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peteb — 2010-07-14T23:20:10Z

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peteb — 2010-07-14T23:20:10Z

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BradMandell — 2009-03-21T15:33:15Z

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BradMandell — 2009-03-21T15:33:15Z

include business location here and fix bullet list

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- * [http://www.library.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=1181 University of Rochester Archives,] Ward's Natural Science Establishment Papers - * [http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=320 The Minerological Record Label Archive,] images and history related to Ward's - * [http://www.wardsci.com Ward's Natural Science website] - * [http://www.wardsci.com/article.asp?ai=3 Ward's Natural Science history on Wardsci.com] - * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%27s_Natural_Science Ward's on Wikipedia] - * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Augustus_Ward Henry Ward on Wikipedia]	+ * [http://www.library.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=1181 University of Rochester Archives,] Ward's Natural Science Establishment Papers + * [http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=320 The Minerological Record Label Archive,] images and history related to Ward's + * [http://www.wardsci.com Ward's Natural Science website] + * [http://www.wardsci.com/article.asp?ai=3 Ward's Natural Science history on Wardsci.com] + * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%27s_Natural_Science Ward's on Wikipedia] + * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Augustus_Ward Henry Ward on Wikipedia] + + [[Comments]]

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alexandergartley — 2008-09-08T17:11:16Z

fixed spelling of 'institutions'

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- Ward's also served as the agent for foreign artists and craftsman to sell their wares to U.S. instititutions. Some notable artists working with Ward's at the turn of the 19th century included:	+ Ward's also served as the agent for foreign artists and craftsman to sell their wares to U.S. institutions. Some notable artists working with Ward's at the turn of the 19th century included:

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alexandergartley — 2008-09-08T17:10:58Z

bolded the organization's name in the description

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- Ward's Natural Science Establishment was founded in Rochester in ["1862"] by ["Henry August Ward"], providing taxidermy equipment, pre-stuffed taxidermy mounts, pre-selected museum mini-collections, and other "natural science materials." In the nineteenth century, Ward's grew to be an indispensable resource for the growing American museum movement- new museums looking to bulk up their collections quickly were able to purchase the most popular museum objects (mounted animal specimens, individual bones or whole skeletons, mineral samples, plaster casts of well-known Greco-Roman statuary, etc.) for public display.	+ '''Ward's Natural Science Establishment''' was founded in Rochester in ["1862"] by ["Henry August Ward"], providing taxidermy equipment, pre-stuffed taxidermy mounts, pre-selected museum mini-collections, and other "natural science materials." In the nineteenth century, Ward's grew to be an indispensable resource for the growing American museum movement- new museums looking to bulk up their collections quickly were able to purchase the most popular museum objects (mounted animal specimens, individual bones or whole skeletons, mineral samples, plaster casts of well-known Greco-Roman statuary, etc.) for public display.

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DaveMahon — 2007-12-18T13:00:09Z

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alexandergartley — 2007-12-16T03:37:04Z

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AdamDurand — 2007-06-30T13:00:54Z

Added some animal rights info

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- '''Odd useless information:''' Ward's was responsible for stuffing Jumbo, [the famous elephant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo], of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Jumbo is now for the most part contained in a jar of peanut butter.	+ Ward's has been criticized and protested by local and national animal rights groups. An undercover investigator from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETA PETA] infiltrated the company, where they videotaped employees injecting live animals with formaldehyde. The video [http://www.teachkind.org/ccu-resources.asp Classroom Cut-ups] features some of this video footage. Watch it on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh3c0Z7EDdI YouTube]. + + '''Odd useless information:''' Ward's was responsible for stuffing Jumbo, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo the famous elephant], of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Jumbo is now for the most part contained in a jar of peanut butter.

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RobertPolyn — 2007-04-18T23:14:00Z

added odd useless information for sake of linking wikipedia article - awesome

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RobertPolyn — 2007-04-05T15:28:31Z

linked ward's name, hoping someone will create a pge for him eventually

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peteb — 2006-12-15T00:23:22Z

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- * [http://www.designmuseum.org/design/leopold-rudolf-blaschka Leopold and rudolf Blaschka] - Working in glass, the Blaschkas created elegant models of single- and multi-celullar organisms, often based on the work of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel Ernst Haeckel].	+ * [http://www.designmuseum.org/design/leopold-rudolf-blaschka Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka] - Working in glass, the Blaschkas created elegant models of single- and multi-celullar organisms, often based on the work of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel Ernst Haeckel].

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JasonDettbarn — 2006-09-29T19:24:23Z

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	+ * [http://www.wardsci.com Ward's Natural Science website] + * [http://www.wardsci.com/article.asp?ai=3 Ward's Natural Science history on Wardsci.com] + * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%27s_Natural_Science Ward's on Wikipedia] + * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Augustus_Ward Henry Ward on Wikipedia]

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HeatherYager — 2006-07-30T01:11:12Z

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- Mounted specimens from Ward's were typically suspended using brass rods and hooks, with a wooden base. A Ward's nameplate was affixed to the base, reading "Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester N.Y."	+ Mounted specimens from Ward's were suspended using brass rods and hooks, with a wooden base. A Ward's nameplate was affixed to the base, reading "Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester N.Y."
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HeatherYager — 2006-07-30T01:09:42Z

more info, desc. of specimens available

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- Around the turn of the century, Ward's began to decline in prosperity. Better funding and increased public support meant that museums were able to create taxidermy departments within the institution, hire collections managers, and fund collecting expeditions to collect (or steal) "exotic" (and thus more desirable) specimens. The market for pre-prepared collections waned and, in 1928, the Ward family donated the Establishment to the University of Rochester. Since then, Ward's has been converted from museum supplier to science education supplier, enjoying prosperity throughout the twentieth century. According the the history section on the University of Rochester Archive page describing Ward's, the company was purchased by ["Science Kit"] in August of 1980, and continues to be a "leading educational supplier" today, with operations in ["Henrietta"], NY.	+ Ward's also served as the agent for foreign artists and craftsman to sell their wares to U.S. instititutions. Some notable artists working with Ward's at the turn of the 19th century included: + * [http://www.designmuseum.org/design/leopold-rudolf-blaschka Leopold and rudolf Blaschka] - Working in glass, the Blaschkas created elegant models of single- and multi-celullar organisms, often based on the work of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel Ernst Haeckel]. + * [http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=303 Emile Deyrolle], a notable French taxidermist and naturalist + + Some examples of Ward's items purchased in the late 1800s and early 1900s by the [http://www.carnegiemnh.org Carnegie Museum of Natural History] (text in quotations is taken from the exhibition labels in the museum's "Fierce Friends" exhibit): + * Blaschka glass animals (displayed with chromolithographs of illustrations from Ernst Haeckel's ''Art Forms in Nature'') + * Gorilla skeleton, c. 1900 (Skeleton was purchased and mounted by Ward's, who "gave it an upright, human-like posture") + * Dog skeleton, c. 1900 + * Horse skeleton, c. 1896 ("Carnegie Museum ordered extensively from Ward's at the end of the nineteenth century") + Mounted specimens from Ward's were typically suspended using brass rods and hooks, with a wooden base. A Ward's nameplate was affixed to the base, reading "Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester N.Y." + + At the start of the twentieth century, though, Ward's began to decline in prosperity. Better funding and increased public support meant that museums were able to create taxidermy departments within the institution, hire collections managers, and fund collecting expeditions to collect (or steal) "exotic" (and thus more desirable) specimens. The market for pre-prepared collections waned and, in 1928, the Ward family donated the Establishment to the University of Rochester. Since then, Ward's has been converted from museum supplier to science education supplier, enjoying prosperity throughout the twentieth century. According the the history section on the University of Rochester Archive page describing Ward's, the company was purchased by ["Science Kit"] in August of 1980, and continues to be a "leading educational supplier" today, with operations in ["Henrietta"], NY.
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FarMcKon — 2006-07-20T01:21:50Z

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HeatherYager — 2006-05-30T23:40:18Z

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HeatherYager — 2006-05-30T23:31:19Z

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	+ Ward's Natural Science Establishment was founded in Rochester in 1862, providing taxidermy equipment, pre-stuffed taxidermy mounts, pre-selected museum mini-collections (typically plaster casts), and other "natural science materials." In the nineteenth century, Ward's grew to be an indispensable resource for the growing American museum movement- new museums looking to bulk up their collections quickly were able to purchase the most popular objects (mounted animal specimens, mineral samples, plaster casts of well-known Greco-Roman statuary) to display in their museum. + + Around the turn of the century, Ward's began to decline in prosperity. Better funding and increased public support meant that museums were able to create taxidermy departments within the institution, hire collections managers, and fund collecting expeditions to seek the most exotic specimens. The market for pre-prepared collections waned and, in 1928, the Ward family donated the Establishment to the University of Rochester. + + + ==== External Links ==== + * [http://www.library.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=1181 University of Rochester Archives,] Ward's Natural Science Establishment Papers + * [http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=320 The Minerological Record Label Archive,] images and history related to Ward's + + + ---- + ''Not yet complete! Will add sources and more info once I get home and get to my museum history textbooks. -Heather''