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Contains 50 Results:

Osborn and Reeds paper, 1923

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 53
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Chester A. Reeds regarding paper by Osborn and Reeds.

Dates: 1923

Mount Holyoke College collection, 1917-1922

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 54
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Mignon Talbot of Mount Holyoke College and Hovey, regarding fire at Mount Holyoke, resulting loss of specimen collection, and attempts to obtain specimens from other institutions to rebuild collection.

Dates: 1917-1922

Price lists and catalogs, 1906

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Price lists from Ward's Natural Science Establishment and letter to Ward's.

Dates: 1906

Gladstone meteorite, 1915-1917

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 56
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding proposed sale of a meteorite to the museum by B. Dunstan.

Dates: 1915-1917

American Museum Journal, 1907, 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 57
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence containing requests for copies of American Museum Journal.

Dates: 1907, 1910

Printing paper for American Museum Journal, 1906

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 58
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with printers and paper manufacturers regarding paper to be used for printing American Museum Journal; paper samples from Dill and Collins Co.

Dates: 1906

Printing paper for American Museum Journal, 1900, 1906-1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 59
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with printers and paper manufacturers regarding paper to be used for printing American Museum Journal; paper samples from Dill and Collins Co. Also contains a folded personal letter from Horace Hovey to E.O. Hovey, dated 1900.

Dates: 1900, 1906-1910

Mine specimens, 1917-1919

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 60
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Primarily correspondence with mine operators, requesting permission to visit and obtain samples from newly discovered caves.

Dates: 1917-1919

Benchmark showing latitude, longitude and altitude of museum, 1911-1913

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Primarily correspondence between E. O. Hovey and museum administrators, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, U. S. Geological Survey, and New York City Board of Estimate and Apportionment, regarding design of a benchmark indicating latitude, longitude, and elevation of a point on museum grounds. Also contains sketches of proposed benchmark. Contains "Index to Letters" (1 p.).

Dates: 1911-1913

Faculty meetings, 1923-1924

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Chester A. Reeds to museum administrators and scientific staff regarding faculty meetings.

Dates: 1923-1924