The growing legacy of the U of R Herbarium

Former biology professor George Ledingham spent a lifetime collecting plant samples housed in the on-campus herbarium that now bears his name. The herbarium is getting a new lease of life thanks to a multi-disciplined effort that has rocketed the facility into the digital age. The task of preserving Ledingham’s work is now an on-going collaborative project undertaken by The Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, and the University Archives.

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U of R faculty members behind the digitization of the Ledingham collection are (left to right) Crista Bradley, an archivist at the John Archer Library, Philip Charrier, associate professor of history, and Mel Hart, associate dean of Science: Student experience and engagement. Photo: Trevor Hopkin