Papers, 1896-1915.

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Papers, 1896-1915.

The collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, drawings, proofs of articles with plates, and a card file of species names and author index, all relating to the documentation and sale of Kearfott's collection.

4 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7769247

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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 ...

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...

Fernald, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1838-1921

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Epithet: American zoologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000981.0x0003a7 Entomologist, author, Professor of Zoology; President, Association of Economic Entomologists, 1896. 1838 Born, March 16, Mount Desert, Maine to Eben and Sophronia (Wasgatt) 1862 Married, Augus...

Kearfott, William Dunham, 1864-1917.

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William Dunham Kearfott, a lepidopterist, sold his collection of ca. 15,000 specimens of Microlepidoptera to the American Museum of Natural History in 1915. From the description of Papers, 1896-1915. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 58734799 Entomologist, specialist in Microlepidoptera. From the description of Catalogs and field notes, 1896-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511135 ...