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Edward Drinker Cope papers, 1846-1897
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C67
Scope and Contents
Contains chiefly letters written by Cope to his family and correspondence between him and Henry Fairfield Osborn, some illustrated or with newspaper clippings attached. Also included are childhood report cards, a few mss. of his poems and essays (1854), a pamphlet by him entitled "The marriage problem" (1888), shipping notices from expedition sites (1881-1884), and a copy of his will.Box 1. Letters, 1846-1875 -- Box 2. Letters, 1876-1888 -- Box 3. Letters, 1889-1897. Cope-Osborn...
Dates:
1846 - 1897
Ernest Thompson Seton collection
Fonds
Identifier: amnh.arch.seton
Scope and Contents
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:
1879-1946
F. Martin Brown papers, circa 1926-1990
Collection
Identifier: Mss .B76-.B761
Scope and content
The collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, data cards, articles, notes and other research material, and personal papers. The first group of 51 boxes has had preliminary processing, with pencilled notations on the outside indicating each box's contents. Subjects include Edwards, Mead, Fabricius, and Pike's Peak. The second group of 9 boxes is unprocessed material. A bibliography of Brown's publications is filed with the collection.
Dates:
1926 - 1990
Frederic A. Lucas correspondence, 1916 Aug. 28, 1922 July 18.
Collection
Identifier: Mss .L83
Dates:
1916 - 1922
George K. Cherrie correspondence, 1902 Jan. 9, 1903 Apr. 11
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C454
Scope and content
The collection consists of two handwritten signed letters from Hartert, the first discussing Cherrie's collecting plans for an upcoming expedition to Cayenne, French Guiana, and the second evaluating the results. In the first letter, Hartert requests six specimens of every species of bird from Cayenne; eight of hummingbirds and swifts. Payment is discussed. Hartert says that Oldfield Thomas of the Natural History Museum (London, England) wants mammals from Cayenne, and stresses his own...
Dates:
1902 - 1903
William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)
Collection
Identifier: Mss .G7441
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of administrative, scientific, academic and personal papers, and correspondence. Papers include Gregory's general correspondence with universities, colleges and scientists about his research topics and publications; correspondence with museums about purchasing replicas of fossils; and with students seeking employement. Other papers include lecture notes prepared for zoology classes emphasizing evolution, 1925-1926 and 1939; and manuscripts and notes for his...
Dates:
1889-1948; Majority of material found within 1906-1948
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- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 3
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- Audubon, Maria R. (Maria Rebecca), 1843-1925 2
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- Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 2
- Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 2
- Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 2
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
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- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 2
- Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 2
- Schaeffer, Bobb, 1913-2004 2
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 2
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 2
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- Smith, J. L. B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968 2
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- Brooklyn Museum 1
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- Bush, Katharine J. (Katharine Jeannette), 1855-1937 1
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