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Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1811 - 1857

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Catalogue of microscopical slides of the Bailey collection

Collection Identifier: far00061
Scope and Content: Inventory of the Jacob Whitman Bailey collection of microscopical slides, started by Bailey and continued by Miss Washburn. The catalogue was completed by Miss Washburn in June, 1876, according to the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, volume 19, 1876-1878.For a detailed account of this volume and accompanying diatom collection see The Jacob...

Catalogue of the "Bailey" collection in the Boston Society of Natural History

Collection Identifier: far00062
Scope and Content:

The volume relates to part of the Jacob Whitman Bailey bequest to the Boston Society of Natural History. The volume was produced in 1860, and is inscribed: Catalogue of the unmounted materials in the “Bailey” Collection in the Boston Society of Natural History, also of the Daguerreotypes, Photographs and Drawings.

Some of these materials were later gifted to the Farlow Herbarium.