Department of Biology and Mammals Records 1913-1931

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Department of Biology and Mammals Records 1913-1931

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The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, catalogs, publications and other papers from the files of mammalogist Frederick Walter Miller. The materials date from 1916 to 1931.

6 boxes

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Denver Museum of Nature and Science,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6401962

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Colorado Museum of Natural History

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Elmer W. Merritt was a trustee and founding father of the Colorado Museum of Natural History (CMNH). Merritt was born in New York State on October 31, 1861, attended the University of Ann Arbor and arrived in Denver in 1879. He went into the lumber and mercantile business and eventually became connected with the Continental Oil Co. In 1885 he began a career in real estate and investment securities, forming the firm Merritt and Gromman. He served as Secretary ...

Miller, Frederick W.

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Frederick Walter Miller, naturalist, served the Colorado Museum of Natural History (CMNH) as a mammalogist for nineteen years before becoming the first director of the Dallas Museum of Natural History in 1936. While at the CMNH (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science), Miller in 1925-1926 and in 1928 was in charge of expeditions to South America. The first expedition saw the Museum party return to Denver with more than 1,200 specimens of South American wildlife. T...