Word: herbarium
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Isaac Burk, the well-known botanical author, has presented the University of Pennsylvania with his large and valuable herbarium...
...Bailey, Jr., B. S., assistant in the Herbarium, has been appointed instructor in taxonomy and phylography in the Correspondence University...
...contains, on the first floor, a parlor, reception rooms, matron's rooms and several students' rooms; and, on the other floors, a library, preacher's parlor, music rooms, infirmary and dormitories. The south wing gives accommodations for the botanical department of the university, a lecture room, analyzing rooms, herbarium, professor's study and museum. Recent additions have greatly increased the facilities of the botanical department...
...death of one of the most honored and philanthropic of the friends of Harvard, Nathaniel Thayer, the founder of Thayer Hall, occurred in Boston Tuesday afternoon. He early became interested in Harvard. His direct benefactions to the university exceed $250,000, including Thayer Hall, Thayer Commons Hall, Gray Herbarium and the Thayer expedition. He has, besides, contributed generously to the support of students and those preparing to enter the university. In 1865 he provided for the students a building fronting on Harvard street which was used as a dining hall until the foundation of Memorial Hall. During this same year...
...Nathaniel Thayer, one of the most munificent benefactors of Harvard College, died at his residence in Boston yesterday morning. His direct benefactions to the college, represented by buildings, endowments and permanent deposits, exceed $250,000, and include his expenditures on Thayer Hall, Thayer Commons Hall, Gray Herbarium, the Thayer expedition, etc. The gross...