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Scope and Contents
Department of Vertebrate Paleontology correspondence from 1887-1966, alphabetized by subject or author. Hundreds of scientists worldwide are represented by correspondence and include Alexander Agassiz, Glover M. Allen, Florentino Ameghino, Erwin H. Barbour, Franz Boas, Stephen F. Borhegyi, Robert Broom, Barnum Brown, Hermon C. Bumpus, Edwin H. Colbert, Thomas Alva Edison, Walter Granger, William T. Gregory, Claude W. Hibbard, D.A. Hooijer, William T. Hornaday, Remington Kellogg, Charles R. Knight, George Kunz, Bjorn Kurten, Richard Swann Lull, Richard Lydekker, James Reid Macdonald, William D. Matthew, Malcolm C. McKenna, John C. Merriam, Charles C. Mook, J.P. Morgan (Sr. and Jr.), Frederick K. Morris, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Alfred Romer, Bobb Schaeffer, George Gaylord Simpson, Charles H. Sternberg, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jacob Wortman, and Zhongjian Yang (C. C. Young).
Dates
- 1887-1966
Language of Materials
English, French, German, Italian
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed in the Division of Paleontology. Please contact the collection manager for access; materials are sometimes restricted. https://www.amnh.org/research/paleontology/collections/vertebrate-paleontology-archives
Extent
From the Collection: 46.04 Linear Feet (111 boxes)
Creator
- From the Collection: American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology (Organization)
- From the Collection: Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Allen, Glover M. (Glover Morrill), 1879-1942 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Brown, Barnum (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: McKenna, Malcolm C. (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Merriam, J. C. (John Clark), 1829- (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Schaeffer, Bobb, 1913-2004 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Wortman, J. L. (Jacob Lawson), 1856-1926 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Nichols, Rachel H. (Rachel Husband) (Correspondent, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Vertebrate Paleontology Archives Repository
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024-5192