# Artifacts & Herbaria Special Collections ## expand\_more The Botany Libraries holds unique collections of artifacts and Herbaria Special Collections. Material cataloged as Herbaria Special Collections are items that include dried plant material. You can search for Herbaria Special Collections items in the Harvard Library catalog, [Hollis](https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/browse?vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&browseQuery=Herbaria%20Special%20Collections&browseScope=callnumber&innerPnxIndex=-1&numOfUsedTerms=-1&fn=BrowseSearch&lang=en). ![web_specimen_thoreau.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6796/files/herbaria/files/web_specimen_thoreau.jpg) *Bidens chrysanthemoides \[B. laevis\]* The Herbarium of Henry David Thoreau ## Artifacts and Specimens Open all sections Close all sections ### Herbaria Special Collections A-C expand\_more **Abbot, F. P.** Mosses of a young man's. 1840-1849 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990144485200203941/catalog) Album \[of European plants\]. 1869 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861040203941/catalog) **Andrews, I. R., Mrs.** Specimens of algae or sea mosses. 1851. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990060656850203941/catalog) **Armstrong, Mary Anne.** The South Pacific fern album : New Zealand section... 1889 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067710560203941/catalog) **Armstrong, C. C., Mrs. (Mary Anne).** New Zealand ferns. 1885 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067862070203941/catalog) **Atherton, Melanie Parke.** Melanie Parke Atherton marine algae album. circa late 1870s-1890s. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99160659527103941/catalog). **Barratt, Joseph, 1796-1882**. North American Carices. 1840 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067860300203941/catalog) **Bertuch, Friedrich Justin, 1747-1822.** Das Teutsche Herbarium als ein versinnlichender Apparat zu Bertuchs Tafeln... 1806 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067860380203941/catalog) **Bigelow, Jacob**. Herbarium: specimens collected on European trip, 1839. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990149081000203941/catalog) **Brown, Davinia.** Davina Brown marine algae album. circa 1891-1894. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99160611689103941/catalog). **Brunner, J.** Plantes de l’herbier de J. Brunner ... 1870 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067860470203941/catalog) **Carruthers, Willilam.** The Ferns of Moffatt. 1863. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861870203941/catalog) **Cook, James.** Beautiful seaweeds, illustrated by natural specimens. 1877. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990061251340203941/catalog) **Craig, Eric.** New Zealand ferns. 1885 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067862110203941/catalog) **Craig, Eric.** New Zealand ferns. circa 1875-1890. [HOLLIS ](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99160659526503941/catalog) ### Herbaria Special Collections D-J expand\_more **Farlow, W.G.** Travelling set of New England mosses and hepatics, 1876-1917. [HOLLIS](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99153801202803941/catalog) **Fendler, Augustus.** Portfolio of plant specimens. 1846-1848. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067860690203941/catalog) **Fitch, Caroline M.** Native plants. 1841-1880. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145776310203941/catalog) **Fitch, Caroline M.** Flora Alpina. undated. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067860710203941/catalog) **Gambrill, Jane Grayson.** Jane Grayson Gambrill pressed floral journal. 1861-1862. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99160659527103941/catalog). **Gardiner, William, 1809-1852.** British ferns and their allies. 1848 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067860820203941/catalog) **Gautherot, C.** Specimen of British trees and woods.... 1860 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067860900203941/catalog) **Gray, Asa, 1810-1888.** North American Gramineae and Cyperaceae. 1834 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067860990203941/catalog) **Hale, Frances Fletcher**. Algae. 1850s [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990022798330203941/catalog) **Haley, George W., 1870-1954.** Heaths of New England... undated [HOLLIS](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861060203941/catalog) **Harrison, E.C.** Sea moss. 1870-1893. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990144341880203941/catalog) **Heard, Marion J.** Montserrat ferns. undated [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861150203941/catalog) **Jaffrey, P., Mrs.** Darjeeling ferns. undated [HOLLIS](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861580203941/catalog) ### Herbaria Special Collections K-R expand\_more **Keller, Henry.** Herbarium of the most important grasses of the field and forest. 1871 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861800203941/catalog) **Lathrop, E.B.C.** Sea-mosses. Mid-to-late 1800s [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145734220203941/catalog) **Lomax, A. E. (Alban Edward), 1861-1894.** Herbarium for pharmaceutical students. 1881 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990139329780203941/catalog) **Merrill, G.K.** Mosses: Magnolia. 1901-1906. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990151131070203941/catalog) **Merrill, G.K**. Mosses: Prospect Hill.. 1906. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990151130790203941/catalog) Miscellaneous alge with minimal data. 1890-1900 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990152103760203941/catalog) **Moffat, J. C.** The Ferns of Moffatt... 1863 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861870203941/catalog) **Moore, David, 1807-1879.** Concise notices of British grasses best suited for agriculture... 1851 ([HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861950203941/catalog)) and 1856 ([HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145068850203941/catalog)) Natural illustrations of the British grasses. 1846 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861100203941/catalog) **Newhall, Charles S.** The leaf-collector's hand-book and herbarium. 1891. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067222720203941/catalog) **Nichols, Alice.** Souvenir of Juan Fernandez. 1897. [HOLLIS](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990064376730203941/catalog) **Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855.** Plants collected in Capt. Parry’s 2nd voyage... 1821 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067862000203941/catalog) **Redfield, John Howard.** Series of maps... 1868. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067863280203941/catalog) **Robinson, Mary.** Seaweed Prints. 1885 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145615020203941/catalog) [Digital Collection](/pages/digital-collections-0) **Roper, E.S.** Algae from Swampscott, Mass. August 1866. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990148429880203941/catalog) ### Herbaria Special Collections S-Z expand\_more **Sartwell, Henry Parker, 1792-1867.** Carices Americae septentrionalis exsiccatae. 1848 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067863330203941/catalog) Sea mosses from Sag Harbor. undated. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990144341250203941/catalog) Sea moss, Catalina, California. undated. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990144383470203941/catalog) Sea moss album, California. undated. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990144749810203941/catalog) Sea moss album. undated. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990144750020203941/catalog) Sea moss album. undated. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990144750120203941/catalog) **Seringe, N. C. (Nicolas Charles), 1776-1858.** Ceres Helvetica. 1820 [HOLLIS](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067861540203941/catalog) **Sharples, Stephen P.** Plants illustrating "American weeds and useful plants". undated [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067863430203941/catalog) **Sprague, Charles J., 1823-1903.** United States grasses. 1860 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067863100203941/catalog) **Staples, Beatrice Pretty**. Herbarium and record... 1919. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145143300203941/catalog) **Staples, George**. Herbarium and record... 1919. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145142480203941/catalog) **Stearns, M. L.** Bound herbaria, circa 1820. [HOLLIS](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067863140203941/catalog) **Sullivant, William Starling.** Musci boreali-americani. 1856. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990150640610203941/catalog) Svenska Växter i lorkate exemplar, V-VI. 1846 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067863160203941/catalog) **Swett, George W.** Flowers collected in Bad Soden, Germany, June & July, 1867 [HOLLIS](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067860760203941/catalog) **Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.** Herbarium of Henry David Thoreau, 1850-1862 [Finding Aid](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/gra00059/catalog) [Digital Collection](/pages/digital-collections-0) **Traill, George William**. The marine algae of Joppa. 1886. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990057052000203941/catalog) **Traill, George William**. A monograph of the algae of the Firth of Forth. 1885. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990057054430203941/catalog) **Tryon, Rolla M.** Specimens mounted entirely by machine. 1944. [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990151695790203941/catalog) **Young, Aaron, 1819-1898.** A flora of Maine : illustrated with specimens from nature… 1848 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067863240203941/catalog) **Young, Ed (Edward).** The ferns of Wales ... 1856 [HOLLIS](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990067863260203941/catalog) ### Artifact collections expand\_more [Economic Botany Amber and Amberoid Collection](/book/economic-botany-amber-and-amerberoid-collection) [Economic Botany Ivory and Silver Collection](/book/economic-botany-ivory-and-silver-collection) [Economic Botany Lacquer Collection](/book/economic-botany-lacquer-collection) [Harvard University Herbaria artifact collection](https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/gra00098/catalog)