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Francis Lee Jaques field diaries and sketchbooks
Collection
Identifier: Mss .J37
Summary
Francis Lee Jaques (28 September 1887-24 July 1969), also known as Lee Jaques, is celebrated for his diorama paintings at the American Museum of Natural History, executed during the early and mid-twentieth century. A frequent collaborator with Museum curator and ornithologist Frank M. Chapman (1864-1945), the artist is especially associated with the Whitney Memorial Hall of Pacific Bird Life (that was co-designed with Robert Cushman Murphy, Museum curator and ornithologist). This collection...
Dates:
1925-1935
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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- Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 1
- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 1
- Audubon, Maria R. (Maria Rebecca), 1843-1925 1
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 1
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
- Batchelder, Charles F. (Charles Foster), 1898-1973 1
- Berlepsch, Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig, Graf von, 1850-1915 1
- Boston Society of Natural History 1
- Brewster, William, 1851-1919 1
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
- Chapman, Clark R. 1
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
- Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 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
- Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 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
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
- Smithsonian Institution 1
- Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 1
- Zeledón, José C. (José Cástulo), 1846-1923 1 ∧ less
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