Box 1

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.

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

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.).

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

Primarily correspondence between E. O. Hovey and museum administrators on various museum matters, including Hovey's acceptance of the position of Acting Director of the museum. Contains "Index to Letters" (1 p.).

Primarily correspondence between E. O. Hovey and museum administrators. Contains "Index to Letters" (1 p.)

Primarily correspondence between E. O. Hovey and museum administrators. Also contains minutes of Sub-Committee on Publications and statements of Department of Geology receipts and expenditures. Contains "Index to Letters" (1 p.)

Primarily correspondence among E. O. Hovey, Chester Reeds, and museum administrators regarding budgets for the Department of Geology. Also includes handwritten budgets and notes.

Correspondence among Hovey, Chester A. Reeds, and Henry Fairfield Osborn regarding appointment of Dr. Reeds as Associate Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology.

Correspondence regarding Hovey's appointment as Editor of the Publications of Division I and other editorial matters. Minutes of the Committee on Publication.