Henry Bolander correspondence, 1861-1889 | University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley

Collection Overview

Title: Henry Bolander correspondence, 1861-1889

Primary Creator: Bolander, Henry Nicholas (1831-1897)

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Alphabetically by correspondent. Within each folder, letters are arranged chronologically. A list of the contents of each folder has been been prepared by Dr. Richard G. Beidleman and is available upon request.

Subjects: Botanists - California

Forms of Material: Correspondence

Languages: English, German

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of correspondence received by Dr. Henry Nicholas Bolander, botanist for the California Geological Survey.

Biographical Note

Henry Nicholas Bolander, German-American botanist (1831-1897), was born in Schlüchtern, Germany and moved to Columbus, Ohio at the age of 15 in 1846. He graduated from Columbus Lutheran Seminary and began working as a teacher in 1851. In Ohio he developed an interest in botany after befriending Leo Lesqueruex. In 1861 Bolander moved to San Francisco and taught with the San Francisco School District. In 1864, he was hired as the State Botanist for California for the California Geological Survey. He worked for the Survey until 1871 when he was elected State Superintendent of Schools. He passed away in 1897 in Portland, Oregon.

Subject/Index Terms

Botanists - California

Administrative Information

Repository: University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions: Copyright has not been assigned to the University and Jepson Herbaria Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University and Jepson Herbaria Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the publisher.

Preferred Citation: Henry Bolander Correspondence, University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Agassiz, Louis, 1872 December 25],
[Folder 2: Austin, Coe F. (Closter, New Jersey), 1865-1873],
[Folder 3: Baird, Spencer (Smithsonian), 1870 March 6],
[Folder 4: Brewer, William H. (Yale University, New Haven), 1864-1868],
[Folder 5: Curtis, Moses Ashley, 1866 July 3],
[Folder 6: de Candolle, Alphonse, 1866-1868],
[Folder 7: Eaton, Daniel Cady, 1869-1873],
[Folder 8: Engelmann, George (St. Louis), 1863-1883],
[Folder 9: Farlow, William Gilson (Harvard Botanic Garden), 1876-1877],
[Folder 10: Gottsche, C. M., 1868 June 24],
[Folder 11: Gray, Asa (Botanic Garden, Harvard), 1863-1887],
[Folder 12: Henry, Joseph (Secretary, Smithsonian Institution), 24 Feburary 1874],
[Folder 13: Hooker, Joseph Dalton (Kew Gardens), 1867-1871],
[Folder 14: Köeber (Breslau), 26 November 1867],
[Folder 15: Lesquereux, Leo (Columbus, Ohio), 1862-1889],
[Folder 16: Lyell, Mrs. Charles (Katharine), 11 November 1868],
[Folder 17: Mann, Horace, 1866-1868],
[Folder 18: Maximowicz, C. J., 1870-1873],
[Folder 19: Muller, Jean (Geneva Botanic Garden), 1877-1878],
[Folder 20: Olney, Stephen Thayer, 24 September 1868],
[Folder 21: Parry, Charles Christopher, 18 May 1867],
[Folder 22: Philippi, R. A., 22 January 1872],
[Folder 23: Sargent, Charles Sprague (Arnold Arboretum), 13 April 1875],
[Folder 24: Thompson, William, 1870],
[Folder 25: Thurber, George, 1861-1876],
[Folder 26: Torrey, John, 1870-1872],
[Folder 27: Tuckerman, E., 3 February 1866],
[Folder 28: von Mueller, Ferdinand (Melbourne, Australia), 1876-1884],
[Folder 29: Watson, Sereno (Curator, Harvard Herbarium), 1870-1877],
[Folder 30: Wright, Charles, 1869],
[Folder 31: Unidentified correspondence],
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Folder 6: de Candolle, Alphonse, 1866-1868