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Russell W. Peterson papers, 1917-2004
46,000 items. 140 containers plus 1 oversize and 1 classified. 56 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Environmentalist and governor of Delaware. Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, trips and events files, and other papers relating primarily to Peterson's work as an environmentalist and his employment as the chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, president of New Directions, director of the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress, and president of the National Audubon Society.
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Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig, Graf von Berlepsch, correspondence, 1874-1913
1,100 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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German ornithologist. Principally letters received by Berlepsch from ornithologists concerning neotropical birds. Topics include the collection of bird skins and eggs, the illustration of birds, taxidermy, and taxonomy.
Keidel family papers, 1821-1937
3,000 items. 5 containers plus 2 oversize. 2.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Letters from Northern prisons and Civil War records of Herman F. Keidel, biographical material relating to Louis J. Keidel, family letters from the second generation of the Keidel family in America, and correspondence and other papers of George C. Keidel.
A.K. Fisher papers, 1827-1957
17,000 items. 55 containers plus 2 oversize. 24 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Botanist, naturalist, and zoologist. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, articles and speeches, family papers, field notes and records, memoranda, reports, drawings, bibliographic cards on birds, plants, and animals, maps, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating chiefly to Fisher's activities as an ornithologist and vertebrate zoologist.
Charles Bendire papers, 1874-1919
1,200 items. 6 containers. 2.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Ornithologist and army officer. Chiefly letters from ornithologists and naturalists relating to Bendire’s activities as honorary curator of the Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.
John Kieran papers, 1917-1985
400 items. 2 containers. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naturalist, author, and sports columnist. Correspondence, annotated transcripts of his World War I diary, nature diary, ornithological notes, essays, notes and drafts of writings, clippings, and a photograph pertaining to Kieran's career as a sports columnist and panelist of the radio and television program, Information Please, as well as to his expertise in ornithology and natural history.
W.L. McAtee papers, 1803-1963
40,000 items. 116 containers. 46.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Biologist and ornithologist. Correspondence, research and writings, field notes and notebooks, poetry, prose, reviews, and other avocational writings, calendars, diaries, memorabilia, scrapbook, wills, and printed matter chiefly documenting McAtee's career as a biologist and ornithologist at the United States Bureau of Biological Survey and its successor, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and as curator of Hemiptera at the Smithsonian Institution.
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T.S. Palmer papers, 1877-1954
20,100 items. 69 containers. 28.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naturalist, author and ornithologist. Correspondence, diaries, drafts of speeches, articles, printed matter, scrapbooks, memorandum books, and photographs. Much of the correspondence relates to the American Ornithologists' Union, of which Palmer was secretary, 1917-1937.
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Harry C. Oberholser papers, 1856-1960
8,400 items. 25 containers. 9.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Ornithologist. Chiefly correspondence with ornithologists and other scientists on bird life and bird specimens of the United States and other countries, Oberholser's work with scientific organizations, and publication of his books and articles.
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C. Hart Merriam papers, 1864-1938
5,000 items. 71 containers plus 6 oversize. 28.5 linear feet. 10 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naturalist, zoologist, and ethnologist. Correspondence, writings, journals, bibliographies, maps, and other papers. Includes journals of scientific expeditions and compilations of North American Indigenous vocabularies, with accompanying large-scale maps showing the distribution of Native American tribes in California and Nevada, as well as notes relating to the Adirondack Mountains and files pertaining to other sites and regions in the United States and abroad. Contains subject material relating to the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration and the Harriman Alaska Expedition.
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