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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 7168
United States. Bureau of Biological Survey
Big Game Estimates and Inventories, 1928-1940
Historical Note
By letter of September 26, 1923, the Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey requested from the National Park Service yearly "information as to the number of the different kinds of big game animals in the various national parks, for use in reissuance of lists of national and state game and bird refuges." In 1937, the Biological Survey began annual inventories of big game throughout the country, compiling these statistics from estimates of the National Park Service, Forest Service, and its own field agents and cooperative units.
Descriptive Entry
These papers include correspondence, statistics, and material generated and collected by the Biological Survey in its administration of the inventory from 1928 to 1940. For similar records, see Record Unit 7146.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- United States. National Park Service
- United States. Bureau of Biological Survey
- United States. Department of the Interior
Subject
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7168, United States, Bureau of Biological Survey, Big Game Estimates and Inventories