Ornithologists -- United States -- Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Audubon family correspondence, 1846 Nov. 17-1942 Jan. 28
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A93
Dates:
(bulk 1898-1914).
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
Kalbfleisch Field Research Station collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss .K35
Scope and Content note
This collection contains a wide variety of documents related to the Museum’s acquisition and operation of the Kalbfleisch Field Research Station in Huntington, Long Island, which span from 1937, when Ms. Kalbfleisch began pursuing her wish to bequeath the estate, through 1982 when the Museum finally sold the property. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the Station by featuring information related to all aspects of its existence, including: correspondence, memos, legal...
Dates:
1937-1982
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
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192