Papers, 1872-1900.

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Papers, 1872-1900.

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Papers consist of correspondence, collection lists and catalogs of material pertaining to Cope's acquisition of the Pampean Collection in France and of Cope's collection acquired through his own field work in the American West, and of the Cope Collection of fossils purchased by the American Museum of Natural History. Lists of specimens in the John Day Collection and of other segments of the Cope Collection collected by other fieldworkers. Also, typescripts of letters Cope wrote to various family members between 1847 and 1897 regarding family and personal matters, his education, his travels to collect fossil specimens, and his illnesses. Many letters provide vivid details of his successes in collecting and the difficult conditions he encountered in the field. A scrapbook contains information about the Cope and O.E. Marsh dispute concerning collecting in fossil quarries and competitive publication of their discoveries. Also, manuscript of Cope's writings, 1859-1900; compiled by Anna M. Brown. In addition, proofs of illustrations of a scientific illustration and tracing of original Cope drawings of brontosaurus.

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Marsh, O. E.

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Brown, Anna Muse

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Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897

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Vertebrate paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope became the leading theorist of the neo-Lamarckian movement in American biology. He sold his fossil collection to the American Museum of Natural History in 1894. From the guide to the Edward Drinker Cope Field diaries, 1872-1874, 1876-1877, 1879, 1881-1885, 1892, 1872-1892, (American Philosophical Society) Zoologist, paleontologist and educator. Member Society of Friends. Professor at Haverford College (1864-1867) and University o...

Cope family.

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