W. L. McAtee Papers 1803-1963 (bulk 1900-1960)

Warnick, Florence

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Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior. Its mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. A 1940 reorganization plan in the Department of the Interior consolidated the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey into one agency to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife was created...

Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942

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Casey Albert Wood, Canadian physician, was born in Wellington, Ontario, November 21, 1856. He was educated at Ottawa College Institute, Lennoxvllle University, and McGill University. He was a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario. He practiced medicine in Montreal for some years . He was professor of chemistry and pathology at Lennoxville University, 1878-85 and was consulting ophthalmic surgeon to Cook Co. and St. Anthony Hospitals. In 1890 he was appointed professor of opht...

Buchanan, Lee L. (Lee La Forest), 1893-

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Warnick, Florence

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Fisher, A. K. (Albert Kenrick), 1856-1948

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Albert Kenrick Fisher (1856-1948) was born on March 21, 1856 in Ossining, New York. He attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, graduating with medical training in 1879. He and 21 other people founded the American Ornithologists’ Union and set up studies for migration and distribution. He also founded the Branch of Economic Ornithology in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, in 1885. In 1905 he played a role in the creation of the Bureau of Biological S...

Combs, Josiah Henry, 1886-1960

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Josiah H. Combs (1886-1960) was born in Hazard (Perry County) Kentucky. He grew up in Knott County and attended Hindman Settlement School. The songs he had learned at home came to the attention of Hindman director Katherine Pettit, who, with folk music scholar George Lyman Kittredge, arranged for their publication in the Journal of American Folklore. Combs went to college at Transylvania University (Ky.) in 1905. In 1911, with Dr. Hubert G. Shearin, Combs published A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk So...

Preble, Edward Alexander, 1871-1957

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During the summer of 1907 Seton, accompanied by Edward A. Preble ... as assistant, made an expedition to the Barren Grounds in the vicinity of Aylmer Lake, Mackenzie District ... Their route was by way of the Athabaska River, Slave River, Great Slave Lake, and the chain of lakes northeastward to Aylmer Lake. From the description of Alberta-Mackenzie barren grounds, 1907 / [by Edward A. Preble]. [1907] (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 51318643 Edward ...

McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962

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Biologist and ornithologist. From the description of Papers of W. L. McAtee, 1803-1963 (bulk 1900-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77708968 Waldo Lee McAtee was a principal biologist and technical adviser at the Bureau of Biological Survey, US Dept. of Agriculture. From the description of Pamphlets, 1931-1956. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38515019 W. L. McAtee was a zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist. ...

Hood, J. Douglas (Joseph Douglas), 1889-1966

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Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956

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George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Alfred C. Kinsey, most famous for his work on human sexual behavior, was a world authority on gallflies, also known as Cynipidae or gall wasps. Kinsey began his entomological studies in 1917, eventually traveling to 54 locations in 36 states, and accumula...

Gabrielson, Ira Noel, 1889-1977

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Gabrielson worked for the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey from 1915 to 1940, becoming Chief in 1934. In 1940, the Survey became the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Gabrielson served as director until 1946. From 1946 to 1970, he served as President of the Wildlife Management Institute, then as chairman of the Board from 1970 to 1977. He helped organize the World Wildlife Fund (U.S.) and served as a trustee for the World Wildlife Fund (International). Gabrielson died in 1977. Clinton Raymond ...

Stoddard, Herbert L.

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Malloch, John Russell, 1875-....

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Bloch, Donald Beaty, -1984

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Antique book dealer. Born September 18, 1904 in Evanston, Indiana. Graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. Reporter for the Washington Post, Washington Star. Aviation editor for the Chicago Tribune. Moved to Denver, Colo. in 1944 as an information specialist for U.S. Forest Service. Member of the Denver Posse of the Westerners. Opened an antiquarian bookstore, The Collectors' Center, in Denver, Colorado in 1950. Died May 16, 1984. From the description of P...

McAtee family

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Holt, Ernest G.

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Shoemaker, Henry W., 1880-1958.

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Henry Shoemaker collected folk stories and animal stories from various Pennsylvania people and areas. From the description of Collection of essays on various topics by Henry W. Shoemaker 1952 [manuscript] (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 317069786 Descendant of the Shuler family. From the guide to the Shuler family history, circa 1952, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Director, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ...

Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916

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Wade, Joseph Sanford, 1880-

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Zoologist and entomologist. From the description of Papers of Joseph Sanford Wade, 1898-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80158082 Biographical Note 1880, July 20 Born, Cumberland County, Ky. 1905 1906 Student, Fairmount College, Wichita...

Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945

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Banta, Arthur M. (Arthur Mangun), 1877-1946

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Malleis, Harry

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Harry Malleis collected for the US Biological Survey in Guatemala and Montana (United States), 1919 - 1926. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_626_pid_EACP623 ...

United States. Bureau of Biological Survey

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Terres, John K.

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Terres was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 17 December 1905. He attended the State Teachers College ( Indiana, PA ), Cornell University and New York University . A field biologist for the Soil Conservation Service from 1936 until 1942, Terres authored, co-authored and edited more than fifty books pertaining to natural history. Among the most outstanding of his publications are the award-winning From Laurel Hill to Siler's Hog ( John Burroughs Medal, 1971), Song Birds in Your Garden, The Wo...

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

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Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848), was a physician, the son of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), a poet, philosopher, and naturalist. Robert established a successful medical practice in Shrewsbury where he was known for his kindness extended to the poor. He was financially quite successful and willing to support his sons in their various endeavors. Although not a prolific writer, he was elected to the Royal Society ...

Lloyd, Hoyes

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