Arthur Cleveland Bent Papers 1880-1942

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Arthur Cleveland Bent Papers 1880-1942

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A businessman and orthnithologist, Arthur Cleveland Bent was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, on November 25, 1866, and educated at Harvard (AB, 1889). Enjoying success in business despite the tumultuous economic times, Bent rose to executive positions with the Mason Machine Works and Plymouth Light and Electric Co., but from his undergraduate days on, he maintained an abiding interest in birds. Although an amateur, he was well respected by academic scientists, becoming an associate in Ornithology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, a collaborator at the Smithsonian Institute, and an officer of the American Ornithologists' Union. His major work was the multivolume . The Bent collection contains a dense series of ornithological field notes kept by Owen Durfee (1880-1909) and Bent (1887-1942), along with photographs and miscellaneous materials relating to Bent's oological and ornithological work. The collection includes lists of nest observations, egg measurements, bird sightings, as well as records pertaining to negatives and specimens provided to organizations such as the Massachusetts Audubon Society, the Bristol County Agricultural School, and the United States National Museum. Life Histories of North American Birds

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United States National Museum

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The Act of Congress of August 10, 1846, establishing the Smithsonian Institution, empowered the Board of Regents to receive, either through donations or exchanges, new specimens for the museum of the Institution. In addition, the Secretary was authorized to discharge the duties of the "keeper of the museum." Beginning in 1841, the museum collections of the United States government had been stored in the Patent Office. Originally they were under the custodianship of the National Ins...

American Ornithologists' Union

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Massachusetts Audubon Society

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Durfee, Owen

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Bent, Arthur Cleveland, 1866-1954

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Ornithologist; author of Life Histories of North American Birds and other titles; fellow and active member of American Ornithologists' Union. From the description of Arthur Cleveland Bent ornithological papers, 1880-1942. (University of Massachusetts Amherst). WorldCat record id: 50008444 Bent inspecting a golden eagle's nest, California, 1929 A life-long resident of Taunton, Massachusetts, Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866-1954) was only six when his mot...

Bristol County Agricultural School (Bristol County, Mass.)

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