Letters, 1846-1897

Series

Identifier: Archives Microfilm #36

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Microfilm copies of archives and manuscripts from central archives and other Science departments.

Dates

1846-1897

Conditions Governing Access

Some materials are restricted.

Biographical sketch

Naturalist and paleontologist, member of the National Academy of Science, professor of zoology and comparative anatomy.

Extent

3 boxes (636 items in 12 folders) : (3 boxes (636 items in 12 folders) : ill. ;, 27 x 32 cm.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Location of Originals Note

Indicator 1 Holder of originals: Rare Book Collection. Silver original shelved in the Negative Storage Room.

General Note

Contains chiefly letters written by Cope to his family and correspondence between him and Henry Fairfield Osborn, some illustrated or with newspaper clippings attached. Also included are childhood report cards, a few mss. of his poems and essays (1854), a pamphlet by him entitled "The marriage problem" (1888), shipping notices from expedition sites (1881-1884), and a copy of his will.

Cumulative Index/Finding Aids Note

Box 1. Letters, 1846-1875 -- Box 2. Letters, 1876-1888 -- Box 3. Letters, 1889-1897. Cope-Osborn correspondence, 1884-1897. Letters to Cope. Copy of Cope's will.

Reproduction Note

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--2 microfilm reels, 35 mm.