Louis Agassiz Fuertes drawings

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Identifier: 4128

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Pencil and ink drawings, 178 of which depict birds and 82 of which depict mammals and reptiles, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Drawings vary in size from 4" x 5" to 8" x 10". All bear Fuertes' initials; many also have notes in his hand, in pencil or ink, naming the bird, reptile or mammal depicted in the drawing. Items were originally used in Field Book of Nature Study and other publications by E. Laurence Palmer.

Dates

[ca. 1900-1927]

Creator

Palmer, Katherine V. W. (Katherine Van Winkle), 1895-1982 (Collector, Person)
Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet. (260 drawings).,)

Additional Description

Abstract

Pencil and ink drawings.

RELATED MATERIAL

The Louis Agassiz Fuertes papers, 1892-1954, 1892-1927 (bulk) #2662, contains an extensive collection of Fuertes' writings, photography, and artwork.

The Louis Agassiz Fuertes Ornithological Artwork database is a searchable database of 2500 ornithological illustrations by Fuertes. These illustrations have been drawn from Cornell's H.F. Johnson Museum, its Laboratory of Ornithology, as well as the Palmer Collection and the Fuertes papers at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

The Harriman Alaska Expedition Journal provides both a transcription and digitized copy of a personal journal kept by Fuertes during an 1899 scientific expedition along the Alaskan coast.

See also the Library of Congress exhibit The Harriman Alaska Expedition: Chronicles and Souvenirs May to August 1899, a private souvenir album created collectively by the members of the Alaskan expedition.

Physical Description

Drawings

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: September 2013
EAD encoding:: RMC Staff, September 2013
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, December 2013