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Archives of the Gray Herbarium Expeditions & Voyages
Cyrus Gyrnsey Pringle, Left in the Desert	Researchers may consult materials from the archives only by appointment or written request. Send inquiries to botref@oeb.harvard.edu. Please allow 2-3 business days for the processing of written and e-mailed requests.   Below is a listing of the Gray Herbarium archival collections. Click on a specific collection to access its finding aid. This will provide you with biographical information, collection scope, size, and material types.
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) 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 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 1878-1910 Edward Palmer collecting expeditions 1924-1927 Arnold Arboretum expedition to Western China and Tibet see Joseph Francis Charles Rock papers at the Arnold Arboretum 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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