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American Museum of Natural History correspondence regarding Moth and Butterfly Club membership, 1953-1955.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 142
Abstract

Contains letters between Cyril F. Dos Passos and a member of the Moth and Butterfly Club based in Bristol, Colorado regarding membership, payment of dues, and request of specimen samples.

Dates: 1953 - 1955

Lester R. Aronson collection on the Kammerer/Noble midwife toad scandal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .A76
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 9 folders of material (photocopies, clippings and reprints of articles; handwritten and typewritten letters and notes; and photographs) collected by Aronson in preparing his 1975 review of Arthur Koestler's 1971 book, The case of the midwife toad, about a 1926 scientific dispute between G.K. Noble and Paul Kammerer. The collection includes the typescript of Aronson's article, The case of The case of the midwife toad, which appeared in Behavior genetics vol. 5, no....
Dates: 1903-1990 (bulk 1923-1975); Majority of material found within 1923 - 1975

Bulletin of the New York Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies, 1918-1921

 Collection
Identifier: DR 151
Scope and Contents

Contains volumes 12-15 of the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies. Some volumes have several issues. There are 12 bulletins in total, listing programs and schedules for NYAS meetings, all of which are held at AMNH.

Dates: 1918 - 1921

Letters : Rhyl, Wales, to J. Van Voorst [London] [1866] Sept. 22, 1866 Oct. 4.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .C53
Scope and content The collection consists of two handwritten signed letters discussing the Record of zoological literature, begun the previous year and published by Van Voorst. Clark had ordered a copy of vol. 2 (1865). In the first letter, Clark commiserates with Van Voorst on the difficulties of finding subscribers for a new annual publication. Clark suggests that Van Voorst sell the work in parts, to attract buyers interested only in a particular subject or unwilling to pay for the complete contents. In...
Dates: 1866 - 1866

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