Correspondence, 1936-1968.

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Correspondence, 1936-1968.

Bogert's correspondence primarily reflects his research in many aspects of herpetology, especially Gila monsters, snakes, and thermal ecology of reptiles. Included are letters he wrote while conducting field work in Mexico and the American Southwest. Correspondence with Raymond B. Cowles concerns thermal ecology; Bogert and Roger Conant corresponded about their research projects and personal lives. Other leading herpetologists with whom Bogert maintained contact are E. Ross Allen, W. Frank Blair, George M. Bradt, Walter C. Brown, Fred R. Cagle, Doris M. Cochran, Helen T. Gaige, Howard K. Gloyd, Alice G.C. Grandison, Norman Hartweg, Peter Paul Kellog, Laurence M. Klauber, Arthur B. Loveridge, Thomas C. MacDougall, Sherman A. Minton, A.D. Moore, M. Graham Netting, James A. Oliver, H.W. Parker, Clifford H. Pope, Jay M. Savage, Karl P. Schmidt, Charles E. Shaw, Hobart M. Smith, Robert C. Stebbins, Ernest E. Williams, and William H. Woodin. Other correspondence reflecting his responsibilities as curator and chairman pertain to collection management, identification of specimens, publications, field trips, queries from the public, Museum and departmental administrative matters, and related concerns.

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Gaige, Helen Beulah Thompson.

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Netting, M. Graham

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Williams, Ernest E. (Ernest Edward)

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