02521cpcaa2200481 a 4500 mm 78032490 DLC 20260227111625.0 cr ||||||||||| 780810|||||||||||| eng mm 78032490 ms 70000961 DLC DLC dacs DLC S lcmd Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916. Edgar Alexander Mearns papers, 1864-1918 (bulk 1876-1916). 5,850 items. 18 containers plus 3 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. Open to research. 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. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Naturalist and U.S. Army surgeon. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence. Mearns family. United States. Army Medical care. Smithsonian African Expedition (1909) Botany. Natural history. Scientific expeditions Africa. Zoology. Africa Description and travel. Africa Discovery and exploration. Army surgeons. itoamc Naturalists. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101.3 39960 39960