Papers of Alice A. Gray, 1885-1927 (bulk)

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Papers of Alice A. Gray, 1885-1927 (bulk)

The collection consists of letters, scrapbooks, clippings and objects that belonged to Asa Gray.

1 container.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6930199

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Often called the “Father of American Botany,” Asa Gray was instrumental in establishing systematic botany as a field of study at Harvard University and, to some extent, in the United States. His relationships with European and North American botanists and collectors enabled him to serve as a central clearing house for the identification of plants from newly explored areas of North America. He also served as a link between American and European botanical sciences. Gray regularly reviewed new Euro...

Gray, Alice A.

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Biographical information about Alice A. Gray is hard to locate. She was the niece of Asa and Jane Gray, spent much of her life in Sauquoit, N.Y. (where Asa was born), and later lived in Utica, N.Y. She seems to have been fairly close to her aunt and uncle, and she was clearly familiar with their home at the Botanic Garden. From the description of Papers of Alice A. Gray, 1885-1927 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 175317149 ...