Mearns, Edgar Alexander,  1856-1916. <br/><br/>
Edgar Alexander Mearns papers, 1864-1918  (bulk 1876-1916). 

 - 5,850  items. 18  3  containers plus  oversize. 8.4  linear feet. 
 -  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. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Some photographs <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Naturalist and U.S. Army surgeon. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78032490  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. <br/>Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 --Correspondence.<br/>Mearns family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army --Medical care.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>Smithsonian African Expedition (1909) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Botany.<br/>Natural history.<br/>Scientific expeditions--Africa.<br/>Zoology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--Description and travel.<br/>Africa--Discovery and exploration.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Army surgeons.<br/>Naturalists.