Overview
The Papers of Thomas Barbour consist of Barbour's personal and professional correspondence, including letters to John Van Denburgh, Curator of Herpetology at California Academy of Sciences; field notes, 1918-1921, from Florida; notebooks; manuscripts of writings; and certificates. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1902-1946
Researcher access
Open for research; some access restrictions may apply. Requires review by archivist.
Extent
6.79 cubic feet (19 document boxes, 3 pamphlet binders, 1 flat box)The Papers of Thomas Barbour consist of Barbour's personal and professional correspondence, including letters to John Van Denburgh, Curator of Herpetology at California Academy of Sciences; field notes, 1918-1921, from Florida; notebooks; manuscripts of writings; and certificates. Related publications and reference material also available in repository.
Biographical note on Thomas Barbour
Thomas Barbour (1884-1946) graduated from Harvard in 1906 and taught zoology at Harvard.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in nine series:
- Miscellaneous correspondence and papers (HUG 4192.3)
- General correspondence, A-Z, 1905-1935 (HUG 4192.5)
- Index to correspondence (HUG 4192.6)
- Florida field notes, 1918-1921 (HUG 4192.10)
- [Needles] notebook, [undated] (HUG 4192.12)
- Outram Bangs, circa 1932 (HUG 4192.14)
- Notebooks and manuscripts (HUG 4192.16)
- Honors and membership certificates (HUG 4192.45 F)
- Photographs (HUG 4192.50 p and HUG 4192.50 p PF)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information, when available, is noted at the series level.
- Transferred from the California Academy of Sciences, Department of Herpetology, July 26, 1982; accession 9531.
- Transferred from the Musuem of Comparative Zoology, August 1, 1946.
Inventory update
This document last updated 2022 April 22.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by Jennifer Pelose in July 2020.
Information in this finding aid was assembled from container management data and legacy collection inventories. The collection was not re-examined.
Content enclosed in brackets was supplied by the archivist.
- Title
- Barbour, Thomas, 1884-1946. Papers of Thomas Barbour, 1902-1946 : an inventory
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua57020
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
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