Brewster, William, 1851-1919
William Brewster (1851-1919) was a renowned American amateur ornithologist, first president of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and a president of the American Ornithologists' Union. He was an avid collector of birds and their nests and eggs, and collected over forty thousand specimens from 1861 until his death in 1919. His collection, bequeathed to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, is considered one of the finest private collections of North American birds ever assembled. Though Brewster collected throughout North America, his collection is especially comprehensive in its coverage of the birds of New England.
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| referencedIn | Manly Hardy Correspondence | Raymond H. Fogler Library | |
| referencedIn | Carter and White family papers, 1861-1924. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Photographs, 1851-1919 (inclusive) | Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology | |
| creatorOf | Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921. J. A. Allen papers, 1882-1884. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk). | Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology | |
| creatorOf | Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk). | HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library | |
| referencedIn | Winfrid Alden Stearns Papers, 1871-1906 | American Philosophical Society | |
| referencedIn | Weather Bureau | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Carter family. Carter-White family papers, 1861-1924. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Notebooks, 1883-1910 (bulk) | Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology | |
| creatorOf | Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Papers, 1889-1899. | University of Florida | |
| creatorOf | Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Journals, 1871-1919 (inclusive) | Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology | |
| referencedIn | Sennett, George B. (George Burritt), 1840-1900. George Burritt Sennett papers, 1885-1899. | Cornell University Library | |
| creatorOf | Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895. Correspondence, 1847-1894 (bulk 1865-1894). | American Museum of Natural History | |
| referencedIn | George N. Lawrence collection of ornithological correspondence, 1865-1894. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Lake Umbagog journals, 1871-1916 (inclusive) | Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology | |
| creatorOf | Papers, 1865-1919 (inclusive) 1875-1919 (bulk) | Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875. | ||
| creatorOf | [Ornithol. papers] | The Field Museum Library, The Field Museum of Natural History | |
| referencedIn | James Russell Lowell additional papers, 1802-1898. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Diaries of William Brewster, 1865-1919 (inclusive) | Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology | |
| referencedIn | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1883-1970. | Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Letters from William Brewster to Silas Herbert Holden, 1894-1898. | Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection | |
| creatorOf | Robinson, Wirt, b. 1864. Letters. | Smithsonian Institution. Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 | Smithsonian Institution Archives | |
| creatorOf | Wheaton, John Maynard, 1840-1887. Papers. | Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society |
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Birth 1851-07-05
Death 1919-07-11
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