Papers, 1854-1897 (bulk 1862-1891).

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Papers, 1854-1897 (bulk 1862-1891).

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The collection consists primarily of correspondence received by Henry Edwards, most of it handwritten, approximately 2820 letters and 566 postcards. Also included are photostats of obituaries of Henry Edwards and of letters written by W.H. Edwards between 1882 and 1897; notes on classification and lists of species and specimens; reprints or photocopies of journal and newspaper articles; and biographical material on other naturalists, including photographs and illustrations.

9 linear ft. (18 boxes)

American Museum of Natural History

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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 ...

Skinner, Henry 1861-1926

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Smith, John Bernhard, 1858-1912

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Entomologist; served as president of the board of health in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. From the description of Papers, 1902-1904 (inclusive) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155040099 Entomologist, of New Brunswick, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1902-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28417549 ...

Fletcher, James, 1852-1908

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Owen, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1850-1931

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Graef, Edward Lewis.

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Lintner, J. A. (Joseph Albert), 1822-1898

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Stretch, Richard Harper.

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Belfrage, Gustav Wilhelm, 1834-1882.

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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...

Murray-Aaron, Eugene, 1852-1941

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McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette), 1847-1931

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Biography Charles Fayette McGlashan was born in Wisconsin in 1847 and came overland with his father and sisters, arriving at Placerville in September 1854. He attended Sotoyme Institute, Healdsburg, California, from 1861 to 1865 and Williston Seminary in Massachusetts, 1868-1870. From 1872, McGlashan lived in Truckee almost continuously. Until 1874 he was principal of the public schools, resigning in October to go to Utah as corre...

Cresson, E. T. (Ezra Townsend), 1838-1926

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Horn, George H. (George Henry), 1840-1897

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Henshaw, Samuel, 1852-1941

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Henshaw was an entomologist and served as Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University from 1912 to 1927. From the description of Additional Letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83225093 From the guide to the Additional letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Gilbert White (1720-1793) was a pioneering British naturalist...

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911

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Epithet: palaeontologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x0001c4 Samuel H. Scudder was an American entomologist and paleontologist. Scudder specialized in the study of Orthoptera, which at that time was defined to include grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches and other insects. He also did extensive work on the classification of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera (beetles), and was a pion...

Mead, Theodore Luqueer, 1852-1936

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Botanist. From the description of Theodore Luqueer Mead postal cards, 1873-1881. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073017 ...

Strecker, Herman, 1836-1901

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Hulst, George D.

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Crotch, George Robert

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George Robert Crotch (1842-1874) was a zoologist who collected insects on the west coast of North American. From the guide to the George Robert Crotch: Letters to Emily Coulden, 1872-1875, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) George Robert Crotch (1842-1874) worked in the University Library, Cambridge until 1871. He went to America in 1872 on an expedition to collect specimens of natural history, where he died. His collections cam...

Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905

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Alpheus Spring Packard (1839-1905), professor of zoology and geology, was born in Brunswick, Maine, on February 19, 1839. His father of the same name was a professor of classics at Bowdoin College. As a child, young Alpheus, called "Alpha," collected insects, minerals, and shells, and had his own herbarium before he went to college. He graduated from Bowdoin in 1861. During the next three years he pursued two educational paths, described thus in the triennial report of his class at ...

Worthington, C. E.

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Edwards, William H. (William Henry), 1822-1909

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Epithet: American naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x000119 ...

Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922

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Thaxter, Roland, 1858-1932

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American botanist. Educated at Harvard University (A.B. 1882, Ph.D. 1888). Assistant Professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Harvard, 1891-1901; Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, 1901-1919; Professor Emeritus, to 1932. Honorary Curator of Farlow Herbarium, Harvard. American editor of Annals of Botany. From the description of Papers of Roland Thaxter, 1882-1933 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177498276 ...

Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell), 1844-1912

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Möschler, Heinrich B. (Heinrich Benno), 1831-1888.

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Cassino, Samuel Edson, 1856-1937

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Lyman, H. H. (Henry Herbert)

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Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932

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Epithet: American naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x00036e ...

Bruce, David, 1833-1903

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French, G.H. (George Hazen), 1841-1935

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Professor French came to Carbondale, Illinois with his wife Hattie in August 11, 1877 and joined the faculty of Southern Illinois Normal University as assistant curator of the museum a year later. In 1879, he succeeded Cyrus Thomas, as curator of the museum and as a natural science teacher teaching natural history, botany, physiology and floriculture. Professor French rebuilt the museum collections after the first Old Main building burned in 1883.On June 10, 1913, he was appointed curator and su...

Grote, Augustus Radcliffe, 1841-1903

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Hagen, Hermann August, 1817-1893

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Epithet: of the Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x00004e ...

Osten-Sacken, C. R. (Carl Robert), 1828-1906

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Edwards, Henry, 1830-1891

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Actor, entomologist. From the description of Henry Edwards collection of entomological correspondence, 1854-1891, 1862-1891 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155485143 Henry Edwards was an actor and amateur entomologist who amassed a collection of over 250,000 specimens of Lepidoptera, one of the finest in the United States. His total collection, including other insects, numbered close to 300,000 specimens, and was acquired by the American Museum of Natural ...

Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895

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