Conservationists -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Cushman Murphy collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss .M87
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of eight folders containing clippings from magazines and newspapers, typed announcements and articles, some correspondence, and various ephemera that highlight moments in Robert Cushman Murphy’s life and his association with AMNH. The collection was transferred from the AMNH Office of Public Affairs. The contents of all folders are chronologically ordered.
Almost all the material is photocopied printed matter or typewritten, with some carbon copies. Folder 2...
Dates:
1913-1973; Majority of material found within 1930-1973
Theodore Roosevelt correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Mss .R6673-.R6675
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of three boxes of correspondence (typed carbon copies, photocopies and originals) between Roosevelt and various individuals. The majority of the letters are between Roosevelt and Frank M. Chapman (AMNH ornithologist) or Henry Fairfield Osborn (geologist, paleontologist, and AMNH President) whom Roosevelt was particularly friendly. The correspondence generally covers topics related to the men’s shared interests in the different fields of natural history, as well as...
Dates:
1871-1937