INTRODUCTION
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.In 1912, Oliver Perry Hay (1846-1930) was appointed research associate at
the Carnegie Institution of Washington to pursue the study of the vertebrate
animal life of the North American Pleistocene period. Hay was furnished with
office space in the United States National Museum (USNM) to conduct his
research. In addition, he assisted in working up and describing the USNM
collections in vertebrate paleontology. Hay's primary scientific
interest was the study of the Pleistocene vertebrata of North America. His
major contribution to the field of vertebrate paleontology was his
Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, 1902,
supplemented by the Second Bibliography and Catalogue of Fossil Vertebrata of
North America, 2 vols., 1929-1930. Other important works include The Fossil
Turtles of North America, 1908, and The Pleistocene Geology of North America
and its Vertebrated Animals, 3 vols., 1923-1927. Box 1 of 2
Incoming Correspondence, 1911-1930 Box 2 of 2
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Revised: February 8, 2006 HISTORICAL NOTE
DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
The papers of Oliver Perry Hay consist of incoming correspondence, mostly
concerning paleontological issues; and notes, drawings, bibliographies,
photographs, and related material regarding Hay's research on the Pleistocene
vertebrata of North America. Materials of special interest include
correspondence concerning Pleistocene fossil discoveries at Vero Beach,
Florida, 1917, and Frederick, Oklahoma, 1927.
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