Robert B. Lawrence scrapbooks
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Abstract
The collection consists of three scrapbooks compiled by Robert B. Lawrence. They contain newspaper and magazine articles on birding, fishing, and hunting, dating from 1870 to 1933. All of the scrapbooks contain indexes. One of the scrapbooks specifically documents Lawrence's fowling (bird hunting) and egg collecting activities in Flushing (today part of Queens, NY), Long Island, and other areas of the United States. That scrapbook contains detailed information on bird sightings, and includes correspondence and two photographs of a Louisiana heron and a Great-tailed grackle on Green Island, Long Island, NY, dated 1927.
Biographical note
Robert Bowne Lawrence (1851-1941) was born and raised in the Bayside neighborhood of Flushing, Long Island, NY (today part of Queens County). He graduated from Columbia Law School and married Elizabeth "Nettie" Hyde Clements of New York City on April 24, 1884. He became a lawyer on Wall Street and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He died in 1941 and is buried in Flushing Cemetery.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of three scrapbooks compiled by Robert B. Lawrence. They contain newspaper and magazine articles on birding, fishing, and hunting, dating from 1870 to 1933. All of the scrapbooks contain indexes. One of the scrapbooks specifically documents Lawrence's fowling (bird hunting) and egg collecting activities in Flushing (today part of Queens, NY), Long Island, and other areas of the United States. That scrapbook contains detailed information on bird sightings, and includes correspondence and two photographs of a Louisiana heron and a Great-tailed grackle on Green Island, Long Island, NY, dated 1927.
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Open to users without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
The scrapbooks are in the public domain.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Robert B. Lawrence scrapbooks, 1977.155, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Houston Public Library, 1945. The scrapbooks were formally accessioned in 1977.
