Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Papers
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| Notes: | Series I: Subseries 2 contains student recommendation letters that are restricted for 80 years. Series III: Subseries 4 contains student grades that are restricted for 80 years. Series IV contains one folder containing transcripts and student grades that are restricted for 80 years. Series VII contains 16-millimeter filmstrips, microfilms, and film negative rolls that are restricted due to equipment and reformatting requirements. The remainder of the collection is open for research, with no restrictions.
Paul Dirks Voth (1905-1992) was a University of Chicago alumni (S.M. 1930, Ph.D. 1933) and faculty member of the Department of Botany. Voth was known for his research on the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, working with his students to determine requirements for nutrition and cultivation of this species. He was also particularly interested in lichens and Hemerocallis (daylilies). Teaching was an important part of Voth's academic career. He developed textbooks, films, and laboratory material for high school teaching, and taught summer biology institutes for gifted high school students. Outside the university, Voth served as associate editor of Botanical Gazette from 1960-1974, and was a botanical consultant for encyclopedia publishers and educational film producers. He belonged to numerous professional organizations, serving as Secretary-Treasurer of the American Bryological Society (1939-1941) and Chairman of the Teaching Section of the Botanical Society of America (1950), as well as administrative positions with the Illinois State Academy of Science. After retiring from the faculty of University of Chicago, Voth continued to teach at Northern Illinois University in the 1970s.
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| Summary: | This collection represents Voth's work as a botanist, educator, horticulturist, and historian of the University of Chicago's Department of Botany. Included in this collection is laboratory data, lecture notes, drafts, publications, teaching materials and student work, administrative and personal correspondence, photographs, and films.
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| Cite as: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Voth, Paul D. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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| Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
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