Correspondence, 1885-1935.

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Correspondence, 1885-1935.

The collection consists of 43 signed letters and four miscellaneous documents received by Weed. Most of the earlier letters are handwritten, while letters after 1910 are usually typewritten. One letter is undated.

47 items (.25 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7762195

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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 ...

Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937

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Wheeler (Clark Univ., Ph. D., 1892) taught entomology at Harvard and was Dean of the Bussey Institution. From the description of Papers of William Morton Wheeler, 1884-1980 (inclusive) 1884-1937 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972925 ...

Peckham, Elizabeth G., 1854-

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Forbes, Stephen Alfred, 1844-1930

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Professor and museum curator of natural history, and state entomologist of Illinois. From the description of Zoological congress correspondence, 1892-1893. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28413487 ...

Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.

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Liberty Hyde Bailey was instrumental in separating Horticulture from Botany and establishing it as a distinct scientific pursuit. Born on a farm in Michigan in 1858, Liberty Hyde Bailey graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College with a degree in botany. After working with the renowned botanist Asa Gray at Harvard, he returned to Michigan to teach horticulture and landscape gardening. In 1888, he came to Cornell to build a new curriculum in practical and experimental horticulture. In 1904, ...

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

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Shufeldt, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1850-1934

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Deane, Ruthven, 1851-1934.

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Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937

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American zoologist; officer in relief organizations in Europe during World War I. From the description of Vernon Lyman Kellogg papers, 1914-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868923 Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg was born in 1874 at Grand Island, Nebraska, and was educated at the University of California, earning a Ph.B. in 1900. She taught English at Miss Head's School in Berkeley, California from 1903 until 1907. During World War I, she participated in civilia...

Sharp, Dallas Lore, 1870-1929

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Patch, Edith M. (Edith Marion), 1876-

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Edith Patch, born in Worcester, Mass. in 1876, received a B.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1901, an M.S. from the University of Maine in 1910 and a Ph.D. from Cornell in 1911. She came to the University of Maine in 1903, organizing the department of entomology at the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station there and serving as head of the department from 1904 until her retirement in 1937. An authority on aphids, she was the author of numerous scientific articles, a member of various profes...

Jones, L. R. (Lewis Ralph), 1864-1945

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Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947

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Clarence M. Weed was a New England based naturalist, specializing in economic entomology and botany, with an interest also in ornithology. Weed began his career in 1888 at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, where he was entomologist and professor. In 1891 he moved to the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, and in 1904 to the State Teachers College at Lowell, Mass., eventually serving as principal, 1922-1932, and president, 1932-1935. Weed w...

Fiske, William Fuller

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Book collector residing in Morristown, New Jersey; died 1977. In his early years as a collector Fiske purchased modern British and American first editions, but from about June 1945 he focused on English color-plate books. A portion of the color-plate book collection was sold at auction by Sotheby's (7 December 1994) and part was sold via local independent booksellers. From the description of Materials relating to collection of English color-plate books, ca. 1935-1973. (Unknown). Worl...

Morse, Albert P. (Albert Pitts), 1863-1936

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Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938

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Slingerland, M. V. (Mark Vernon), 1864-1909

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Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943

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Frank E. Lutz, a biologist and entomologist, was associate curator of the Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, 1917-1921, and chairman of Insects and Spiders, Dept. of Entomology, 1921-1943. For his postgraduate work, Lutz concentrated in the new field of biometry, the combination of biology and mathematics, studying species of Gryllus (crickets) and Drosophila (fruit-flies), and developing a life-long interest in experimental biology. After...

Hoffmann, Ralph, 1870-

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Scott, James George, Sir, 1851-1935

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British diplomat, colonial administrator, and author. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1888-1897. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159097 ...

Cross, Frank Clay.

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Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930

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John Henry Comstock was a professor of entomology at Cornell University. Anna Botsford Comstock was a professor of nature studies and a wood engraver specializing in scientific illustration. From the description of John Henry and Anna Botsford Comstock papers, 1833-1955, 1874-1931 (bulk). (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64074999 ...

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

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Howard, L.O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950

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Leland Ossian Howard was a biologist and entomologist. He was Chief of the United States Bureau of Entomology (1894-1927). From the description of Papers, 1877-1940s. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122539991 From the guide to the L. O. (Leland Ossian) Howard papers, 1877-1940s, 1877-1949, (American Philosophical Society) ...