Walter John Breckenridge papers 1915-1961

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Walter John Breckenridge papers 1915-1961

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Collection contains the papers of Walter Breckenridge, ornithologist, naturalist and director of the James Ford Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota from 1946-1969.

2 boxes (2.0 cubic feet)

University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc]

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619007

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Breckenridge, W. J. (Walter John), 1903-2003

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Walter Breckenridge, B.A. (1926) University of Iowa; M.A. (1934), Ph.D. (1941) University of Minnesota. Curator (1936-1946), director (1946-1969) Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota. Noted ecologist, artist, and film maker; author of Reptiles and Amphibians of Minnesota (1944), the first comprehensive guide completed on the subject. Walter John "Breck" Breckenridge was born on March 22, 1903 in Brooklyn, Iowa. After graduating from the University of Iowa in 1926, he cam...