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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Henry Edwards (1822-1909) Papers, A&M 1373, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Typescript copy of William Henry Edwards' Autobiographical Notes. Edwards was a naturalist from Coalburgh, W. Va. And is best known for his three volume "The Butterflies of North America" (1879-1897). Earlier he had published "Voyage up the Amazon" (1847).

The manuscript contains typed copies of letters from Alfred R. Wallace, H. W. Bates, Theodore L. Mead, Prof. D. J. Ansted, Richard V. Murray, Louis Agassis, Samuel W. Scudder, Addison Ballard, and Dwight W. Marsh.

Related Material

1373, 1614, 1951

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ansted, D. J.
• Authors -- Letters and papers
• Ballard, Addison
• Bates, H. W.
• Butterflies
• Coalburgh, W.Va.
• Edwards, William Henry.
• Entomology
• Marsh, Dwight W.
• Mead, Theodore L.
• Murray, Richard V.
• Scudder, Samuel W.
• Wallace, Alfred R.