George Bird Grinnell papers: Finding Aid mssHM 47409-47532
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Title: George Bird Grinnell Papers
Creator:
Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 47409-47532
Physical Description:
1.17 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1879-1951
Date (bulk): 1905-1934
Abstract: This collection contains 124 pieces of correspondence to and from American naturalist George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) and
his associates involved in wild life and national park conservation, use of water resources on public lands for irrigation,
national parks, and the publishing of books and articles related to those activities.
Language of Material: English.
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[Identification of item]. George Bird Grinnell papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquired from Joseph Rubenfine, May 1979.
George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), editor, author, explorer and conservationist, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September
20, 1849. He studied at Yale University, where he took his doctorate in 1880, and was attached to the Peabody Museum from
1874 to 1880. In 1874 he served as naturalist with General Custer's expedition to the Black Hills, and in 1875 with Ludlow's
expedition to Yellowstone Park. He accompanied the Harriman Alaska Expedition in 1899 in a similar capacity. An active member
in a number of scientific and special interest organizations, he was especially interested in the New York Zoological Society,
the American Ornithologists Union, the Audubon Society, the National Parks Association, and was a member of the Explorers'
Club, the Authors' Club, and the Boone and Crockett Club. He was editor of Forest and stream from 1876 to 1911, author of
a number of books and articles on hunting, Indians, frontier life, camping and scouting, wild life, etc., and was editor and
reviewer of many other publications. Grinnell died on April 11, 1938.
This collection contains 124 pieces of correspondence to and from George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) and his associates involved
in wild life and national park conservation, use of water resources on public lands for irrigation, national parks, and the
publishing of books and articles related to those activities.
Correspondents represented by three or more letters:
- Bade, William Frederic. 3 letters
- Brooks, Allan. 5 letters
- Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel. 3 letters
- Grinnell, George Bird. 16 letters
- Hallock, Charles. 5 letters
- Osgood, Wilfred Hudson 3 letters
- Robinson, Anna A. 4 letters
- Stigand, C. H. 4 letters
- Yard, Robert Sterling. 10 letters
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Birds -- Conservation.
Conservation of natural resources.
Conservationists -- United States -- Correspondence
National parks and reserves -- United States
Water resources development.
Wildlife conservation.
Letters (correspondence) -- United States
Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936
Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935
Hallock, Charles, 1834-1917
Osgood, Wilfred Hudson, 1875-1947
Robinson, Anna A.
Stigand, C. H. (Chauncy Hugh), 1877-1919
Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-1945
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mssHM 47409-47532