This collection of documents pertains to the life and work of Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds, an ecologist and former professor of Biology at Linfield College. Many were written by Dr. Dirks-Edmunds, including during her undergraduate work at Linfield College and her graduate work at the University of Illinois. Also included is the undergraduate textbook she authored and non-scholarly works she wrote later in her life.

Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds graduated from Linfield College in 1937 and returned to teach at her alma mater for nearly 30 years. She devoted 50 years of her life to studying the Douglas fir trees along Oregon’s coastline; hers is the most comprehensive ecological study in the Northwest.

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Submissions from 2015

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Comparison of Biotic Communities of the Cedar-Hemlock and Oak-Hickory Associations, Draft Version, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds (circa 1937-1941)

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Ecology - As I See It, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds (circa 1960-1980)

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Geology of the Steens Area, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds (circa 1960)

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Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds's Notes on Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds (circa 1970)

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Plant Index Card for Rubus parviflorus,Western Thimbleberry, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds (June 21, 1959 - July 30, 1960)

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Jane Claire Dirks's Correspondence with Stanley G. Jewett, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds and Stanley G. Jewett (April 2-17, 1942)

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Advertisement for Trapper Nelson's Indian Pack Boards, Charles Trager (circa 1929-1940)

Submissions from 2004

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In Memory of Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds, Unknown

Submissions from 2000

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Mother Earth, Our Sorely Troubled Planet: Thoughts for a New Millenium, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Submissions from 1998

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Our Prairie Mother, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds and Myrtle Dirks

Submissions from 1967

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Christmas Greetings 1967, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds and Ray Edmunds

Submissions from 1965

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Habits and Life History of the Bronze Flea Beetle, Altica tombacina (Mannerheim) (Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae), Jane C. Dirks-Edmunds

Submissions from 1961

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Humidity Graph of Saddleback Biotic Succession, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Submissions from 1960

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Saddleback Research Project Collection Tabulation, Dorwin Lovell

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Letter from Lawrence W. Quate to Dr. Jane C. Dirks-Edmunds, Lawrence W. Quate

Submissions from 1959

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Biotic Succession in a Douglas Fir Forest on Saddleback Mountain (Oregon Coast Range), Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

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Saddlebag Insects Log Book, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Submissions from 1957

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Notes for Problems of Ecology Presentation to the Linfield Research Institute, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Submissions from 1947

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Comparison of Biotic Communities of the Cedar-Hemlock and Oak-Hickory Associations, Final Version, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds

Submissions from 1941

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Letter to Jane Claire Dirks Acknowledging Smithsonian Specimen Contributions, Paul Bartsch

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Jane Claire Dirks's Doctorate of Philosophy Degree, University of Illinois

Submissions from 1939

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A Laboratory Manual of Vertebrate Embryology, F.B. Adamstone and Waldo Shumway

Submissions from 1937

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Jane Claire Dirks's Bachelor of Arts Degree, Linfield College

Submissions from 1924

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How to Study the Western Birds, Grace McCormac French