Scope and Content
This collection contains one bound volume of letters sent to Terry, dated approximately 1864-1913. There are also photographs and printed material.
Dates
- 1864-1913
Creator
- Terry, William Almeron, 1828-1917 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available by appointment for research. Researchers must register and provide valid photo identification. Please contact botref@oeb.harvard.edu for additional information.
Extent
0.2 linear feet (1 bound volume)Biography
William Almeron Terry was born on October 14, 1828 in Bristol, Connecticut to Samuel Steele and Mary Stoughton Terry. He married Esther Amelia Ball in 1850. The couple had four children, Elizabeth, William, Carrie, and Charles.
He first worked as a clockmaker and eventually became a photographer and florist. After retiring Terry devoted his free time to the study of diatoms, making slides of diatom samples and exchanging slides and samples with a number of other diatom enthusiasts. Though best known for his work with diatoms, Terry also studied other algae and ferns. Terry spent most of his life in Bristol where he died on October 31, 1917.
Sources
Agassiz Association. 1917. William Almeron Terry. Guide to Nature. 10(7): 220.
Death of William A. Terry. 1917. Am. Bot. 23(4):142.
Federal Population Census Records, National Archives and Records Administration.
Provenance
The provenance of this collection is unknown.
Creator
- Terry, William Almeron, 1828-1917 (Person)
- Title
- Terry, William Almeron, 1828-1917. William Almeron Terry correspondence, 1864-1913: A Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Botany Libraries, Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University.
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- far00014
Repository Details
Part of the Botany Libraries, Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University Repository
The Harvard University Herbaria houses five research libraries that are managed collectively as the Botany Libraries. The Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany specializes in organisms that reproduce by spores, without flowers or seeds. The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany houses unique resources including personal papers, institutional records, field notes and plant lists, expedition records, photographs, original artwork, and objects from faculty, curators, staff, and affiliates of the Farlow Herbarium.
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