Approximately 10 linear feet

This collection, ca. 1895-1995, includes the personal and official correspondence of Oakes Ames, Charles Schweinfurth, Richard Evans Schultes, Herman Sweet, and Leslie Garay related to the curation of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium and Library. They exchanged letters with the leading orchid collectors, propagators, and researchers of their eras

Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium correspondence files, Archives of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium, Harvard University Herbaria

The Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium and Library was formed by Oakes Ames and donated to the Botanical Museum of Harvard University on December 14, 1938

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1.25 linear ft

This collection is Series 1 of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium records and predominantly includes the personal and official correspondence of curators and staff of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium. Major correspondents include Oakes Ames, Charles Schweinfurth, Richard Evans Schultes, Herman Sweet, and Leslie Garay. They exchanged letters with the leading orchid collectors, propagators, and researchers of their eras. The letters are dated 1909-1962

Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium records, circa 1895-1995. orc00005. Archives of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium, Harvard University

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