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Library holdings

HOLLIS (Harvard Online Library Information System) is a database containing over 9 million records for more than 15 million books, journals, manuscripts, government documents, maps, microforms, music scores, sound recordings, visual materials, and data files.

Search library holdings on HOLLIS or
HOLLIS Classic.

• Our holdings are identified as “Botany Arboretum”.
• You may limit your search to just our holdings by using an Expanded Search and select Limit Search to: Locations: Botany Arboretum from the drop down menu.

Archival finding aids

OASIS (Online Archival Search Information System) provides access finding aids for archival and manuscript collections at Harvard which contain a wide variety of materials, including letters, diaries, photographs, drawings, printed material, and objects.

A growing number of our finding aids are available as PDFs on the Archive Collection page.

Search archival finding aids on OASIS.

• You may limit your search to just our holdings by selecting Arnold Arboretum Library and Archives from the drop down menu.

Images

VIA (Visual Information Access) is a union catalog of visual resources at Harvard and includes catalog records for objects or images owned, held or licensed by Harvard.

Search for visual resources on VIA.

• You may limit your search to just our holdings by Limiting repository to Arnold Arboretum Horticulture Library (Jamaica Plain) from the drop down menu.

Correspondence

Search citations to letters to and from Arnold Arboretum staff dating from the 1880s to 1940 in our Correspondence Database.