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Lawrence, George Newbold, 1806-1895. Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s.

Title: Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s.

This collection contains professional and personal correspondence, as well as some personal business accounts. The topics mentioned range from general ornithology to specific birds, particularly of the West Indies and South America; bird illustrations and various publications; paleontology, and zoology.

ArchivalResource: ca. 600 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122316346 View

Sheldon, Charles, 1867-1928,. Garvan-Sheldon collection, 1796-1943 (inclusive).

Title: Garvan-Sheldon collection, 1796-1943 (inclusive).

Miscellaneous letters related to big game hunting, a photograph album of early contributors to Forest and Stream (with a letter from George Bird Grinnell identifying the photographs), diaries, miscellaneous writings and memorabilia all related to travel or hunting. The letters were removed from books in a library collected by Charles Sheldon and presented to Yale University by Francis P. Garvan in 1929.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167121 View

Deane, Ruthven, 1851-1934. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1922-1929.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1922-1929.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (4 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155898102 View

Walter, Herbert Eugene, b. 1867. Herbert Eugene Walter papers, 1885-1948 and n.d.

Title: Herbert Eugene Walter papers, 1885-1948 and n.d.

Consists of correspondence, notes, notebooks, an autobiography, printed material, and an autograph album, dating from 1885 to 1948. The collection documents the education and career of Herbert Eugene Walter, including his studies at Bates College, Brown University, Harvard University, and Universität Freiburg im Breisgau; his teaching experiences in the Chicago public school system; his tenure as professor of biology at Brown University; and his professional activities in academic and professional organizations. The collection also documents Walter's personal life. The Letters received by H.E. Walter series, which is arranged alphabetically by the name of the correspondent, includes letters from Charles Harlan Abbott, the American Eugenics Society, Clarence Augustus Barbour, Charles Benedict Davenport, Ruthven Deane, William Herbert Perry Faunce, Reginald Gordon Harris, William Williams Keen, Sidney Issac Kornhauser, Albert Davis Mead, Axel Leonard Melander, Elizabeth Barrett Peabody and James Edward Peabody, Ralph W. Tower, Oliver S. Wescott, Worrallo Whitney, and James Walter Wilson. The H.E. Walter Student notes series, which is arranged by course subjects, includes lecture notes and notebooks from Bates College, Brown University, Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, and Harvard University. The lectures at Freiburg were given by Franz Keibel, Hofrat Steinmann, Radi Emmanuel, Robert Ernest Edward Wiedersheim, [Ernst?] Ziegler, August Weismann, August Gruber, Eugen Baumann, and Professor Fritze. The subseries of the Lecture note series are arranged either by subject or by course title and date. Lecture notes for courses taught by Walter include outlines, review hints and exams. The lecture subjects include comparative anatomy of vertebrates, invertebrate zoology, natural history, genetics, eugenics, and ornithology. The Books by H.E. Walter series includes annotated copies of Biology : the story of living things and Genetics : an introduction to the study of heredity. One copy of Genetics is the Japanese edition and it is accompanied by letters concerning the translation of the book from English into Japanese. The Family papers includes a copybook and school records that belonged to Walter's father.

ArchivalResource: 14.2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122639642 View

Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947. Correspondence, 1885-1935.

Title: Correspondence, 1885-1935.

The collection consists of 43 signed letters and four miscellaneous documents received by Weed. Most of the earlier letters are handwritten, while letters after 1910 are usually typewritten. One letter is undated.

ArchivalResource: 47 items (.25 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57470378 View

University of Minnesota. Museum of Natural History. Records, 1872-1947.

Title: Records, 1872-1947.

Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks. Includes personal diaries of Thomas Sadler Roberts, Johan Hvoslef, and other Minnesota naturalists, activities of the Young Naturalists Society, Roberts' personal and professional correspondence mainly on the subject of ornithology, bird class material, Itasca State Park, biographical material on Minnesota naturalists, correspondence with illustrators of Roberts' Birds of Minnesota (1932), scrapbooks containing clippings and other materials on the Museum of Natural History.

ArchivalResource: 35.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62688203 View

Smith, Sidney Lawton, 1845-1929. Papers, 1887-1931.

Title: Papers, 1887-1931.

This collection contains Smith's correspondence and records, 1887-1931. Several letters were addressed to his daughter and assistant, Amy G. Smith ( - ) following his death in 1929. The majority of correspondents were clients ordering book-plates to be designed and engraved by Smith in Boston. Their letters contain detailed design suggestions, drawings, and questions concerning projected costs and printing procedures. Smith's clients included several notable book and engravings collectors, such as Joseph Manuel Andreini (1850-1932) and William Loring Andrews (1837-1920) of New York, Susan Janney Allen ( - ) of Moorestown, N.J., Ruthven Deane (1851-1934) of Chicago, Ill., and Harry Worcester Smith (1865-1945) and Dr. Charles Lemuel Nichols (1851-1929) of Worcester, Mass. Also numbered among Smith's clients were many college libraries, public libraries, historical and research societies, publishing houses, bookstores, and collectors' clubs, such as the Club of Odd Volumes and the Society of Iconophiles. The collection also consists of business correspondence from editors of journals concerning publication of Smith's book-plate lists and designs, e.g.--Harry Alfred Fowler (1889- ), editor of The Ex Libran and The Miscellany of Kansas City, Mo. Box 1 contains a record book kept by Smith with brief entries describing correspondence concerning book-plate orders received by him during the period 1899 to 1928.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207171297 View

Frank Shipley Collins papers, 1872-1919, 1872-1919

Title: Frank Shipley Collins papers, 1872-1919 1872-1919

Contains letters and copies of letters on botanical subjects, principally algae, many on the identification of species and on the sale and exchange of mounted specimens. 18 items refer to the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842).

ArchivalResource: 2.5 Linear feet; 1,800 items.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.C694-ead.xml View

Carter family. Carter-White family papers, 1861-1924.

Title: Carter-White family papers, 1861-1924.

These family papers contain correspondence of Carter and White family members, including letters from John Eaton White to his fiancee, Lucy Nichols, written while he was serving in the Civil War, as well as letters from Charles Morland Carter to the ornithologist, Ruthven Deane, describing a hunting trip in Nebraska. There is a sketch and photograph of John Eaton White, a tintype depicting William Brewster, Charles Morland Carter, and Daniel Chester French, and a pencil sketch of Charles Morland Carter done by Daniel Chester French. Finally, there are writings about the Nichols' family genealogy, among other items.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (l linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560120 View

Garvan-Sheldon collection, 1796-1943

Title: Garvan-Sheldon collection 1796-1943

Miscellaneous letters related to big game hunting, a photograph album of early contributors to (with a letter from George Bird Grinnell identifying the photographs), diaries, miscellaneous writings and memorabilia all related to travel or hunting. The letters were removed from books in a library collected by Charles Sheldon and presented to Yale University by Francis P. Garvan in 1929. Forest and Stream

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear foot (3 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0232 View