Olney, Stephen T. (Stephen Thayer), 1812-1878

Person

Dates

Existence: 1812 - 1878

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Henry William Ravenel and Stephen Thayer Olney botanical correspondence

FOUND IN: Botany Libraries, Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

Collection Identifier: far00058

Scope and Content:

This collection contains 38 letters of botanical correspondence between Henry William Ravenel and Stephen Thayer Olney, 1848-1872. The collection also includes typed transcripts of the letters that were likely made by C.W. Dodge.

Stephen Thayer Olney field notebooks

FOUND IN: Botany Libraries, Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University

Collection Identifier: gra00064

Scope and Content:

The Olney papers consist of three small field notebooks. Two notebooks are covered in leather, one is missing a cover. Notebooks contain field notes and collecting lists, likely of Rhode Island plants. They were probably used in the preparation of Olney’s Rhode Island floras.