Papers 1913-1925

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Papers 1913-1925

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The collection of William C. Bradbury, honorary curator of oology at the Colorado Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science), consists of correspondence, notes, copies of permits, egg and bird lists, field notes, manuscripts, donation information and images.

5 boxes, 1 binder, 30 photographs

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Denver Museum of Nature and Science,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6401982

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Colorado Museum of Natural History

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Elmer W. Merritt was a trustee and founding father of the Colorado Museum of Natural History (CMNH). Merritt was born in New York State on October 31, 1861, attended the University of Ann Arbor and arrived in Denver in 1879. He went into the lumber and mercantile business and eventually became connected with the Continental Oil Co. In 1885 he began a career in real estate and investment securities, forming the firm Merritt and Gromman. He served as Secretary ...

Bradbury, William Chase, 1849-1925

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William Chase Bradbury was a member of the Colorado Museum of Natural History Board of Trustees and Honorary Curator of Oology from 1914 until his death in 1925. His extensive collection of bird eggs formed the basis for the Museum's outstanding oology collection. Bradbury was born in 1849 in Taunton, Massachusetts. As a boy he became interested in bird eggs and collected many of the varieties found in New England. At age 22 he came to Colorado and initially found work on a large cattle ranch on...