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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">'''Building Name:''' Connell Memorial Herbarium</span> | ||
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">'''Other Names:''' Herbarium</span> | ||
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">'''Civic Address:''' Rooms 17 & 19, 10 Bailey Dr.</span> | ||
'''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | '''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Sod Turning:</span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">N/A</span> | ||
'''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | '''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Cornerstone Laying:</span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">N/A</span> | ||
'''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | '''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Opened for Use:</span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Unknown</span> | ||
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">'''Official Opening:''' 1966</span> | ||
'''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | '''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Architect:</span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">N/A</span> | ||
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">'''Named for:''' Dr. Katherine M. Connell (née Jarvis), UNB Alumna (1921), whose collection of New Brunswick plants was donated to UNB in 1972.</span> | ||
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif | <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">'''Renovations/changes/additions:''' Renamed the Connell Memorial Herbarium on October 13, 1976.</span> | ||
'''Notes:''' Located in [[ | '''Notes:''' Located in [[Loring_Bailey_Hall|Loring Bailey Hall]], the Herbarium houses specimens dating back to 1837. When James Robb became the first lecturer in Chemistry and Natural History at [[Brief_History_of_UNB#King's_College_(1828_-_1859)|King's College]] (later the University of New Brunswick), he began collecting the plants of New Brunswick, forming the foundation for the Herbarium's collection. The Herbarium is the oldest institutional collection of plant specimens in Canada. | ||
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Revision as of 14:58, 8 January 2016
Building Name: Connell Memorial Herbarium
Other Names: Herbarium
Civic Address: Rooms 17 & 19, 10 Bailey Dr.
Sod Turning:N/A
Cornerstone Laying:N/A
Opened for Use:Unknown
Official Opening: 1966
Architect:N/A
Named for: Dr. Katherine M. Connell (née Jarvis), UNB Alumna (1921), whose collection of New Brunswick plants was donated to UNB in 1972.
Renovations/changes/additions: Renamed the Connell Memorial Herbarium on October 13, 1976.
Notes: Located in Loring Bailey Hall, the Herbarium houses specimens dating back to 1837. When James Robb became the first lecturer in Chemistry and Natural History at King's College (later the University of New Brunswick), he began collecting the plants of New Brunswick, forming the foundation for the Herbarium's collection. The Herbarium is the oldest institutional collection of plant specimens in Canada.
Source(s):
- UA Case 123; Section 3, Box 1; Herbarium.
- Susan Montague. "Work Bears Fruit at Herbarium." Perspectives 8(8), May 1982.
- Young, C. Mary. The Connell Memorial Herbarium, 1838-1985. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick, 1986. QK77 .C66 Y68.
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