Records, 1888-1911.

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Records, 1888-1911.

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Correspondence with the Dept. of Entomology curator William Beutenmüller, primarily regarding his speciality, butterflies and moths, but including all orders of insects. Correspondence with other scientists and the lay public concerning research questions, acquisition of specimens and collections, identification of insects, and requests for reprints. Some semi-annual reports submitted to the Museum administration providing information on work accomplished in the Dept. of Entomology.

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American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Entomology.

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Eight of the ten specimens depicted were part of the Grote and Robinson Collection, 20,000 specimens of American and European Lepidoptera donated to the Museum by Robinson in 1870. The other two specimens were among the 4,000 specimens collected during Beutenmuller's Expedition to the Black Mountains from June to October 1912, financed by Samuel V. Hoffman. From the description of Entomological museum studio photographs, 1912-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Beutenmüller, William 1864-1934

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William Beutenmüller was an American entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera, particularly moths, but an active collector and taxonomist of all orders, including flies, beetles, Orthoptera and gallflies. Beutenmüller came to the American Museum of Natural History in 1888, was curator of the Dept. of Entomology from 1893 to 1908, and associate curator of Lepidoptera, Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, from 1909 to 1911. His expeditions to the Black Hills of North Carolina, 1895-1912, resulted in t...