Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 7230
United States National Museum, Department of Geology,
Biographical File

By William R. Massa, Jr.

Introduction

Descriptive Entry


INTRODUCTION

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

This biographical file was maintained by the United States National Museum's Department of Geology and several of its curators. Included in the file are biographies, obituaries, memoirs, and memorial service programs and addresses of prominent scientists, particularly American geologists and paleontologists, as well as some notable Smithsonian Institution personnel. Also included are newspaper feature stories about geologists and their important geological discoveries or contributions to their field of study. Many of the publications include published prints or an occasional photograph of the subject. The Department attached correspondence, 1836-1958, usually written by the subject, to some of the publications.

Box 1 of 19
Folder1   Abbe, Cleveland. Includes letter to Charles E. Munroe, October 26, 1896.
Folder2   Abbot, Charles G.
Folder3   Abbot, Henry Larcom.
Folder4   Abbott, Charles Conrad. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, February 12, 1876.
Folder5   Abel, Othenio.
Folder6   Adams, Charles Baker.
Folder7   Agassiz, Alexander. Includes published letters to Hon. Marshall McDonald, United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, March 14, 1891; April 14, 1891; and April 25, 1891.
Folder8   Agassiz, Louis Jean. Includes published letter to Benjamin Peirce, superintendent, United States Coast Survey, December 2, 1891.
Ahiers, Francis Henry. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder9   Aldrich, John Merton.
Folder10   Almera, Jaume.
Folder11   Anderson, Frank Marion.
Folder12   Angelin, Nils Peter.
Folder13   Angell, James.
Folder14   Armstrong, Edwin James.
Folder15   Ashburner, Charles Albert.
Folder16   Austin, George M.
Folder17   Baird, Spencer F. Includes letters to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, November 15, 1876; Joseph Henry, April 15, ? ; and Mr. Edwards, April 24, 1884.
Baker, Herbert Arthur. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder18   Baker, Marcus.
Ball, Francis Matthew. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder19   Bancroft, John Bevis Beeston.
Folder20   Barker, George Frederick. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, September 17, 1884.
Folder21   Barlow, Alfred Ernest.
Folder22   Barnard, Edward Emerson.
Folder23   Barrande, Joachim.
Folder24   Barrell, Joseph.
Folder25   Barrois, Charles.
Folder26   Bartlett, William H. C.
Folder27   Bartsch, Paul.
Folder28   Bassler, Ray S.
Folder29   Bather, Francis Arthur.
Folder30   Baur, Georg Herman.
Folder31   Bausch, Edward and William Bausch.

Box 2 of 19

Beasley, Cyril George. See under Norman Levi Bowen.

Folder1   Becker, George Ferdinand. Includes letter to Dr. Barus, August 1, 1900, and an anonymous correspondent, July 1, 1900.
Folder2   Beecher, Charles Emerson. Includes letter to Charles Schuchert, May 12, 1899.
Folder3   Beede, Joshua William.
Folder4   Beesley, Thomas.
Folder5   Bekkar, Hendrik.
Folder6   Bell, Alexander Melville.
Folder7   Bell, Robert.
Bell, William David. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder8   Benjamin, Marcus.
Folder9   Berthelot, Marcelin.
Folder10   Bertrand, Marcel.
Folder11   Beyrich, Ernst.
Folder12   Bidwell, John.
Folder13   Billings, Elkanah. Includes letter to Edward Orton, May 7, 1872.
Folder14   Billings, John Shaw. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, January 13, 1885, and Dr. Becker, December 20, 1909.
Folder15   Billings, Walter R.
Folder16   Bishop, Heber Reginald.
Folder17   Blake, John Hopwood.
Folder18   Blake, William Phipps. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, July 3, 1895.
Folder19   Blandy, John Frederic. Includes letter to William P. Blake, July 13, 1875.
Folder20   Bleicher, Marie-Gustave.
Folder21   Boltwood, Bertram Borden.
Folder22   Bombicci, Ruigi.
Folder23   Bonney, Thomas George. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, January 13, 1879.
Folder24   Booth, James Curtis. Includes manuscript on "Benefits resulting from the Survey," undated.
Folder25   Borg, Folk.
Boulton, William Savage. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder26   Bowditch, Henry Pickering. See also under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder27   Bowen, Norman Levi.
Folder28   Bownocker, John Adams.
Folder29   Brady, Henry Bowman.
Folder30   Branner, John Casper.
Folder31   Brashear, John Alfred.
Folder32   Breasted, James Henry.
Folder33   Brewer, William H.
Folder34   Bridge, Thomas William.
Folder35   Brigham, Albert Perry.
Folder36   Brinton, Daniel G.
Folder37   Broadhead, Garland Carr. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, April 1899.
Folder38   Brock, Reginald Walter.
Folder39   Brooks, Alfred H.
Folder40   Brooks, Thomas Benton.
Folder41   Brooks, William Keith.

Box 3 of 19
Folder1   Brown, Amos Peaslee.
Folder2   Brown, Ernest William.
Folder3   Brown, Roland Wilbur.
Folder4   Brown, S. C.
Folder5   Bruce, Archibald.
Folder6   Brush, George Jarvis. See also under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder7   Buch, Leopold von.
Folder8   Buckland, Frank.
Folder9   Buckman, Sidney Savory.
Folder10   Burchard, Ernest F.
Butterley, Donald. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder11   Bybee, Halbert Pleasant. Includes letter from Mrs. Ruth Bybee to Dr. Cumings, July 17, 1958.
Folder12   Cadwalader, John Lambert.
Folder13   Cahn, Lazard.
Folder14   Calvin, Samuel.
Folder15   Campbell, Guy.
Folder16   Canfield, Frederick Alexander.
Folder17   Canu, Ferdinand.
Folder18   Capellini, Giovanni.
Folder19   Carmichael, Leonard.
Folder20   Carpenter, Franklin R.
Folder21   Carty, John Joseph.
Folder22   Caswell, Alexis.
Folder23   Chadwick, George Halcott.
Folder24   Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas.
Folder25   Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder.
Folder26   Chandler, Charles Frederick.
Folder27   Chaney, Ralph Works.
Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder28   Chittenden, Russell H.
Folder29   Clark, Austin H.
Folder30   Clark, Charles Upson.
Folder31   Clark, John Willis.
Folder32   Clark, William Bullock.
Folder33   Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth
Folder34   Clarke, John Mason.
Folder35   Claypole, Edward Waller.
Clayton, Patrick Andrew. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder36   Cleaveland, Parker.
Folder37   Cleland, Herdman Fitzgerald.
Folder38   Cobbold, Edgar Sterling.
Folder39   Cockerell, Theodore D. A.
Folder40   Coffin, John Huntington Crane. Includes letter to Prof. Hall, April 26, 1886.
Folder41   Comstock, Cyrus Ballou.
Folder42   Comstock, George C.
Folder43   Comstock, Theodore Bryant. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, June 29, 1876.
Folder44   Conkling, Alfred R.
Folder45   Conrad, Timothy Abbott.
Folder46   Conybeare, William Daniel.

Box 4 of 19
Folder1   Cook, George Hammell. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, July 16, 1887.
Folder2   Cooke, C. Wyeth.
Folder3   Cooper, Byron Nelson.
Folder4   Cooper, G. Arthur.
Folder5   Cooper, Thomas. Includes letter from Ernest A. Viulleumier to Edgar F. smith, December 13, 1923.
Folder6   Cope, Edward Drinker. Includes letter to George Brown Goode, April 10, 1899, and a biographical manuscript fragment.
Folder7   Costa Sena, Joaquim Candido.
Folder8   Cottrell, Frederick Gardner.
Folder9   Coues, Elliott.
Folder10   Cox, Edward Travers.
Folder11   Coxe, Eckley B. Includes letter to Ben. W. Austin, December 3, 1894.
Folder12   Cozzens, Issachar, Jr.
Folder13   Crafts, James Mason.
Folder14   Crane, Will Edwin.
Folder15   Crookes, Sir William.
Folder16   Crosby, William Otis.
Folder17   Cumings, Edgar Roscoe.
Folder18   Curie, Marie Sklodowska.
Folder19   Curtis, George Carroll.
Folder20   Cushing, Henry Platt.
Folder21   D'Achiardi, Antonio.
Folder22   Dall, William H.
Folder23   Daly, Reginald Aldworth.
Folder24   Dana, Edward Salisbury.
Folder25   Dana, James Dwight. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, January 22, 1875.
Folder26   Dana, Samuel Luther.
Folder27   Darton, Nelson Horatio.
Folder28   Daubree, G. Auguste.
Folder29   Davidson, Thomas
Davis, Arthur George. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder30   Davis, William Morris.
Folder31   Dawaon, George M. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, April 7, 1896.
Folder32   Dawson, John William. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, February 5, 1883 (?).

Box 5 of 19
Folder1   Deane, James.
Folder2   Dechen, Heinrich von.
Folder3   Decker, Charles Elijah.
Folder4   DeGolyer, Everette Lee.
Folder5   DeKovinck, Laurent-Guillaume.
Folder6   Delesse, Achille-Ernest-Oscar-Joseph. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, December 14, 1879.
Folder7   DeLesseps, Viscount Ferdinand.
Folder8   Delgado, Joaquim Felippe Nery da Encarnacao
Folder9   Derby, Orville Adelbert.
Dinham, Charles Hawker. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder10   Dodge, William Earl.
Folder11   Doelter y Cisterich, Cornelio.
Folder12   Dohrn, Anton.
Folder13   Dolomieu, Deodat.
Folder14   Dormal, Victor.
Folder15   Drevermann, Fritz.
Folder16   Duane, William.
Folder17   Duncan, Peter Martin.
Durham, Thomas Stanley. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder18   Du Toit, Alexander Logie.
Folder19   Dutton, Clarence Edward. Includes letters to O. T. Mason, May 11, 1892, and ? Becker, September 26, 1885.
Folder20   Dwight, William Buck.
Folder21   Dyche, D. T. D.
Folder22   Eakle, Arthur Starr.
Folder23   Eaton, Amos.
Eccles, James Roland. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder24   Edison, Thomas Alva.
Edwards, Wilfred Norman. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder25   Egerton, William Henry.
Folder26   Eimbeck, William.
Folder27   Eldridge, George Homans. Includes letter to ? Becker, December 15, 1896.
Folder28   Emerson, Benjamin Kendall.
Folder29   Emmons, Ebenezer.
Folder30   Emmons, Samuel Franklin. Includes letters to George P. Merrill, June 20, 1897, January 30, 1905, and August 16, ?; and, Whitman Cross to Merrill, January 26, 1927.
Folder31   Endlich, Frederick M.
Folder32   Engelmann, George

Box 6 of 19
Folder1   Etheridge, Robert. Includes letter to ? Woodward, January 8, 1886.
Folder2   Ettingshausen, Constantin Freiherr von.
Fallot, Paul. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder3   Farlow, William Gilson.
Folder4   Favre, Ernest.
Folder5   Featherstonhaugh, George William.
Folder6   Ferasin, Francesco.
Folder7   Fernald, Charles Henry.
Folder8   Fewkes, J. Walter.
Field, Richard Montgomery. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder9   Fischer, Henri.
Folder10   Fisher, Albert Kenrick.
Folder11   Fisher, Osmond.
Folder12   Fletcher, Sir Lazarus.
Folder13   Floyd, Sergeant Charles.
Folder14   Foerste, August F.
Folder15   Foote, Albert E.
Folder16   Forbes, Stephan Alfred
Folder17   Ford, William Ebenezer
Folder18   Foshag, William F.
Folder19   Foster, Sir Clement LeNeve.
Folder20   Fox-Strangeway, Charles Edward.
Folder21   Fraipont, Charles de
Folder22   Frazer, Persifor.
Folder23   Freeman, John Ripley.
Freire d' Andrade, Carlos Bento. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder24   Friedel, Charles.
Folder25   Friedel, Georges.
Folder26   Fritsch, Karl Freiherr von.
Folder27   Fuchs, Leonhard.
Folder28   Fuller, Melville Weston.
Folder29   Gabb, William More.
Folder30   Galloway, Jesse James.
Folder31   Gannett, Henry.
Folder32   Gardner, Julia Anna.
Folder33   Gatschet, Albert Samuel.
Folder34   Gaudry, Jean Albert.
Folder35   Geare, Randolph Iltyd.
Folder36   Geikie, Archibald.
Folder37   Geinitz, Hanns Bruno.
Folder38   Genth, Frederick Augustus.
Folder39   Gesner, Abraham.
Folder40   Gibbs, Josiah Willard.
Folder41   Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott.
Folder42   Gidley, James W.

Box 7 of 19
Folder1   Gilbert, Grove Karl. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, January 4, 189(?).
Folder2   Gill, Theodore Nicholas. Includes letters to George P. Merrill, February 23, 1912, and J. (?) Hall, March 8, 1865.
Folder3   Gilman, Daniel Coit.
Folder4   Gilmore, Charles W.
Folder5   Girty, George Herbert.
Folder6   Goldschmidt, Victor.
Folder7   Gooch, Frank Austin.
Folder8   Goodale, George Lincoln.
Folder9   Goode, George Brown. Includes letter to William Jones Rhees, September 29, (?).
Folder10   Gorgas, William Crawford.
Folder11   Gosselet, Jules.
Folder12   Gould, Benjamin Apthorp. See also under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Gourley, Harold John Frederick. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder13   Grabau, Amadeus.
Grabham, George Walter. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder14   Gratacap, Louis Pope.
Folder15   Green, William Lowthian
Folder16   Greene, George K.
Folder17   Gregory, John Walter.
Folder18   Groth, Paul.
Folder19   Guppy, Robert John Lechmere.
Folder20   Haeckel, Ernst.
Folder21   Hague, Arnold.
Folder22   Hague, James Duncan. Includes letter to (?) Blake, May 8, 1876.
Haig, David Salusbury. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder23   Hale, Kelly.
Folder24   Hall, Asaph.
Folder25   Hall, James. Includes letters from John M. Clarke to Charles D. Walcott, September 30, 1899, and Ira Remsen to Walcott, December 9, 1898.
Hall, Thomas Clifford Fitzwilliam. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder26   Halstead, William Stewart.
Folder27   Harkness, William.
Folder28   Harpe, Phillippe de la.

Box 8 of 19
Folder1   Harris, Gilbert Dennison.
Folder2   Harris, Israel H.
Folder3   Hartt, Charles Frederic
Folder4   Hass, Wilbert Henry.
Folder5   Hatcher, John Bell.
Folder6   Hauer, Franz V.
Folder7   Hawn, Frederick.
Folder7A   Hay, Oliver Perry
Folder8   Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer.
Folder9   Hayes, Charles Willard.
Folder10   Hebert, Edmond.
Folder11   Hector, Sir James.
Folder12   Heer, Oswald.
Folder13   Heilprin, Angelo. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, May 26, 1892.
Folder14   Heim, Albert
Folder15   Henderson, Yandell.
Folder16   Henry, Joseph.
Henson, Frederick Arthur. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder17   Herrick, Charles Judson.
Folder18   Herrick, Clarence Luther.
Folder19   Herschel, Caroline Lucretia.
Heslop, Mary Kingdon. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder20   Hewitt, Abram Stevens. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, January 26, 1876.
Folder21   Hibbard, Raymond R.
Hickling, Henry George Albert. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder22   Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar.
Folder23   Hilgard, Julius Erasmus.
Folder24   Hill, George William.
Folder25   Hill, Robert Thomas
Folder26   Hillebrand, William F.
Hinton, Martin Alister Campbell. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder27   Hirschwald, Julius.
Folder28   Hitchcock, Edward.
Folder29   Hodge-Smith, Thomas.
Folder30   Holden, Edward Singleton. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, January 31, 1885.
Folder31   Holden, Frank E.
Folder32   Hollister, Ned.
Folder33   Holm, Gerhard.
Folder34   Holmes, Joseph Austin. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, January 11, 1904.
Folder35   Holmes, William Henry.
Folder36   Holub, Karl.

Box 9 of 19
Folder1   Hooker, Joseph Dalton.
Folder2   Hopkins, Archibald.
Folder3   Hopkins, Mark.
Folder4   Horne, John.
Folder5   Hotchkiss, Jed. V.
Folder6   Houghton, Douglass.
Folder7   Hovey, Edmund Otis.
Folder8   Howard, Leland Ossian.
Folder9   Howe, Henry Marion.
Folder10   Howell, Henry Hyatt.
Folder11   Hubbard, Gardiner Greene.
Huddleston, Albert. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder12   Hudson, George H.
Folder13   Huggins, Sir William.
Folder14   Hunt, Thomas Sterry.
Folder15   Huxley, Thomas Henry.
Folder16   Hyatt, Alpheus. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, April 15, 1876.
Folder17   Iles, Malvern Wells.
Folder18   Irving, Roland Duer.
Folder19   Jackson, Charles Thomas.
Folder20   Jahn, Jaroslav Jilji.
Folder21   James, Uriah Pierson.
Folder22   Jefferson, Thomas.
Folder23   Jenks, John W. P. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, November 6, 1875.
Folder24   Jesup, Morris Ketchum.
Folder25   Johnson, John Butler.
Folder26   Johnson, Samuel William.
Johnston, Mary Sophia. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder27   Jones, Thomas Rupert.
Folder28   Jordan, David Starr. Includes letter to William Jones Rhees, January 4, 1886.
Folder29   Julien, Alexis Anastay. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, February 20, 1889.
Folder30   Julien, Jean Baptiste.

Box 10 of 19
Folder1   Kaiser, Friedrich Wilhelm Erich.
Folder2   Kaufmann, Rudolf.
Keiller, Alexander. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder3   Kellogg, A. Remington.
Folder4   Kemp, James Furman.
Folder5   Kenna, John Edward.
Folder6   Kerr, Washington Caruthers. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, September 23 (?), 1884.
Folder7   Kettner, Radim.
Folder8   Keyes, Charles Rollin.
Folder9   Kiaer, Johan.
Folder10   Kinahan, George Henry. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, January 17, 1890.
Folder11   Kindle, Edward M.
Folder12   King, Clarence. Includes letters to ? Becker, undated, and Fielding B. Meek, March 9, ?.
Folder13   King, William Bernard Robinson.
Folder14   Klein, Joann Friedrich Carl. Includes a note by Klein, undated.
Folder15   Kluge, Hermann Augustus.
Folder16   Knight, James Brookes.
Folder17   Knowlton, Frank Hall.
Folder17A   Kobayashi, Teiichi
Folder18   Koenen, Adolf von.
Folder19   Koken, Ernst.
Folder20   Kolliker, Rudolph Albert von.
Folder21   Koninck, Laurent-Guillaume de.
Folder22   Kunz, George Frederick.
Folder23   Lacaze-Duthiers, Henri de.
Folder24   Lacoe, Ralph Dupuy.
Folder25   Ladd, William. Includes letter to Rev. Elijah Jones, January 13, 1836.
Folder26   Laflamme, Joseph Clovis K.
Folder27   Lane, Alfred.
Folder28   Langley, Samuel P. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, March 27, 1897.
Folder29   Lankester, Edwin Ray.
Folder30   Lapham, Increase Allen.
Folder31   Lapparent, Albert de.
Folder32   Lapworth, Charles.
Folder33   Larsen, Esper Signius, Jr. See also under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder34   Lasaulx, Arnold von.
Folder35   Laufer, Berthold.
Folder36   Lea, Isaac.
Folder37   Lea, Mathew Carey.

Box 11 of 19
Folder1   LeConte, John Lawrence.
Folder2   LeConte, Joseph.
Lees, George Martin. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder3   Leidy, Joseph. Includes letters to Spencer F. Baird, October 15, 1883, and James Hall, April 26, 1871.
Folder4   Leith, Charles Kenneth. See also under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder5   Lesley, John Peter. Includes letters to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, February 17, 1862, April 7, 1866, and December 31, 1878; and Edward V. D'Invilliers to George P. Merrill, July 23, 1906.
Folder6   Lesquereux, Charles Leo. Includes letter to Lester F. Ward, September 30, 1882.
Folder7   Leverett, Frank.
Folder8   Lewis, Henry Carvill.
Folder9   Lewis, James Frederick.
Folder10   Lieber, Francis.
Folder11   Liljevall, Georg.
Folder12   Lindgren, Waldemar.
Folder13   Lindstrom, Gustaf.
Folder14   Linnarsson, Jonas Gustaf Oskar.
Folder15   Linne', Carl von.
Lisson, Carlos I. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Little, Otway Henry. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder16   Locke, John,
Folder17   Lockwood, Samuel.
Folder18   Logan, William Edmond.
Folder19   Logan, William Newton.
Folder20   Longchamps, Selys.
Folder21   Longstreth, Miers Fisher.
Folder22   Longwell, Chester Ray.
Folder23   Lotti, Bernardino.
Folder24   Loughlin, Gerald Francis.
Folder25   Lovering, Joseph.
Folder26   Lowe, Ephraim Noble.
Folder27   Lucas, Anthony F.
Folder28   Lull, Richard S.
Folder29   Luther, S. Dana.
Folder30   Lyell, Charles.

Box 12 of 19
Folder1   Macfarlane, James.
MacGregor, Alexander Miers. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder2   Mackie, William.
Folder3   Maclure, William.
MacMillan, William Edward Frank. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
MacRobert, Rachel Workman. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder4   Madigan, Cecil Thomas.
Folder5   Maillard, Gustave.
Folder6   Mall, Franklin Paine.
Folder7   Mallery, Garrick.
Folder8   Malott, Clyde Arnett.
Folder9   Mann, William M.
Folder10   Marble, John Putnam.
Folder11   Marcy, Oliver. Includes letter to Dr. Sheppard, October 7, 1898.
Folder12   Marsh, Othniel Charles. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, December 18, 1885.
Folder13   Marshall, Patrick.
Folder14   Martelli, Alessandro.
Martin, Edgar Charles. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder15   Marvine, Archibald R.
Folder16   Mason, Max.
Folder17   Mason, Otis Tufton. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, August 12, ?.
Folder18   Mather, William Williams.
Folder19   Matthew, William D.
Folder20   Mayer, Alfred Marshall. Includes letter to William Jones Rhees, December 8, 1884.
Mayo-Smith, Richard. See under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder21   Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough.
McCall, James. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder22   McEwan, Eula Davis.
Folder23   McGee, William John. Includes letters to Spencer F. Baird, November 28, 1884; Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, December 21, 1877; and, George P. Merrill, January 24, 1885.
McMath, John Charles. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder24   Mearns, Edgar Alexander.
Folder25   Meek, Fielding B. Includes letters to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, December 6, 1855, and February 15, 1876.
Folder26   Meli, Romolo.
Folder27   Meltzer, Samuel Jones.
Folder28   Melville, George W.
Folder29   Mendel, Lafayette Benedict.
Folder30   Mendenhall, Charles Elwood.
Folder31   Mendenhall, Thomas Corwin.
Folder32   Mercalli, Giuseppe.
Folder32A   Merriam, John Campbell
Folder33   Merrill, George P. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, October 20, 1921.
Folder34   Meunier, Stanislas.
Folder35   Miller, Hugh.
Folder36   Miller, Samuel A.
Folder37   Minot, Charles Sedgwick.
Folder38   Miser, Hugh Dinsmore.
Folder39   Mitchell, Elisha.
Folder40   Mitchell, Samuel Latham.
Folder41   Moberg, Johan Christian.

Box 13 of 19
Folder1   Moissan, Henri.
Folder2   Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Jr.
Folder3   Moodie, Roy Lee.
Folder4   Moore, Charles.
Folder5   Moore, Eliakim Hastings.
Folder6   Morgan, Lewis Henry.
Folder7   Morley, Edward Williams.
Folder8   Morse, Edward Sylvester.
Folder9   Morse, Harmon Northrop.
Folder10   Morse, Paul Franklin.
Folder11   Morton, Henry.
Folder12   Mugge, Johann Otto Konrad.
Folder13   Murchison, Roderick Impey.
Folder14   Murray, Sir John.
Folder15   Neff, Peter.
Folder16   Nettelroth, Henry.
Folder17   Neviani, Antonio.
Folder18   Newberry, John Strong.
Folders19-20   Newcomb, Simon. Includes letter to Becker, undated.
Folder21   Newland, David Hale.
Folder22   Newton, Hubert Anson.
Folder23   Newton, Isaac.
Folder24   Nichols, Ernest Fox.
Folder25   Nickles, John Milton.
Folder26   Niggli, Paul.
Folder27   Niles, William Harmon. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, December 21, 1877.
Folder28   Noe, Adolf Carl.
Folder29   Nordenskiold, Nils Adolf Erik. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, November 9, 1876.
Folder30   Norwood, Charles Joseph.
Folder31   Nuttall, Thomas.

Box 14 of 19

Obruchev, Vladimir Afanasievich. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Ockenden, Maurice Albion. See under Norman Levi Bowen.

Folder1   Oehlert, Daniel P.
Folder2   Olmsted, Denison.
Folder3   Orton, Edward.
Folder4   Osborn, Henry Fairchild.
Folder5   Osburn, Raymond Carroll.
Folder6   Owen, David Dale.
Folder7   Owen, Richard - of Indiana.
Folder8   Owen, Richard - of London.
Folder9   Packard, Alpheus Spring.
Folder10   Palmer, Dorothy Kemper.
Folder11   Palmer, Ernest Jesse.
Folder12   Palmer, Theodore Sherman.
Folder13   Parks, William Arthur.
Folder14   Parry, Charles Christopher.
Folder15   Peale, Albert Charles.
Folder16   Peale, Titian Ramsay.
Folder17   Peary, Robert Edwin.
Folder18   Peirce, Benjamin Osgood.
Folder19   Penck, Walther.
Folder20   Penfield, Samuel Lewis.
Folder21   Pengelly, William.
Folder22   Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton, Jr.
Folder23   Percival, James Gates.
Folder24   Perret, Frank Alword.
Folder25   Peter, Robert.
Folder26   Pettee, William Henry. Includes letter to Mr. Dewey, December 20, 1888.
Folder27   Phillips, Alexander Hamilton.
Folder28   Pilling, James Constantine.
Folder29   Pinchot, Gifford.
Folder30   Pirsson, Louis Valentine.
Folder31   Plummer, Frederick Byron.
Folder32   Plummer, Helen Jeanne.
Folder33   Poch, Arturo Bofell y.
Folder34   Poey y Aloy, Felipe.
Folder35   Poincare, Henri.
Folder36   Pompeckj, Josef Felix.

Box 15 of 19
Folder1   Posepny, Bergarth Franz.
Folder2   Pourtales, Louis Francois de.
Folders3-5   Powell, John Wesley. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, November 23, 1883.
Folder6   Prestwich, Joseph.
Folder7   Prosser, Charles Smith.
Folder8   Prudden, Theophil Mitchell.
Folder9   Pumpelly, Raphael.
Folder10   Rammelsburg, Karl Friedrich.
Folder11   Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. Includes letter to G. F. Becker, October 21, 1895.
Folder12   Ramsay, Wilhelm.
Folder13   Rand, Theodore Dehon. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, November 1, 1888.
Folder14   Ransome, Frederick Leslie.
Folder15   Rath, Gerhard vom. Includes letters to anonymous correspondents, January 17, 1884 and April 10, 1887.
Folder16   Rathbun, Richard. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, April 28, 1878.
Folder17   Ravenel, William deC.
Raw, Frank. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder18   Redfield, William C. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, March 11, 1846.
Folder19   Reeside, John B., Jr.
Folder20   Remese, Morice.
Folder21   Repossi, Emilio.
Folder22   Resser, Charles Elmer.
Folder23   Reusch, Hans.
Richards, Edwin Percy. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Richards, Harold S. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder24   Richardson, Charles Henry.
Folder25   Richarz, Stephen.
Richter, Rudolf. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder26   Rinne, Friedrich Wilhelm Berthold.
Folder27   Ritter, Carl.
Folder28   Roberts, Elias H.
Folder29   Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln.
Folder30   Roemer, Ferdinand von.
Folder31   Roepper, Wilhelm T.

Box 16 of 19
Folder1   Rogers, Fairman.
Folder2   Rogers, Gaillard Sherburne.
Folder3   Rogers, Henry Darwin.
Folder4   Rogers, William A.
Folder5   Rogers-James Blythe, William Barton, Henry Darwin, and Robert Empie.
Folder6   Romer, Alfred Sherwood.
Folder7   Rominger, Carl Ludwig.
Folder8   Rood, Ogden Nicholas.
Folder9   Rosenbusch, Harry. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, November 19, 1905.
Folder10   Roth, Santiago.
Folder11   Rothwell, Richard Pennefather.
Folder12   Ruedemann, Rudolf.
Folder13   Russell, Israel C. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, undated.
Folder14   Ruthy, Frank.
Folder15   Ruzicka, Robert.
Folder16   Ryder, John A. Includes letter to George Brown Goode, July 18, 1889.
Folder17   Sabatini, Venturino.
Folder18   Sabine, Wallace Clement Ware.
Folder19   Sahni, Birbal.
Folder20   Sans, M. Faura I.
Folder21   Saporta, Gaston, Marquis de.
Folder22   Sardeson, Frederick William.
Folder23   Sargent, Charles Sprague.
Folder24   Sayles, Robert Wilcox.
Folder25   Schaffer, Franz X.
Folder26   Schmidt, Eduard Oscar.
Folder27   Schmitt, Waldo LaSalle.
Folder28   Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe.
Folder29   Schott, Charles Anthony.
Folder30   Schrader, Franz.
Folder31   Schuchert, Charles.
Folder32   Schweinitz, Emil Alexander de.
Folder33   Schwengel, Jeanne Sanderson.
Folder34   Schwinner, Robert.
Scudder, Samuel H. See under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder35   Sellers, William.
Folder36   Selwyn, Alfred R. C. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, July 14, 1885.
Folder37   Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate.
Shand, S. James. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder38   Shepard, Charles Upham.
Folder39   Shideler, William Henry.
Folder40   Shinn, William Powell.
Folder41   Shipley, Sir Arthur Everett.
Folder42   Shumard, Benjamin Franklin.
Folder43   Sibley, Sir Franklin.
Folder44   Silliman, Benjamin.
Folder45   Silliman, Benjamin, Jr. Includes letters to Prof. Thaner (?), July 29, 1894 and Fred P. Dewey, March 10, 1882; and C. M. O'Hearn to Edgar Roscoe Cumings, October 17, 1955.
Simmons, Herbert Samuel. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder46   Simony, Friedrich.
Folder47   Skinner, John.
Folder48   Slavika, Frantiska.
Folder49   Slocom, Arthur Ware.

Box 17 of 19
Folder1   Smillie, Thomas W.
Folder2   Smith, Alexander.
Folder3   Smith, Burnett.
Folder4   Smith, Edgar Fahs.
Folder5   Smith, Erwin F.
Folder6   Smith, Eugene Allen.
Folder7   Smith, George.
Folder8   Smith, John Lawrence.
Folder9   Smith, Stanley.
Folder10   Smith, Theobald.
Folder11   Smith, William.
Folder12   Smithson, James.
Folder13   Smythe, Charles Henry, Jr.
Folder14   Sorby, Henry Clifton.
Folder15   Spallanzani, Lazzaro.
Folder16   Springer, Frank.
Folder17   St. John, Orestes Hawley. Includes letter to Albert Charles Peale, January 25, 1886.
Folder18   Stanton, Timothy William.
Folder19   Statuti, Augusto.
Staub, Rudolf. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder20   Stearns, Robert Edwards Carter.
Folder21   Stebinger, Eugene.
Stebbing, William Pinckard Delane. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder22   Stefanini, Giuseppe.
Folder23   Steinmann, Gustav.
Folder24   Stejneger, Leonhard.
Folder25   Stephenson, Lloyd William.
Folder26   Sternberg, George Miller.
Folder27   Stevenson, John James.
Folder28   Stevenson, Matilda Coxe.
Folder29   Stimpeon, William. Includes letter fragment to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, February 28, 1858.
Folder29A   Stock, Chester
Folder30   Stockdale, Paris Buell.
Folder31   Stockton, Charles Herbert.
Folder32   Story-Maskelyne, Mervin Herbert Nevil. Includes an undated note.
Folder33   Stratton, Samuel Wesley.
Folder34   Strong, Moses.
Folder35   Stumm, Erwin Charles.
Folder36   Suess, Eduard. Includes a letter to anonymous correspondent, March 14, 1858.
Sujkowski, Zbigniew Leliwa. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder37   Sulc, Jaroslav.
Folder38   Swain, George Fillmore.
Folder39   Swallow, George Clinton.
Folder40   Symes, Richard Glascott.
Folder41   Taramelli, Torquato.
Folder42   Tarr, Ralph Stockman.
Folder43   Tarr, William Arthur.
Folder44   Taylor, Frank.
Folder45   Thevenin, Armand.
Folder46   Thomas, Abram O.
Folder47   Thompson, Zadoc.
Folder48   Thomson, William.
Folder49   Thurston, Robert Henry.
Folder50   Tillyard, Robin John.
Folder51   Tilton, John Littlefield.
Folder52   Torrey, John.

Box 18 of 19
Folder1   Trask, John B.
Folder2   Triebel, Erich.
Folder3   Troost, Gerard.
Folder4   Trueman, Sir Arthur Elijah.
Folder5   Trumbull, James Hammond. Includes letter to Henry T. Drowm (?), November 5, 1867.
Folder6   Tuomey, Michael.
Folder7   Twenhofel, William Henry.
Tyrrell, George Walter. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder8   Ulrich, Edward Oscar.
Folder9   Vallisneri, Antonio.
Folder10   Valpy, Robert Harris.
Folder11   van der Gracht, W. A. J. M. Van Waterschoot.
Van Hise, Charles Richard. See under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder12   Van't Hoff, Jacobus Henricus.
Folder13   Vanuxem, Lardner.
Folder14   Vaughan, T. Wayland.
Folder15   Vincent, Gerard.
Folder16   Vogt, Johan Herman Lie.
Folder17   Vonsen, Magnus.
Folder18   Vrba, Karel.
Folders19-20   Walcott, Charles D. Includes undated letter to George P. Merrill.
Folder21   Walcott, Charles D. (Mrs.)
Folder22   Walker, Thomas Leonard.
Folder23   Wallerius, Johan Gottschalk.
Folder24   Walther, Johannes.
Folder25   Ward, Henry Augustus.
Folder26   Ward, Lester Frank.
Folder27   Washburn, Edward Wight.
Folder28   Washington, Henry Stephens.
Watkins, David Edgar. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder29   Watkins, J. Elfreth.
Folder30   Watson, Thomas Leonard. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, September 30, 1899.
Folder31   Weaver, Charles Erwin.
Folder32   Wehrli, Hans.
Folder33   Weigelt, Jobannes.
Folder34   Weller, Stuart.
Folder35   Welling, James Clarke. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, August 26, 1893.
Folder36   Wells, Horace Lemuel.
Folder37   Wetmore, Alexander.
Folder38   White, Charles Abiathar.
Folder39   White, David.
White, Harold J. Osborne. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder40   White, Maynard Pressley.
Folder41   White, Theodore G.
Folder42   Whiteaves, Joseph Frederick. Includes letter to Charles Schuchert, January 14, 1892.
Folder43   Whitfield, Robert Parr. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, January 16, 1890.
Whitfield, Thomas Ward. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder44   Whitney, Francis Luther.

Box 19 of 19
Folder1   Whittlesey, Charles.
Folder2   Wilczynski, Ernest Julius.
Folder3   Wiley, Harvey Washington.
Folder4   Williams, George Huntington. Includes letters to George P. Merrill, March 5, 1881, July 21, 1893, and April 10, ?.
Folder5   Williams, Henry Shaler.
Folder6   Williams, James Steele.
Folder7   Williams, John Francis.
Folder8   Williams, William Mattieu.
Folder9   Willis, Bailey.
Folder10   Williston, Samuel Wendell. See also under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder11   Wilson, Alice Evelyn.
Folder12   Wilson, Thomas. Includes letter from George P. Merrill to Wilson, September 12, ?, and Wilson's reply, undated.
Folder13   Wilson, William Powell.
Folder14   Winchell, Alexander.
Folder15   Winchell, Horace Vaugh.
Folder16   Winchell, Newton Horace. Includes letter to the Director of the United States National Museum, November 9, 1885.
Folder17   Wing, Augustus. Includes letter to James Hall, August 27, 1870.
Folder18   Wolff, John Eliot.
Folder19   Woodward, Arthur Smith.
Folder20   Woodward, Harry Page.
Folder21   Woodward, Robert S.
Folder22   Woodward, Samuel.
Folder23   Woodworth, Jay Backus.
Folder24   Worthen, Amos Henry.
Folder25   Wortman, J. L.
Folder26   Wright, Albert Allen. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, November 2, 1892.
Folder27   Wright, Charles E.
Folder28   Wright, Edward Pulteney.
Folder29   Wright, Frederick Eugene.
Folder30   Wright, George Frederick.
Wright, James. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder31   Yahe, Hisakatsu.
Folder32   Yeates, William S.
Zans, Verners Alexsandrs. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder33   Zirkel, Ferdinand.
Folder34   Zittel, Karl Alfred von.


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