Gaspe Peninsula Collecting Papers
Published: 1904
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Plants
Description: New England botanists, Merritt Lyndon Fernald of Harvard University and James Franklin Collins, of Brown University, often made short summer trips to the Gaspe area beginning in 1904 and continuing through 1923. Other noted botanists joined them on these trips which yielded new and interesting plant material. The Gaspe Peninsula Collecting Papers are a composite of materials from several archival collections and consist of field notes, maps, photographs, correspondence, and other items. The material provides insights into the challenges of early 20th century plant collecting, documents the flora of the region, and is frequently consulted by researchers interested in the Gaspe region.
Notes: This collection is derived from the Administrative correspondence of the Gray Herbarium, the Papers of James Franklin Collins, the Papers of Merritt Lyndon Fernald, 1893-1934, and other collections.

Gaspe Peninsula Collecting Papers of the Gray Herbarium.

Gray Herbarium originated with the gift of Asa Gray's herbarium and library to Harvard University in 1864. Early curators and directors were: Sereno Watson (1874-1892); Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1892-1935); and Merritt Lyndon Fernald (Curator, 1935-1937 and Director, 1937-1947).

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