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Carleton A. Shurtleff Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2025-07-01
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...
Dates:
1840 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1862
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
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
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Charles W. Cobb Manuscripts
Collection
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
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Chinese Birds and Fish Paintings
Collection
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
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Dorothy Bliss Manuscript
Collection
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
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Dr. Frank Warner Bishop Biology Drawings
Collection
Identifier: A2024-09-01
Content Description
This volume is a bound collection of pencil drawings by Dr. F. Warner Bishop. Each page of this book includes a scientific study drawing of some aspect of biology - cross sections, close-up sections, or anatomical studies of non-human biology (plants, microbes, amphibians, fish, and mammals). Subparts of the sketches are labeled, and most drawings also have the Latin name of the subject on the page. Each page is also signed at the top by F. Warner Bishop with a full date. Included in the...
Dates:
1905 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1909
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Edward S. Morse Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2025-02-01
Content Description
This collection contains volumes of papers and publications by Edward S. Morse. The publications feature his work in various scientific and naturalist journals, including the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (BSNH), The Nautilus, and Science. There are many illustrations by hand of various members of the mollusk family, as well as close studies of parts of birds. Tucked into volumes are letters about his publications and studies, more illustrations by hand, illustrated...
Dates:
1857 - 1962; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1926
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Engineering is Elementary Records
Collection
Identifier: A2025-08-01
Content Description
This collection contains the planning, promotion, design, and final products of the Engineering is Elementary Program at the Museum of Science. The goal of the program is to offer hands-on interactive engineering curriculum to educators for them to implement in classrooms, and Engineering is Elementary (EiE) is aligned with educational curriculum standards. As of 2025 EiE is still a product offered by the Museum of Science. The materials in this collection are organized to reflect the...
Dates:
2004 - 2018; Majority of material found within 2005 - 2011
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Engineering the Future Records
Collection
Identifier: A2025-09-01
Content Description
Engineering the Future is an educational program made with the goal of creating a high school engineering course that all students could enroll in, regardless of if they wanted to pursue engineering in postsecondary education, that could also be recognized as a high school laboratory science course. This collection contains the research, design, published materials, and study materials from the Engineering the Future (ETF) product: "Engineering the Future; Science, Technology, and the Design...
Dates:
1996 - 2019; Majority of material found within 2005 - 2009
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Frank Bené Manuscript
Collection
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.
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
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