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James Paul Chapin correspondence, 1953
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C4537
Scope and content
The collection consists of letters, handwritten and typwritten, to and from Chapin, mostly concerning his upcoming trip and work. The letters are arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent. Seven letters are from Henri Schouteden and nine are from Robert W. Storer. Other correspondents (one letter each, except where noted) include Rudyerd Boulten; L.D. Branch, discussing the lyre-tailed honeyguide; Herbert Friedmann, discussing honeyguide nesting, including the species Indicator minor;...
Dates:
1953 - 1953
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
Edgar A. Mearns correspondence, 1883-1915
Collection
Identifier: Mss .M43
Scope and Contents
The collection consists entirely of photocopies of handwritten letters. The first letter, dated May 17, 1883, is from Albert S. Bickmore, founder and superintendent of the AMNH, concerning Mearns's proposed donation of a collection of birds. The second letter is from curator J.A. Allen, discussing details of the specimens. Other correspondents include James P. Chapin, Frank M. Chapman, L.P. Gratacap, C. Hart Merriam, Jenness Richardson and Anthony Woodward.
Dates:
1883-1915
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- Birds -- Catalogs and collections -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
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- Birds -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
- Game protection -- United States 1
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- Mammals -- Classification 1
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- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 2
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 2
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 2
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 2
- Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
- Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 1
- Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
- Chapin Field Trip to the Eastern Congo (1953-1958) 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 1
- Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 1
- Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915 1
- Gratacap, L. P. (Louis Pope), 1851-1917 1
- Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 1
- Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 1
- Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 1
- Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 1
- Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956 1
- National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals 1
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
- Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 1
- Richardson, Jenness 1
- Smith, Herbert H. (Herbert Huntington), 1851-1919 1
- Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 1
- Woodward, Anthony, d. 1915 1 ∧ less
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