Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1860-08-14 - 1946-10-23
Biography
Abstract:
Ernest Thompson Seton was an illustrator, author, naturalist and storyteller.
Seton was born in Scotland, but moved with his family to Canada in 1866, where he developed his interest in wildlife and Native American peoples. In the 1880's Seton spent time in New York City, researching animals at the American Museum of Natural History, where he did many of his wildlife drawings. Seton later moved to Connecticut where he founded the Woodcraft League, a precursor to the Boy Scouts; he was also chairman of the founding committee for the Boy Scouts of America.
Citation:
From biographical note for Seton's archive collection at the American Museum Natural History Museum Archives, Mss .S41-.S42 , written by Ann Herendeen.Occupations
Topics
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Camping Among the Indians
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 22
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH-Woodcraft Indian Trip to the Southwest, 1927. The AMNH Woodcraft Indian trip was led by Ernest Thompson Seton, the author, and George Clyde Fisher (AMNH curator of visual instruction). The film depicts a variety of dances (the buffalo, hood, war, eagle, corn, deer and snowbird) performed by Indians of the Tesuque, Taos, Acoma and Santa Clara Pueblos. Fisher also filmed other activities of the local people during the trip, most notably an intertribal ceremony in Gallup,...
Dates:
1927
[Chipmunks] / LR "Ernest E. Thompson"
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 198
Scope and Contents
Two chipmunks on branch. Frame: Black painted wood, glazed.
Dates:
1880-1900
Ernest Thompson Seton Paintings collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn54
Scope and Contents
Pencil sketch with tail feathers, wash drawings, and lithographs.
Dates:
circa 1890-1900
John G. Samson photos of illustrations from "The Worlds of Ernest Thompson Seton"
Collection
Identifier: PPC .S26
Scope and Contents
Images from the book, "The Worlds of Ernest Thompson Seton".
Dates:
undated