Archive Record

Metadata

Item ID#

A2014.003.0190

Title

First in the field, America's pioneering naturalists

Object Name

Book

Dates of Creation

1977

Creator

Elman, Robert

Other Creators

Foreword by Dr. Dean Amadon, Curator Emeritus, Department of Ornithology, The American Museum of Natural History

Description

From the foreword:

"Mr. Elman's approach has been to select nine outstanding naturalists and analyze their careers in depth. As he notes, it was these naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who paved the way for today's specialists - ornithologists, geologists, foresters, and many others."

From the contents page:
1. The Forerunners
2. Mark Gatesby
3. The Bartrams
4. Alexander Wilson
5. Audubon and Company
6. Louis Agassiz
7. John Wesley Powell
8. John Burroughs and the Publicists

ISBN: 0-442-21565-7

Provenance

This item was part of the personal library of Bruce Arthur Krug.

Collection

Krug family fonds

System of arrangement

This item is part of the Krug family fonds, series 4, file 3 (Historical records, reference & research - local history books).

Parent Object

Krug series 4, file 3

Level of Description

Item

Physical Description

231 p. : ill. ; 23.5 x 15 cm (white softcover)

Search Terms & Subjects

Birds