Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous letters related to big game hunting, a photograph album of early contributors to Forest and Stream (with a letter from George Bird Grinnell identifying the photographs), diaries, miscellaneous writings and memorabilia all related to travel or hunting. The letters were removed from books in a library collected by Charles Sheldon and presented to Yale University by Francis P. Garvan in 1929.
Dates
- 1796-1943
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of F. P. Garvan, 1929, and of Edward C. Tabler, 1946.
Extent
1.17 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Miscellaneous letters related to big game hunting, a photograph album of early contributors to Forest and Stream (with a letter from George Bird Grinnell identifying the photographs), diaries, miscellaneous writings and memorabilia all related to travel or hunting. The letters were removed from books in a library collected by Charles Sheldon and presented to Yale University by Francis P. Garvan in 1929.
- Baillie-Grohman, William A. (William Adolph), 1851-1921
- Bannon, Henry Towne, 1867-1950
- Big game hunting
- Bradley, Mary Hastings
- Burlace, J. B.
- Carter, James Morland
- Colburn, Frederick S.
- Conservation of natural resources
- Deane, Ruthven, 1851-1934
- Diaries
- Dresser, H. E. (Henry Eeles), 1838-1915
- Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951
- Environmental protection
- Fish, Frederick Studebaker
- Fleischmann, Max C. (Max Charles), 1877-1951
- Forest and Stream
- Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938
- Hallock, Charles, 1834-1917
- Harrison, George Leslie, 1887-1958
- Hazelton, William Chester, 1870-
- Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858
- Jeffrey, W. J.
- Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895
- Leask, Thomas, 1839-1912
- Lovell, Jonathan M.
- Lyell, Denis D.
- Mather, Amasa Stone, 1884-1920
- McGuire, J. A.
- McLellan, Isaac, 1806-1899
- Menger, R. (Rudolph), 1851-1921
- Musters, Caroline Anne Chaworth, 1842-1912
- Newall, David John Falconer
- Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918
- Phillips, W. S. (Walter Shelley), 1867-1940
- Pringle, Walter, 1789-1834
- Raymond, George B., 1841-
- Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937
- Sheffield, Frank
- Shoemaker, William Lukens, 1822-
- South Africa -- Description and travel
- Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795-1871
- Tabler, Edward C.
- Taylor, L.
- Turnbo, S. C. (Silas Claiborn), 1844-1925
- Uhagón y Guardamino, Francisco Rafael de, marqués de Laurencín, 1858-1927
- Wagner, Henry R. (Henry Raup), 1862-1957
- Webster, Edward Barton, 1868-1936
- Werich, Jacob Lorenzo, 1860-
- West (U.S.)
- Whelen, Townsend, 1877-1961
- Williams, A. Bryan
- Wise, Lewis L. A.
- Wroe, William E.
- Young, Filson, 1876-1938
- Title
- Guide to the Garvan-Sheldon Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- June 1981, updated June 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
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New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511