Starverd Univ.: Botany Library Gray Herberium 18 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston July 1st, 1902. Curator Gray Herbarium, GRAY HERBARIUM Cambridge, Mass. For study Written obtai adi Dear Sir, In reply to the circular sent me this spring and which I now seem to have mislaid I enclose you my check for $10. towards the maintenance of the Herbarium, I also wish to ask you whether there is any book or pub- - lication which I can ootain which would aid me in studying the flora and forest growth of Arizona and Utah, and similarly of Oregon, Washington and the Canadian Rockies. I am just starting West for Colorado, to most Professor Davis in southern Utah. and join him in an expedition down the western side of the Grand Cañon where I shall be for some weeks. And later I shall probably go un by way of Oregon and Washington and spend a few weeks camping out either there or among the Cana- dian Rockies, and any book, not too bulky to carry, which would help me to identify the plant life in either of those regions I should be glad to know of What is the best way, also, of preserving the flowers and leaves of plants for later study and identification when one is on a camping trip where weight is of importance and space valuable. As I leave for the West in the middle of the day tomorrow ? 2 I should be glad if you could let me have some word in reply, if you can conveniently do so, by this evening's mail 80 that I might receive it in the morning. If not, will you kindly write to me to await me at the post office at Provo City, Utah, where I shall be about the 10th of this month, and oblige greatly Yours truly, Old Farm, Bar Garbor, Maine. long Merbarium Cautings Mals Dear his Can yrs identify for Mr I Ifound flowing i my plant here a highle plant of it The Color of the flower is a bright riel blue quite beautiful at it hest is him not Jone a nature plant but Our obtained for the Mursines W by, whou have be get lost The Incloud price is ilfull height of th plant It wa in flower GRAY HERBARIUM ARCHIVES For study purpos33 only. Written authorization must be BCommonwealth Avenue. obtain ed for all other uses. April 24th, 1905. Dear Mr Robinson, Please excuse an invitation by typewriter, but I have got to go down to Bar Harbor tonight to look after the spring planting at my Nurseries. I am going to have some colored lantern slides of the Canadian Rocky wild-flowers, shown at the Tavern Club on Monday evening, May first, after its annual meeting. And I am allowed to ask in a few guests of my own to see them. If you will be one of these and will come at quarter past nine to the Club house in Boylston Place, it will give me great pleasure to welcome you there. The coloring of the flowers has been unusually well done, from notes taken when the flowers them- selves were photographed, and the slides, which are not my own, of course, give one a really good idea, I think, of the flowers and plants themselves as one sees them growing in the mountains. Hoping you may come, I am Dea the Sincerely yours, The an M bleadon's perhafe you Slides my have Seen diew intent linge B. you If not and I think if their they should would he any The in the Department not when you think Height like Wtu them will for Benjamin L. Robinson, Esq. him also thing him will yr GBW- 2 please effend My aurilation W 18 Commonwealth Avenue. Boston, June 9th, 1905. Gray Herbarian, Harvard University, Cambridge. Dear Sir, Will you kindly write me on the enclosed postal the name of this flower which I came upon growing freely upon the banks of the Charles river out at Wellesley yester- day ? It is one familiar to me but I cannot recall its name. Yours truly, George B. Dorr. 14411. Per M.N.H. ) [ HERBARIUM For study purposes only. Written authorization must be obtain ed for all other uses. 18 Commonwealth,Avenue. Boston, June 16th, 1905. Gray Herbarian, Harvard University, Cambridge. Mass. Dear Sir, Can you tell me what the enclosed plant is which I found a day or two ago growing on a shady bank in Lenox ? It covered the ground where it was growing with its leaves but it was not in flower. I enclose addressed postal for reply, and am Yours very truly, George 6. Dorr. WHITH Per M.E.H. GRAY HERBARIUM ARCHIVES For study purposes only. Written authorization must be obtet ed for all other uses. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAFAYETTE NATIONAL PARK BAR HARBOR, MAINE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT May 18, 1926. Professor M. L. Fernald, Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Dear Professor Fernald: I have just returned to Bar Harbor and found your kind enclosure of two publications telling of the Gray Herbarium Expedition to Nova Scotia and of the persistence of plants in un- glaciated areas. Accept my most cordial thanks and believe me Yours sincerely, BL-O George R. Was GRAY HERBARIUM ARCHIVES For study purposes only. Written authorization must be obtain ed for all other uses. 18 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston July 1st, 1902. Curator Gray Herbarium, GRAY HERBARIUM Cambridge, Mass. ARCHIVES For study purposes only. Written authorization be obtain ed for all other Dear Sir, In reply to the circular sent me this spring and which I now seem to have mislaid I enclose you my check for $10. towards the maintenance of the Herbarium, I also wish to ask you whether there is any book or pub- lication which I can obtain which would aid me in studying the flora and forest growth of Arizona and Utah, and similarly of Oregon, Washington and the Canadian Rockies. I am just starting West for Colorado, to most Professor Davis in southern Utah. and join him in an expedition down the western side of the Grand Cañon where I shall be for some weeks. And later I shall probably go un by way of Oregon and Washington and spend a few weeks camping out either there or among the Cana- dian Rockies, and any book, not too bulky to carry, which would help me to identify the plant life in either of those regions I should be glad to know of. What is the best way, also, of preserving the flowers and leaves of plants for later study and identification when one is on a camping trip where weight is of importance and space valuable. As I leave for the West in the middle of the day tomorrow 2 I should be glad if you could let me have some word in reply, if you can conveniently do so, by this evening's mail 80 that I might receive it in the morning. If not, will you kindly write to me to await me at the post office at Provo City, Utah, where I shall be about the 10th of this month, and oblige greatly Yours truly, GRAY HERBARIUM ARCHIVES For study purposes only. Written authorization must be obtai ed for all other uses. Harvard University Herbaria - Visiting the Herbaria Page 1 of 2 Harvard University Herbaria Visiting Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138, USA Telephone: +1 617.495.2365 Fax Number: +1 617.495.9484 The Herbaria Building is open from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, with the exception of University holidays. Accessing the Specimens The botanical collections of the Harvard Herbaria are available for study by qualified researchers by prior arrangement with the Assistant Director for Collections, or the Manager of the Systematics Collections. Visitors to the herbaria are asked to register in the lobby upon arrival; a member of the curatorial staff will provide a brief introduction to use of the collections. The Botany Libraries The Botany Libraries are open to the public during the regular business hours of the Harvard University Herbaria building. The Botany Libraries are closed-stack, non- circulating research libraries. The library staff is available to page materials for consultation in the Libraries' reading room, located on the second floor. Getting Here The Herbaria are located next to the Harvard University Museums, just north of Harvard Square. Here are some detailed directions to the Herbaria. The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, home page contains a wealth of information about the city, and includes road maps, public transportation, and parking information. Also, Harvard University's website has a handy interactive map. Collections Databases Education Libraries People Publications Research Visiting HUH Home http://www.huh.harvard.edu/visiting/ 12/22/2004 Botany Libraries Collections Page 1 of 2 Harvard University Herbaria HOLLIS E-Journals Library of the Gray Herbarium Botanical Databases When the history of the progress of botany during the nineteenth century shall be Other Botanical written two names will hold high positions; those of Professor Augustin Pyrame Links DeCandolle (Geneva) and Professor Asa Gray. One sank to his rest in the Old World Library as the other rose to eminence in the New. Both were great teachers, prolific writers, Collections and authors of the best elementary works of botany in their day Sir Joseph Hooker, 1888 Asa Gray (1810-1888) is well known as the "Father of American Botany" and champion of Charles Darwin. He was called to Harvard in 1842 as the new Fisher Professor of Natural History. At that point there was no herbarium, no library, and only a small greenhouse and garden. Whatever cash Gray could spare from his salary went into the cultivation of his library and herbarium, which soon took over his house. In 1864 he offered his collections to Harvard with the stipulation that they build a suitable building to house them. That same year a small brick building was built and the collections were moved. At that point it is estimated that there Asa Gray in his Cambridge study were about 200,000 specimens in the herbarium and approximately 2,200 books and pamphlets in his library. Today the Library of the Gray Herbarium specializes in botanical history, floras of the new world, and Linnaeana and pre-Linnean sources*. It also has a rich archival component and an on-line Gray Herbarium Index of the New World Plants, that lists new taxa, names, and combinations. In 1954 the Gray collection was merged with the research materials from the Library of the Arnold Arboretum. With its emphasis on old world plants this merging helped make Harvard's botany collections extremely comprehensive. The Gray/Arnold stacks are closed and the collections are non-circulating. Materials may be consulted in the Botany Libraries' main reading room, Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Further information on specific botanists and publications can be accessed on-line in the Botany Collectors, Botany Authors, or the Botany Publications databases. To obtain more information about the Gray Herbarium Library's collections or for a specific reference request write to: BOTREF@OEB.HARVARD.EDU http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/gray.htm 12/22/2004 Library of the Gray Herbarium Archives Page 3 of 4 Russell, John Lewis (1808-1873) Scamman, Edith Henry (1882-1967) Schubert, Bernice (1913-2000) von Schweinitz, Lewis David (1780-1834) Seymour, Frank Conkling (1895-1985) Svenson, Henry K. (1930-1983) Targioni-Tozzetti, Antonio (1785-1856) Thurber, George (1821-1890) & William Munro (1818-1880) Topping, David LeRoy (1861-1892) Tozier, Charles Herman (1875-1947) Watson, Sereno (1826-1892) Weatherby, Charles Alfred (1875-1949) Wheeler, Charles Fay (1842-1910) Withers, William Wright, Charles (1811-1885) Historic Letters: Personal correspondence of Asa Gray dating from 1830-1888. Mostly letters to Gray. The two largest sets of correspondence are from George Engelmann and John Torrey. Also included are correspondence to various members of the Gray Herbarium staff, up to 1906. Semi-Historic Letters: A collection of correspondence to various members of the Gray Herbarium staff from 1890-1955. The letters are from amatuer and professional botanists, collectors, prospective students, suppliers, Harvard administration, members of the Visiting Committee, donors, etc. Botanist's Autographs: The main autograph collection is that of Mrs. Gray. It consists of five bound volumes of letters to the Grays. Fully indexed. To access Mrs. Gray's autograph collection click here. There are also a few folders containing miscellaneous autographs and handwriting samples of assorted botanists. Photographs and Illustrations: To date over 1,500 photograhs and illustrations have been catalogued in our photo index. Most of these images are of botanists and their families, field excursions, and portraits of botanical meetings. We now have available two groups of images that have been cataloged on-line. Click here to view the first smaller grouping of images. These were recently accessioned and many given to the Herbaria by Jane Gray. The main collection is listed here. Plant Lists: The Gray Herbarium plant lists date from the 1930's to the present time. They are arranged alphabetically by the collector. An index is available. Field Notes: Notebooks, daybooks, journals, etc. all dealing with botanical expeditions of various botanists. Expeditions: The expeditions represented in the Gray Herbarium archives date from 1818 to 1980. Institutional Inventories: The institutional records for the Botanic Garden, Gray Herbarium, Arnold Arboretum, Botany Libraries, Bussey Institute and Massachusetts http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/Grayarc.htm 12/22/2004 Botany Libraries Collections Page 1 of 1 Harvard University Herbaria HOLLIS E-Journals Botany Libraries Collections Botanical Databases The Harvard University Herbaria house five comprehensive, non-circulating research Other Botanical libraries which are managed collectively as the Botany Libraries. The combined Links collections are rich repositories of rare books, manuscripts, field notes, and historical correspondence, as well as current monographs, journals and electronic media. The Libraries support the academic and research interests of the faculty and researchers of the Harvard University Herbaria and are open to an international community of scholars. The collections managed by the staff of the Botany Libraries are listed below. Library of the Arnold Arboretum - specializes in the identification and classification of "old world" plants, with special emphasis on Southeast Asia. The subjects include systematic botany, floras of the old world, literature on woody plants, and plant exploration. Library of the Gray Herbarium - specializes in botanical history, floras of the new world, and Linnaeana and pre-Linnean sources. Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany - specializes in worldwide coverage of the identification and classification of fungi, mosses, and lichens. Economic Botany Library of Oakes Ames - specializes - in materials related to economic botany, medical botany, ethnobotany, narcotics and hallucinogens, sustainable agriculture, Linnaeana, and edible and poisonous plants. Oakes Ames Orchid Library - specializes - in world wide coverage of materials, related to the species of Orchidaceae. Botany Libraries Archives - All of the collections also have rich archival components. Botany Libraries Home Page Harvard University Herbaria Copyright 2002 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/collections.htm 12/22/2004 Rand, Edward Lothrup (1859-1924). Papers of Edward Lothrop Rand, 1880-1895: A Guide Page 1 of 4 Rand, Edward Lothrup (1859-1924). Papers of Edward Lothrop Rand, 1880-1895: A Guide Archives, Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University Herbaria Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138 C 1999 The President and Fellows of Harvard College Descriptive Summary Repository: Botany Libraries Title: The Papers of Edward Lothrup Rand (1859-1924) Administrative Information Processing Information: Processed by Lynn McWhood Acquisition Information: The letters to Rand about the Mt. Desert flora were received at the Gray Herbarium from Rand's estate through Miss Margaret A. Rand. The provenance of the Mt. Desert and Champlain Society manuscripts is unknown; they were stored separately in the manuscript case. Biography: Edward Lothrop Rand was born on August 22, 1859. He was educated at Harvard and, while a student there, became involved in a group called the "Champlain Society," which spent summers on Mt. Desert Island, Maine. During the group's outings, Rand developed an interest in nature studies, especially botany. Rand graduated from Harvard in 1881 and received AM and LLB degrees from Harvard in 1884. He began an independent law practice in Boston in 1884 and made it his life's work. He continued to study the flora of Mt. Desert during his summer vacations, and he prepared several checklists of Mt. Desert plants with the help of John Howard Redfield, 1888-1891. In 1894, Rand and Redfield published a Flora of Mount Desert Island, Maine. Rand was also active in the New England Botanic Club, serving as its corresponding secretary for 25 years. He gave his herbarium to the NEBC in 1914. Rand married Anne M. Crozier on June 29, 1893. She died in 1921 and he died on Oct. 9, 1924. References: Robinson, B.L. "Edward Lothrop Rand." Rhodora 27: 17-27. Who was Who in America, 1897- 1942. Scope and Content The Rand papers consist of letters to Rand concerning his Mt. Desert flora and manuscript materials pertaining to the Champlain Society and to the plants of Mt. Desert Island. The letters include about 20 letters from John Howard Redfield to Rand, 1894-1895, and about 80 letters mostly to Rand (but a few to Redfield) from about 60 correspondents, mostly in 1894. They are http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/gra00043.html 12/21/2004 Rand, Edward Lothrup (1859-1924). Papers of Edward Lothrop Rand, 1880-1895: A Guide Page 2 of 4 arranged alphabetically by sender. It is likely that a group of the letters was lost at some time because there are no letters from people with last names beginning A - E. There were also a few reviews with the letters; these are now in a separate file. The manuscript materials include twolists of Mt. Desert plants, roughly 75-80 pages each, and a number of smaller manuscripts pertaining to Mt. Desert plants; one set of materials pertaining to a celebration of the Champlain Society; 6 volumes of annual reports of the Champlain Society Botanical Department, 1880-1888; and an incompletediary of the 1885 session of the Champlain Society. See also: Gray Herbarium, Administrative Correspondence files -- about 350 letters from Rand Historic files -- 8 letters from Rand Container List Container Listing: BOX W Folder 1: Letters from: John H. Redfield to Rand 1894-1895 Folder 2: Letters from: W.G. Farlow M.L. Fernald Edwin Faxon James Fowler James Fowler Kate Furbish William F. Ganong G.L. Goodale D.G. Gilman Jane L. Gray R.W. Greenleaf Bessie E. Johnston Gresham Thos B. Gresham C.M. Halden A.A. Heller Herbarium of Harvard University Harriet S. Hill Isaac Holden J.D. Hooker E.C. Howe Herbert Jaques Francis H. Johnson Kansas Academy of Science I. Kendall Kew Folder 3: Letters from : A.E. Lawrence Lea E. Liverissey (?) C.G. Lloyd Conway Macmillan Maine State College Library Jennie M. Mason Thomas Meehan http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/gra00043.html 12/21/2004 - Rand, Edward Lothrup (1859-1924). Papers of Edward Lothrop Rand, 1880-1895: A Guide Page 3 of 4 Mary Minot Arthur H. Norton (?) Maria L. Owen F.P.L. (?) Peabody H. Peck Chas. Thos. C. Porter Portland Society of Natural History B.L. Robinson John Robinson J.F. Rothrock C.S. Sargent F. Lamson-Scribner J.M. (?) Sears Benj. H. Smith John Donnell Smith Geo. A. Somes J.B. Thayer Dexter Tiffany C.W. Tornford (?) Wm. Trelease Lucien M. Underwood Theodore G. White John Wilson &Son Mary L. Wilson Clem(?) L. Wulley(?) Wm. L. Worcester Folder 4: miscellaneous reviews of Flora of Mt. Desert Island Manuscript Materials: 1. "Plants of Mount Desert Island Maine / Working List. 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886 / Botanical Department. C[hamplain] S[ociety]" 2. "Champlain Society. Flowering Plants of Mt. Desert Island Me. Compiled by Edward L. Rand. Botanical Department"- -- roughly 75 pages, same arrangement as above 3. Folder labeled "Plants of Mt. Desert 1888' "contains poems and a program for a birthday celebration for Harry Seaton Rand, 1888 4. Folder of loose materials: List of plants -- Miss H. Hill Mimeographed lists of Hepaticae, Mosses List of plants -- Frank M. Day Davenport ferns Ranunculus Redfield's lists Supplementary List : 888Champlain Society Second Annual Supplement to the Preliminary List of the Phaenogams and Vascular Cryptogams of Mt. Desert Island Maine edited by Edward L. Rand. Cambridge, Mass. April 1890 miscellaneous notes. BOX AK 5. 5. "Champlain Society. Report of the Botanical Department. 1880. First Annual Report. Cambridge 1881. "Handwritten report, bound in paper with brads described as written by W.H. Dunbar and E.L. Rand. 71 pp. 6. "Champlain Society. Report of the Botanical Department. 1881. Second Annual Report. Cambridge 1882. " 75 pp. http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/gra00043.html 12/21/2004 Rand, Edward Lothrup (1859-1924). Papers of Edward Lothrop Rand, 1880-1895: A Guide Page 4 of 4 Handwritten report bound in paper with brads; introductorypoem by John McGaw Foster one article by Henry C. Jones three articles and List of Plants by Edward L. Rand. 7. "Champlain Society. Report of the Botanical Department. 1882. Third Annual Report. Cambridge 1883. "Handwritten report, bound in paper with brads; authorship of sections not stated. 33 pp. 8. "Champlain Society. Report of the Botanical Department. 1883. Fourth Annual Report. Cambridge 1884. Handwritten report bound in paper with brads, signed at end as submitted by Rand. 44 pp. 9. "Champlain Society. Report of the Botanical Department for the years 1884, 1885, 1886. Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Annual Reports. Cambridge 1887. "Handwritten report, bound in paper with brads, signed at end as submitted by Rand. 44 pp. 10. "Champlain Society. Report of the Botanical Department for 1887-1888. [Eighth &Ninth Annual Reports.] Cambridge, 1889. Handwritten report, bound in paper with staples; signed at end as submitted by Rand. 21 pp. 11. Notebook (bound with hard cover); contains 2 loose sheets of poems by Rand and sheet listing Endogens. Journal entries for August 5 landAugust 6, 1885 (beginning of Champlain Society camp for season). Indexed in main file under: Edward Lothrop Rand John Howard Redfield Champlain Society http://oasis.harvard.edu/html/gra00043.html 12/21/2004 18 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston July 1st, 1902. Curator Gray Herbarium, GRAY HERBARIUM Cambridge, Mass. For study Written obtain Dear Sir, In reply to the circular sent me this spring and which I now seem to have mislaid I enclose you my check for $10. towards the maintenance of the Herbarium, I also wish to ask you whether there is any book or pub- lication which I can obtain which would aid me in studying the flora and forest growth of Arizona and Utah, and similarly of Oregon, Washington and the Canadian Rockies. I am just starting West for Colorado, to most Professor Davis in southern Utah. and join him in an expedition down the western side of the Grand Cañon where I shall be for some weeks. And later I shall probably go un by way of Oregon and Washington and spend a few weeks camping out either there or among the Cana- dian Rockies, and any book, not too bulky to carry, which would help me to identify the plant life in either of those regions I should be glad to know of. What is the best way, also, of preserving the flowers and leaves of plants for later study and identification when one is on a camping trip where weight is of importance and space valuable. As I leave for the West in the middle of the day tomorrow 2 I should be glad if you could let me have some word in reply, if you can conveniently do so, by this evening's mail 80 that I might receive it in the morning. If not, will you kindly write to me to await me at the post office at Provo. City, Utah, where I shall be about the 10th of this month, and oblige greatly Yours truly, Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:37 AM To: PIdecesar@oeb.harvard.edu' Subject: G.B. Dorr (Follow-Up) Dear Ms. DeCesare, In examining again the copies of several manuscript copies of letters from George Bucknam Dorr (class of 1874) that you sent me from your collections, I hope that you might be able to provide light on a professor that Mr. Dorr refers to who may have been a botany faculty member at the time of the correspondence. In a letter from Mr. Dorr (July 1, 1902) to the Curator of the Gray Herbarium, the second paragraph refers to Dorr's departure for the American West, "to meet Professor Davis in southern Utah and join him in an expedition down the western side of the Grand Can[y] on where I shall be for several weeks." The causual reference to Professor Davis suggests to me that he is known to the Curator and may be a Harvard colleague. A limited inspection of the Hollis catalog shows two contemporaries named Davis with interests in Colorado and/or flora that may be to whom he is refering: Bradley M. Davis and Arthur Powell Davis but I can't ascertain whether these were Harvard faculty in Dorr's day. Since this is the only documented evidence of Dorr's travels to the American West in 1902, it would be most helpful if I could locate some contextual evidence that would help flesh out his travel at this time. Is there a useful resource on the history of the Gray Herbarium during the 1890-1910 timeframe? With best wishes, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax ---Original Message From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 11:27 AM To: 'Lisa Decesare' Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: M.L. Fernald & G.B. Dorr (Follow-Up) Dear Ms. DeCesare, I was pleased to hear that you will send me copies of the requested materials. I trust that you have received the signed Permission to Examine forms. Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of the "Acadian Plant Sanctuary" article by M.L. Fernald. You should be aware of a couple of conclusions that I have reached on closer examination: 1. George Dorr added comments of his own at the end of the article. 2. Mr. Dorr may have exercised editorial control over its content; or Fernald made minor alternations. 3. The content of the article is in very large part identical to the content on pages 85 to 89 of "The Unique Island of Mount Desert," by Dorr, Ernest Forbush, and M.L. Fernald which appeared in The National Geographic (July 1914) Adjustments have been made to the phraseology but the structure and content are nearly identical. 4. Consequently, I cannot claim to have discovered a new item for the Fernald 1 bibliography. 5. The two page attribution to M.L. Fernald on "Mount Desert as a Plant Sanctuary" in the "Hearing before the Subcommittee of the Committee on the Public Lands, " House of Representatives, 65th Congress, on H.R 11935 (A Bill to Establish the Mount Desert National Park in the State of Maine), May 30, 1918 is a direct quote from the Sieur de Monts Publication, not the National Geographic article. I'll forward it to you as well. Finally, an important question remains. Could these three applications of Fernald's research on acadian plant sanctuaries arise from a unique piece of thinking or possible have a common origin in another Fernald publication? That is, are they derivative? As I look at the HOLLIS record list I wonder whether they could have been extracted from a publication pre-dating the 1914 publication of the National Geographic piece ( for example, the 1912 Field Excursions of the New England Botanical Club ) ? Do you have any way to render a judgment on this question? I appreciate your attention to this matter and I wonder whether the copies that you are routing to me might illumine these matters. With best wishes, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax Original Message From: Lisa Decesare [mailto:ldecesar@oeb.harvard.edu] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 3:06 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Fwd: M.L. Fernald & G.B. Dorr (fwd) Dr. Epp, Your request was forwarded to me. We would happily send you copies of the correspondence that you seek. I am attaching a copy of our Permission to Examine form. Please complete it and return it to me. Once I receive the signed form I will send you the letters. There will be no charge for these copies. In regards to your kind offer to send us copies of the Acadian Plant Sanctuary article and a copy of Fernald's submitted testimony we would love to get that if it is no trouble. Please contact me directly if you have any further questions or concerns. Lisa DeCesare Lisa DeCesare Head of Archives and Public Services Botany Libraries Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 tel: 617.495.2366 fax: 617.495.8654 email: 1decesar@oeb.harvard.edu 2 Epp, Ronald From: Lisa Decesare [Idecesar@oeb.harvard.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:14 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Fwd: M.L. Fernald & G.B. Dorr (fwd) I received your form and sent the letters out to you this afternoon. Lisa DeCesare Forwarded message >Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:22:50 -0400 >From: "Epp, Ronald" >To: botref@oeb.harvard.edu >Cc: "Epp, Ronald" >Subject: M.L. Fernald & G.B. Dorr > >Having browsed through your M.L. Fernald Papers Finding Aid, could you >possibly assist me with the following question. > >For four years I have been researching the life of George Bucknam Dorr > (1853-1944), founder of Acadia National Park, a Harvard (Class of 1874) >alum who collaborated with Fernald. They co-authored a National Geographic >article in July 1914 (see HOLLIS). > >The semi-historic letter collection ("D") indicates six pieces of G.B. >Dorr correspondence. Would it be possible to have these copied at my >expense and forwarded to me? > >I should also bring to your attention the existence of a Fernald >publication of which you may be unaware. Prior to the formation of >Lafayette National Park ( 1916, later in 1929 renamed Acadia) park >territory was part of the Sieur de Monts Monument. Mr. Dorr created a >corporation called the Wild Gardens of Acadia which published 22 >pamphlets- one of these is attributed to Fernald and is titled "An Acadian >Plant Sanctuary. HOLLIS does not reflect this record. There is no >indication that this content was extracted from other Fernald publications >but I wondered if you were aware of this title and were interested in >securing a copy from me. On a related matter, Fernald submitted testimony >in May 30, 1918 in support of H.R. 11935 which sought to elevate the >monument to national park status. I am in possession of that documentation >as well should you wish a copy. A copy of my article on this theme is >available online: http://www.friendsofacadia.org/journal/w2002/w2002.pd: (see pages 8-9). > >Thank you for the professional courtesy of considering this matter. > > >Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. >Director of Shapiro Library >Southern New Hampshire University >Manchester, NH 03106 > > >603-668-2211, ext. 2164 >603-645-9685 fax > > 1 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 11:27 AM To: 'Lisa Decesare' Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: M.L. Fernald & G.B. Dorr (Follow-Up) Dear Ms. DeCesare, I was pleased to hear that you will send me copies of the requested materials. I trust that you have received the signed Permission to Examine forms. Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of the "Acadian Plant Sanctuary" article by M.L. Fernald. You should be aware of a couple of conclusions that I have reached on closer examination: 1. George Dorr added comments of his own at the end of the article. 2. Mr. Dorr may have exercised editorial control over its content; or Fernald made minor alternations. 3. The content of the article is in very large part identical to the content on pages 85 to 89 of "The Unique Island of Mount Desert," by Dorr, Ernest Forbush, and M.L. Fernald which appeared in The National Geographic (July 1914). Adjustments have been made to the phraseology but the structure and content are nearly identical. 4. Consequently, I cannot claim to have discovered a new item for the Fernald bibliography. 5. The two page attribution to M.L. Fernald on "Mount Desert as a Plant Sanctuary" in the "Hearing before the Subcommittee of the Committee on the Public Lands," House of Representatives, 65th Congress, on H.R. 11935 (A Bill to Establish the Mount Desert National Park in the State of Maine), May 30, 1918 is a direct quote from the Sieur de Monts Publication, not the National Geographic article. I'll forward it to you as well. Finally, an important question remains. Could these three applications of Fernald's research on acadian plant sanctuaries arise from a unique piece of thinking or possible have a common origin in another Fernald publication? That is, are they derivative? As I look at the HOLLIS record list I wonder whether they could have been extracted from a publication pre-dating the 1914 publication of the National Geographic piece ( for example, the 1912 Field Excursions of the New England Botanical Club ? Do you have any way to render a judgment on this question? I appreciate your attention to this matter and I wonder whether the copies that you are routing to me might illumine these matters. With best wishes, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Director of Shapiro Library Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211, ext. 2164 603-645-9685 fax Original Message From: Lisa Decesare [mailto:ldecesar@oeb.harvard.edu] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 3:06 PM To: Epp, Ronald Subject: Fwd: M.L. Fernald & G.B. Dorr (fwd) 1 Dr. Epp, Your request was forwarded to me. We would happily send you copies of the correspondence that you seek. I am attaching a copy of our Permission to Examine form. Please complete it and return it to me. Once I receive the signed form I will send you the letters. There will be no charge for these copies. In regards to your kind offer to send us copies of the Acadian Plant Sanctuary article and a copy of Fernald's submitted testimony we would love to get that if it is no trouble. Please contact me directly if you have any further questions or concerns. Lisa DeCesare Lisa DeCesare Head of Archives and Public Services Botany Libraries Harvard University Herbaria 22 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 tel: 617.495.2366 fax: 617.495.8654 email: ldecesar@oeb.harvard.edu 2