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Charles Hayden Planetarium Records

 Collection
Identifier: A2018-02-01
Content Description These records document the planning, funding, construction, and operation of the Charles Hayden Planetarium and related projects overseen by the Planetarium Department. Topics with significant coverage in these records include: the construction and renovation of the Planetarium building; the construction, installation, and maintenance of the Korkosz projector; and the planning, scripting, implementation, and marketing of Planetarium shows. Types of materials include: show scripts,...
Dates: 1934 - 2019

Charles W. Cobb Manuscripts

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Identifier: A2022-12-01
Content Description

This collection includes two manuscripts: “The Song of the Wood Thrush”, typewritten and including corrections in pen and pencil, and three copies of “The Song of the Meadow Lark”-one handwritten, two typewritten. Additionally, there is a postcard from Cobb to his wife, Mary B Cobb, regarding one of the songs described in the manuscripts.

Dates: 1944

Chinese Birds and Fish Paintings

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Identifier: A2023-09-01
Content Description

This collection is composed of 6 paintings. 3 depict birds and 3 depict fish. Though the original label suggests the paintings are Japanese, it has been determined that the paintings may be done on pith paper and match closely with souvenirs brought form artisans in China in the early 19th century.

Dates: inferred era 1800s-1900s

Dorothy Bliss Manuscript

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Identifier: A2022-10-01
Content Description

This collection is a typewritten manuscript written for Biology 22 at Harvard University by Dorothy Bliss, entitled "The Mechanics of Bird Flight: A Report Based on a Seminar Presented on October 14, 1947". The manuscript summarizes a lecture on bird flight mechanics, including hand-drawn diagrams in the last pages. Corrections and edits in pen are present, possibly from Bliss or Boston Society of Natural History staff member, although not certain.

Dates: circa 1947; the manuscript describes a lecture that occurred October 14, 1947 however the manuscript's creation date is unknown and presumably dates after the lecture

Frank Bené Manuscript

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Identifier: A2022-08-01
Content Description

This collection features a typewritten manuscript of "The Feeding and Related Behavior of Hummingbirds" and includes pencil and pen edits. It is written in a memoir format, discussing Bene's observations and research of hummingbirds. The original folder title included "ca. 1946" though this date could not be confirmed as a the date of the manuscript or acquisition year.

Dates: circa 1946; found in folder labeled 1946, but uncertain if date refers to creation or acquisition.

Frederick B. McKechnie Papers

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Identifier: A2022-13-01
Content Description

This collection consists of field notes regarding bird observations in diary format, handwritten in ink on unlined paper and grouped by year from 1896 to 1910. Most volumes are originally bound with string, though the 1899 volume is bound into a notebook with an embossed suede cover. The volumes include newspaper clippers pertaining to ornithology and climate.

Dates: 1896 - 1911

H. Bradford Washburn, Jr. Albums Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A2020-01-01
Content Description This collection contains photographic albums, diaries, and other material created primarily by Bradford Washburn during his mountaineering expeditions and aerial photography surveys spanning the years 1927-1999. The 127 photographic albums contain approximately 15,000 silver gelatin prints, in addition to the 11 diary volumes, flight logs, and binders of material related to Washburn’s talks, publications, and areas of interest. The albums were compiled by Washburn and the aerial and...
Dates: 1927 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1979

H. Bradford Washburn, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A2018-01-01
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the professional life of Bradford Washburn: his work at the Museum of Science and his mountaineering work, including climbing, cartography, and photography. It includes correspondence, meeting records, manuscript material, published works, maps, photographs, and audiovisual material. More detailed Scope and Content information can be found within the series and subseries listings.

Dates: 1900 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980

Heath Hen Reports by the Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England

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Identifier: A2024-06-01
Content Description The heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) is a now extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken. While at one point extremely common, the birds became locally extinct on the mainland and only existed on Martha's Vineyard by the late 1800s. The continuing decline was noticed by ornithologist Alfred Otto Gross, who reported his observations to the Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England in 1925. The Federation then took immediate action to try to preserve the remaining birds through...
Dates: 1925 - 1933; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1926

Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook

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Identifier: A2024-07-01
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...
Dates: 1893 - 1908

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