Edgar Alexander Mearns papers, (Record no. 39960)
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| control field | DLC |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm 78032490 |
| NUCMC control number | ms 70000961 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | S |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mearns, Edgar Alexander, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1856-1916. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Edgar Alexander Mearns papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1864-1918 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1876-1916). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 5,850 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 18 |
| Type of unit | containers plus |
| Extent | 3 |
| Type of unit | oversize. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 8.4 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 351 ## - ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS | |
| Organization | Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1883-1910; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1864-1918; Series 3: Military Correspondence, 1880-1911; Series 4: Special Correspondence, circa 1877-1916; Series 5: Miscellany, circa 1880-1916; and Series 6: Oversize, circa 1891-1898. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, reports, family papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Mearns's career as a naturalist and U.S. Army surgeon. Documents his activities as a collector of data on animal and plant life and his participation in the Smithsonian African Expedition led by Theodore Roosevelt in 1909. Includes correspondence with Roosevelt. |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Some photographs |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Naturalist and U.S. Army surgeon. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Roosevelt, Theodore, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1858-1919. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Roosevelt, Theodore, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1858-1919 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 34 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mearns family. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army |
| General subdivision | Medical care. |
| 611 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME | |
| Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Smithsonian African Expedition |
| Date of meeting or treaty signing | (1909) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Botany. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Natural history. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Scientific expeditions |
| Geographic subdivision | Africa. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Zoology. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Africa |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Africa |
| General subdivision | Discovery and exploration. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Army surgeons. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Naturalists. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101.3</a> |
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