**Code**: [NYS](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125526) **Organization**: New York State Museum **Division**: Biological Survey, CEC 3140 **Location**: Albany, New York, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 278662 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1836 **Taxonomic coverage**: All groups **Geographic coverage**: Mainly New York and north temperate region **Incorporated herbaria**: BROC (15,936 specimens) in 1984, fungi (2,899 specimens) of VAS in 1982, part of DS (W. R. Dudley's New York bryophytes), major portion (2,676 specimens) of GESU in 1983, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wildlife Resources Center (6,664 specimens) in 1984. **Important collectors**: H. E. Ahles, R. E. Andrus, C. F. Austin, T. C. Baim, M. E. Banning, L. C. Beck, E. P. Bicknell, E. Brainerd, E. G. Britton, G. W. Clinton, I. W. Clokey, M. A. Curtis, C. Dewey, E. B. Ehrle, J. Eights, C. J. Elting, B. D. Gilbert, J. V. Haberer, C. W. Harris, C. C. Haynes, F. J. Hermann, H. D. House, E. C. Howe, R. R. Ireland, E. H. Ketchledge, P. D. Kneiskern, R. A. Latham, L. Lesquereux, J. M. Macoun, N. G. Miller, R. S. Mitchell, E. C. Ogden, J. A. Paine, C. H. Peck, G. H. Peters, L. S. Rose, C. S. Sargent, H. P. Sartwell, C. S. Sheldon, C. J. Sheviak, S. J. Smith, G. T. Stevens, W. S. Sullivant, J. Torrey, E. Tuckerman, L. M. Underwood **Notes**: Updated Dec 2011 (staff change) . Correspondence and illustrations of C. H. Peck and correspondence of H. D. House and more recent staff housed at NYS. New York State Education Department. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-03-30 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.