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Gary Hicks fonds

  • MS-2-828
  • Fonds
  • 1994-1997
Fonds consists of textual records and graphic material from Gary Hicks’ time as professor of plant biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS. The textual records include two textbooks and one lab manual for the course Biology 3220. The graphic material consists of original botanical drawings, some of which are included in the textual records.

Hicks, Gary

Botanical drawings

File contains original botanical drawings by Gary Hicks. These drawings are also present in Gary Hicks' textbooks, "Land Plants : A Survey" and "Plant Development".

Botanical drawings

File contains original botanical drawings by Gary Hicks. These drawings are also present in Gary Hicks' textbooks, "Land Plants : A Survey" and "Plant Development".

Biology 3220 lab manual : part one

File is a lab manual written by Gary Hicks in 1994 for the course Biology 3220B at Dalhousie University. Manual contains a lab schedule and quiz dates, a list of lab materials, and a policy on missed labs. Manual contains labs on mosses, club mosses, horsetails, whisk ferns, and ferns. Each lab includes an introduction, background reading, related terms, exercises, and original sketches by Gary Hicks.

Biology 3220B land plants : a survey

File is a textbook entitled “Land plants : a survey” by Gary Hicks. The textbook was published in 1997 for Biology 3220B, a course offered at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The textbook was designed by Rick Janson and includes original text and botanical drawings by Gary Hicks. Textbook contains the course syllabus, lecture and lab schedule, and fifteen chapters on land plants. The chapters include information on different divisions and classes of plants, including clubmosses, spikemosses, horsetails, ferns, and seeds.

Plant development

File is a textbook by Gary Hicks entitled “Plant development”, which was published in 1996 by Dalhousie University. Text and illustrations were by Gary Hicks, graphic design was by Rick Janson, and the cover design was by Ingrid Walker. Textbook contains an introduction, a sequence of class presentations, eleven chapters, and four appendices. Chapters include topics such as plant development, zygotic embryos, seed germination, leaf development, and cell differentiation.

Botanical drawings

File contains original botanical drawings by Gary Hicks. These drawings are also present in Gary Hicks' textbooks, "Land Plants : A Survey" and "Plant Development".

Photograph of Miss Constance MacFarlane

Item is a photograph of Miss Constance MacFarlane admiring a display of ceramic mushrooms at the McCulloch Museum. The mushrooms are native to Nova Scotia and are botanically accurate in detail and coloration. The ceramics were made by Alma and Ernst Lorenzen and donated to Dalhousie by Miss Constance Macfarlane. The photograph was taken by Biology photographer Mary Primrose.

Photograph of Dr. M. J. Harvey

Item is a photograph of Dr. M. J. Harvey admiring a display of ceramic mushrooms at the McCulloch Museum. The mushrooms are native to Nova Scotia and are botanically accurate in detail and coloration. The ceramics were made by Alma and Ernst Lorenzen and donated to Dalhousie by Miss Constance Macfarlane. Biology photographer Mary Primrose took the photograph.

Biology Department - Debates

File contains photographs of Duane Gish (item 2) and Mark Ragan (item 1). - Photographs taken by Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited (items 1-2). - Public debate "Creation vs. Evolution." Graduate biology student Mark Ragan debated for the side of evolution and Dr. Duane Gish, Associate Director of the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego, Calfornia, argued for creation.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Biology Department - Atlantic Universities Undergraduate Biology Conference - Ian Sussex, Alan McHueghan

File contains photographs of Ian Sussex (items 24-26) and Alan McHueghan (items 24-26). - Photographs taken by John Dorkin (item 25). - Attached card reads: "Yale professor Ian Sussex was guest speaker at the 7th Annual Atlantic Universities Undergraduate Biology Conference held at Dalhousie in February. Pictured here with Dr. Sussex (r ) is4th year student Alan McHughan [McHueghan], one of the conference organizers.".

Dorkin, John

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