Collecting location and year: Peru 1838

Collecting location and year: St. Vincent 1835

This series contains the manuscripts, lecture notes, and correspondence of Oakes Ames and his family. The series mostly contains correspondence between Oakes Ames and various colleagues, with manuscripts and lecture notes making up the rest of the series.

This series contains letters to and from various affiliates of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium & Library. The folders are arranged alphabetically and divided by the Orchid Herbarium associate they are attributed to.

This series contains letters to and from various affiliates of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium & Library. The folders are arranged alphabetically and divided by the Orchid Herbarium associate they are attributed to.

Contains over 1200 research files arranged alphabetically by genus and species. File contents have been arranged in the following order: correspondence, manuscript material, notes, lists (bibliographies, synonymies, illustrations), articles and descriptions (reprints, copies), drawings (original and copies), copies of herbarium specimens, pressed plant specimens, photographs, and slides.