Spencer Fullerton Baird Collection 1858-1882

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Spencer Fullerton Baird Collection 1858-1882

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Papers of the American zoologist, naturalist, ornithologist; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Seven outgoing letters to A. Bolmar, J.C. Green, I.I. Hayes, and Thomas Louis Ogier. Also a memorandum for Dr. Hayes concerning the collection of polar zoological specimens.

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Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881

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Arctic explorer; physician. From the description of Autograph of Isaac Israel Hayes, no date. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420487305 American explorer. From the description of Papers : of I.I. Hayes, 1857-1860. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812904 Explorer and physician. From the description of Autograph of I.I. Hayes, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450829 Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-1881) ...

Bolmar, Antoine.

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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...

Green, Jesse Cope, 1817-1920

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Ogier, Thomas L. (Thomas Louis), 1810-

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