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Rehder, Alfred, 1863-1949

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1863 - 1949

Biography

George Alfred Rehder was a German-American botanical taxonomist and dendrologist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. He is generally regarded as the foremost dendrologist of his generation.

He was born September 4, 1863 in the castle of Waldenburg, Germany to Thekla née Schmidt (1839–1897) and Paul Julius Rehder (1833–1917), the superintendent of parks and gardens of the principality of Schönburg-Waldenburg. Through his father, Rehder was introduced to the gardening profession. On his mother's side of the family, Rehder was likely descended from Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1778–1847). He died July 21, 1949.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Alfred Rehder, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plains, Mass. to Beatrix Farrand, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1938 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 10Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AR 1938.04.11
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Typescipt letter with signature from Alfred Rehder, Curator of the Herbarium at the Arnold Arboretum to Beatrix Farrand suggests if she wishes to have pictures of American trees then there are plates in Sargent's Silva with selected copies offered by the Arnold Arboretum. These could be colored. He suggests she visit to see what pictures the Arnold Arboretum has that she could use.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, April 23, 1938 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1938.04.23
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Copy of typescript letter probably written by Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand discusses receiving Farrand's suggestions for the panels in the Catalogue House. Sweeney mentions she has not heard back from Alfred Rehder, [Arnold Arboretum] or the New York Botanical Garden about garden pictures. Anne Sweeney found out from Mr. Morrison that she has been elected secretary of the Horticultural Society. She is not sure how that happened.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, May 24, 1938 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1938.05.24
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand reports changes to the pictures displayed in the Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue House for which she added more rose pictures. She is planning to be away from Dumbaton Oaks to visit her sister who is ill. Sweeney reports Mr. Morrison's father passed away. Wayside Nurseries sent her nice catalogs, but she has not heard from Alfred Rehder, Arnold Arboretum or Hosea Waterer.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, 3245 S Street, Washington, D.C., April 27, 1938 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1938.04.27
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney tells her Alfred Rehder from the Arnold Arboretum responded to her about the available pictures available. She says the Mildred Bliss volunteered Anne Sweeney's services to the Horticultural Society as a step to working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Beatrix Farrand will work out what is expected of Anne when she is next in Washington, D.C.Farrand tells Sweeney the material she has for the...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, 3245 S Street, Washington, D.C., May 31, 1938 Digital

File — Box B: 2, Folder: 25Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1938.05.31B
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney tells her approves of the changes in the pictures in the Dumbarotn Oaks Catalogue House, and wishes she could have seen the roses displayed there. Sweeney can reach Farrand in California by addressing the letter to Max Farrand with Beatrix Farrand's initials in the corner. Sweeney should have heard from Alfred Rehder from the Arnold Arboretum. Hosea Waterer will probably answer once his new catalog comes...