Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated

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Edgar Alexander Mearns Papers, circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated

circa 1871-1916, 1934

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217241

This collection documents Mearns' career as a field naturalist and expedition member and consists of correspondence, 1898-1909, including copies of letters written by Mearns while he served on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition of 1909; biographical material on Mearns and his family; field notes, research notes, specimen lists, photographs, and related materials concerning Mearns' field work, 1871-1911; correspondence, photographs, drawings, and research data regarding Mearns' work on the United States-Mexican International Boundary Survey, circa 1891-1907; and correspondence, notebooks, newspaper clippings, and research materials concerning his survey of the mammals of Rhode Island, circa 1899-1902.

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