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Heath Hen Reports by the Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England
Collection
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
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Hentz Manuscripts: Araneides of the United States
Collection
Identifier: A2025-01-01
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...
Dates:
1820 - 1856; Modified: 1893
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook
Collection
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
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Isabel P. Reagh Composition Book
Collection
Identifier: A2024-05-01
Content Description
This collection consists of one bound volume of 20 short (1-5 page) handwritten essays by Isabel P. Reagh and three loose documents that were stored in the back of the notebook. The loose documents include an additional short essay, a full-length essay, and a book list. Compositions include reading and lecture responses, personal stories and reflections, creative writing exercises, and history essays. The materials were created by Reagh during 9th and 10th grade at Girls' High School in...
Dates:
1897 - 1898
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
John Austin Farley Journals
Collection
Identifier: A2025-04-01
Content Description
These notebooks are largely about birdwatching in New England and include what birds were seen, when they were seen, and where they were seen. There are large sections that have more observations of behavior and habits. There are also pages with quotes inscribed by the author in the book, appointment notes, and other thoughts. Throughout the journals are many doodles of birds and parts of birds, and many of the covers are covered in doodles and notes. Some pages have been crossed out or...
Dates:
1874 - 1884
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
John Burroughs Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: A2022-11-01
Content Description
This collection includes two sets of manuscripts that are handwritten in pencil on scrap paper by John Burroughs. Each set of pages also includes an envelope with deposition and contextual information. The first manuscript is 6 pages of "Loitering with Nature" (1907), including his signature on the last page. The second manuscript is 10 pages consisting of fragments of two essays, the famous "Real and Sham Natural History" (1903) and "Hit or Miss Methods of Nature" (1911). There is a...
Dates:
1903-1911
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Linnaean Society of New England Records
Collection
Identifier: A2021-09-01
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1814-1830
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Louis Alphonse de Brebisson Grasshopper Drawings
Collection
Identifier: A2023-03-01
Content Description
A collection of grasshopper illustrations done by Louis Alphonse de Brebisson in about 1834. These illustrations come from the Scudder estate, 1941.
Dates:
1834
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Massachusetts State Ornithologist Bulletins
Collection
Identifier: A2022-18-01
Content Description
This collection contains bulletins written by Edward H. Forbush for the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture in his position as Massachusetts State Ornithologist. The bulletins, grouped by year from 1918-1927, include information on weather and bird sightings, questions and answers, and other pertinent information to Massachusetts birders.
Dates:
1918 - 1927
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Notes on Diptera
Collection
Identifier: A2025-05-01
Content Description
This small notebook, only about one-quarter full, contains handwritten notes on various genus within the order Diptera (flies). The names of individual genus are in Latin with physical/anatomical notes and descriptions. Types are organized by family, with Randall covering 14 different families, with genus and species notes within each family. The rest of the pages in the notebook are blank. However, the final section of the notebook has visibly been ripped out with the remnants of pages...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Date of acquisition by the BSNH is after creator's death. Dates of creation are inferred to be before his death.
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
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