Carr, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1985
Variant namesNaturalist; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum founder, director-emeritus and trustee beginning in 1950.
From the description of Oral history interview, 1971 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 44637435
William Henry Carr (1902-1985) was an interpretive naturalist, outdoor museum conservator and author. From 1919-1944 he was a curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, developing the use of living demonstration exhibits for outdoor museums. Carr retired from the Museum in 1944 due to poor health and settled in Tucson, Arizona, where he was a freelance writer. Along with Arthur Newton Pack (1893-1975), they founded the Ghost Ranch Museum in Abiquiu, New Mexico, in 1949 and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, in 1952; both are outdoor, living-nature museums.
From the description of Papers, 1920-1982. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 28896883
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| referencedIn | Birge M. Clark architectural drawings, 1909-1954 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Carr, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1985,. Oral history interview, 1971 [sound recording]. | Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division | |
| creatorOf | Carr, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1985. Papers, 1920-1982. | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. |
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| associatedWith | American Museum of Natural History. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson, Ariz.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Brown, William Homer. | person |
| associatedWith | Clark, Birge M. (Birge Malcolm), 1893- | person |
| associatedWith | Colley, Frances Sparkes, | person |
| associatedWith | D'Autremont, Helen. | person |
| associatedWith | Frost, Marvin H. | person |
| associatedWith | Gerow, Margaret, | person |
| associatedWith | Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, N.M.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hayden, Julian D., 1911-1998. | person |
| associatedWith | Jameson, John D. | person |
| associatedWith | Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970. | person |
| associatedWith | Larson, Mervin W. | person |
| associatedWith | Miranda, Jesus. | person |
| associatedWith | Pack, Arthur Newton, 1893- | person |
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| Arizona--Tucson | |||
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| Arizona--Tucson | |||
| New Mexico--Abiquiu | |||
| Tucson (Ariz.) |
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| Natural history museums |
| Open-air museums |
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Person
Birth 1902
Death 1985-10-25
