Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire (1893-1950)

Creator: United States Dept. of Agriculture

Subject: McGuire, Ruth (Colvin) 1893-1950
       Indiana University
       United States Bureau of Plant Industry

Type: Black-and-white photographs

Topic: Plant diseases
     Women scientists
     Botany

Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-3755]

Summary: Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire (1893-1950) was a plant pathologist known for her work on sugar cane diseases. She attended Indiana University (A.B., 1914; M.A., 1916) and worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry from 1919 until at least 1948

Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Persistent URL:Link to data base record

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives

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