Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence between renowned ornithologist Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945), and Swarthmore College mammologist, Robert K. Enders (1899-). The bulk of the content focuses on the Barro Colorado in Panama field station where they worked together on Neotropic fauna. There are 36 handwritten and typed letters by Chapman, as well as 13 carbon letters from Enders.

Scope and Contents This composite collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks on ornithology, photographs, and slides, as well as some financial records and house bills from numerous other collections related to ornithology. The correspondence primarily transpire between Frank M. Chapman and Swarthmore College mammologist, Robert K. Enders (1899-1988), between ornithologist Herbert Keightley Job and other ornithologists and naturalists including A.C. Bent, John Burroughs, Frank Chapman, Elliott...