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Harriman Alaska Expedition collection, 2002.

Title: Harriman Alaska Expedition collection, 2002.

Videotape and accompanying press kit. The videotape, "The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced," is a documentary concerning two scientific expeditions to Alaska, over 100 years apart. The original Harriman expedition in 1899 included 25 scientists, writers, and artists, among them Louis Agassiz Fuertes. A Smith College expedition in 2001 retraced Harriman's route. The film describes these two expeditions, noting the environmental damage and the change in society's attitudes over the intervening years.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64057758 View

George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956

Title: George Sarton additional papers

Primarily correspondence of historian of science and Harvard professor George Sarton with professional colleagues about the journal Isis.

ArchivalResource: 45 boxes (23 linear ft.)

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Keith Shaw Williams papers

Title: Keith Shaw Williams papers

Biographical sketches; 2 National Academy of Design certificates, 1942; correspondence, 1920-1950, with parents, friends and colleagues including F. Luis Mora, Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Chauncey F. Ryder; a journal, 1931-1950, listing sales and exhibitions, and recording his activities and impressions of places and people, such as John Taylor Arms, Ernest David Roth, Chauncey Foster Ryder and Stow Wengenroth; writings about art education, technique and Col. Albert Duane Shaw (with 2 letters to Shaw); printed material, 1939-1949; and 5 photographs, including 2 of Williams and one of a self-portrait.

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Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology. Laboratory of Ornithology records, 1979-1985.

Title: Laboratory of Ornithology records, 1979-1985.

Records of J.W. Spencer as chairman of the Administrative Board of the Laboratory of Ornithology include Administrative Board minutes, budgets, correspondence, and records about the search for a director. Also, artwork on deposit during the Lab's construction project, including works by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, George Miksch Sutton, Anna Botsford Comstock, John Gould, and John J. Audubon.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64074633 View

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Louis Agassiz Fuertes papers, 1892-1954, 1892-1927 (bulk).

Title: Louis Agassiz Fuertes papers, 1892-1954, 1892-1927 (bulk).

Two volume souvenir album entitled "A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, May - August 1899," "Volume 1, New York to Cook Inlet" and "Volume II, Cook Inlet to Bering Strait and the Return Voyage," includes ca. 254 photographs taken primarily by Edward S. Curtis and C. Hart Merriam and compiled by Edward H. Harriman for expedition participants of Arctic landscapes, people, plants, and animals as well as a map of the expedition route. Also shows expedition members including Harriman and family, John Burroughs, John Muir, Benjamin K. Emerson, and Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Photographs are identified.

ArchivalResource: circa 17.8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64071663 View

Blauvelt, Helen. Birds.

Title: Birds. [1916?]

ArchivalResource: [10] leaves of plates : col. ill. : 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58678275 View

Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers

Title: Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers

The papers of painter and naturalist, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and the Thayer family date from 1851 to 1999, with the bulk of the material dating from 1881 to 1950, and measure 5.12 linear feet. Thayer's painting career, interest in concealing coloration in nature, and relationships with artists, patrons, family, and friends are documented through correspondence, writings, scattered legal and financial records, printed materials, and a scrapbook. Photographs are of Thayer, his family, studio, and friends, including artists. The collection also contains family papers created by his second wife, Emma Beach Thayer, his son Gerald, his daughters Mary and Gladys, and Gladys' husband David Reasoner, who managed Thayer's estate after his death. Scattered Biographical Material includes a brief autobiographical statement and chronology by Abbott Thayer, lists of artworks by Abbott Thayer and Gladys Thayer Reasoner, and biographical information about Thayer's granddaughter, Jean Reasoner Plunket. Two linear feet of family correspondence includes Abott Thayer's correspondence with patrons Charles L. Freer and John Gellatly; with many artists, several of whom were close friends, including Samuel Colman, Thomas Millie Dow, Daniel Chester French, Richard Meryman, Everton Sainsbury, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and E. M. Taber; and former students, such as Ben Foster and Barry Faulkner; and with other friends, many of them prominent members of society, such as Samuel Clemens, Royal Cortissoz, Edward Waldo Emerson, and Stanford White. Also found is Thayer's correspondence with scientists and naturalists discussing his theories on protective coloration in nature. Correspondence of his second wife Emma Beach Thayer, his first wife, Kate Bloede Thayer, his daughter, Gladys Thayer Reasoner, her husband and executor of Thayer's estate, David Reasoner, and other family members are also included in the papers. Writings and notes by Thayer record his thoughts on concealing coloration, nature, restoration of artwork, and other topics. Writings by others include those by Emma Beach Thayer, daughters Mary and Gladys, and Thayer scholars. The collection also contains correspondence of David Reasoner and other family members, as well as financial and legal documents regarding the estate of Abbott Handerson Thayer and Emma Beach Thayer. Additional financial and legal material includes ledgers, accounts statements, bills, a patent granted to Thayer and Gerome Brush, legal agreements, property deeds, and a map of Thayer's property. Printed material include books, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt in response to Thayer's book on concealing coloration. Also found are newspaper and magazine clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs. Photographs are of Abbott Thayer, his wife Emma; his studio and home in Dublin, New Hampshire; friends, including Rockwell Kent and Ralph Waldo Emerson; and of unidentified people. Artwork includes a few drawings by Thayer, drawings and paintings by his children, and sketchbooks belonging to David Reasoner and Jean Reasoner Plunket. The collection also includes one large scrapbook kept by David Reasoner documenting Abbott Thayer's artwork.

ArchivalResource: 5.12 linear feet

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Levy, Benjamin, Franklin, 1875-1947. Benjamin Franklin Levy papers, 1907-1924.

Title: Benjamin Franklin Levy papers, 1907-1924.

Correspondence, including three letters from Hendrik Willem van Loon, three from Louis Agassiz Fuertes, one from Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., one from Charles Evans Hughes and one from Andrew Dickson White.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64072495 View

A. K. Fisher Papers, 1827-1957, (bulk 1867-1948)

Title: A. K. Fisher Papers 1827-1957 (bulk 1867-1948)

Botanist, naturalist, and zoologist. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, articles and speeches, family papers, field notes and records, memoranda, reports, drawings, bibliographic cards on birds, plants, and animals, maps, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating chiefly to Fisher's activities as an ornithologist and vertebrate zoologist.

ArchivalResource: 17,000 items; 55 containers plus 2 oversize; 24 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010022 View

Davidson, Harriett Mathilda, 1911-. Harriett Mathilda Davidson ornithology notebooks, [ca. 1931].

Title: Harriett Mathilda Davidson ornithology notebooks, [ca. 1931].

Two printed looseleaf volumes, "Field Book of Nature Study with Classroom Outline and Helps" by Ephraim L. Palmer, and "General Ornithology Laboratory Notebook" by Arthur A. Allen, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and Miles D. Pirnie, with notations, identifications of birds, and observation data by Miss Davidson.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934245 View

Collection of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Bird Paintings, 1957

Title: Collection of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Bird Paintings, 1957

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6268689 View

Palmer, Katherine V. W. (Katherine Van Winkle), 1895-1982,. Louis Agassiz Fuertes drawings, [ca.1900-1927].

Title: Louis Agassiz Fuertes drawings, [ca.1900-1927].

Pencil and ink drawings, 178 of which depict birds and 82 of which depict mammals, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Drawings vary in size from 4" x 5" to 8" x 10". All bear Fuertes' initials; many also have notes in his hand, in pencil or ink, naming the bird or mammal depicted in the drawing. Items were originally used in Field Book of Nature Study and other publications by E. Laurence Palmer.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic ft., (260 drawings).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64073275 View

Anderson, Martha Lee. [Culinary ephemera : flour products]. Box 8.

Title: [Culinary ephemera : flour products]. Box 8. 1895-1991.

ArchivalResource: 37 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/671712938 View

Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970. Albert Hazen Wright papers, 1820-1960.

Title: Albert Hazen Wright papers, 1820-1960.

Correspondence, field notes, lecture notes, study notes, typescripts of articles, genealogies of the Wright family and of Noah Downs, negatives, slides, photographs, clippings, drawings, census reports, maps, Cornell Univerity and Ithaca, New York publications and printed material, transcripts of oral history interviews with Wright, manuscripts of his scientific books, and other material pertaining to his career as a zoologist, university professor, lecturer, and author. Other subjects include the Cornell University Natural History Society, the Zoology Department, and the Gamma Alpha Scientific Society; also, study and research notes pertaining to the Okefenokee Swamp, Sullivan's Expedition in New York State, lizards, snakes, frogs, and other herpetological subjects and issues. Also research materials including correspondence, notes, outlines, typewritten and photo copies of newspaper articles, directories, court and census records, clippings, photographic prints and negatives, and other items used in the writing of Wright's histories of the New York State Agricultural College at Ovid, New York, the New York Central College at McGraw, New York, and the People's College at Havana (now Montour Falls), New York, as they pertained to the early history of Cornell University. Also, notes, transcripts from contemporary journals, narratives, autobiographies, orderly books, muster rolls and other sources pertaining to Wright's study of Sullivan's Expedition in New York State, 1779.

ArchivalResource: 32.9 cubic ft.; 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63534658 View

New York Zoological Park. Office of the Director and General Curator. Records 1895-1940.

Title: Records 1895-1940.

Records of the first Director of the Park, William T. Hornaday (1854-1937), from 1896 until 1926, and W. Reid Blair (1875-1949), who served as Veterinarian from 1902 to 1922, Assistant Director from 1922 to 1926, and Director from 1926 to 1940. These records consist of incoming correspondence and carbon copies or drafts of outgoing correspondence, staff memoranda, reports, and working papers reflecting planning, policies, and day-to-day operations. These recovers cover planning, construction, opening and improving zoological exhibits; the acquisition, shipment, and acclimation of animal collections; veterinary matters; queries from zoologists, zoo visitors, and the general public; public relations; relations with the City of New York concerning transportation facilities and funding; and other aspects of park management. Correspondents include J.A. Allen, F.B. Alexander, M.R. Audubon, John W. Baird, Thomas Barbour, Daniel Beard, William Beebe, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Frank Buck, John Burroughs, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, George Bird Grinnell, C.J "Buffalo" Jones, C. Grant LaFarge, Samuel Langley, William White Niles, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Caroline Phelps-Stokes, J. Pierrepont, Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph, Robert Ridgeway, William Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, W.H. Root, Carl Rungius, Charles H. Townsend, Samuel P. Verner, William C. Whitney, and Robert Mearns Yerkes.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42589944 View

Lavallard, Marie Froelich. Marie Lavallard papers, 1928-2005.

Title: Marie Lavallard papers, 1928-2005.

Student scrapbook with programs, menus, greeting cards and other memorabilia; "General Ornithology Laboratory Notebook" by Arthur A. Allen, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and Miles D. Pirnie, with notations, identifications of birds, and observation data by Marie Froelich; diplomas; and letters from students whose work she supported. Also, family photograph album, with identification of some images; 90th birthday celebration album, 2002; and program for a celebration of her life, 2006.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122685000 View

Ruth Seely Berry McDonald papers, 1850-1959, 1936-1959 (bulk)

Title: Ruth Seely Berry McDonald papers, 1850-1959, 1936-1959 (bulk)

Papers of Ruth McDonald and her family include letters from her father, Romeyn Berry, concerning his writing for the ITHACA JOURNAL, the CORNELL DAILY NEWS, and other publications, the maintenance of "Stoneposts," his farm at Jacksonville, Tompkins County, events at Cornell University and in the Ithaca area, Ruth's positions in New York City, mainly with the publishing firm, Walter J. Black, Inc., his daughter Hilda's service with the Women's Army Corps during World War II, Ruth's marriage to William Naylor McDonald, 3rd, the family history she wrote, his views on literature and journalism, art criticism, religion, and current events, and other personal and professional matters; letters from Hilda, 1942-1945, mainly to her sister and father, those written from France and England referring in part to the wartime situation in those countries, scattered correspondence of other relatives, and letters of condolence on the death of Romeyn Berry; letters from Hendrik Willem van Loon to Ruth concerning his writing and illustrating and other materials relating to van Loon; letters to Ruth from Katharine ("Kip") Fuertes and a draft of Miss Fuertes' reminiscences, all of which concern her brother Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and two of his watercolor sketches of birds; and correspondence, 1850-1941, of the McDonald family of Nashville, Tennessee, and Jacksonville, Florida, and the related Hicks family, including a letter from Edward D. Hicks about his journey overland from St. Joseph, Mo. to California.

ArchivalResource:

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM02016.xml View

Schorger, Margaret,. Autograph letters, 1923-1934.

Title: Autograph letters, 1923-1934.

Letters collected by Mrs. Schorger of Madison, Wis., for their autograph value. Included are several letters from artist-etcher Joseph Pennell concerning speaking in Madison and the needs of art education; single letters from Richard E. Bishop, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and Arthur W. Heintzelman; two letters and a privately printed pamphlet (1923) containing a reproduction of a drawing for Dickens' "Christmas Carol" by John Leech, sent by A. Edward Newton; 1934 responses to League of Women Voters questionnaires by Phillip La Follette and Martin B. Franzkowiak; and 1929 letters from a friend, Leila Dow, while visiting in New York City.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145791336 View

Cayuga Bird Club. Cayuga Bird Club records, 1913-1997.

Title: Cayuga Bird Club records, 1913-1997.

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the Cayuga Bird Club. Includes the club's constitution (ca. 1913) and papers of incorporation (1914); Arthur Allen's article "Cayuga Bird Club"; correspondence of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the club's first president, including letters to him from Jared T. Newman concerning Renwick Woodland improvement. Also, newsletters, 1989-1997; by-laws, newspaper clippings, membership lists, and receipts.

ArchivalResource: 1.4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64071764 View

Griscom, Ludlow, 1890-1959. Ludlow Griscom papers, 1922-1961.

Title: Ludlow Griscom papers, 1922-1961.

Correspondence concerning activities at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University; letters of contemporary ornithologists, in cluding Arthur A. Allen, Peter Paul Kellogg, Roger Tory Peterson, and Louis Agassiz Fuertes; requests for books published by the museum; and bird identification questions from professional and amateur ornithologists. Also, personal letters from family and friends; correspondence and related material concerning the American Defense Program at Harvard, which Griscom directed, 1940-1945; correspondence, financial statements, minutes, annual reports, and bulletins of UNESCO (1948-1950); the Massachusetts Audubon Society (1938-1959); Massachusetts Department of Conservation, Division of Fisheries and Game (1947-1949); National Audubon Society (1932-1958); American Ornithologists' Union (1922-1957); and the Boston Society of Natural History (1937-1954). Also includes material concerning the Mount Washington Observatory, the Children's Museum, and conservation topics. Also included are field notes, reports, biographical information about Griscom, and articles and papers by Griscom and other ornithologists.

ArchivalResource: 11 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64071759 View

Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Paintings from: Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states, 1921-1929 [art original].

Title: Paintings from: Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states, 1921-1929 [art original].

Pursuant to MGLA c 9, s 13, the state secretary has custody of all stereotype, electrotype, steel and copper plates, and woodcuts owned by the Commonwealth. Series contains original watercolor and gouache paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, commissioned by the Division of Ornithology of the Dept. of Agriculture to illustrate: Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states, written by State Ornithologist Edward Howe Forbush pursuant to Resolves 1921, c 5. Allan Brooks completed the final twenty-four paintings after Fuertes's death in 1927.

ArchivalResource: 22.5 cubic ft. (93 paintings in 15 map drawers)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84185823 View

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Letter, 1924 Nov. 7, Ithaca, N.Y. to H.G. Rugg.

Title: Letter, 1924 Nov. 7, Ithaca, N.Y. to H.G. Rugg.

On book-plates that he has designed.

ArchivalResource: [2] p. ; 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7221157 View

Cornell University. Department of Manuscripts and University Archives. Louis Agassiz Fuertes Artwork Project records, 1982-1983.

Title: Louis Agassiz Fuertes Artwork Project records, 1982-1983.

Photocopies of published drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, compiled as part of a project to provide improved control and access to Fuertes' paintings and drawings in the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64073231 View

McDonald, Ruth Seely Berry, 1913-. Ruth Seely Berry McDonald papers, 1850-1959, 1936-1959 (bulk).

Title: Ruth Seely Berry McDonald papers, 1850-1959, 1936-1959 (bulk).

Papers of Ruth McDonald and her family include letters from her father, Romeyn Berry, concerning his writing for the ITHACA JOURNAL, the CORNELL DAILY NEWS, and other publications, the maintenance of "Stoneposts," his farm at Jacksonville, Tompkins County, events at Cornell University and in the Ithaca area, Ruth's positions in New York City, mainly with the publishing firm, Walter J. Black, Inc., his daughter Hilda's service with the Women's Army Corps during World War II, Ruth's marriage to William Naylor McDonald, 3rd, the family history she wrote, his views on literature and journalism, art criticism, religion, and current events, and other personal and professional matters; letters from Hilda, 1942-1945, mainly to her sister and father, those written from France and England referring in part to the wartime situation in those countries, scattered correspondence of other relatives, and letters of condolence on the death of Romeyn Berry; letters from Hendrik Willem van Loon to Ruth concerning his writing and illustrating and other materials relating to van Loon; letters to Ruth from Katharine ("Kip") Fuertes and a draft of Miss Fuertes' reminiscences, all of which concern her brother Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and two of his watercolor sketches of birds; and correspondence, 1850-1941, of the McDonald family of Nashville, Tennessee, and Jacksonville, Florida, and the related Hicks family, including a letter from Edward D. Hicks about his journey overland from St. Joseph, Mo. to California.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934116 View

Albert S. Bickmore papers, 1854-1914 (bulk 1865-1903).

Title: Albert S. Bickmore papers, 1854-1914 (bulk 1865-1903).

The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, reports, newspaper clippings and photocopies of journal articles, photographs of Bickmore, and one drawing.

ArchivalResource: 24 Linear Feet (43 boxes)

https://data.library.amnh.org/archives/repositories/3/resources/8419 View

Ostman, Rae Ellen M. Journey of a totem pole from Cape Fox, Alaska to Cornell University, 1994.

Title: Journey of a totem pole from Cape Fox, Alaska to Cornell University, 1994.

Senior honors thesis about the Cape Fox totem pole, the Harriman Expedition during which it was taken by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and efforts to restore it.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64033365 View

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Notes on Abyssinian trip : typescript, [1927?] / by Louis A. Fuertes.

Title: Notes on Abyssinian trip : typescript, [1927?] / by Louis A. Fuertes.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (148 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32541396 View

Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964. Arthur A. Allen papers, 1899-1968, 1899-1964 (bulk).

Title: Arthur A. Allen papers, 1899-1968, 1899-1964 (bulk).

Papers consist largely of professional correspondence, his notes as a student, course and departmental files, field notes and bird observation charts, manuscripts of his articles and books, unpublished papers and reprints by other ornithologists, tape recordings, phonograph records and recordmasters, slides, glass plate negatives, half-tone printing blocks, lantern slides, photographs and films; topics documented include bird-banding, bird identification, slide and record sales, advice to prospective and former graduate students, lecture engagements and tours, professional meetings of organizations such as the American Ornithologists' Union and the American Game Association (American Game Protective and Propogation Association), his expeditions to Panama, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Mexico and Alaska, wildlife conservation and game management, his friendship with Louis Agassiz Fuertes, his fifteen-year study of the raising of the ruffed grouse in captivity, his study of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the acquisition, design, building, and operation of the Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University. Also included are personal papers, primarily correspondence with Elsa Guerdrum, whom he married in 1913, as well as correspondence with other family members, and genealogical tables of the Allen family.

ArchivalResource: 65.8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64073037 View

Butcher, Gregory S. History of ornithology at Cornell University, 1995.

Title: History of ornithology at Cornell University, 1995.

History of ornithology and the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell, mentioning especially Arthur A. Allen and Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

ArchivalResource: 37 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64085085 View

Arthur A. Allen papers, 1899-1968, 1899-1964(bulk).

Title: Arthur A. Allen papers, 1899-1968, 1899-1964(bulk).

Papers consist largely of professional correspondence, his notes as a student, course and departmental files, field notes and bird observation charts, manuscripts of his articles and books, unpublished papers and reprints by other ornithologists, tape recordings, phonograph records and recordmasters, slides, glass plate negatives, half-tone printing blocks, lantern slides, photographs and films; topics documented include bird-banding, bird identification, slide and record sales, advice to prospective and former graduate students, lecture engagements and tours, professional meetings of organizations such as the American Ornithologists' Union and the American Game Association (American Game Protective and Propogation Association), his expeditions to Panama, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Mexico and Alaska, wildlife conservation and game management, his friendship with Louis Agassiz Fuertes, his fifteen-year study of the raising of the ruffed grouse incaptivity, his study of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the acquisition, design, building, and operation of the Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University. Also included are personal papers, primarily correspondence with Elsa Guerdrum, whom he married in 1913, as well as correspondence with other family members, and genealogical tables of the Allen family.

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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMA01255.xml View

Cornell University Press. Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records, [ca. 1880-1935].

Title: Cornell University Press and Comstock Publishing Company records, [ca. 1880-1935].

Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and illustrative material pertaining to books published by the Cornell University Press and the Comstock Publishing Company; correspondence pertaining to a merger of the NATURE STUDY REVIEW and NATURE MAGAZINE; and correspondence pertaining to John W. ("Uncle John") Spencer's stories and letters for children on nature study and rural life; also, glass slides and copper printing plates; correspondents include Anna Botsford Comstock, Mary Eleanor Davis, Paul S. Galtsoff, Albert H. Hartzell, Frank E. Lutz, James G. Needham, Arthur Newton Pack, Cuthbert W. Pound, Percival S. Ridsdale, John W. Spencer, and Paul S. Welch. Includes envelope of Zoo Animal Outlines by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

ArchivalResource: 12.6 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934136 View

Arctic field photographs, 1899.

Title: Arctic field photographs, 1899.

Two photograph albums issued as a souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, including photographs of Arctic landscapes, people, plants, and animals as well as a map of the expedition route. Also shows expedition members including Harriman and family, John Burroughs, John Muir, Benjamin K. Emerson, and Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Photographs were taken by Edward Sheriff Curtis, D.G. Inveriarty, amd C. Hart Merriam. Photographs are identified.

ArchivalResource: Photonegatives : b&w.2 albums (253 photoprints) : b&w.Photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155517798 View

Cayuga Bird Club records, 1913-1997

Title: Cayuga Bird Club records, 1913-1997

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the Cayuga Bird Club. Includes the club's constitution (ca. 1913) and papers of incorporation (1914); Arthur Allen's article "Cayuga Bird Club"; and correspondence of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the club's first president, including letters to him from Jared T. Newman concerning Renwick Woodland improvement.

ArchivalResource:

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM01996.xml View

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Louis Agassiz Fuertes exhibit items, 1982-1983.

Title: Louis Agassiz Fuertes exhibit items, 1982-1983.

Exhibit broadsides, postcards, note paper, reviews, and clippings concerning the 1980 Cornell University Library exhibit "Growth of an Artist: Louis Agassiz Fuertes," and the 1983 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia exhibit, "Celebration of Birds: Louis Agassiz Fuertes and His Art."

ArchivalResource: .2 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74897982 View

Ludlow Griscom papers, 1922-1961.

Title: Ludlow Griscom papers, 1922-1961.

Correspondence concerning activities at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, as well as field notes, reports, and biographical information about Griscom.

ArchivalResource:

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM02701.xml View

Louis Agassiz Fuertes papers, 1892-1954, 1892-1927 (bulk)

Title: Louis Agassiz Fuertes papers, 1892-1954, 1892-1927 (bulk)

The papers of Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927), an ornithologist and a painter of birds. Includes student notes, notebooks, journals and sketchbooks; diaries; journals from expedition, many including sketches; notes; articles by and about Fuertes. The collection also contains artwork.

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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM02662.xml View

Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers

Title: Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers

The papers of painter and naturalist, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and the Thayer family date from 1851 to 1999, with the bulk of the material dating from 1881 to 1950, and measure 5.12 linear feet. Thayer's painting career, interest in concealing coloration in nature, and relationships with artists, patrons, family, and friends are documented through correspondence, writings, scattered legal and financial records, printed materials, and a scrapbook. Photographs are of Thayer, his family, studio, and friends, including artists. The collection also contains family papers created by his second wife, Emma Beach Thayer, his son Gerald, his daughters Mary and Gladys, and Gladys' husband David Reasoner, who managed Thayer's estate after his death. Scattered Biographical Material includes a brief autobiographical statement and chronology by Abbott Thayer, lists of artworks by Abbott Thayer and Gladys Thayer Reasoner, and biographical information about Thayer's granddaughter, Jean Reasoner Plunket. Two linear feet of family correspondence includes Abott Thayer's correspondence with patrons Charles L. Freer and John Gellatly; with many artists, several of whom were close friends, including Samuel Colman, Thomas Millie Dow, Daniel Chester French, Richard Meryman, Everton Sainsbury, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and E. M. Taber; and former students, such as Ben Foster and Barry Faulkner; and with other friends, many of them prominent members of society, such as Samuel Clemens, Royal Cortissoz, Edward Waldo Emerson, and Stanford White. Also found is Thayer's correspondence with scientists and naturalists discussing his theories on protective coloration in nature. Correspondence of his second wife Emma Beach Thayer, his first wife, Kate Bloede Thayer, his daughter, Gladys Thayer Reasoner, her husband and executor of Thayer's estate, David Reasoner, and other family members are also included in the papers. Writings and notes by Thayer record his thoughts on concealing coloration, nature, restoration of artwork, and other topics. Writings by others include those by Emma Beach Thayer, daughters Mary and Gladys, and Thayer scholars. The collection also contains correspondence of David Reasoner and other family members, as well as financial and legal documents regarding the estate of Abbott Handerson Thayer and Emma Beach Thayer. Additional financial and legal material includes ledgers, accounts statements, bills, a patent granted to Thayer and Gerome Brush, legal agreements, property deeds, and a map of Thayer's property. Printed material include books, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt in response to Thayer's book on concealing coloration. Also found are newspaper and magazine clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs. Photographs are of Abbott Thayer, his wife Emma; his studio and home in Dublin, New Hampshire; friends, including Rockwell Kent and Ralph Waldo Emerson; and of unidentified people. Artwork includes a few drawings by Thayer, drawings and paintings by his children, and sketchbooks belonging to David Reasoner and Jean Reasoner Plunket. The collection also includes one large scrapbook kept by David Reasoner documenting Abbott Thayer's artwork.

ArchivalResource: 5.12 linear feet

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Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Louis Agassiz Fuertes pencil drawing, [ca.1900].

Title: Louis Agassiz Fuertes pencil drawing, [ca.1900].

Pencil sketch of a bald eagle.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77010685 View

Massachusetts Audubon Society. Audubon charts, 1898, 1912.

Title: Audubon charts, 1898, 1912.

Published hanging wall posters: Audubon Chart, No. 1, published by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 1898; and Audubon Chart, No. 3, "painted in water-color for the Massachusetts Audubon Society by Louis Agassiz Fuertes," and published by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Mass., 1912.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63904977 View

Smith, Susie May. Susie May Smith oral history, 1985.

Title: Susie May Smith oral history, 1985.

Tape and transcript of an interview with Miss Smith conducted by Naomi Tsuzuki Ewing, March 11, 1985. Subjects include her early life in Ithaca, New York; areas in and around Ithaca, including Taughannock Falls, Six Mile Creek, Ithaca Falls, Forest Home, Beebe Lake, and Cayuga Lake; sledding near the East Ithaca Station; horse-drawn fire equipment; Lake Forest College, 1926; Clifton Springs, New York; Wells College and Aurora, New York; Cornell University buildings, including Risley, Morse, Goldwin Smith, Willard Straight, and Bailey Halls, as well as Sage House, Uris Library, Schuyler House, and Sage Chapel; the Cornell infirmary; neighborhoods bordering on the Cornell campus; Cornell musical events; dogs on campus; and a fire at the Engineering School. Individuals discussed include Dr. Martin B. Tinker and his sons Martin and Alfred, Dr. Arthur Eames, Irene Castle, George Louis Coleman, Pastor Herbert Moore, Louis Agassiz Fuertes and his daughter, Mary Boynton, Professor Liberty Hyde Bailey, Professor Oscar D. von Engeln, Professor Albert B. Faust, Dr. James K. Wilson, Hendrik W. Van Loon and his family, and performing artists Schuman Heick, Rosa Ponselle, and Rachmaninoff.

ArchivalResource: 40 p. transcript.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64075150 View

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122400190 View

Marcham, Frederick George, 1898-1992. Louis Agassiz Fuertes and the singular beauty of birds papers, 1964-1970.

Title: Louis Agassiz Fuertes and the singular beauty of birds papers, 1964-1970.

Frederick G. Marcham's correspondence file for publication of his book LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES AND THE SINGULAR BEAUTY OF BIRDS; a negative of a Fuertes photograph, ca.1900-1910; Ektachrome transparencies used in the book; negatives and slides; galley proofs; other material related to the book; and book reviews.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74897892 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View