William Diller Matthew papers
Scope and Contents
William Diller Matthew's notebooks, notes, correspondence and manuscripts. He worked at the AMNH for thirty-two years. His more than 250 publications deal with the morphology and classification of the Eocene mammals and later Cenozoic mammals. He was especially interested in horses and he made them a showpiece of evolution. Evolution was the one theme on which he constantly wrote whether dealing with descriptions or comparisons. Box 1 contains biographical and bibliographic materials, Boxes 2-5 contain manuscript collections and two bound volumes of book typed manuscripts.
Box Contents
- Box 1
- Biographical material, handwritten notes (plus copies), published items, 1893 – 1930
- Box 2
- Manuscript collection 1926 – 1927
- Box 3
- Manuscripts, 1911, 1916, 1919
- Box 4
- Manuscripts, c. 1901 – 1926, 1979
- Box 5
- Manuscripts, 1913 – 1926
- Box 6
- Manuscripts, 1915, 1924, 1943
Dates
- 1893-1979
Creator
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed in the Division of Paleontology. Please contact the collection manager for access; materials are sometimes restricted. https://www.amnh.org/research/paleontology/collections/vertebrate-paleontology-archives
Extent
3 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 2 bound volumes)
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
General
Historic Call Number: 8:4
Formerly VPA 45
Creator
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 (Person)
Source
- Sternfeld, Ruth, d. 2007 (Compiler, Person)
- Title
- William Diller Matthew papers, 1893-1927
- Author
- Melissa Silvestri, Allyson Mellone, Alana Gishlick, 2021
- Date
- 2021 August
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Minimal level collection record created with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America grant, 2020.
Revision Statements
- August 2021: Based on Ruth Sternfeld's historic finding aid, Binder 7.
Repository Details
Part of the Vertebrate Paleontology Archives Repository
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024-5192
