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Université de Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier), Toulouse, France, Europe

Collection Henri Gaussen
Henri Gaussen Collection

Museum or Collection Type:
General
Institutional Type:
Collection: Research

Subject:
Biology, Botany, Natural History, Natural Sciences, Photography

Address:
Archives Départementales de la Haute-Garonne, 11 boulevard Griffoul-Dorval, 31400 Toulouse

Contact:
Nathalie Sejalon-Delmas
nathalie.delmas@lrsv.ups-tlse.fr
Phone: (33) 05.61. 52. 01. 64
Fax: (33) 05.61. 25. 01. 60

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Collection Henri Gaussen
Université de Toulouse III (Paul Sabatier)

Description:
Henri Gaussen (1891-1981) was a scientist from Toulouse as well as a botanist, cartographer, and one of the founders of phytogeography. He donated his collection of photographs to the University of Toulouse, on permanent loan at the Archives Départementales de la Haute-Garonne. The collection encompasses 45 000 diapositives et 6000 glass slides.