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Guide to the Ridgway Family Papers 1864-1950

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Title Guide to the Ridgway Family Papers 1864-1950
Subject Fisheries and Wildlife; Correspondence; Fine Arts; Images; Scrapbooks; Ornithologists--United States--Archives; Scientific illustrators--United States--Archives; Naturalists--United States--Archives; Botanists--United States--Archives
Description The Ridgway Family Papers contain correspondence and illustrations that contribute to the knowledge of scientific research in the American West during the 1860s and of American scientific illustration during the latter part of the 19th century; Biographical Note; Robert was born on July 2, 1850 in Mount Carmel, Illinois to David and Harriet Ridgway. By the age of 14 Ridgway had been sent away from home, to work for an uncle. Thus some of the earliest letters in the collection are from this...
Publisher Utah State University, Merrill Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Date 1864/1950
Rights No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.; It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.; Permission to publish material from the Ridgway Family Papers must
be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Type Collection collection
Identifier http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv13992
Language eng
Format 5 boxes; 2.5 linear feet
Coverage 1864-1950

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