William T. Hornaday papers, 1903-1914.

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William T. Hornaday papers, 1903-1914.

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Records from the office of William Temple Hornaday, first President of the Camp-Fire Club, 1903-1905. Records include correspondence, news clippings, and ephemera. Prominent individuals represented are William E. Coffin, C.J. Jones, Arthur F. Rice, Ernest Thompson Seton, and Edmund Seymour. Also included are minutes from the first meeting of incorporation, membership nominations, and Club notices.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Camp Fire Club of America

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Founded in 1903-1904 and dedicated to the promotion of good fellowship among its members, the preservation of forests, and the protection of wild animals. From the description of William T. Hornaday papers, 1903-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155463855 ...

Jones, Charles Jesse, 1844-1919

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First warden of Yellowstone Park and western pioneer. From the description of Charles Jesse Jones manuscript book, 1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984531 "Buffalo" Jones, Kansas pioneer, adventurer, and buffalo hunter, writing to Wall Street banker of Edmund Seymour & Company. From the description of Letter, 1917 April 1, San Antonio, to Edmund Seymour, New York City. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 18300282 Charles J...

Rice, Arthur F.

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Seymour, Edmund.

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Edmund Seymour (1858-1949) was president of the New York banking firm of Edmund Seymour and Company, a rancher, and a member of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association. From the description of Papers, 1896-1948. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 27965241 ...

Coffin, William, Mrs.

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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...

Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946

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Ernest Thompson Seton was an American writer, naturalist and outdoorsman. From the description of Ernest Thompson Seton collection. [1931]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676777117 Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton was born Ernest Evan Thompson in northeast England, and raised in Canada; he changed his name at the age of sixteen to distance himself from his father. He apprenticed with a portrait artist, and spent a year in England studying at the Roya...