Correspondence, 1870-1919 (bulk 1899-1902).

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

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The Department of Ornithology, sits within the Division of Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. It maintains one of the largest collections of bird specimens in the world. The research collections of the Department number nearly one million specimens; these include skins, skeletons, alcoholic preparations, eggs, nests, and tissue samples for molecular biochemical studies. A large number of type specimens and rare or extinct species are also found in its collections. The specime...

American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Mammalogy.

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Collecting area: Material relating directly to the scientific specimens of the Department of Mammalogy. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511357 Richard Archbold sponsored a series of biological expeditions to Madagascar, New Guinea, and Australia. A field station in Florida is geared toward experimental and observational use. From the description of Expeditions and scientific staff records: Archbold Expeditions, 1...

Dutcher, William, 1846-1920

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Dutcher was the first president of the National Association of Audubon Societies and was chairman of the American Ornithologists' Union Bird Protection Committee. From the description of Diary, 1900-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507180 ...

Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1903)

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The expedition collected ethnographic artifacts of the Indians of the Northwest Coast and of peoples of northeastern Asia. From the description of Records, 1897-1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511739 ...

Cockerell, Theodore D.A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948

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Theodore Dru Allison Cockerell was born in England and came to the University of Colo., Boulder, in 1904. A naturalist, educator and philosopher, he produced nearly 4,000 publications. {Source: A Guide to Manuscript Collections, Western Historical Collections, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2nd ed., 1982, p. 20.} From the description of The red sunflower printed materials 1938-1945. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427307546 Cockerell was born in England. He w...

Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929

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Jonathan Dwight (1858-1929) was a physician and ornithologist. He was a long time member (and sometime officer) of the American Ornithologists Union. Carll Tucker purchased Dwight's ornithological library after his death. In the 1960s, Tucker donated the library (which included these manuscript volumes) to the Smithsonian. This collection consists of notebooks and catalogues of Jonathan Dwight's collection of birds, bird's eggs, and bird's nests collected in New York, New Jersey, and Massachuset...

Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915

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Epithet: FZS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000110 Zoologist. From the description of Daniel Giraud Elliot correspondence, 1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009902 ...

Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943

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Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945

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Smith, Herbert H. (Herbert Huntington), 1851-1919

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Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929

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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...

Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956

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Gerrit Smith Miller, Jr., (1869-1956) was born in Peterboro, New York, on December 6, 1869, and grew up on a large estate in central New York. In this relatively isolated setting and through the influence of his great uncle, an ornithologist, Miller developed an early interest in natural history. Following his graduation from Harvard in 1894, Miller joined the Biological Survey in the Department of Agriculture and worked under Clinton Hart Merriam. In 1898 he joined the United States National Mu...

National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals.

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Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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Paleontologist, professor of biology at Columbia University, President of Trustees 1908-1933, American Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontologist. From the description of Henry Fairfield Osborn letter to W. Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 April 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 213468939 Henry Fairfield Osborn was a member of the Princeton class of 1877, one of the earliest graduates of the School of Science. He returned to Princeton in 1883 after gr...

Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932

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Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908

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Merriam, Clinton Hart, 1855-1942

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C. Hart Merriam was a biologist who work for the Smithsonian Institution from 1910-1939. Merriam was born December 5, 1855 in New York City. His childhood was spent in Locust Grove, Lewis County, New York. Merriam’s father introduced him to Prof. Spencer Baird who attached the seventeen year old Merriam to a government expedition, the Hayden Survey. He spent a summer collecting birds and eggs in the Yellowstone region. That year, he attended college, first at the Pingry Military School in Elizab...

Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.)

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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. ...