George N. Lawrence collection of ornithological correspondence, 1865-1894.

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George N. Lawrence collection of ornithological correspondence, 1865-1894.

Letters concerning orthnithological subjects to Lawrence primarily from Spencer F. Baird, 1870-1886; and Robert Ridgway, 1877-1889; with other individuals including Joel Asaph Allen, Thomas M. Brewer, William Brewster, Charles B. Cory, John Gould, Frederick Albion Ober, Philip L. Sclater, and A.L.J.F. Sumichrast also represented by many letters.

1.3 cubic ft.

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Brewster, William, 1851-1919

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William Brewster (1851-1919) was a renowned American amateur ornithologist, first president of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and a president of the American Ornithologists' Union. He was an avid collector of birds and their nests and eggs, and collected over forty thousand specimens from 1861 until his death in 1919. His collection, bequeathed to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, is considered one of the finest private collections of North American birds ever assemble...

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913

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Epithet: FRS, Sec Zoological Society of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001eb ...

Sumichrast, A. L. J. F.

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Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921

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Gould, John, 1804-1881

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By the time of his death in 1881, John Gould was the most acclaimed publisher of illustrated orinthology in Europe. Hummingbirds were his favorite species. To capture on paper the bright iridescent color of the plumage, Gould developed a special forumla of oils and color over gold leaf. From the description of Phaethornis philippi (Philippi's hermit) print. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 166261106 Gould was an ornithologist. From the description of ...

Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921

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Ornithologist, Curator in the Dept. of Mammalogy and Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Correspondence, 1870-1920, 1899-1903 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155513490 Ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Correspondence, 1868-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155510520 Canadian geologist Robert Bell directed the Geological Survey of Canada from 1901-1906. ...

Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929

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Ornithologist; curator of birds at the U.S. National Museum. From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Thomas G. Gentry, 1876 Mar. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580979 Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) was an ornithologist who collected bird specimens in Costa Rica in 1908. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_721_pid_EACP718 American ornithologist. From the descripti...

Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion), 1849-1913

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Ornithologist, explorer, lecturer and author. From the description of Frederick Albion Ober letters [manuscript], 1890-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633557 Travel writer, novelist, naturalist, biographer, historian. In 1871, after the early death of his first wife, Ober abandoned his business and went on a major expedition to Florida to explore Lake Okeechobee, writing a series of vivid journal articles. During the last decad...

Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895

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Ornithologist. From the description of George N. Lawrence collection of ornithological correspondence, 1865-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155485273 George Newbold Lawrence was an ornithologist and wholesale druggist. He was one of the founders of the American Ornithologists' Union and of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. From the description of Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316346 ...