Paleontologists -- Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Series 2: Field correspondence, 1891-1969
Series
Identifier: VPA 101
Scope and Contents
The field correspondence was written by field workers relaying events during excavations and expeditions. The collection includes department field communications from 1891 to 1969. The years 1960, 1962-1968 are missing.
Notable names in the field correspondence include Henry Fairfield Osborn, Walter Granger, Barnum Brown, Ted Galusha, Charles Falkenbach, and G. G. Simpson.
Dates:
1891-1969
Series 2: Professional Correspondence, 1896 - 1942
Series
Scope and Contents
The professional correspondence includes letters between Brown and other paleontologists both within AMNH and elsewhere. It also contains correspondence regarding Brown's lecture tours and his application for copyright. There are also some letters from the public with paleontological enquiries.
Dates:
1896 - 1942
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
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