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EXPEDITIONS AND SURVEYS REPRESENTED IN THE
GRAY HERBARIUM ARCHIVES
(in chronological order)

 

1817-1818: Voyage of frigate Congress to Buenos Aires and other South American ports

see William Baldwin papers for letters

 

1819: Maj. Stephen H. Long expedition to Rocky Mountains

see William Baldwin papers for letters

 

1827-1829: Mexican Boundary Commission (Comisi'on de L'imites under Mier y Ter'an)

See Jean Louis Berlandier papers for list of plants, part of journal

 

1838-1842: Wilkes Expedition (U.S. Exploring Expedition)

in addition to Wilkes Expedition papers, see Asa Gray papers for agreements re writing of report

 

1850-1854: U.S. Boundary Commission (surveyed boundary with Mexico)

see George Thruber and William Munro papers for notes on Gramineae of the Mexican boundary

 

1852-1854: U.S. Japan Expedition

see U.S. Japan Expedition & U.S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition papers

 

1853-1856: U.S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition

in addition to U.S. Japan Expedition and U.S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition papers, see Charles Wright papers for journal, lists of plants

 

1860-1864: California State Geological Survey

see William Henry Brewer papers for field notes; see Henry Nichols Bolander papers for list of grasses collected

 

1867-1869: Clarence King Expedition / Geological Survey of the 40th Parallel

See Sereno Watson papers for field notes, letters from people who determined plants, etc.

1871: U.S. Commission to Santo Domingo

See Charles Wright papers for Flora Domingensis manuscript

 

1924-1927: Arnold Arboretum expedition to Western China and Tibet

see Joseph Francis Charles Rock papers for field notes

 

1931: Forbes Expedition (survey of northern Labrador)

see Alexander Forbes papers for aerial photos

 

1936-1937: Second Archbold New Guinea Expedition

see Leonard John Brass papers for photos

 

1953: Fourth Archbold New Guinea Expedition

see Leonard John Brass papers for field notes

 

1980: Sino-American Botanical Expedition to Western Hubei Province, People's Republic of China

 

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