Nelson, Ruth Ashton, 1896-1987

found: LC data base, 8-1-89(hdg.: Nelson, Ruth Elizabeth (Ashton), 1896- ; usage: Ruth Ashton Nelson)

found: Her Handbook of Rocky Mountain plants, c1992:t.p. (Ruth Ashton Nelson 1896-1987)

found: Social security death index, viewed Sept. 22, 2008(Ruth Nelson; b. 29 Nov 1896; d. Jul 1987)

found: Rocky Mountain National Park Facebook page, Nov. 29, 2017(During the 1920's, Ruth Ashton Nelson worked as an information clerk for the park while finishing her master's degree in botany ... she made the first comprehensive list of plants in the park and later published her book-Handbook of Rocky Mountain Plants; It wasn't until 1955 that the park hired its first female naturalist. Ruth continued to document plants for several National Parks, publishing plant books and taught plant identification classes earning her the title of Rocky's unofficial first female naturalist) - https://www.facebook.com/RockyNPS/photos/a.498858780133401.117694.191384267547522/941996125819662/

found: University of Wyoming library catalog, Nov. 29, 2017:Aven Nelson papers, 1870-1983 catalog record (biographical note: Nelson remarried to Ruth Ashton (1891-1987) in 1931. Ashton, also a botanist, served as an assistant with the Rocky Mountain Herbarium. They conducted fieldwork together and issued joint publications) - http://uwcatalog.uwyo.edu/record=b2176897~S1