Field notes of Henry Nicholas Bolander, 1865?-1867 (inclusive).

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Field notes of Henry Nicholas Bolander, 1865?-1867 (inclusive).

Consists of Bolander's field notes on plants he collected in the vicinity of San Francisco and other areas in California from ca. 1865 to 1867. Also includes notes by George Thurber on Bolander grasses.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7424896

Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Bolander, Henry Nicholas, 1831-1897.

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Henry Bolander completed field work in California in the 1860s. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_154_pid_EACP151 Bolander was educated at a Lutheran seminary in Columbus, Ohio, but never entered the ministry. He participated in the California State Geological Survey about 1864, and became a specialist on grasses. In 1870, he published A catalogue of plants growing in the vicinity of San Francisco. In later years he was Californi...

Thurber, George.

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Geological Survey of California

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The Geological survey of California was established in 1860 and began operation in 1863. J.D. Whitney served as State Geologist until the survey sas discontinued in 1874. Other individuals involved in the work of the survey included Amos Bowman, William H. Brewer, G.H. Goddard, S. Mather and Vitus Wackenreuder. (For complete list of names involved, consult the finding aid.) From the description of Geological survey of California records, 1844-1873. (University of California, Berkeley...