The Claremont Colleges Digital Library is pleased to announce a new

collection originally from Pomona College and now physically residing

in the libraries’ special collections.

Larry Oglesby Collection

http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/collection.php?alias=/loc

The Larry Oglesby Collection consists of 35 mm color slides of flora

and fauna taken by Professor Larry Oglesby, Professor Emeritus of

Biology at Pomona College. Oglesby graduated from Oregon State

University with a degree in Botany and a fascination with the natural

world. He also earned a Master's Degree in Zoology from Florida State

University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He

taught Biology at Pomona College beginning in 1968.

Taken in the field, the slides depict plants such as Sky Lupine or

Field Mustard and animals such as the Pacific Pond Turtle and

Killdeer. The photographs were taken primarily in California and

Oregon but photographs of the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and

other locations may also be found. The most frequent subject of

Oglesby's slides is the Bernard Field Station located in Claremont,

California. The flora found at the Field Station consists mostly of

coastal sage scrub, Riversidian alluvial fan scrub, live oak forest,

and grassland. In addition, an artificial lake with surrounding

riparian woodland and several created vernal pools add to habitat

diversity. Oglesby used the resources at the site to enrich his

classroom teaching and research.

The Collection is housed in The Libraries' special collections in

Honnold/Mudd Library at the Claremont University Consortium in

Claremont, California.

Thank you to the Pomona College ITS Department for generously

supporting this project. This is a work in progress, so please check

back for updates.

We hope you take a look at these and other wonderful collections in the CCDL.

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Please contact staff in the digital library if you have questions

about these or any of the CCDL collections.

Allegra Gonzalez

Institutional Repository, Metadata & Digital Rights Management Librarian

Claremont Colleges Digital Library

Claremont University Consortium

(909) 607-0893

http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/

http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu