Correspondence, 1930-1987.

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Correspondence, 1930-1987.

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Correspondence spans the period from Carr's graduate student years until shortly before his death and represents many phases of activity, including reptile taxonomy, Florida natural history, sea turtle research and conservation throughout the world, but especially at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, chairmanship of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group, technical director of the Caribbean Conservation Corps, scholar, and university professor. Among the hundreds of correspondents, principals include Thomas L. Barbour, Charles M. Bogert, James A. Oliver, David Ehrenfeld, Wayne King, Larry Ogren, Peter Pritchard, Richard Fitter, Peter Scott, Joshua Powers, Colin and John H. Phipps, Billy Cruz, Anthony Mence, H. Ross Witham, Carl L. Hubbs, and Bernard Nietschmann.

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University of Florida

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The original campus plans for the University of Florida at Gainesville were developed by the firm of Edwards & Walter. Edwards & Walter were contracted to design and layout the campus buildings in 1905. Additional plans were developed by the firm's successor, Edward and Sayward. In 1925, Rudolph Weaver, Director of the University's School of Architecture, assumed the position of Architect for the Board of Control and was responsible for campus planning throughout the state. ...

Ogren, Larry H.

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Witham, Ross

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Caribbean Conservation Corporation

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Phipps, Colin

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Mence, Anthony.

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Phipps, John H.

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Carr, Archie Fairly, 1909-1987

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Professor of zoology, University of Florida, 1937-1987, herpetologist, turtle conservationist and ecologist, chair IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group, technical director, Caribbean Conservation Corporation. From the description of Archie F. Carr papers, 1913-1994, bulk 1935-1987. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 31875360 Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, printed material, clippings, and other papers on a variety of topics with which Carr was involved or intere...

Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill), 1908-1992

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King, Wayne

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Cruz, Billy.

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Ehrenfeld, David W.

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Scott, Peter, 1909-1989

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Nietschmann, Bernard

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Bernard Nietschmann (1941-2000) served as a professor in the Dept. of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 until 2000. Nietschmann was known for his groundbreaking field work with the Miskito of Nicaragua, as well as his negotiation on their behalf with the Sandanista government to protect Miskito land from government encroachment. He also headed the Maya Mapping Project, using cultural geography to help identify and defend the land rights of the Maya and other indigeno...

Barbour, Thomas, 1884-1946

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Barbour (1884-1946) graduated from Harvard in 1906 and taught zoology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Thomas Barbour, 1905-1935 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972958 ...

Hubbs, Carl L. (Carl Leavitt), 1894-1979

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American ichthyologist and naturalist born Williams, Arizona October 18, 1894. Received A.B. (1916) and A.M. (1917) degrees from Stanford and Ph. D. (1927) University of Michigan. After three years at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Hubbs served as Curator of Fishes at Michigan's Museum of Zoology (1920-1944) and Professor of Biology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD (1944-1969). From the description of Papers, 1897-1989, bulk 1920-1979. (University of Ca...

Powers, Joshua, 1744-1821

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Oliver, James A. (James Arthur), 1914-1981

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Herpetologist, Associate Curator in the Dept. of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Correspondence, 1946-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155510728 American zooligist. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Geoffrey Hellman, 1966 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756224787 James A. Oliver, a herpetologist, was director of the American Museum of Natural History from 1959 to 1...

Fitter, Richard Sidney Raymond.

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Pritchard, Peter Charles Howard, 1943-....

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