Manly Hardy Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: SpC MS 1216-sc

Staff Only

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

Creation: 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

Additional Description

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.

Related Materials

The researcher may also want to consult the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers (MS 0158) and the Ralph S. Palmer Collection (MS 1063) at Fogler Library. Both contain correspondence from William Brewster to Eckstorm and Hardy.

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.