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Dinosaur tracks

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Dexter Marsh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00108
Abstract

The collection covers Dexter Marsh's financial activity from 1830 to 1853, including expense books, journals, day books, bills, receipts, and a deed. The collection also includes two registers of visitors to his home in Greenfield, which housed his fossil collection until his death. The second register contains some journal entries made by Marsh's wife from 1853-1858. One photograph of Marsh is also included.

Dates: 1830-1853
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

General, undated

 File — Box 55: [Barcode: BG 55]
Dates: Other: undated
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Buildings and Grounds Collection / Series 3: Off-Campus Buildings and Real Estate / Sub-series B: Rental Housing for Faculty and Staff / Clark House, 74 College St.

[On fossil footmarks], [1845 summer]

 File — Box 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Section:

Section 1: Williston Seminary - contains a single item from 1845 on dinosaur tracks.

Dates: [1845 summer]
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Edward (AC 1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Family Papers / Series 1: Edward Hitchcock (AC 1849) - Personal Affairs / Sub-series B: Education / Section 1: Williston Seminary

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