Sherman, John D., 1931

The items in this collection reflect Stevens’ academic correspondence between the years of 1909 and 1959. The majority of the topics center on his collection of bee and wasp specimens, their proper naming, and their research value to other amateur and professional entomologists. Some correspondence also touches on his botanical and ornithological pursuits, including several letters between Myron H. Swenk, Stevens’ long time correspondent and co-author of the highly regarded paper entitled “The Harris’s Sparrow and the study of it by trapping.”

Due to the volume of individual letters and their relative original disorder, the correspondence in this collection is organized alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically therein. Date ranges of the correspondence are included on the folder tab for easier searching.