Naturalists--United States--19th century

The papers of the Blanding family of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, consist of one linear foot of diaries, family correspondence, and other papers spanning the years 1801-1920, with the majority of the material falling between 1834 and 1858.

Collection of original holograph manuscripts of portions of John Burrough's critical work, Literary Values (1902), with revisions by the author and annotations by the editor, dated 1902.

Three autograph letters written and signed by American naturalist and writer John Burroughs to an editor or publisher, Mr. Johnson, concerning birds and a critiques article by Maurier Thompson, dated 1881.