Correspondence

Scope and Contents This series is composed of 33 boxes containing the notebooks, diaries, correspondence, photographs, and other personal papers of Morris F. Skinner. It is a consolidation of the old VPA collections 24, 27a, and 27b. Boxes 1 & 1A through 19 (1906 – 1982) contain personal papers, correspondence, administrative documents,, field and study notes, maps, charts, photographs, original plates, drawings, materials for his bison study. Box 13 also contains an oral history interview...

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The collection consists of 73 notebooks listing Frick Laboratory specimens. The volume numbers are listed by state and locality within the state. The finding aid includes an abbreviation used on the spines of the various volumes and the state to which the abbreviation refers.

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The correspondence in this series is of personal nature. It includes correspondence between Henry Clay Frick (Child Frick's father) with architects regarding building of Long Island estate Clayton presented by Henry Frick to Childs Frick and his new wife. There is personal correspondence between Childs Frick and Richard K. Mellon, and miscellaneous personal correspondence.

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This series contains family photographs, notes on family history, Brown's personal correspondence, and writing by members of his family. It contains transcription of Brown's first wife Marion's diary of the 1904 field trip to Montana. There is also extensive collection of notes by Brown's second wife Lilian documenting their travels in Middle East, India, Burma, and Greece, her travel memorabilia and her correspondence regarding the travel.

Scope and Contents The department's records spanning 1924-1979 were deposited in the VP Archives at different times and in separate groupings. It has not always been possible to determine if files came from a secretary's or chairman's department office. The result is a collection with duplicated records and overlapping dates. This collecton contains personnel, administrative, departmental events, council matters, expeditions, and financial records of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology....