Diaries: [microform]
Dates
- 1872-1893
Creator
Extent
16 Volumes (16 v. : ill. ;, 22 cm. or smaller.)
Language of Materials
English
Location of Originals Note
Indicator 1 Holder of originals: Rare Book Collection. Silver original shelved in the Negative Storage Room.
General Note
In 7 cases, 26 cm.
General Note
Cope's field diaries of his collecting expeditions in the West in 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879 (3 v.), 1881/82, 1883/85 and 1892/93. Also includes a notebook entitled "Paris journal" (1878) and field diaries of his collecting assistants, R.S. Hill (Kansas, 1877 and 1879. 2 v.), Frank Hazard (Nebraska, 1880), and Hazard's assistant, J.B. Asher (Kansas, 1881)
General Note
The diaries, written mostly in pencil, contain many illustrations, some colored, and numerous inserts, such as calling cards and notes on slips of paper.
General Note
Microfilm reel in Microfilmed Archives and Manuscripts box 24.
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--1 microfilm reel, 35 mm.
Creator
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Sponsor
- The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017).
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
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