Ellen Schulz Quillin Manuscripts

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US TxAM-C 95

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Ellen Schulz Quillin Manuscripts

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  • 1928-1964 (Creation)

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1 box

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(1887-1970)

Biographical history

Texas State Historical Association, Ellen Dorothy Schulz Quillin.

Wikipedia, Ellen Schulz Quillin.

HaithiTrust, Quillin, Ellen Schulz, 1892-1970.

Publications by Ellen Schulz Quillin within Texas A&M University Libraries holdings:

500 Wild Flowers of San Antonio and Vicinity
Quillin, Ellen Schulz. 500 Wild Flowers of San Antonio and Vicinity. San Antonio, Tex.: The author, 1922.

Texas Wild Flowers: A Popular Account of the Common Wild Flowers of Texas
Quillin, Ellen Schulz. Texas Wild Flowers: A Popular Account of the Common Wild Flowers of Texas. Chicago, New York: Laidlaw brothers, 1928.

Texas Cacti: A Popular and Scientific Account of the Cacti Native of Texas
Quillin, Ellen Schulz, and Robert Runyon. Texas Cacti: A Popular and Scientific Account of the Cacti Native of Texas. San Antonio, Tex.: Texas Academy of Science, 1930.

Cactus Culture
Quillin, Ellen Schulz, and Ben Carlton Mead. Cactus Culture. Rev. ed. New York: Orange Judd Pub. Co., 1942.

The Story of the Witte Memorial Museum, 1922-1960
Woolford, Bess Carroll, Ellen Schulz Quillin, and Ben Carlton Mead. The Story of the Witte Memorial Museum, 1922-1960. [San Antonio?]: [publisher not identified], 1966.

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This collection contains two manuscripts written by Ellen D. Schulz Quillin. The first, "Texas Wild Flowers. a Popular Account of the Common Wild Flowers of Texas.", was published in 1928 by Laidlaw Brothers (Chicago, IL), and the second, "Texas Cacti: A Popular and Scientific Account of the Cacti Native to Texas", was published in 1930 by the Texas Academy of Science and written with Robert Runyon.

The manuscript for "Texas Wild Flowers. a Popular Account of the Common Wild Flowers of Texas." consists of two bound volumes, typed with handwritten edits and notes, and both contain a title page handwritten in graphite, dated and initialed by Ellen (December 23, 1955). The inscription in Part I reads, "Original Texas Wild Flowers manuscript. Of no value to anyone else. Kept for reference to revision, if I should get to it". and in Part II, the inscription slightly changes with the last sentence reading "Kept for reference in case of revision".

The first volume, Part I (pages 1-337), has a second note by Ellen handwritten in ink, dated October 20, 1963, in which she talks about the book being published, the revisions she wanted to make after it becoming know the book was out of bring in 1959 [Part 2 state 1939], and never got around to due to her work in writing "History of the Museum" in 5 volumes and resigning in 1960.

The second volume, Part II (pages 338-640), also has a handwritten ink note from October 20, 1963, however, the inscription reads "Presented to Peggy C. Owens, College Station, Texas to use in any way she can as Texas Wildflowers has not been replaced since it became out of print in 1939 [Part I states 1959] - used copies are generally not available - and the last used copy I saw advertised in a California catalogue was $27.50 - a prohibitive price".

The second manuscript in this collection, "Texas Cacti: A Popular and Scientific Account of the Cacti Native to Texas", is held within a Weston Paper box with an address label for Mrs. Peggy C. Owens affixed to the outside. The manuscript itself is bound, typed with handwritten edits and notes, and original photographs (95 pages total). Also found within are a few publications that were used for reference.

Contained within the front cover are four documents, two are keys for illustrations, one for illustrations from "Succulents" by van Laren from paintings made in Amsterdam by Messrs. C. Rol, J. Voerman and H. Rol, and the second unidentified. The third is an announcement for the release of "Texas Wild Flowers: A Popular Account of the Common Wild Flowers of Texas by Ellen D. Schulz Quillin, M. S." with an overall description of the book, an excerpt from the book on the origin of Texas bluebonnets and two reprints from Texas newspapers of articles announcing Ellen's new book in June and July of 1928. The fourth document is a note handwritten in ink, originally paper clipped to the front cover, dated April 21, 1964, reading "To Peggy Owens - One of my most Precious possessions. Ellen S. Quillin". Also noted in graphite below the original note is "send vols 1 & 2" by Ellen, May 12, 1964. On the first page in the top right corner is another handwritten note in ink by Ellen dating April 21, 1964, "To Peggy Owens - Compliments of the author".

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This collection is open for research use.

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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure those rights when needed. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright, literary property rights, and libel.

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Ellen Dorothy Schulz, Index of Botanists, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries.

Ellen Schulz Quillin Photograph Collection, MS 436, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.

Ellen Schulz Quillin Papers, 1924-1968, Col 910, DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.

Ellen Schulz Quillin Annotated Field Guides, 1922-1968, Col 6747, DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.

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  • Citation: Ellen Schulz Quillin Manuscripts, Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Texas A&M University

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Record created by Jaime Janda, February 2, 2023.

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