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Notes and correspondence of William Temple Hornaday

Creator:
Ward, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1834-1906  Search this
Theobald, Wm.  Search this
Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937  Search this
Theobald, Charles.  Search this
Theobald, Albert N.  Search this
Mumford, Norman W.  Search this
Bigelow, Mortimer Osborne  Search this
Beardsley, G. W.  Search this
Names:
Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937  Search this
Extent:
8 Items
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1878-1934
Summary:
Collection of William Temple Hornaday's notes and correspondence, chiefly relating to his travels, his publications, and his collecting of wild animals. Includes lists of Hornaday's expenses and animals collected on an expedition to Borneo in 1878 for Henry A. Ward, with addendum dated 1933; correspondence from Albert N. Theobald, Charles Theobald, and Wm. Theobald of the Theobald Brothers firm of taxidermists in Mysore, south India (1906-1919); letters from Norman W. Mumford of Boston, Mass. (1920), G.W. Beardsley of the Evening Herald Co., Binghamton, N.Y. (1909), and Mortimer Osborne Bigelow, Capt. 8th U.S. Cavalry, Fort Huachuca, Arizona (1909), and a letter from Hornaday and his wife Josephine to Wm. Sarre[?] (1934).
Biographical/Historical note:
Wild animal collector, conservationist, and taxidermist; curator of living animals for the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park (1882-1890), and director of the New York Zoological Park (1896-1926).
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation  Search this
Wild animal collecting -- Borneo  Search this
Taxidermy  Search this
Identifier:
SIL-DL.MSS001756A
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Libraries
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sc2fb2ed6a1-39a4-4dd1-a1dc-10891505da7f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sil-dl-mss001756a

Adventures of a young naturalist : the zoo quest expeditions / David Attenborough

Author:
Attenborough, David 1926-  Search this
Subject:
Attenborough, David 1926-  Search this
Attenborough, David 1926- Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Travel writing
Date:
2018
Topic:
Wild animal collecting  Search this
Zoology  Search this
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1095004

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