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

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

The Papers of Oakes Ames, 1897-1967, 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. Botanical Museum

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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 ...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Ames, Blanche Ames, 1878-1969

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Blanche Ames Ames (February 18, 1878 – March 2, 1969) was an American artist, political activist, inventor, writer, and prominent supporter of women's suffrage and birth control. Born Blanche Ames in Lowell, Massachusetts, Ames was the daughter of Adelbert Ames, a West Point graduate who became a Civil War General and Mississippi Governor, and Blanche Butler Ames, who attended the Academy of the Visitation and enjoyed painting and the arts. The fourth of six children, she was the sister of Ad...

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,...