Madison Grant correspondence, 1901-1910.

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Madison Grant correspondence, 1901-1910.

Collection includes correspondence collected or received by Madison Grant during his tenure as secretary of the Society, 1885-1925; chairman of the Executive Committee, 1909-1937; and chairman and president of the Bronx River Parkway Commission. Major correspondents on Society matters include Henry Fairfield Osborn, William T. Hornaday, C. Grant LaFarge, H.A. Caparn, and James L. Greenleaf. Subjects include the execution of plans for the Zoological Park; the establishment of a bison herd at the Wichita Game Reserve; and distribution of Grant's articles on Adirondack mammals and on wildlife in Alaska. Correspondents from the Bronx River Parkway Commission include Nathaniel Lord Britton, James Cannon, William White Niles, owners of land desired by the Bronx River Parkway, and officials of state, city, and local government.

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Cannon, James,

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Niles, William White.

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New York Zoological Park

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Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934

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Nathaniel Britton worked on plant varieties from Central and South America. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_170_pid_EACP167 Nathaniel Lord Britton (1857-1934) was a leading founder and first Director of the New York Botanical Garden. He was born at New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. He received his Ph.D. in Geology from Columbia College in 1881 where he studied with John Strong Newberry. In 1886 he was named Professor of Geology and...

Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937

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Wild animal collector, conservationist, and taxidermist; curator of living animals for the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park (1882-1890), and director of the New York Zoological Park (1896-1926). From the description of Notes and correspondence of William Temple Hornaday, 1878-1934. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51557581 First Director of the New York Zoological Park. From the description of Photographic collection, [ca...

LaFarge, C. Grant.

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Bronx River Parkway Commission.

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Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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Paleontologist, professor of biology at Columbia University, President of Trustees 1908-1933, American Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontologist. From the description of Henry Fairfield Osborn letter to W. Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 April 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 213468939 Henry Fairfield Osborn was a member of the Princeton class of 1877, one of the earliest graduates of the School of Science. He returned to Princeton in 1883 after gr...

Caparn, H. A.

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New York Zoological Society. Board of Managers. Executive Committee.

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Grant, Madison, 1865-1937

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