Papers, 1879-1932 : [microform]

Chiefly correspondence between Kunz and earth scientists, mineralogists, mineral dealers and collectors, museum and government officers, professors and students. Most of the letters deal with the acquisition, exhibition, exchange of or research on gemstones, pearls, ivory, new mineral specimens or meteorites; several hundred letters deal specifically with radioactive minerals, radium production and the effects of radiation on the color of gems. Also included are some related business documents, notes from Kunz's books, scientific papers and copies of his printed works.

The contents of the first 30 boxes were inventoried and appraised by Robert M. Hazen and Margaret Hindle Hazen (document dated August 1979). This inventory is microfilmed as part of Archives Microfilm #62. The last 4 boxes are smaller and inventoried separately.

Type of reproduction--Microfilm.; Place of reproduction--[New York, N.Y. :; Agency responsible for reproduction--American Museum of Natural History: Date of reproduction--1987]. Physical description of reproduction--17 microfilm reels, 35 mm.