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{"value"=>"1958", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 1958", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1884/1964", "value"=>"1884-1964"}
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1884
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1964
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1884
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1884
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1964
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Ida M. Mellen papers"}
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- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Ida May Mellen (1877-1970) was an aquarist at the New York Aquarium, 1916-1929. She wrote books and articles in the fields of marine biology and felinology. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, family and personal papers, photographs, and printed matter. Includes personal letters, 1903-1959; correspondence, 1907-1960, with editors, publishers and others relating to Mellen's writings and professional interests; correspondence, 1925-1958, concerning cats; original manuscripts and typescripts of her major unpublished writings; typescripts of poems, lectures and radio talks; and genealogical papers including her study of Mellen family ancestry in America. Also, notes for her writings, personal notebooks, childhood diary and letters, family photographs, newsclippings, and scrapbooks containing her published articles and references to her in print."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Ida M. Mellen papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Mellen, Ida M., 1877-1970", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Born in N. Y. C., d. of Andrew Jackson Mellen and Mary Davis Sprague</p> <p>1893 - graduated from Lockwood Academy, Brooklyn</p> <p>1900 - graduated from Browne's Business College, Brooklyn</p> <p>1901-1916 - law reporter, N. Y. C.</p> <p>1908-1910 - student at Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole</p> <p>1916-1929 - aquarist, New York Aquarium, engaged in care and feeding of aquatic animals in captivity</p> <p>1929 - toured Europe studying public aquarium methods</p> <p>1930 - engaged in authorship and independent research</p> <p>Member: Alden Kindred of N. Y. City and Vicinity</p> <p>International Humane Education Foundation</p> <p>Thomas Paine Memorial Committee</p> <p>The World Calendar Assoc.</p> <p>Author: (monographs)</p> <p>\"The Whitefishes\" (with J. Van Osten), 1923</p> <p>\"A Table of Information Regarding Aquariums of the World\", 1925 (revised, 1928)</p> <p>\"The Natural and Artificial Foods of Fishes\", 1927</p> <p>\"The Treatment of Fish Diseases\", 1928</p> <p>(Books)</p> <p>Fishes in the Home, 1927 (revised, 1954)</p> <p>Young Folks' Book of Fishes, 1927</p> <p>Roof Gardening\", 1929</p> <p>1001 Questions Answered About Your Aquarium (with Robt. J. Lanier), 1935 (revised, 1953)</p> <p>A Practical Cat Book, 1939</p> <p>The Science and Mystery of the Cat, 1940</p> <p>Outstanding Members of the Mellen Tribe in America, 1941</p> <p>Twenty Little Fished (juvenile), 1942</p> <p>The Wonder World of Fishes, 1951</p> <p>The Natural History of the pig, 1952</p> <p>(Articles)</p> <p>Numerous articles and book reviews esp. in fields of marine biology and felinology</p> <p>SEE: Who's Who in Amer, vol. 31, 1960-1961; Contemporary Authors, vol. 7-8, 1963.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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8.5 linear feet (7 boxes, 8 v., 1 package)