Samuel Frank Dexter Papers Addenda mssDexter1

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Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
Title: Samuel Frank Dexter papers addenda
Creator: Dexter, Samuel Frank, 1847-1906
Identifier/Call Number: mssDexter1
Physical Description: 1.70 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1875-1968
Abstract: The Samuel Frank Dexter papers addenda includes a taxidermist's notebook and printed material relating to the noted naturalist and ornithologist Frank Dexter, 1847-1906.
Language of Material: The records are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Samuel Frank Dexter papers addenda, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Patricia Miller, July 2006.

Biography

Samuel Frank Dexter (1847-1906), or Frank as his friends and family knew him, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on September 3, 1847. He was the grandson of Nathaniel Gregory Balch Dexter, who founded the knitting cotton business in the United States and established the Dexter Yarn Company in 1820. As such Dexter went into the family business and in 1880 after the company had incorporated, he became its secretary and general manager. He married Anna Fannie Wheaton in 1872 and subsequently had three children, Nathaniel Wheaton Dexter or "Wheatie," Anthony Hamilton Dexter, and Fannie Wheaton Dexter. By 1900, Dexter had sold out his interests in the company and retired from the active business life. Dexter and his family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1902, where he would spend the remainder of his life until his death in 1906.

Scope and Content

This collection primarily consists of printed material related to naturalist and ornithologist Samuel Frank Dexter, 1847-1906. There are seven books: Field Guide to Wildflowers by Roger Tory Peterson; A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs by George A. Petrides; A Field Guide to Western Birds by Roger Tory Peterson; How to Know the Birds…by Roger Tory Peterson; Land Birds Bird Guide. Land Birds East of the Rockies by Chester A. Reed; The Observer's Book of British Birds by S. Vere Benson; and What Bird is That? by C.A. Stebbins and R.C. Stebbins. There is also a lengthy run of 19th century ornithological periodicals. There are at least 120 issues of Ornithologist and Oologist published by Frank A. Webster from January 1884 through October 1893. There is also a small run of Birds: A Monthly Serial Designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life from 1897 through 1898. Other printed matter includes two copies of The Audubon Magazine, vol. I, no. 9 and vol. LXIV, no. 1. An item of interest is "Taxidermist's Note Book on Collecting Trips of Wm. J. Magee". The contents of the notebook include an index of birds collected by Magee in 1875; descriptions of collecting expeditions, procedures, and weather condition in the New England region in 1876; and general remarks for the season of 1882 and 1883.

Arrangement

Arranged by genre.

General

Former call number: mssDexterPapersAddenda.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Naturalists
Ornithologists
New England -- Description and travel
Books
Journals (periodicals)
Notebooks
Serials (publications)
Dexter, Samuel Frank
Magee, William J.

Box 1

Books

Box 1, Folder 1

Books -- A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America by Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny 1968

Box 1, Folder 2

Books -- A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs by George A. Petrides 1958

Box 1, Folder 3

Books -- A Field Guide to Western Birds by Roger Tory Peterson 1941

Box 1, Folder 4

Books -- How to Know the Birds. An Introduction to Bird Recognition by Roger Tory Peterson 1949

Box 1, Folder 5

Books -- Land Birds. Bird Guide. Song and Insectivorous Birds East of the Rockies by Chester A. Reed 1925

Scope and Contents

Fragile
Box 2

Books - Journals

Box 2, Folder 1

Books -- The Observer's Book of British Birds by S. Vere Benson [undated]

Box 2, Folder 2

Books -- What Bird Is That? by C.A. Stebbins and R.C. Stebbins

Box 2, Folder 3

Excerpts -- The Ornithologist and Oologist vol. IX 1884

Box 2, Folder 4

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. IX 1884

Scope and Contents

Included: Specimen Issue, Jan. 1884. Vol. IX, No. 12 appears to be incomplete
Box 2, Folder 5

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. X 1885

Box 2, Folder 6

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. XI 1886

Box 2, Folder 7

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. XII 1887

Box 2, Folder 8

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. XIII 1888

Box 3

Journals

Box 3, Folder 1

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. XIV 1889

Box 3, Folder 2

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. XV 1890

Box 3, Folder 3

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. XVI 1891

Box 3, Folder 4

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. XVII 1892

Box 3, Folder 5

Journals (periodicals) -- Ornithologist and Oologist vol. XVIII 1893

Box 4

Magazines - Serials

Box 4, Folder 1

Magazines (periodicals) -- The Audubon Magazine, vol. I, no. 9 1887, Oct.

Box 4, Folder 2

Magazines (periodicals) -- Audubon, vol. LXIV, no. 1 1962, Jan.-Feb.

Box 4, Folder 3

Miscellaneous -- Loose pages, Birds and Ornithologist and Oologist 1884-1887

Box 4, Folder 4

Journals -- Taxidermist's Note Book on Collecting Trips of Wm. J. Magee 1875-1883

Box 4, Folder 5

Serials (publications) -- Birds 1896

Scope and Contents

The front cover appears to be missing
Box 4, Folder 6

Serials (publications) -- Birds vol. I 1897, Mar.-June

Box 4, Folder 7

Serials (publications) -- Birds vol. II 1897, July-Dec.

Box 4, Folder 8

Serials (publications) -- Birds vol. III 1898, Jan.-June