TABLE OF CONTENTS


Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Restrictions

Document Types:

Related Material

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Series I: Subject Files, 1910-1980

Series II: Teaching materials, undated

Series III: Botanical Abstracts, undated

Series IV: American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 1936-1961

Series V: University Senate, undated, 1923-1956

Series VI: Audiovisual materials, 1969





George Safford Torrey Papers,



Finding aid prepared by Wan-Ling Pai






Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205



© 2005 University of Connecticut



Overview of the Collection
Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
Creator: Torrey, George Safford.
Title: George Safford Torrey Papers.
Dates: undated, 1910-1980.
Quantity: 7.3 linear feet.
Identification: MSS19820008
Language: English.
Abstract: George Safford Torrey was born 14 March 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts. Torrey was hired in 1915 as an instructor of Botany at the Connecticut Agricultural College and in 1928 received tenure and was appointed Head of the Botany Department. Torrey retired from the University in 1953 and died in 1977.

Biography

George Safford Torrey was born 14 March 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1913 with a B.A. degree and continued his study in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University (1915, M.A. in Botany) and diplome d'Etudes Superieures (Botanique, University of Paris, 1919).

Prior to his employment in Storrs, Torrey had worked at Gray Herbarium (Harvard) and the Department of Agriculture (Newfoundland). Torrey was hired in 1915 as an instructor of Botany at the Connecticut Agricultural College. He received tenure in 1928 and was appointed Head of the Botany Department. Torrey served as the secretary of the Faculty, Registrar and chairman of the Committee on Scholastic Standing, in addition to guest performances on the organ and bassoon at off campus events.

Torrey retired from the University in 1953 but continued to assist in the revision of the Connecticut Catalog of Flowering Plants and Ferns.

G. Safford Torrey died in 1977. Soon after his death, the University of Connecticut named the building housing the Life Sciences departments in his honor.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains the personal and professional papers of G. Safford Torrey, longtime professor of Botany at the University. Materials in the collection include notebooks, correspondence, memoranda, administrative (department) records, reports, photographs, and various types of slides, and filmstrips.

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Arrangement

Series I: Subject Files (1910-1980) is arranged alphabetically and contains Torrey's personal notebooks, correspondence, office memoranda, department records, reports, history, staff information and course descriptions. The series also includes correspondence, promotional literature and research materials concerning the nation-wide Oak Wilt control activities.

Series II: Teaching materials (undated) is arranged by format and includes photographs, stereographs, lantern slides, filmstrips and two stereoscopes. Microfilm copies of articles from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Library have been disposed of.

Series III: Botanical Abstracts (undated) is arranged numerically. Abstracts include citations and/or notes from publications or lectures and bibliographical information. A list of missing pages can be found in Box 11, ff #74.

Series IV: American Association of University Professors (AAUP) (1936-1961) contains annual reports and correspondence, arranged chronologically.

Series V: University Senate (1923-1956) includes institutional reports and policies concerning tenure, comprehensive examinations, absence and similar issues. The series is arranged alphabetically.

Series VI: Audiovisual materials (1969).

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to the University, its faculty, students, departments and divisions. See especially, the Center for Oral History Records. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

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Academic freedom--Connecticut.
Agricultural colleges--Connecticut.
American Association of University Professors. University of Connecticut Chapter.
Botany--Study and teaching--Connecticut.
College teachers--Connecticut.
College teachers--Societies, etc.
Comprehensive examinations--Connecticut.
Connecticut Agricultural College. Dept. of Botany.
Connecticut State College. Dept. of Botany.
Education--Societies, etc.
Oak wilt--United States.
Universities and colleges--Administration.
Universities and colleges--Connecticut.
Universities and colleges--Faculty.
Universities and colleges--Societies, etc.
University of Connecticut. Dept. of Botany.
University of Connecticut. University Senate.

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Document Types:

Abstracts.
Administrative Records.
Books.
Correspondence.
Examinations.
Filmstrips.
Financial Records.
Gallery Proof.
Histories.
Lantern slides.
Manuscripts.
Minutes.
Motion picture film.
Notebooks.
Notes.
Obituaries.
Photocopies.
Photographs.
Publications.
School Records.
Scrap-Books.
Speeches.
Typescripts.

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Occupations:

Botanist.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], George Safford Torrey Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The collection was transferred from the Botany Department.

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Detailed Description

Series I: Subject Files, 1910-1980
1:1 Advancement of Teaching, undated, 1930-1931
1:2 Angiosperms, undated
Botany Department
1:3 Awards and Exams, 1931-1944
1:4 Blakeslee, Albert F. [see also “History”], undated
Correspondence
1:5 Burt, E.A., 1932-1935
1:6 Torrey, George Safford, 1950-1952
1:7 Instruments and plants, 1953
1:8 Laboratory facilities and courses, undated, 1930, 1948
1:9 President's office, 1931-1952
1:10 Course proposals, undated, 1953-1955
1:11 Fernald, Merritt Lyndon [memorial], 1950-1951
1:12 History, 1956
1:13 Intercollegiate bulletins, undated, 1924-1944
1:14 Information on plants, 1933-1954
1:15 Introduction to GST/ GST Department records, undated
1:16 Jansson, K.P., 1941-1952
1:17 New Quarters, 1929-1951
1:18 Planting list, undated
1:19 Staff and History Records, undated, 1951-1955
1:20 UConn office correspondence, 1945-1956
1:21 Bryophytas: Working notes, undated, 1959
1:22 Cartledge, J.L., undated, 1938-1943
1:23 Catalog of Flora in Connecticut, undated
1:24 Connecticut Agricultural College, 1932
1:25 Correspondence [Inquiries], undated, 1955, 1962
1:26 Culture records, 1910-1956
1:27 Department correspondence, 1915-1916
1:28 Eames, (Dr.) E.H. and early correspondence [see also ff 63], 1940-1948
1:29 Exams and Faculty action, 1933-1936, 1948
1:30 For new release, 1950
1:31 Hubbard, Mary, 1965
1:32 Instruction for use of Lab Appliances, undated
1:33 Inventories, 1924-1945
1:34 Mimeographed materials—USDA [re: lantern slides], 1925-1932
1:35 Newcomer, Earl H., 1951, 1968
1:36 Note Books, 1913-1940
1:37 Notes and Letters, 1915-1949
1:38 Notes for Typing and revisions, 1954-1966
Oak Wilt, undated
1:39 Arkansas, 1950
1:40 Cures, 1950-1953
1:41 Fungicide, 1950
1:42 General, 1950-1953
1:43 Illinois, 1950
1:44 Indiana, 1950
1:45 Iowa, 1950
1:46 Maryland, 1951
1:47 Michigan, 1950
1:48 Minnesota, 1950
1:49 Missouri, 1950
1:50 New York, 1950
1:51 Ohio, 1950
1:52 Organization, 1950
1:53 Pathology, 1950
1:54 Pennsylvania, 1950
1:55 Publicity, 1950-1952
1:56 Research, 1950
1:57 Tennessee, 1950
1:58 West Virginia, 1950
1:59 Wisconsin, 1949-1950
1:60 Organization: Torrey Botanical Club, undated, 1961
1:61 Outline for Students Preparing for Comprehensive Exams, 1933-1934
1:62 Photographs and labels—Display cases, undated
1:63 Photographs—Eames, E.H. [see also ff 28], undated
1:64 Photographs and negatives—Plants, undated, 1917
1:65 Quarantine & Inspection Port—New York, 1955
1:66 Slips and notes for Connecticut Botany Secretary, undated
2:67 Sphagna, undated
2:68 Teaching outlines, 1937-1962
2:69 Torrey Building, 1980
2:70 Waterman Lamp, undated, 1935-1945
2:71 Welsh Bryophytas—Notes, undated
Series II: Teaching materials, undated
3 Stereoscopes, undated (2 items)
4 Photographs and stereographs, undated
5-8 Lantern slides, undated
10 Filmstrips and Mimeographed materials, undated
Series III: Botanical Abstracts, undated
11 Page numbers
11:72 1 - 200
11:73 201 - 400
11:74 401 - 600
11:75 601 - 800
11:76 801 - 1000
12:77 1001 - 1200
12:78 1201 - 1400
12:79 1401 - 1600
12:80 1601 - 1800
12:81 1801 - 2014
Series IV: American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 1936-1961
13:82 1936
13:83 1937
13:84 1938
13:85 1939
13:86 1940
13:87 1941
13:88 1950
13:89 1951
13:90 1952
13:91 1955
13:92 1958
13:93 1961
Series V: University Senate, undated, 1923-1956
[Note: Additional University Senate materials can be found in the University Senate Records.]
14:94 Absence control, 1923
14:95 Academic freedom, Tenure and Retirement, 1941-1942
14:96 Committee of Comprehensive Exams, 1938-1951
14:97 Comprehensive Exam, 1949
14:98 Curriculum—Student participation in academics, undated
14:99 Load committee, 1945-1952
14:100 Personnel Advisory committee, 1947
14:101 Reports, Faculties and Senates, 1937-1956
14:102 Special committee—Functions of the Senate, 1946-1950
14:103 Special committee—Salaries and Promotion, 1940-1948
14:104 Tenure committee, 1940-1946
14:105 Tenure current, 1947-1948
Series VI: Audiovisual materials, 1969
Reel to reel tapes
1982-0008.rr1 1969 August 7
1982-0008.rr2 1969 August 18
1982-0008.rr3 1969 September 12
1982-0008.rr4 1969 September 23
1982-0008.rr5 1969 October 8
1982-0008.rr6 1969 October 22