Henry Bolander correspondence, 1861-1889

Collection Overview

Title: Henry Bolander correspondence, 1861-1889

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.

Languages: English [eng], German [ger]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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.

Administrative Information

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

Folder 1: Agassiz, Louis, 1872 December 25

Folder 2: Austin, Coe F. (Closter, New Jersey), 1865-1873

Letters written to Bolander by Coe Austin from Closter, New Jersey.

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

Note: letters in German unless indicated otherwise.

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