John C. Merriam papers, 1899-1938.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 70,000 items; 237 containers; 94.8 linear feetSubject(s): - Bertram, James, 1872-1934 -- Correspondence
- Bigelow, Henry Bryant, 1879- -- Correspondence
- Blakeslee, Howard Walter, 1880-1952 -- Correspondence
- Brookings, William DuBois, 1873-1950 -- Correspondence
- Butler, Ovid, 1880- -- Correspondence
- Chaney, Ralph W. (Ralph Works), 1890-1971 -- Correspondence
- Clark, Bruce L. (Bruce Lawrence), 1880- -- Correspondence
- Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889- -- Correspondence
- Eliot, Charles W. (Charles William), 1899-1993 -- Correspondence
- Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938 -- Correspondence
- Hall, Ansel F. (Ansel Franklin), 1894-1962 -- Correspondence
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 -- Correspondence
- Howard, Edgar Billings, 1887-1943 -- Correspondence
- Hughes, Raymond M. (Raymond Mollyneaux), 1873-1958 -- Correspondence
- King, Vernon L. -- Correspondence
- Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943 -- Correspondence
- Leland, Waldo Gifford, 1879-1966 -- Correspondence
- Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947 -- Correspondence
- Moulton, Harold Glenn, 1883-1965 -- Correspondence
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 -- Correspondence
- Packard, Earl L. (Earl Leroy), 1885- -- Correspondence
- Paton, Stewart, 1865-1942 -- Correspondence
- Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 -- Correspondence
- Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 -- Correspondence
- Rowe, L. S. (Leo Stanton), 1871-1946 -- Correspondence
- Stock, Chester, 1892-1950 -- Correspondence
- White, William Charles, 1874-1947 -- Correspondence
- Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964 -- Correspondence
- Wright, F. E. (Frederic Eugene), 1877-1953 -- Correspondence
- Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-1945 -- Correspondence
- Yerkes, Robert Mearns, 1876-1956 -- Correspondence
- Carnegie Institution of Washington
- National Research Council (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Institution
- Forests and forestry
- National parks and reserves
- Paleontology
- Authors
- Educators
- Paleontologists
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, reports, articles, notes, printed matter, drawings, maps, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Merriam's work as chairman of the National Research Council (U.S.), president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Also includes materials reflecting his interest in forestry and national parks. Correspondents include James Bertram, Henry Bryant Bigelow, Howard Walter Blakeslee, William DuBois Brookings, Ovid Butler, Ralph W. Chaney, Bruce L. Clark, Newton Bishop Drury, Charles W. Eliott, George Ellery Hale, Ansel F. Hall, Herbert Hoover, Edgar Billings Howard, Raymond M. Hughes, Vernon L. King, Frederick P. Keppel, Waldo Gifford Leland, Frank Rattray Lillie, Harold Glenn Moulton, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Earl L. Packard, Stewart Paton, Raymond Pearl, Elihu Root, L.S. Rowe, Chester Stock, William Charles White, Edwin Bidwell Wilson, F.E. Wright, Robert Sterling Yard, and Robert Mearns Yerkes.
Paleontologist, educator, and author.
Collection material in English.
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