Scope and Content This herbarium contains 40 identified botanical specimens common to the Eastern United States, collected by Hoover most likely during a summer Boy Scout session in Norristown, Pennsylvania. The project was inspired by Dr. E. M. Gress (1876-1968), Pennsylvania State Botanist, who promoted the importance of young boys obtaining knowledge of herbarium practices. The herbarium contains details of each pressing including: order, genus, species, common name, location, and date found. The records...

Scope and Content

This collection consists of one bound herbarium of marine plants collected by Sarah B. Fay. The notebook includes several different types of seaweed such as kelp and algae. The specimens likely came from the coast of Massachusetts. Of special note, the herbarium contains species of seaweed such as: Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) and Porphyra leucosticta (Thuret).