PEET, Max Minor

PEET, Max Minor (1885-1949) was born in Iosco, Michigan on October 20. He became a physician and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan. As a serious avocational ornithologist, Peet became an authority on North American birds, amassing one of the finest private collections of bird skins in North America. In 1945, he purchased the collection of more than 15,000 specimens from the estate of Henry H. Kimball. He donated the collection to the University of Michigan.

Peet collected birds on:

• San Clemente Island (1938)
• Santa Cruz Island (1935)

Peet married Grace Stewart Tait (1889-1955) in 1915, and they had three children:

• Max Minor Peet Jr.(1918-2008)
• Stewart Tait Peet (1921-2010)
• Martha Ann “Sis” Peet [McAndrew]

Peet died of a heart attack at age 64. He and his wife are buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Island Collections~

ISLAND	COLLECTOR	INSTITUTION	DATE	NUMBER	SPECIMEN
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-128512	Eremophila alpestris insularis	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet (?)	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-160984	Thyromanes bewickii leucophrys	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet (?)	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-165717	Carpodacus mexicanus clementis	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet (?)	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-165718	Carpodacus mexicanus clementis	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-166728	Melospiza melodia clementae	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-166729	Melospiza melodia clementae	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-166730	Melospiza melodia clementae	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-166731	Melospiza melodia clementae	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-166732	Melospiza melodia clementae	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet (?)	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-166733	Melospiza melodia clementae	Birds
San Clemente Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	June 21, 1938	UMMZ-166734	Melospiza melodia clementae	Birds

ISLAND	COLLECTOR	INSTITUTION	DATE	NUMBER	SPECIMEN
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-83264	Aphelocoma coreulescens insularis	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-124710	Larus occidentalis wymani	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-125275	Ptychoramphus aleuticus	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-125276	Ptychoramphus aleuticus	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-126760	Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-160427	Sitta canadensis	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-160972	Thyromanes bewickii nesophilus	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-160973	Thyromanes bewickii nesophilus	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-163384	Vireo huttoni huttoni	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-165620	Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-166298	Carduelis hesperophila	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-167898	Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-171422	Pipilo erythrophthalmus megalonyx	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-173991	Agelaius phoeniceus nevadensis	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-192532	Dendroica coronata auduboni	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-192869	Dendroica townsendi	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	M. M. Peet	UMMZ	November 4, 1935	UMMZ-234919	Corvus corax sinuatus	Birds