Paintings for Birds of Colorado 1958-1965

Bailey, Alfred Marshall, 1894-1978

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Alfred M. Bailey was the second director of the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science), serving from 1936 to his retirement in 1969. During this time, the museum achieved world recognition as a leading natural history museum with extensive collections and stunning displays of wildlife from around the world. Bailey was born in 1894 in Iowa City, Iowa. He studied museum methods at the University of Iowa, where he expanded his interests to include taxidermy and...

D. Radovich

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Poole, Earl L. (1891-1972).

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Hochbaum, H. Albert (Hans Albert), 1911-1988

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Kalmbach, E. R. (Edwin Richard), 1884-1972

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Field biologist and director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Denver, Colorado. From the description of Edwin Kalmbach papers, 1911-1968. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 35000938 ...

Ripper, Charles L.

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Charles Lewis Ripper was born in Pittsburgh, PA, October 28, 1929 to an ornamental iron worker and an art teacher. Inheriting a talent for art, he studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and had illustrated his first book before reaching the age of twenty. His signature inscription, "That path of nature declared most interesting is but the path most patiently observed." sums up his feelings of the outdoors. A deep commitment to conservation and education, Ripper has used his artwork as a tool...

Dexter F. Landau

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William C. Dilger

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Crosby, John A. (John Allan)

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Mengel, Robert Morrow, 1921-

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Robert M. Mengel was born in 1921 in Glenview, Kentucky. As a young child Mengel was interested in nature and birds, writing and illustrating his own bird books. Mengel served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1942 to 1946, serving in the Army Airways Communications System overseas from April 1944 to December 1945. Mengel received a B.S. from Cornell University in 1947. He went on to receive his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. His resear...

Eckelberry, Don R.

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Walter J. Breckenridge

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Malick, Donald L.

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Donald Leo Malick was a Denver artist whose wildlife paintings have been published and displayed throughout the U.S., including at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS). Born in 1929 in Olean, NY, Malick served as a staff artist for the Denver Museum of Natural History (now DMNS) from 1962 to 1973. He illustrated a major portion of Birds of Colorado, by Bailey and Niedrach, and made three trips to Africa. His first was a journey to Botswana as part of a 1969 museum expedition. Malick ...

Shortt, Angus H. (Angus Henry), 1908-

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Henry, David M.

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Orville O. Rice

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Kreml, Al

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Singer, A.

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Arthur Singer was born December 4, 1917, in New York, NY, and died April 8, 1990, in Jericho, NY. He became a wildlife artist, specializing in birds. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 64 From the guide to the Arthur Singer Papers, 1961, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) ...

Denver Museum of Natural History

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Most of these records were transferred to the Archives from the Building Maintenance Department, although some later records come from the Exhibits Department. In 1996, the records were rehoused in chronological order and catalogued on Data Trek, the in-house library system, as well as on ARGUS, the Museum collections system. Among the architects who designed substantial portions of the present building are Frederick Junius Sterner, George Hebard Williamson, Roland L. Linder, and Stearns-Roger A...

Parks, Richard A.

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Peter Markham Scott

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Niedrach, Robert J.

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Robert J. Niedrach served the Colorado Museum of Natural History for more than 50 years between 1913 and 1970, rising from taxidermist to Assistant Director. He participated in all phases of Museum activities and played an important role in developing ecological dioramas of Colorado and many parts of the world that brought the Museum recognition as one of the leading natural history institutions in the United States. Robert James Niedrach was born in 1889 in Union City, New Jersey. He grew up wi...

T.M. Shortt

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Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996.

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Gromme, Owen J.

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Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969

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Trimm, H. Wayne

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