence, subject files, reports, clippings, printed material, and index cards, relating to Hutchinson's work with the UBC Department of Biology and Botany. The fonds reflects his research interests, which included studies of conifers, forest ecology and tree genetics, particularly of the Douglas fir; to a limited extent, his personal life is also documented. The fonds also includes approximately 3,600 photographic negatives and prints (most black and white, some in colour), 1,200 lantern slides, and some transparencies. The photographs are mainly microscopic images of plants and trees in British Columbia, Mexico, Cuba, Florida and South Africa in the early part of the twentieth century. There is also a photograph album accompanying Hutchinson's report Grazing Lands in British Columbia. Finally, there are maps, charts, and diagrams, which are listed and stored separately.
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Maps and drawings are located in two file folders in the Archives vault, cabinet 1, drawer 8.
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The album and photographs are managed and stored as part of Rare Books and Special Collections B.C. Historical Photograph Collections.
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Other materials include 3 photographic prints, 58 maps, charts, and diagrams, and 1photo album with 57 photographs.
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Last revised June 2020.