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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
George Newbold Lawrence correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Mss .L39
Scope and Contents
The George Newbold Lawrence Correspondence collection consists almost completely of handwritten, signed letters received by Lawrence from other ornithologists and naturalists from the United States and Europe discussing the classification of birds and the exchange of bird skins. Some of the folders contain drafts or copies of Lawrence's replies. While there is a small number of official letters from institutions, almost all of the letters are from individuals. In addition to 228 documents...
Dates:
1847-1894; Majority of material found within 1865-1894
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- Names: Berlepsch, Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig, Graf von, 1850-1915 X
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- Birds -- Classification 1
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- Ornithology -- United States 1
- Phaethornis malaris. 1
- Scientific expeditions -- French Guiana -- Cayenne. 1
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- Names
- Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 1
- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 1
- Audubon, Maria R. (Maria Rebecca), 1843-1925 1
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 1
- Batchelder, Charles F. (Charles Foster), 1898-1973 1
- Boston Society of Natural History 1
- Brewster, William, 1851-1919 1
- Cherrie Expedition to French Guiana (1902-1903) 1
- Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946 1
- Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 1
- Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915 1
- Finsch, O. (Otto), 1839-1917 1
- Gould, John, 1804-1881 1
- Gurney, John Henry, 1819-1890 1
- Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895 1
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 1
- Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 1
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 1
- Pike, Nicholas, 1817-1905 1
- Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 1
- Sennett, George B. (George Burritt), 1840-1900 1
- Smithsonian Institution 1
- Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 1
- Zeledón, José C. (José Cástulo), 1846-1923 1
- Zoological Museum (Tring, England) 1 ∧ less
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