Edward William Nelson papers, 1903-1963 (bulk 1916-1934).

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Edward William Nelson papers, 1903-1963 (bulk 1916-1934).

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A collection of manuscripts and printed items relating to Nelson's work as a conservationist and naturalist in Alaska, Arizona and Mexico. Includes correspondence with relatives and articles written by Nelson, as well as articles written about Nelson; materials collected by Robert Hale, a relative of E.W. Nelson, who transcribed some of the letters and prepared several short biographical profiles of Nelson; among other items is a letter, dated 1905 from Yellowstone, addressed to Daisie Wheeler Stevenson.

2 boxes (.6 linear ft.)

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Stevenson, Daisie Wheeler.

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Hale, Robert F.

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Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934

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Described by Theodore Roosevelt as ". . . one of the keenest naturalists we have ever had . . .," Edward William Nelson was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. He developed an interest in the outdoors around his boyhood home in New England, and in Chicago where his family moved in 1868. Shortly after enrolling in Cooke County Normal School in 1872, Nelson was invited to join Edward Drinker Cope and Samuel Garman on a fossil collecting trip to the Badlands of Wyoming. After returning to Chicago, h...