Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929

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Ornithologist; curator of birds at the U.S. National Museum.

From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Thomas G. Gentry, 1876 Mar. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580979

Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) was an ornithologist who collected bird specimens in Costa Rica in 1908.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_721_pid_EACP718

American ornithologist.

From the description of Letter, 1913. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36437678

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creatorOf Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. The story of "Bird Haven" / as told by Robert Ridgway with a few comments by C.A. Wood. The story of the "Mud-hen drive" by C.A. Wood. McGill University Library
creatorOf Ridgway, Robert. Report of Board of Engineers, Transbay Bridge, San Francisco / Robert Ridgway, Arthur N. Talbot, John D. Galloway. Water Resources Collections and Archives
referencedIn Harry C. Oberholser Papers 1883-1960 (bulk 1920-1945) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Letter, 1913. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887. A history of North American birds proof copy, 1874 / by S.F. Baird, T.M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Ridgway family. Papers. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
referencedIn Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk). HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921. J. A. Allen papers, 1882-1884. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Ridgway Family Papers, 1864-1950 Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives
creatorOf Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. The birds of North and Middle America [manuscript] : a descriptive catalogue of the families, genera, species and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other islands of the Caribbean Sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago. McGill University Library
referencedIn A. K. Fisher Papers, 1827-1957, (bulk 1867-1948) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold) Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s, Circa 1860s-1870s American Philosophical Society
referencedIn George N. Lawrence collection of ornithological correspondence, 1865-1894. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. [Ornithological papers / Ridgway] The Field Museum Library, The Field Museum of Natural History
referencedIn A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, May-August 1899 University of Washington Libraries Special Collections
creatorOf Ridgway, Robert. Report of Board of Engineers, Transbay Bridge, San Francisco / Robert Ridgway, Arthur N. Talbot, John D. Galloway. Water Resources Collections and Archives
referencedIn Davenport, F. Garvin (Francis Garvin), 1905-. Science and the people of Illinois [microform], 1865-1900, 194-? Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk). Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
referencedIn Record book collection, 1779-1979. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Winfrid Alden Stearns Papers, 1871-1906 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895. Correspondence, 1847-1894 (bulk 1865-1894). American Museum of Natural History
creatorOf Ridgway, Robert. Mrs. Maxwell's Colorado museum: catalogue of the birds article. Boulder Public Library
creatorOf Ridgway, Harriet J.,. Ridgway family papers, 1864-1932 bulk 1864-1871. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
creatorOf Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Bird Haven, Olney, Illinois. McGill University Library
referencedIn Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927. Records of the Director Charles Sprague Sargent, 1893-1927 (inclusive). Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum, Horticultural Library, Jamacia Plain
creatorOf Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Letter to James Edmund Harting : Washington D.C. : ALS, 1884 Feb. 27. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. ALS : Washington, D.C., to Thomas G. Gentry, 1876 Mar. 30. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Sennett, George B. (George Burritt), 1840-1900. George Burritt Sennett papers, 1885-1899. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Inter-Society Color Council. Records, 1879-2000 (bulk, 1895-1985). Hagley Museum & Library
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associatedWith Abbott, W.L. person
associatedWith Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921. person
associatedWith Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887. person
associatedWith Bendire, Charles, 1836-1897. person
associatedWith Brewster, William, 1851-1919. person
associatedWith Davenport, F. Garvin (Francis Garvin), 1905-. person
associatedWith Field and Forest corporateBody
correspondedWith Fisher, A. K. (Albert Kenrick), 1856-1948. person
associatedWith Friedmann, Herbert, 1900-1987. person
associatedWith Galloway, John Debo, 1869-1943. person
associatedWith Gentry, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1843-1905. person
associatedWith Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899 corporateBody
associatedWith Inter-Society Color Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Kofoid, Charles A. (Charles Atwood), 1865-1947. person
associatedWith Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895. person
associatedWith Maxwell, Martha, 1831-1881. person
associatedWith National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Birds corporateBody
associatedWith North Salem (N.Y. : Town). Town Historian. corporateBody
correspondedWith Oberholser, Harry C. (Harry Church), 1870-1963. person
associatedWith Ridgway family. family
associatedWith Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927. person
associatedWith Sennett, George B. (George Burritt), 1840-1900. person
associatedWith Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-1909 person
associatedWith Talbot, Arthur N. person
associatedWith Transbay Bridge. Board of Engineers. corporateBody
associatedWith Transbay Bridge. Board of Engineers. corporateBody
associatedWith Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942. person
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United States
Colorado--Boulder
Bird Haven Sanctuary (Ill.)
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)
Bird Haven Sanctuary (Ill.)
North America
Colorado
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)
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Ornithology
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Birth 1850-07-02

Death 1929-03-25

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