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Edgar A. Mearns correspondence, 1883-1915
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.
[Paintings and drawings] [art original] / R. Bruce Horsfall
Mainly gouache paintings (black ink, many with white highlights), some done for Nature magazine. Only items 30 and 75 are full watercolors; 7 items are pencil drawings. All items are on on board except items 8, 13 and 38, which are on paper.
Preparation Molds for Exhibits
Tengmalm's owl : Strix tengmalmi (Gmel). Noctua tengmalmi (Selb) / E. Lear
A framed print of "Tengmalm's owl" by Edward Lear published in Volume 1 of The birds of Europe by John Gould.
The Captain Marshall Field Brazilian expedition
Who rules the world? Insects ; Bird islands of the Pacific
William Thomas Blanford correspondence, 1899
One handwritten signed letter in which Blanford discusses the taxonomy and nomenclature of the barasingha (Cervus duvauceli), the swamp deer of northern India and Nepal. Blanford claims "barasinga" is the correct spelling; he also mentions the Tibetan argali or mountain sheep (Ovis ammon hodgsoni).
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- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 4
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- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 3
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 3
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 3
- American Museum of Natural History 2
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- Berlepsch, Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig, Graf von, 1850-1915 2
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
- Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946 2
- Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 2
- Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915 2
- Gould, John, 1804-1881 2
- Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 2
- Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 2
- Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 2
- Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 1
- Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 1
- Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964 1
- American Legion (Steamship) 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
- Audubon, Maria R. (Maria Rebecca), 1843-1925 1
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 1
- Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
- Batchelder, Charles F. (Charles Foster), 1898-1973 1
- Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 1
- Blanford, William Thomas, 1832-1905 1
- Boston Society of Natural History 1
- Brewster, William, 1851-1919 1
- Brooklyn Museum 1
- Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
- CBS/AMNH Adventure Series (1953-1956) 1
- Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 1
- Cazier, Mont A. 1
- Chapin Field Trip to the Eastern Congo (1953-1958) 1
- Chapman, Clark R. 1
- Cherrie Expedition to French Guiana (1902-1903) 1
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
- Cleckley, M. T. 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. 1
- Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 1
- Department of Anthropology 1
- Department of Exhibition 1
- Department of Herpetology 1
- Department of Ichthyology 1
- Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 1
- Field Expedition to Brazil (1926) 1
- Field, Marshall, 1893-1956 1
- Finsch, O. (Otto), 1839-1917 1
- Gratacap, L. P. (Louis Pope), 1851-1917 1
- Gurney, John Henry, 1819-1890 1
- Hall of Reptiles and Amphibians 1
- Harding, W. A. 1
- Hoesch, Walter 1
- Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 1
- Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948 1
- Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850 1
- Instituto Butantan 1
- Ipyranga (Ship) 1
- Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 1
- Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 1
- Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 1
- Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895 1
- Lear, Edward, 1812-1888 1
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 1
- Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956 1
- Mochi, Ugo, 1889-1977 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
- National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals 1
- New York Zoological Park 1
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
- Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 1
- Pike, Nicholas, 1817-1905 1
- Richardson, Jenness 1
- Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 1
- Root, Nina J. 1
- Sage, Dean, Jr. 1
- Sennett, George B. (George Burritt), 1840-1900 1
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
- Sheldon, William G. 1
- Smith, Herbert H. (Herbert Huntington), 1851-1919 1
- Smithsonian Institution 1
- Tee-Van, John 1
- Weber, Walter A. (Walter Alois), 1906-1979 1
- Woodward, Anthony, d. 1915 1
- Zeledón, José C. (José Cástulo), 1846-1923 1
- Zoological Museum (Tring, England) 1 ∧ less