Ellen I. Schutt Pomological Watercolors, 1911-1915

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Summary

Creators:
Schutt, E. I. (Ellen Isham)
Abstract:
Ellen Isham Schutt (1873-1955) was an illustrator with the United States Department of Agriculture who was active from 1904-1914. This collection contains 286 original watercolors of fruits, mostly apples, rendered by Schutt for the University of California.
Extent:
0.8 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ellen I. Schutt Pomological Watercolors, D-453, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains 286 original watercolors of fruits, mostly apples, rendered by Schutt for the University of California. The watercolors illustrate examples of a variety of conditions including cold storage, core rot, injury damage, and moth damage, among others. The apples are usually shown in two views: a full view and a half section.

The watercolors are arranged in specimen number order.

Biographical / historical:

Ellen Isham Schutt was born April 15, 1873 in Arlington, Virginia. Schutt was active from 1904-1914 as an illustrator with the United States Department of Agriculture.

According to Dillon Brown's The Department of Pomology, University of California, Davis, Miss E.I. Schutt-Blackburn was a pomological artist with the Department of Agriculture at the Berkeley campus from 1914-1915.

She passed away December 5, 1955 in Falls Church, Virginia.

Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara was assisted by student employee Jane Oh in the processing of this collection in 2008. In 2015, the online images were added with assistance from student employees Carena Leung and My-Hanh Nguyen and Metadata Librarian Jared Campbell.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ellen I. Schutt Pomological Watercolors, D-453, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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