Harvard University. Herbaria.

The Harvard Herbaria Building, located at 22 Divinity Ave., was built in 1954. The building links the Peabody Museum, Agassiz Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Herbarium, Farlow Herbarium, and the Biological Laboratories. Included in the Herbaria are what were once seven separate herbarium collections: the Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum, the Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames, the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium, the Farlow Herbarium, the Gray Herbarium, and the New England Botanical Club Herbarium.

From the description of General information by and about the Herbaria Building. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77066637

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). The Bailey Plan, proposing unification of botanical activities at Harvard, was presented in 1945; and Gray Herbarium relocated to its new building adjoining Farlow Herbarium in May 1954. Arnold Arboretum and Gray collections were integrated in the following year.

From the description of Combined records of the Arnold Arboretum and the Gray Herbarium, 1850- (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122614330