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Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927.

 Person

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Hazen Wright papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-26-1382
Abstract Correspondence, field notes, lecture notes, study notes, typescripts of articles, genealogies of the Wright family and of Noah Downs, negatives, slides, photographs, clippings, drawings, census reports, maps, New York publications and printed material, transcripts of oral history interviews with Wright, manuscripts of his scientific books, and other material pertaining to his career as a zoologist, university professor, lecturer, and author. Other subjects include the Cornell Natural History...
Dates: 1779-1965.

Arthur A. Allen papers

 Collection — Box 180: [Barcode: 31924065225991]
Identifier: 21-18-1255
Abstract

Papers consist largely of Allen's professional correspondence and his work in the field of ornithology.

Dates: 1899 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1964

Benjamin Franklin Levy papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065187134]
Identifier: 4056
Scope and content

Correspondence, including three letters from Hendrik Willem van Loon, three from Louis Agassiz Fuertes, one from Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., one from Charles Evans Hughes and one from Andrew Dickson White.

Dates: 1907-1924.

Cayuga Bird Club records

 Collection
Identifier: 1996
Abstract

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the Cayuga Bird Club. Includes the club's constitution (ca. 1913) and papers of incorporation (1914); Arthur Allen's article "Cayuga Bird Club"; and correspondence of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the club's first president, including letters to him from Jared T. Newman concerning Renwick Woodland improvement.

Dates: 1913-1997.

Harriman Alaska Expedition collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4689
Scope and content Videotape and accompanying press kit. The videotape, "The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced," is a documentary concerning two scientific expeditions to Alaska, over 100 years apart. The original Harriman expedition in 1899 included 25 scientists, writers, and artists, among them Louis Agassiz Fuertes. A Smith College expedition in 2001 retraced Harriman's route. The film describes these two expeditions, noting the environmental damage and the change in society's attitudes over the...
Dates: 2002.

Louis Agassiz Fuertes and the singular beauty of birds papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1535
Scope and content

Frederick G. Marcham's correspondence file for publication of his book LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES AND THE SINGULAR BEAUTY OF BIRDS; a negative of a Fuertes photograph, ca.1900-1910; Ektachrome transparencies used in the book; negatives and slides; galley proofs; other material related to the book; and book reviews.

Dates: 1964-1970.

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Artwork Project records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924079050294]
Identifier: 13-6-2145
Scope and content

Photocopies of published drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, compiled as part of a project to provide improved control and access to Fuertes' paintings and drawings in the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.

Dates: 1982-1983.

Louis Agassiz Fuertes exhibit items

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4069
Scope and content

Exhibit broadsides, postcards, note paper, reviews, and clippings concerning the 1980 Cornell University Library exhibit "Growth of an Artist: Louis Agassiz Fuertes," and the 1983 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia exhibit, "Celebration of Birds: Louis Agassiz Fuertes and His Art."

Dates: 1982-1983.

Ludlow Griscom papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2701
Abstract

Correspondence concerning activities at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, as well as field notes, reports, and biographical information about Griscom.

Dates: 1918-1961.

Ruth Seely Berry McDonald papers

 Collection — Box 4: [Barcode: 31924064926375]
Identifier: 2016
Abstract

Papers and correspondence of Ruth McDonald and her family.

Dates: 1850-1959,-1936-1959 (bulk)

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Subject
Ornithology. 5
Photographs 4
Ornithologists. 3
Genealogies. 2
Alaska -- Discovery and exploration. 1