04608cpcaa2200757 4500 mm 78020628 DLC 20260227111623.0 cr ||||||||||| 790419|||||||||||| eng mm 78020628 ms 62004592 DLC DLC DLC dacs S lcmd Fisher, A. K. (Albert Kenrick), 1856-1948. A.K. Fisher papers, 1827-1957 (bulk 1867-1948). 17,000 items. 55 containers plus 2 oversize. 24 linear feet. Arranged in 10 series. Series 1: Family and Personal Papers, 1827-1957; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1867-1955; Series 3: Biographical Data and Notes, 1856-1953; Series 4: Field Notes, 1879-1887; Series 5: Subject File, 1870-1932; Series 6: Articles and Speeches, 1885-1941; Series 7: Photographs, circa 1856-circa 1953; Series 8: Miscellany, 1879-1948; Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1876-1884; and Series 10: Oversize, 1879-1899. Open to research. Correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, diaries, speeches, articles, reports, field notes and records, family papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, maps, drawings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Fisher's activities as an ornithologist and vertebrate zoologist. Documents an expedition (1891) to Death Valley; biological surveys (1892-1898) in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and other western areas; the Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); and Pinchot South Sea Expedition (1929). Also documents Fisher's association with the American Ornithologists' Union, U.S. Biological Survey, and Washington Biologists' Field Club. Subjects include conservation, forestry, game laws, and wildlife conservation. Family papers include those of Fisher's son, Walter K. Fisher, naturalist and artist; and daughter-in-law, Anne B. Fisher, author. Correspondents include Frank M. Chapman, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Ben Lilly, Edgar Alexander Mearns, C. Hart Merriam, Gifford Pinchot, Robert Ridgway, Witmer Stone, and Alexander Wetmore. Botanist, naturalist, and zoologist. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010022 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 Correspondence. Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Correspondence. Lilly, Ben, 1856-1936 Correspondence. Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 Correspondence. Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 Correspondence. Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 Correspondence. Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 Correspondence. Stone, Witmer, 1866-1939 Correspondence. Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978 Correspondence. Fisher family. United States. Bureau of Biological Survey. American Ornithologists' Union. Washington Biologists' Field Club. Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899) Pinchot South Sea Expedition (1929) Biology Washington (D.C.) Societies, etc. Biology West (U.S.) Conservation of natural resources. Forests and forestry. Game laws. Ornithology. Ornithology Societies, etc. Scientific expeditions Alaska. Scientific expeditions Oceania. Scientific expeditions West (U.S.) Wildlife conservation. Zoology. Alaska Discovery and exploration. Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) Discovery and exploration. Oceania Discovery and exploration. West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration. Botanists. itoamc Naturalists. itoamc Zoologists. itoamc Fisher, Anne B. (Anne Benson), 1898- Anne B. Fisher papers. Fisher, Walter K. (Walter Kenrick), 1878-1953. Walter K. Fisher papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010022 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010022.3 39855 39855