John Davidson fonds - City of Vancouver Archives

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John Davidson fonds

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AM505

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1897-1978 (Creation)

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Davidson, John

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0.72 m of textual records
929 photographs

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Davidson, John

(1878-1970)

Biographical history

John Davidson worked in the Botany Museum at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland from 1893 to 1911. He came to Vancouver in 1911 and shortly thereafter was appointed Provincial Botanist and established botanical gardens at Essondale and later at the University of British Columbia. Davidson joined the faculty of UBC in 1916 and retired in 1948. He was involved with the B.C. Mountaineering Society and was a founder of the Vancouver Natural History Society. Davidson's work also led him to be active in the Arbor Day and City Beautiful movements of the 1920s.

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The fonds consists of typescripts and notes to public addresses delivered by Davidson on a number of topics, 1912-1951; scientific notes on botany; religious notes on Davidson's work with the Baptist Church, 1934-1945; typescript essays; correspondence; scrapbooks of clippings 1897- 1975; and photographs.

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Photographs in this fonds have been assigned catalogue numbers in the range of CVA 660-1 to CVA 660-929.

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John Davidson fonds also held at UBC Archives

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Fonds AM505 - John Davidson fonds