Letters to Samuel G. Morton from Victor and John James Audubon
name: label: Creator
content: Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851
label: Creator
content: Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860
label: Names
content: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1955 by the American Philosophical Society.
creator: label: Creator
content: Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851
label: Creator
content: Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Samuel G. Morton (1799-1851) was a physician, anatomy professor, naturalist, and physical anthropologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is most known for his work, Crania Americana, which was widely accepted and endorsed by pro-slavery advocates. 

John James Audubon (1785-1851) was an ornithologist, naturalist, painter, and illustrator. His work, The Birds of America was originally published as a four-volume elephant folio with 435 hand-colored plates of life-size depictions of individual bird species. The accompanying text was published separately in five volumes as Ornithological Biography. 

Victor Audubon (1809-1862) was John James Audubon's son. Along with his brother, John Woodhouse Audubon, he assisted his father with the production and sale of The Birds of America and The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Audubon continued to manage the business aspects of his father's work after John James Audubon's death.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (16 items on partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1836-1840
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mortsamu
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel P34 (fr. 224-237) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: American Philosophical Society, Samuel George Morton papers.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection consists of letters to Samuel G. Morton from Victor and John James Audubon.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the microfilmed Victor Audubon letters to John L. Le Conte, 1852, and the microfilmed John James Audubon and Audubon family letters, circa 1783-1845. The American Philosophical Society holds the Samuel George Morton papers, 1819-1850.