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Addison Emery Verrill illustrations of mollusks, [1878?-1926?]
Collection
Identifier: DR 074
Dates:
1878 - 1926
Dorothy Bliss papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .B55
Scope and Contents
In the case of this collection, Scope and Content are virtually synonymous. Both words encompass Dr. Bliss's single-minded, detailed study of crustaceans in general and the land crab gecarcinus lateralis in particular. There is nothing in these papers that refers to her teaching positions or the other outside interests cited in the biographical sketch. It must be assumed that she was always careful to compartmentalize her various activities. The scope of the material starts in...
Dates:
1950-1979
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
Letter : Pavie [Pavia, Italy][to S.L. Mitchill, New York, N.Y.].
Collection
Identifier: Mss .R87
Dates:
1820 Nov. 4 :
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
Alfred Russel Wallace correspondence
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss .W3551
Scope and Contents
The collection consists almost entirely of handwritten, signed letters from Wallace to Cockerell, along with a few postcards. There are also one letter from Wallace's wife, Annie, and four letters (one typewritten) and a postcard from Wallace's son, William, following Wallace's death; and one newspaper clipping. The bulk of the letters are an ongoing one-sided conversation between the two naturalists on their scientific work and theories, beginning with a discussion of Wallace's book,...
Dates:
1890-1914
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- Manuscript Collection 5
- Naturalists -- United States -- Correspondence 2
- Ornithologists -- United States -- Correspondence 2
- Amphibians -- Classification 1
- Amphibians -- Development 1
- Amphibians -- Embryology 1
- Birds -- Catalogs and collections -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
- Birds -- Classification 1
- Birds -- Collection and preservation 1
- Carcinology -- History -- Sources 1
- Crabs -- Physiology 1
- Crustacea -- Physiology 1
- Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Physiology 1
- Department Records 1
- Embryologists -- Italy -- Correspondence. 1
- Evolution (Biology) -- History -- Sources. 1
- Evolution -- History -- Sources. 1
- Game protection -- United States 1
- Gecarcinus lateralis 1
- Gills. 1
- Hunting -- United States -- Public opinion 1
- Hunting guns 1
- Invertebrates -- Physiology 1
- Lungs. 1
- Mammals -- Classification 1
- Mammals -- Collection and preservation 1
- Mollusks -- Classification -- History -- Sources 1
- Mollusks -- Pictorial works 1
- Natural history museum curators -- Correspondence 1
- Natural selection -- History -- Sources. 1
- Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. 1
- Neuroendocrinology 1
- Olm. 1
- Salamanders -- Classification. 1
- Salamanders -- Development. 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia 1
- Sirenidae. 1
- Zoologists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. 1
- Zoologists -- Italy -- Correspondence. 1
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- English 5
- French 1
- Names
- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 2
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 2
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 2
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 2
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 2
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 2
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Insects and Spiders 1
- Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
- Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 1
- Bliss, Dorothy E. 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Bush, Katharine J. (Katharine Jeannette), 1855-1937 1
- Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
- Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 1
- Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 1
- Démeusy, Noëlle 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
- Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955 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
- Treadwell, Aaron L. (Aaron Louis), 1866-1947 1
- Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926 1
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 1
- Woodward, Anthony, d. 1915 1 ∧ less
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