Edwin Carter papers 1870-1899.

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Edwin Carter papers 1870-1899.

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Edwin Carter was a pioneer naturalist in Colorado during the latter half of the nineteenth century. His bird and mammal specimens, formerly housed in his private museum, became the founding collection of the Colorado Museum of Natural History, now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The archival collection has three scrapbooks dated 1873-1898 containing original specimen data and a bound book of lists pertaining to the data slips and field notes compiled by R.B. Rockwell. Included are four files containing a catalogue of original data slips, a duplicate bird catalogue, a bird study skin ledger, and a mammal ledger. The collection also contains letters between Carter and John F. Campion concerning the Museum founding.

3 scrapbooks

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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