Manly Hardy Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of letters from Manly Hardy to William Brewster dating from 1877 to 1910. The letters discuss their mutual interest in ornithology and in collecting specimens of birds as well as what specimens were available on the Boston market and Brewster's visits to Umbagog Lake, Maine. The collection also includes one letter from Hardy to Prof. E.A. Allen, 1890; four letters to Walter Deane, 1898, 1900; one letter to Abbott H. Thayer, 1900; and one letter, 1898, to Hardy from John A. Lord, a taxidermist in Portland, Maine.
The collection also includes photocopies of letters dating from 1886 to 1918 to Brewster from Manly Hardy's daughter, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, as well as a letter dated 1916 from Eckstorm to Samuel Henshaw, director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.
Dates
- 1877-1910
Creator
- Hardy, Manly, 1832-1910 (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Biographical Note
Manly Hardy was a fur buyer and dealer, naturalist, writer and ornithologist from Brewer, Maine. Although they never met, Hardy maintained an extensive correspondence with William Brewster, an ornithologist, writer, and naturalist from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hardy's daughter, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, was a naturalist, historian, folklorist and writer who spent most of her life in Brewer. She too corresponded extensively with William Brewster.
Extent
6 Folders (234 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Includes photocopies of letters from Manly Hardy to William Brewster dating from 1877 to 1910. The collection also includes one letter from Hardy to Prof. E.A. Allen, 1890; four letters to Walter Deane, 1898, 1900; one letter to Abbott H. Thayer, 1900; and one letter, 1898, to Hardy from John A. Lord, a taxidermist in Portland, Maine. The collection also includes photocopies of letters dating from 1886 to 1918 to Brewster from Manly Hardy's daughter, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, as well as a letter dated 1916 from Eckstorm to Samuel Henshaw, director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William B. Krohn in March 2006.
Existence and Location of Originals
Photocopies of original material from the William Brewster Collection at the Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
General
Inventory of letters between Manly Hardy and William Brewster and Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and William Brewster compiled by collection donor available in the repository. See Special Collections librarian for assistance.
- Allen, E. A.
- Birds -- Type specimens Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brewster, William, 1851-1919
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Deane, Walter, 1848-1930
- Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy, 1865-1946
- Henshaw, Samuel, 1852-1941
- Lord, John A.
- Ornithologists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ornithology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photocopies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
- Title
- Guide to the Manly Hardy Correspondence
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
