Smithsonian Institution, general correspondence, 1920 - 1964
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence with Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Concerns meetings, exchange of publications, casts, and specimen measurements. Also includes information about loans of fossils and exchange of duplicates.
Also includes correspondence from 1943 regarding the U.S. Army using the area around Kilpatrick Ranch, Sioux County, Nebraska for target practice and the concern that this would damage fossil bearing deposits.
Dates
- 1920 - 1964
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
