Papers of Oakes Ames, 1897-1967 (inclusive).

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Papers of Oakes Ames, 1897-1967 (inclusive).

 Oakes Ames (1874-1950) graduated from Harvard in 1898, taught botany at Harvard and was director of the Botanical Museum.  His papers document his personal and family life, and include autobiographical material.  They also document the field of botany, including teaching, research, and the administration of the Botanical Museum.

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Harvard University Archives.

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The Botanical Museum was established in 1878, under the direction of George Lincoln Goodale. Oakes Ames was appointed curator in 1923. From the description of Records of the Botanical Museum, 1909-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973121 ...

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Ames, Oakes, 1874-1950

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Born in North Easton, Massachusetts on September 26, 1874, Oakes Ames was the son of Massachusetts Governor Oliver Ames. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1898, followed by a master's degree in 1900. Ames had a lengthy and distinguished career as a botanist, including serving as supervisor of the Arnold Arboretum from 1927-1937 and as the Arboretum's second director from 1937 to 1945. He was also a professor of botany at Harvard University. Ames died in Ormond, Florida on April 30,...

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James, Henry

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Mangelsdorf, Paul C. (Paul Christoph), 1899-

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Walter M. Buswell

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Ames, Oliver, 1831-1895

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Oliver Ames, 1831- 1895, Governor of Massachusetts in 1887-1890. He was son of Oakes Ames, (1804-1873) and nephew of Oliver Ames (1807-1877), the President of Union Pacific Railroad Co. In 1873 he was named as one of the executors of his father' estate. He was on the Board of the Union Pacific in 1874-1877, and served as a board member and director of several industrial companies, banks, and railroads, including the New Orleans, Mobile, & Texas, and Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railro...

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Harvard Class of 1898.

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