Earl Hudson Reed (1918-?). He was curator at the Science Museum of
Springfield, MA . The Register (1987) gave his home number as 203-745-1220.



At 03:40 PM 04/05/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a mystery regarding a collector of freshwater mollusk shells.
>I am conducting research on the shells of Alasmidonta heterodon, or the
>Dwarf Wedge Mussel.  The specimens (shells) that I am examining are
>comming from museums in the U.S.  1 collection that I cannot find is named
>simply, "Ett. Reed, Enfield Connecticut", or "E.H. Reed".  This collection
>has a good number of heterodons which I would like to examine.  Does
>anyone know who this is?
>
>Sincerely,
>Maureen S. Bayer
>Institute of Ecosystem Studies
>Millbrook, NY
>
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