Victor Audubon letters to John L. LeConte
name: label: Creator
content: Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860
label: Names
content: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
label: Names
content: LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming by the American Philosophical Society for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Selected from ASP's John Lawrence LeConte papers.
creator: label: Creator
content: Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Victor Audubon (1809-1862) was a painter and the son of illustrator and naturalist John James Audubon. 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. 

John L. LeConte (1825-1883) was an entomologist, an active member of the American Philosophical Society, and a founding member of the American Entomological Society.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (3 items on partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1852
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.auduvict
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. 196-198) 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.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This microfilm collection contains letters from Victor Audobon to John Lawrence LeConte concerning Audubon's father, John James Audubon.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the microfilmed letters to Samuel G. Morton from Victor and John James Audubon, 1836-1840, and the microfilmed John James Audubon and Audubon family letters, [circa 1783-1845]. Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds the Victor Gifford Audubon collection, 1845-1859. The American Philosophical Society holds the John James Audubon Papers, 1821-1845; the John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897; and the LeConte family papers, 1827-1901.