Entomology

Content Description This collection is composed of three notebooks by Carleton A. Shurtleff: "Catalogue of Insects," "1862 Notebook," and "Brookline Notebook." The "Catalogue of Insects" and the "Brookline Notebook" contain specific details about insects collected, including when, how, and where he collected the insects. Each insect generally has a (presumed) finding number assigned by him. The "1862 Notebook" also contains descriptions of Shurtleff's travels to Eastport, Maine, and the White Mountains in New...

Content Description This scrapbook, signed at the front by Herbert E. Valentine, begins in 1883 with pencil, watercolor, and other illustrations of insects and plant life, including both close up studies and scenes. Photographs (both matted and not) and microscope cards with closer examination are added partway through. Labels for all images, drawn or not, are hand written. Some items in the scrapbook have dates and attribution but most do not. The scrapbook ends with pasted in diagrams of different types of...