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<dl><dd>Approximately 10 linear feet</dd>
<dd>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</dd>
<dd>Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium correspondence files, Archives of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium, Harvard University Herbaria</dd>
<dd>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</dd>
<dd>Finding aid available online</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Orchids; Botanists; Ames, Oakes, 1874-1950 -- Correspondence; Edwards, James B. -- Correspondence; Lankester, Charles H., 1879-1969 -- Correspondence; Powell, Charles W. 1854-1927 -- Correspondence; Schlechter, Alexandra -- Correspondence; Schlechter, Rudolf, 1872-1925 -- Correspondence; Schultes, Richard Evans -- Correspondence; Standley, Paul Carpenter, 1884-1963 -- Correspondence; Schweinfurth, Charles, 1890-1970 -- Correspondence; Sweet, Herman R. -- Correspondence; Garay, Leslie A. -- Correspondence; Romero, Gustavo A., 1955- -- Correspondence; Harvard University. Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium; Orchids -- Nomenclature; Botanists -- Correspondence</div>
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Harvard University. Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium</div>
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