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MS Am 1482

Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Papers: Guide.

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Last update 2008 September 3

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1482
Creator: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
Title: Papers,
Date(s): 1813-1880 (inclusive), 1828-1855 (bulk).
Quantity: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Correspondence and manuscripts of American ornithologist and artist John James Audubon.

Acquisition Information:

*42M-2089. Deposited by Museum of Comparative Zoology; received: 1941.

Historical Note

Audubon was an American artist and ornithologist.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

Scope and Content

Contains professional correspondence, mostly letters from Audubon to Robert Havell, Jr., the English engraver for The Birds of America; John Bachman, the naturalist with whom Audubon collaborated on Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; and Thomas Mayo Brewer, the ornithologist and oðologist; also letters from Audubon's wife, Lucy, and son, Victor, to Havell and Bachman; letters from Brewer to Bachman; and some correspondence with other naturalists. Also includes a few manuscript drafts by Audubon for his Ornithological Biography and some financial papers.

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