Henry Smith Williams ornithological papers, 1884, 1945, 2010.

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Henry Smith Williams ornithological papers, 1884, 1945, 2010.

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Collection includes an article written by Williams called Seasons and Birds on the Prairie published in Forest and Stream magazine (1884), a memoir of written by his sister, Harriet Williams Myers, and some brief biographical sketches.

.25 linear ft. (1 container)

Iowa State Historical Society

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Iowa State Historical Society

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Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943

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Henry Smith's family moved from Durand, Illinois to Charles City, Iowa in 1873. As a young boy he was interested in shooting and mounting birds. He graduated from the Chicago Medical School and became a physician at the State Insane Asylum in Independence, Iowa. He later went to work for a mental health hospital in Bloomingdale, New York and began writing articles for scientific magazines. He edited the 25 volume Historian's History of the World, and the 4 volume History of Art in Writing. ...

Myers, Harriet Williams.

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Harriet Goodhue Williams Myers was born in Durand, Illinois, in 1867. She moved with her family to Iowa in the early 1870s and attended the State University at Iowa City. She married William Myers in 1890 and had two daughters, Neva and Helen. Around the turn of the century the Myers moved to California, where they settled in the Garvanza area. Harriet Myers was the first member of the Woman's California Court of Assistants and also served as the association's national vice-presiden...