C. Hart Merriam collection, [1899]

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C. Hart Merriam collection, [1899]

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Consists of a fragment of the Merriam archive on the Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899). It contains a notebook with photographs of seals of Alaska, approximately 130 gravures of Alaska, and a lot of photographs, manuscripts, prints, and maps.

2 linear ft. (3 small flat boxes, 1 oversize flat box)

Princeton University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8284116

Princeton University Library

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Merriam, Clinton Hart, 1855-1942

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C. Hart Merriam was a biologist who work for the Smithsonian Institution from 1910-1939. Merriam was born December 5, 1855 in New York City. His childhood was spent in Locust Grove, Lewis County, New York. Merriam’s father introduced him to Prof. Spencer Baird who attached the seventeen year old Merriam to a government expedition, the Hayden Survey. He spent a summer collecting birds and eggs in the Yellowstone region. That year, he attended college, first at the Pingry Military School in Elizab...

Harriman Alaska Expedition 1899

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The expedition was sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Photograph, [ca. 1899]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532497 The Expedition was financed by Edward Henry Harriman as a combination pleasure cruise and scientific expedition from May to August 1899. From the description of Arctic field photographs, 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517798 Originally proposed as a hunting expedition, Edward Harriman tr...