Hentz Manuscripts: Araneides of the United States
Content Description
This volume contains pages of a smaller notebook pasted into each page. On the smaller pages are handwritten notes and observations about different species of spiders in the Eastern United States by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz. The pages with the writing appear to have been cut out of a notebook and pasted, not in the order of the original notebook, into the new volume. The writings of these notebook pages appear, generally in the order in which they've been pasted, in "The Spiders of the United States. A Collection of the Arachnological Writings of Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, M.D." edited by Edward Burgess and published by the Boston Society of Natural History in 1875, and were also published serially in the journals of the Boston Society of Natural History.
Dates
- 1820 - 1856
- Modified: 1893
Creator
- Hentz, Nicholas Marcellus, 1797-1856 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use. Some materials are fragile and require special care instructions.
Conditions Governing Use
The researcher assumes all responsibility for identifying copyright holders and attaining permission for reproduction.
Biographical / Historical
Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797-1856), also known as N.M. Hentz, was born in France where he studied medicine and learned how to paint miniatures before emigrating to the United States in 1816. Friend of zoologist Thomas Say, Hentz was a pioneering zoologist in the field of arachnology and is known for describing over 140 species of spiders, the descriptions of which were published in the journals of the Boston Society of Natural History during the 1840s and 1850s.
Extent
1 Volumes
.18 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Latin
Arrangement
Volume kept intact with nothing removed, presumed to be how it was made.
Custodial History
Publications by the BSNH note that Nicholas Marcellus Hentz gave his papers to the BSNH (see page VI in "The Spiders of the United States. A Collection of the Arachnological Writings of Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, M.D.," edited by Edward Burgess, a BSNH publication from 1875). The book plate in this volume notes "received 1893."
Accruals
None are expected.
Processing Information
Emily Buff (Archives Management Graduate Intern)
Creator
- Hentz, Nicholas Marcellus, 1797-1856 (Person)
- Title
- Hentz Manuscripts: Araneides of the United States Finding Aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Emily Buff (Archives Management Graduate Intern)
- Date
- January 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Museum of Science, Boston Archives Repository