Department of Entomology papers, ca. 1896-1970.

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Department of Entomology papers, ca. 1896-1970.

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Field notes from Frank E. Watson, the first steward of Lepidoptera at American Museum of Natural History. Field notes begin in 1896 and end in 1947, the time of Watson's death. Concerned chiefly with butterflies collecting in the West Indies and northeastern United States. Also included are field notes from Fred Rindge, insect collecting expedition (primarily in the United States) from 1955-1970. Papers, records, notebooks, metal index card container and research of the Department of Entomology. Contains freak monarch butterfly with two wings, framed in display case. Also includes many notebooks and loose papers describing various insect species.

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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 ...