Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916 creator mixed material monographic eng 5,850 18 3 8.4 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. Open to research. 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 Naturalists mm 78032490 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101.3 Open to research. DLC 780810 20260227111625.0 mm 78032490