(1904-2003)
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged fifteen fungal specimens collected by Dr. Ivan “Bill” Herrett Crowell. All were collected in New Mexico, particularly around the Las Cruces area. As our collections continue to be cataloged it is possible that more fungi collected by Crowell will be found. NCU’s fungal collections can be searched at mycoportal.org
Other herbaria curating specimens collected by Ivan H. Crowell include Auburn University (AUA — vascular plants), Canadian National Mycological Herbarium (AAFC:DAOM — fungi), Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM — vascular plants), Cornell University (CUP — fungi), Duke University (DUKE — bryophytes), Field Museum (F — vascular plants and fungi), Harvard University (FH — fungi & bryophytes), Marshall University (MUHW — vascular plants), Miami University (MU — vascular plants), Missouri Botanical Garden (MO — bryophytes), New York Botanical Garden (NY — vascular plants & fungi), University of Wyoming (RM & RMS — vascular plants, fungi), Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research of New Zealand (PDD — fungi), Oregon State University (OSC — fungi), Texas A & M University (TAES — vascular plants), University of Michgan, Ann Arbor (MICH — vascular plants, fungi & bryophytes), Ohio State University (OS — bryophytes), University of Nebraska (NEB — vascular plants), University of Wisconsin, Madison (WIS — vascular plants), Washington State University (WS — vascular plants), Purdue University (PUR & PUL — fungi), Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (S — fungi), University of Arizona, Tucson (ARIZ — fungi), University of California, Berkeley (UC — fungi), Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville (FLAS — fungi), University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (ILL — fungi), University of Tennessee, Knoxville (TENN-F — fungi), Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service (FPF — fungi), and United States National Fungus Collections (BPI — fungi).
Ivan Herrett Crowell was born in Caledonia, Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada on 9 August, 1904. He taught manual training in Nova Scotia public schools before earning a B.S. in forestry from the University of New Brunswick in 1929, then a Masters degree from Miami University in Oxford Ohio, USA. 1 Crowell continued his biological studies and earned a Masters and Ph.D. from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The title of his doctoral thesis was “The cedar-rust fungi, Gymnosporangium juniper–virginianae Schweinitz and Gymnosporangium clavipes Cooke & Peck.” Crowell took a teaching post at Macdonald College of McGill University in Montreal in 1936 and taught botany and handicrafts.
According to Ralph H. Eastey, “Crowell, who liked to work with his hands…became so interested in handicrafts, while at Macdonald College, that he resigned, in 1946, to devote himself full time to handicraft work.”2 In 1946 he moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick to become director of handicrafts for the University of New Brunswick. He also established the New Brunswick Craft School and served as its director for twenty years. “In the 1970’s, Dr. Crowell was inspired by Nel Oudemans, an accomplished weaver, to develop his earlier love of another ancient craft, tapestry weaving. Since then, [Crowell] has woven over 250 tapestries, depicting scenes of New Brunswick history, architecture, local legends, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales. He generously donated more than 90 tapestries to [University of New Brunswick] including the bicentennial series of UNB buildings, the student residence series, and the heraldic series.” 3
It is as artisan – fiber artist, woodworker, and pewter smith — that Crowell is best known. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1973, the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and named Distinguished Citizen of Fredericton in 1984.1
Ivan Herrett Crowell died in Fredericton in May, 2003.3
PUBLICATIONS: probably an incomplete list; apologies for the incomplete citations!
Crowell, Ivan H. Handwoven Colonial Coverlets in New Brunswick. [publisher & date unknown.]
Crowell, Ivan H. Index to the relative susceptibility of orchard apples to cedar-apple rust. [publisher & date unknown.]
Crowell, Ivan H. (1930) Some wood rotting fungi of commercial importance. Department of Botany, Miami University.
Crowell, Ivan H. (1930) Cutting microscopic sections of wood without previous treatment in hydrofluoric acid. Stain Technology 5(4): 149-150.
Crowell, Ivan H. (1934) The cedar-rust fungi, Gymnosporangium juniper-virginianae (Schweinitz) and Gymnopsporangium clavipes (Cooke & Peck). Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Botany, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Crowell, Ivan H. [date?] The suspects, life histories and control of the cedar-rust fungi Gymnosporangium juniper-virginianae Schw. and G. clavipes C. & P. [M.S.?] Thesis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University.
Crowell, Ivan H. (1934) The hosts, life history and control of the cedar-apple rust fungus Gymnosporangium juniper-virginianae Schw. Jamaica Plain [Arnold Arboretum?], Massachusetts.
J. D. MacLachlan and Ivan H. Crowell. (1937) Control of the Gymnosporangium rusts by means of sulphur sprays. [incomplete citation]
Crowell, Ivan H. (1940) A new species of Gymnosporangium. Canadian Journal of Research 18c(1): 10-12. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjr40c-002
Crowell, Ivan H. (1940) The geographical distribution of the genus Gymnosporangium. Canadian Journal of Research 18c(9): 469-488. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjr40c-043
Crowell, Ivan H. (1940) Heart Bluestain of White Spruce and Balsam Fir. Woodlands Rev. 11(7): 3-4.
Crowell, Ivan H. (1941) Use of dichloricide in the control of scavenger mites in test tube cultures. Mycologia 33(1): 137. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3754746
Crowell, Ivan H. (1941) A tweezers method for making microscopic sections of plant pathological material. Mycologia 33(3): 335-337. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3754770
Crowell, Ivan H. (1942) Two new Canadian smuts. Canadian Journal of Research 20c(5): 327-328. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjr42c-029
Crowell, Ivan H. and E. Lavallee. Check list of diseases of economic plants in Canada. Canada: Department of Agriculture Science Service, 1942.
Crowell, Ivan H. Fingerweaving, Part I. Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Province of Quebec: McGill University Adult Education Service, Handicrafts Division, Macdonald College, 1944.
Crowell, Ivan Herrett. The Brown Book of European and Polynesian Chip Carving Designs. Boston?: Fellowcrafters, 1945.
Crowell, Ivan H. Fingerweaving, Part : Fellowcrafters’ Handbook No. 9804. Boston, Massachusetts: Fellowcrafters, 1945.
Crowell, Ivan H. Popular Woodcarving Crafts. Peoria, Illinois: C.A. Bennett Co., 1949.
Crowell, Ivan H. Leather Belts that You Can Make. Montreal: McGill University Adult Education Service, Handicrafts Division, Macdonald College, 1944.
Austin, Peggy Johannsen and Ivan H. Crowell. Linoleum Block Printing: Craftsmen’s Library 2. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Davidson, Enid and Ivan H. Crowell. Inkle Loom Weaving: Craftsmen’s Library 4. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Crowell, Ivan Herrett. Chip Carving: Craftsmen’s Library No. 5. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Garrard, E. H. and Ivan H. Crowell. Portraits and landscapes in fine veneer woods: Craftsmen’s Library No. 9. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Crowell, Ivan H. Design and Hook Your Own Rugs: Craftsmen’s Library No. 11. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Crowell, Ivan H. Leather Belts: Craftsmen’s Library No. 14. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Rowand, Jessie and Ivan Herrett Crowell. Tooling Leather: Craftsmen’s Library No. 16. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Crowell, Ivan H. Horn Craft: Craftsmen’s Library No. 18. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Greenlees, Stephen and Ivan H. Crowell. How to Tie Trout Flies: Craftsmen’s Library 19. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Kirner, Ann A., Ivan Herrett Crowell and Tilda Augusta Stenson (Bruaer). Braided and interbraided rugs: Craftsmen’s Library No. 21. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Hurst, George L. and Ivan H. Crowell. Classical wood carving: Craftsmen’s Library No. 22. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Laurie, Margaret and Ivan Herrett Crowell. The Cradle or Box Loom: Craftsmen’s Library No. 23. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Leechman, Douglas and Ivan H. Crowell. Cutting and Polishing Small Stones: Craftsmen’s Library 25. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Renzius, Rudy and Ivan H. Crowell. Hammered Silver Flatware : Craftsmen’s Library 26. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Borden, Alice and Ivan Herrett Crowell. Hand Carding and Spinning of Wool: Craftsmen’s Library 29. Toronto?: Macmillan, 1945.
Crowell, Ivan H. Popular Weaving Crafts. Peoria, Illinois: C.A. Bennett Co., 1950.
Crowell, Ivan H. New Brunswick Handicrafts. Saint John, New Brunswick: Paterson Printing Co., 1959.
Wardell, Michael, Milton F. Gregg, Ivan H. Crowell, Harry Moore, and Neil M. Stewart. Waterloo Row, Fredericton: 1950-1951. Manuscript. 1949-1951.
Crowell, Ivan H. Make your own Christmas candles. New York: Popular Mechanics, 1959.
Crowell, Ivan H., Michael Francis and Stephan Dedam. Canadian Indian Legends. Fredericton, New Brunswick: The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, 1964.
Crowell, Ivan H. Chip Carving Patterns and Designs. New York: Dover Publications, 1977.
Squires, W. Austin, Gertrude E. Duffie and Ivan H. Crowell. History of Fredericton and Last 200 Years by W. Austin Squires: Narrated in Tapestry a Bicentennial Project, Designer Gertrude E. Duffie, Weaver Ivan H. Crowell. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Downtown Fredericton, 1984.
Crowell, Ivan H. University of New Brunswick, 1986 Calendar: The Bicentennial Tapestries. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick, 1985.
Crowell, Ivan H. Smart Buttons, Buckles and Novelty Fastenings in Leather. ?United States: Coss Press, 2011?
SOURCES:
1. http://arpfnb.ca///uploads//Website_Assets/Dr_Ivan_(Bill)_Crowell.pdf accessed on 5 May 2014.
2. Eastey, Ralph H. (1994) Essays on the early history of plant pathology and mycology in Canada. McGill-Queen’s University Press. ISBN 0-7735-1135-0.
3. Cook, Janice (2000) UNB’s Heraldic Tapestries. UNB [University of New Brunswick] Libraries. Retrieved 5 May 2014 . https://lib.unb.ca/225/unbs-heraldic-tapestries