Elliott Coues correspondence
Collection
Call Number: MS 117
Overview
Collection of correspondence from Elliott Coues, an American ornithologist and Army surgeon, mainly with natural historian George Newbold Lawrence.
Dates
- Creation: 1868-1873; 1897
Creator
- Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 document case with 36 items)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS 117
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Ralph N. Ellis, 1945. Originally in brown envelope with return address label "Ralph Ellis, 2420 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California" and inscribed in pencil by Ellis "26 letters ALS Elliot Coues" and "Everritt, May 1936, $25.00 net."
Bought from Goodspeed (Flying Quill, New Series, Oct. 1965) by Kansas Collection.
Subject
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Elliott Coues Collection
- Subtitle
- Elliott Coues correspondence
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by am, April 2, 1982. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2005.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3105802066
- Preferred citation
-
Elliott Coues correspondence, Department of Special Collections, MS 117, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository