Roosevelt, Quentin, 1934 - 1983
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence between Quentin Roosevelt II (grandson of Theodore Roosevelt) and Childs Frick regarding Roosevelt's and his friend Joseph W. Burden find of antelope fossils in an Arizona cave in 1934.
The fossils were sent to the Frick Laboratory and the find was subsequently published in a museum Novitates in October 1934.
The material includes hand drawn color sketches of the locality and the cave.
Also included is correspondence between the archive in AMNH and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library regarding the identity of Quentin Roosevelt and his mother Eleanor Bulter Alexander Roosevelt, whose note to Childs Frick is also included in the file.
Dates
- 1934 - 1983
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 Series: 3.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 (Person)
- From the Collection: American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology (Organization)
- From the Collection: Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer), 1890-1970 (Person)
- From the Collection: Brown, Barnum (Person)
- From the Collection: Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 (Person)
- From the Collection: Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 (Person)
- From the Collection: Cook, Harold J. (Harold James), 1887-1962 (Person)
- From the Collection: Davison, Frederick Trubee, 1896-1974 (Person)
- From the Collection: Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919 (Person)
- From the Collection: Mellon, Richard K. (Richard King) (Person)
- From the Collection: Nichols, Rachel H. (Rachel Husband) (Person)
- From the Collection: Oliver, James A. (James Arthur), 1914-1981 (Person)
- From the Collection: Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 (Person)
- From the Collection: Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sage, Dean, Jr. (Person)
- From the Collection: Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 (Person)
- From the Collection: Schaeffer, Bobb, 1913-2004 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Vertebrate Paleontology Archives Repository
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024-5192
