Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora. Learn more
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William Andrew Archer Papers
Archer was the assistant plant pathologist within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) from late 1926 until 1929, where he focused on plant diseases. The Archer Papers in our Archives consist of seventeen boxes of materials and four bound volumes, which includes reports, printed and mimeographed items, certificates and correspondence.
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Frederick Andrews Walpole diaries
Walpole (1861–1904) was a botanical artist for the Division of Botany of the USDA (1896–1904). This collection in our Archives contains three of his diaries.
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To Make a Prairie: Pollination and Human Understanding
17 March–30 June 2026Building on the words of Emily Dickinson, "To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee," our spring exhibition explores how humanity came to understand one of nature's most essential relationships: the intricate partnership between plants and their pollinators.
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