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Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946

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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.

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Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript Pages 19-236, 1880

 Item — Box: mss 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Pages 19-236 of an unidentified manuscript including eleven drawings and one painting.

Dates: 1880
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Correspondence, Writings and Published Works

Manuscript- The Flicker and the Stub, 1882

 Item — Box: mss 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copy of the short story "The Flicker and the Stub."

Dates: 1882
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Correspondence, Writings and Published Works

Manuscripts and Letters , 1880 - 1890

 Item — Box: mss 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Letters to Rufus (1890) and Mill (1882) interspersed in numbered manuscript pages. Potentially with two numbered manuscripts. All incapsulated in a temporary binding.

Dates: 1880 - 1890
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Correspondence, Writings and Published Works

"On Amouration" an Essay by Seton

 Item — Box: mss 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

A nine page essay discussing copulation and Setons thoughts on the need for education on the topic.

Dates: 1879-1946
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Correspondence, Writings and Published Works

Organization Pamphlets , 1904

 Item — Box: mss 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Two pamphlets written by Seton titled "The Red Book or How to Play Indian" and "The Red Lodge."

Dates: 1904
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Correspondence, Writings and Published Works

Professional Correspondence, 1900 - 1920

 Item — Box: mss 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Contains seven letters written by Seton mostly surrounding his involvement in the Camp Fire Club.

Dates: 1900 - 1920
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Correspondence, Writings and Published Works

Published Short Stories and Pamphlets , 1884 - 1904

 Item — Box: mss 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Consists of five short stories removed from published books and four published pamphlets discussing natural topics.

Dates: 1884 - 1904
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Correspondence, Writings and Published Works

Scribners Art Label , 1891

 Item — Box: mss 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Label of largest woodpecker from explorations in the Sierra Madre. Removed from a Scribners Magazine art submission.

Dates: 1891
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Correspondence, Writings and Published Works

Seton Journal 1 Manitoba, Toronto and New York, 1882 - 1885, 1886

 Item — Box: rbc 1, Volume: Seton Journal 1
Identifier: rbc 60-a
Scope and Contents

Seton Journal 1 Manitoba 1882-1885, Toronto and New York 1886.

Dates: 1882 - 1885; 1886
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Field Journals

Seton Journal 2 Vol. 1 1879-1882, 1879 - 1882

 Item — Box: rbc 1, Volume: Seton Journal 2
Identifier: mss s41
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection consists of unprocessed material: letters, papers, photographs and sheet music. According to biographical information, Seton's friends while working at the AMNH included ornithologist Frank M. Chapman; William T. Hornaday, the first director of the New York Zoological Park; and zoologist Elliott Coues.

Dates: 1879 - 1882
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / amnh.arch.seton, Ernest Thompson Seton collection / Field Journals
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