State Museum Director's, State Geologist's, and State Paleontologist's correspondence, drafts of publications, and photographs, 1844-1900.

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State Museum Director's, State Geologist's, and State Paleontologist's correspondence, drafts of publications, and photographs, 1844-1900.

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This series consists of correspondence, drafts of publications, notes, photographs, and occasional maps, pamphlets, and drawings accumulated by James Hall, State Geologist (1837-1898), State Paleontologist (1843-1898), Curator of the State Cabinet of Natural History (1866-1870), and Director of the State Museum of Natural History (1870-1894). Much of the material concerns the preparation and publication of the Paleontology of New York, prepared by Hall over several decades.

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New York State Archives

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