Ernest Thompson Seton Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two pencil drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Ernest Thompson Seton was a writer, naturalist, and artist. He was was born Ernest Evan Thompson in South Shields, Durham, England on August 14, 1860 and moved to Canada as a child. In the 1890s he was appointed the official naturalist to the government of Manitoba. After moving to the United States he founded the Woodcraft Indians (later changed to the Woodcraft League of America) and cofounded the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. In 1931 he became an American citizen and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1946.
Extent
2 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains two pencil drawings by Seton.
- Drawings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Illustrators -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sketches Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Ernest Thompson Seton Collection, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Leslie Czechowski
- Date
- 01/14/2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- February 2021: Description updated by Caitlin Marineau.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Children's Literature Research Collections Collecting Area
