> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 524](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266201) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23302886) QID Q23302886 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Cusick, William Conklin (1842-1922), American botanist, born in Adams County, Illinois, emigrated to Oregon while a youth, had "a modest 'collegiate' education" and worked in the Wallowa Mountains, started botanical collecting in the area of the Wallowa and Blue Mountains from 1865, travelled widely in Oregon and Idaho. **Abbreviated name**: *W.C. Cusick* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ORE|ORE]] (col. 1876-1902), further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BRU|BRU]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CU|CU]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OSC|OSC]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]], [[Collection WRLS|WRLS]], [[Collection WS|WS]], [[Collection WTU|WTU]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 407 (b. 21 Feb 1842, Adams, Ill., d. 7 Oct 1922, Union, Oregon); Ewan ed. 2: 54; IH 2: 148; Jackson p. 17; Morren ed. 10, p. 129; NW p. 43; Tucker 1: 182. #### Biofile - Anon., Hedwigia 65(1)(Beibl.): (95). 1925 (d. 7 Oct 1922 in Union, Oregon); Northwest Botanical Manuscripts, an index register... Washington State University Library, Pullman 1976, p. 22-23. - Brewer, W.H., *in* S. Watson, Botany California 2: 559. 1880. - Cantelow, E.D. and H.C. Cantelow, Leaflets Western Bot. 8: 89. 1957. - Hemenway, A.F., Quart. Oregon hist. Soc. 5: 212. 1904. - Hitchcock, A.S. and A. Chase, Man. Grass. U.S. 985. 1951. - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 90. 1972. - Lange, I.F., Pioneer bot. Pac. Northwest, *in* Quart. Oregon Hist. Soc. 57: 115-118. 1956. - Lenz, L.W., Marcus E. Jones 121, 200-201. 1986. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 148. 1981. - Reveal, J.L., *in* A. Cronquist et al., Intermountain Flora 1: 62. 1972. - Rigg, Geo. B., Washington Hist. Quarterly 20(3): 167. Jul 1929. - Rodgers, A.D., Amer. Bot. 1873-1892: 110, 138-139, 142, 208, 300. 1944. - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 4(3): 154. 1982 (field notes). - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 154. 1984. - St. John, H., Rhodora 25(295): 101-105. 1923 (portr., biogr.). - Thatcher, E.P., Taxon 15: 217-218. 1976 (Oregon pl. coll.). - Thomas, J.H., Huntia 3: 20, 23. 1969 (expl. Wash., Ore., Calif.). ### Publications ##### n.28.526. Eastern Oregon flora **Title** *Eastern Oregon flora*; \[list of plants collected in eastern Oregon during 1881 and '82 ... Union 1883\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *East. Oreg. fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1883, p. \[1-4\]. *Copy*: Fide HH. – See Tucker 1: 182. *1901*, p. \[1-3\]. *Copy*: G. ##### n.28.527. Eastern **Title** The *Eastern* and *Southeastern Oregon flora*... Distribution of Wm. C. Cusick for 1898. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *East. S.-East. Oreg. fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1898, p. \[1-4\]. *Copy*: G. ##### n.28.528. Wallowa Mountains flora **Title** The *Wallowa Mountains flora*... Distribution of Wm. C. Cusick for 1900. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Wallowa Mount. fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1900, p. \[1-2\]. *Copy*: G.