American Bison Society records, [manuscript] 1899-1965 1910-1940.

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American Bison Society records, [manuscript] 1899-1965 1910-1940.

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Correspondence, letters, annual reports, minutes, memos, government reports, news clippings and photographs related to the establishment of federal reserves for the protection of the American Bison, privately owned Bison herds (Charles Goodnight), and legislation to protect migratory birds. Includes a copy of American bisons, living and extinct by J.A. Allen.

14 linear ft. (12 boxes, 1 oversize file folder, 1 oversize folio, 1 oversize box)

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7270910

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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American Bison Society

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The Society was organized on Dec. 8, 1905. William T. Hornaday, Martin S. Garretson and Edmund Seymour all served as president. Its purpose was to save the American Bison from extinction and to increase their numbers. From the description of American Bison Society records, [manuscript] 1899-1965 1910-1940. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 29459695 ...

Allen, J. A. 1838-1921.

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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 ...

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...

Goodnight, Charles, 1836-1929

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Charles Goodnight is best known as a cattleman and co-founder of the Goodnight-Loving Trail to bring cattle from Texas to market in New Mexico. However, Charles Goodnight and his wife, Mary Ann, played a pivotal role in saving the Great Southern Bison Herd from extinction. Separated from the Northern Herd by busy wagon trails and the railroad and slaughtered by hundreds of eager "buffalo hunters," by 1895 the Great Southern Herd, once numbering in the millions, was almost gone. Charles and Mary ...

Garretson, Martin S.

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Martin S. Garretson (1866-1955) was one of the founders of the American Bison Society in 1905 and for many years its secretary. He also served as an officer in the Plainsmen Society. For 17 years, he was curator of the Heads & Horns Museum at the Bronx Zoo, retiring in 1940. From the description of Papers, 1919-1940. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 12121362 ...