Charles D. Walcott, 1912
Series 1. PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1873-1928 AND UNDATED.
Series 2. FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1851-1922 AND UNDATED.
Series 3. CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED MATERIALS CONCERNING B. STUART WALCOTT, 1916-1929 AND UNDATED.
Series 4. LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1891-1926 AND UNDATED.
Series 5. DIARIES, 1870-1927.
Series 6. SCRAPBOOKS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1873-1927.
Series 7. BIOGRAPHIES AND OBITUARIES, 1914-1928, 1934-1939, AND UNDATED.
Series 8. DEGREES AND HONORS, 1892-1927.
Series 9. SPEECHES, 1898-1925 AND UNDATED.
Series 10. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1879-1898, 1903-1904, 1909, 1916, AND UNDATED.
Series 11. MANUSCRIPTS, 1879-1883, 1892, 1908, 1920, AND UNDATED.
Series 12. FIELD NOTES AND DRAWINGS, 1876-1930, 1934, 1940, AND UNDATED.
Series 13. CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE, MINUTES, REPORTS, FINANCIAL RECORDS, AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1901-1929 AND UNDATED.
Series 14. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE, MINUTES, AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1896, 1909-1911, 1921-1922, AND UNDATED.
Series 15. WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1897-1904.
Series 16. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, AND NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CORRESPONDENCE, AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1884-1901, 1918, AND UNDATED.
Series 17. GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1898-1924 AND UNDATED.
Series 18. PHOTOGRAPHS, 1860, 1868, 1877, 1895-1925, AND UNDATED.
Series 19. PUBLICATIONS, 1875-1928 AND UNDATED.
Series 20. ADD ACQUISITION, 1881-1898, 1911-1912 , 1921, AND UNDATED.
Series 21. CORRESPONDENCE, PHOTOGRAPHS, NOTES, AND LISTS ON CAMBRIAN AND PRE-CAMBRIAN ALGAE, 1906-1925.
Series 22. MISCELLANEOUS OVERSIZE.
Series 23. INTERPOSITIVE, DUPLICATE AND CIRCUIT CAMERA COPY NEGATIVES.
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Charles D. Walcott, 1912 |
Walcott was appointed Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution on January 31, 1907, and resigned from the USGS in April 1907. His administration at the Smithsonian was marked by numerous accomplishments, including the completion of the National Museum Building (now the National Museum of Natural History) in 1911. He was also successful in convincing Detroit industrialist Charles Lang Freer to donate his extensive Oriental art collection and money for a building during his lifetime rather than after Freer's death, as was originally intended. Walcott also set up the National Gallery of Art (predecessor to the National Museum of American Art) as a separate administrative entity in 1920. To administer Frederick G. Cottrell's gift of patent rights to his electrical precipitator, the Research Corporation was formed in 1912, with revenue from this patent, as well as future ones, to be used to advance scientific research at the Smithsonian and other educational institutions. Walcott served on the Corporation's Board of Directors for several years. To further increase the Smithsonian's endowment, Walcott was planning a major fundraising effort; but this was not pursued following his death an February 9, 1927. In 1922, he and his wife established a fund in their names at the Smithsonian to support paleontological research.
Despite his many administrative responsibilities as Secretary, Walcott was able to find time to continue his research and collecting of fossils from the Cambrian and Ordovician periods, with primary focus on the Canadian Rockies. In 1909 he located Cambrian fossils near Burgess Pass above Field, British Columbia. The following season he discovered the Burgess shale fauna, which proved to be his greatest paleontological discovery. Most of this research was published in various volumes of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections from 1908-1931. His one major publication during this period was Cambrian Brachiopoda, published in 1912. Walcott continued to return to the Canadian Rockies for most seasons through 1925, when he made his last field expedition. As one of the foremost scientific figures in Washington, Walcott helped to establish several organizations with international renown and restructure existing national organizations. In 1902, Walcott, along with several other prominent individuals, met with Andrew Carnegie to establish the Carnegie Institution of Washington as a center for advanced research and training in the sciences. Walcott served the Institution in several administrative capacities. He was also instrumental in convincing Carnegie that the Institution should have laboratories built for scientists rather than use his gift solely for research grants.
Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896, Walcott played a role in having the Academy become more actively involved in national science policy by serving in many official capacities. In addition to serving on innumerable committees, he held the offices of treasurer, vice president, president, and council member. He was also appointed to two presidential committees--Timber Utilization and Outdoor Recreation--in 1924 and was reappointed to both in 1926. He was the Academy's first recipient of the Mary Clark Thompson Medal. Following his death, his wife established the Charles Doolittle Walcott Fund for achievements in Cambrian research.
In 1916 the Academy, at the request of President Woodrow Wilson, created the National Research Council within the Academy to assist the federal government in the interest of national preparedness. Walcott, as one who met with Wilson, became actively involved in the organization of the Council by sitting on many of its committees, including one which planned for the present headquarters of the Council and the Academy. Walcott contributed significantly to the development of American aviation. He pressed for the establishment of the National Advisory Committee for Aviation, which was a predecessor of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He was instrumental in establishing air mail service, organizing the Committee on Aerial Photographic Surveying and Mapping, and writing the Air Commerce Act of 1926. Besides his scientific activities, Walcott lent his influence to other groups, such as the George Washington Memorial Association. That group attempted to create a memorial to Washington by forming an institution to promote science, literature, and the arts, just as Washington had proposed should be done.
Walcott was married three times - to Lura Ann Rust (d. 1876), to Helena Breese Stevens (d. 1911), and to Mary Morris Vaux (d. 1940). By his second wife he had four children: Charles Doolittle, Sidney Stevens, Helen Breese, and Benjamin Stuart. Charles died while a student at Yale, and Benjamin was killed in action in France while flying for the Lafayette Flying Corps. In 1914 Walcott married Mary Morris Vaux, who, while accompanying him on his field trips, studied and painted North American wildflowers. Her work was published in five volumes by the Smithsonian in 1925.
Although Walcott never received an academic degree, he was the recipient of numerous honorary degrees from colleges and universities in the United States and Europe. His colleagues recognized his contribution to paleontology by awarding him the Bigsby and Wollaston Medals from the Geological Society of London; the Gaudry Medal of the Geological Society of France; and the Hayden Medal from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. He also served as a founder and president, 1899-1910, of the Washington Academy of Sciences; president of the Cosmos Club, 1898; president, 1915-1917, of the Washington Branch of the Archeological Institute of America; and president, 1925-1927, of the American Philosophical Society.
 Charles D. Walcott, 1920 |
1920 field work in Alberta
1920-1921 Member, NAS's Federal Relations Committee
1920-1922 Chairman, Committee on Budget (jointly with NAS and
NRC)
Member, NRC's Committee on Building Stone and Committee on Building
Plans
1921 field work in Alberta
1921 Freer Gallery
of Art building completed
Received first Mary Clark Thompson Medal from NAS
1921-1924 President, National Parks Association
1921-1927 Chairman, NRC's Executive Committee of Division of Federal Regulations
1922 field work in Alberta and British
Columbia
Established Charles D. and Mary Vaux Walcott Fund at Smithsonian
1922-1923 Member, NRC's Committee on Stabilization of Permanent
Foundations
Chairman, Committee on Finance (jointly with NAS and NRC)
1922-1925 Member, NRC's Committee on Building
Member, NRC's
Committee on Policies
1923 field work in Alberta and British
Columbia
President, American Association for the Advancement of
Science
Freer Gallery of Art opened
1923-1924 Chairman, Committee on Dedication of the New Building (jointly with NAS and NRC)
1923-1925 Member, NRC's Interim Committee
Member, Executive
Committee, Committee on Exhibits in the New Building (jointly with NAS and
NRC)
1923-1927 Second Vice Chairman, NRC
1924 field work in Alberta and British Columbia
1924-1925 Member, Committee on Exhibits (jointly with NAS and NRC)
1925 Field work in
Alberta
Life Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1925-1927 President, American Philosophical Society
1926 Helped draft Air Commerce Act of 1926
1926-1927 Board of Trustees, National Parks Association
February 9, 1927 died in Washington, D. C.
The Charles D. Walcott Collection documents his personal, professional, and
official life as well as activities of his family. Included are papers from
his scientific and educational activities at the local and national levels,
his career as a paleontologist, his administrative career with the United
States Geological Survey (USGS) and to a lesser extent with the Smithsonian,
and material on one of his sons' participation in World War I. Some of the
collection postdates Walcott's life, including condolences to his family, an
unpublished biography, correspondence between the biographer and Mrs. Walcott,
and paleontological field notes by some of his colleagues. For records
relating to Walcott's family there are diaries; photographs; and correspondence
with his children, his last two wives, and other family members. There is a
considerable amount of material consisting of correspondence, photographs,
memorabilia, publications, and official documents from the French and German
governments concerning Benjamin Stuart Walcott's involvement with the
Lafayette Flying Corps in France during World War I and efforts to establish a
memorial in France for the Corps. Other personal records include legal
documents; personal financial records; and family correspondence concerning
financial investments in power companies, the prolonged illness and death of
his son Charles, the death of his wife, Helena, and his daughter's travels
through Europe. Walcott's professional life is divided between his
service with the USGS and the Smithsonian. Documenting his USGS years are
photographs; speeches; scrapbooks; reports and correspondence from his work on
forest reserves, the investigation of scientific work conducted by the federal
government, and land reclamation; and annual reports. Walcott's Smithsonian
career is documented primarily by correspondence written while serving as
honorary curator of paleontology and Acting Assistant Secretary in charge of
the United States National Museum. One scrapbook includes extensive
correspondence from scientists, government officials, and friends upon the
occasion of Walcott's appointment as Secretary of the Smithsonian. For a more
complete record of Walcott's association with the Smithsonian, the records of
the Office of the Secretary (Record Units 45 and 46), records of the Assistant
Secretary, Acting (Record Unit 56), and two special series relating to the
budget (Record Unit 49) and to the Research Corporation (Record Unit 51)
should be consulted. For Walcott's career as a paleontologist, there is
documentation in his field notes; publications of his as well as those of
others in related areas; manuscripts; diaries; and photographs, including
panoramic views of the Rockies in Alberta, British Columbia, and Montana. In
addition, there are paleontological field notes by Ray T. Bassler, Charles
Elmer Resser, and Edward Oscar Ulrich. Walcott's role in promoting and
developing national science policy is partially covered in the records
relating to his involvement in the National Academy of Sciences, National
Research Council, Washington Academy of Sciences, and the Carnegie Institution
of Washington. Included are legal documents, correspondence, committee
minutes, reports, proceedings, financial statements, membership lists, and
related materials. Additional material on the Washington Academy of Sciences
can be found in Record Unit 7099. Records documenting Walcott's involvement in
the administration and development of the other organizations exist at those
institutions. His affiliation with the George Washington Memorial Association
is documented with correspondence, trustees' minutes, histories of the
Association, and drawings and plans for a building. For other national
developments there is correspondence covering Walcott's participation on the
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Other types of materials in
this collection include certificates, diplomas, awards, and occasionally
correspondence concerning his election to honorary and professional societies
and the receipt of honorary degrees, and scrapbooks and diaries which touch on
events throughout his life. See also the online exhibition Beauty in
Service to Science: The Panoramas of Charles D. Walcott. This series consists of correspondence with scientists and financial and governmental advisers. Correspondence concerns Walcott's appointment as Director of the United States Geological Survey and his simultaneous position as Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum; the Franz Boas controversy, 1919-1920, relating to Boas' article, "Scientists as Spies" (see especially Nicholas Murray Butler, A. Mitchell Palmer, and William Barclay Parsons); Walcott's personal financial investments with utility companies (see especially Lucien Lucius Nunn, P. J. Nunn, J. R. Nutt, Telluride Association, and Telluride Power Company); his participation on several committees relating to the development of aeronautics (see especially Newton D. Baker and J. F. Victory); the development of a national irrigation program and the construction of reservoirs in the western United States (see especially Cyrus C. Babb, Morris Bien, C. B. Booth, Edward Henry Harriman, George H. Maxwell, Elwood Mead, and Frederick Haynes Newell); the reorganization of governmental scientific work (see especially Francis T. Bowles, Washington Lee Capps, William Crozier, and Theodore Roosevelt); and the centralization of national health bureaus into one federal department (see especially Irving Fisher and Theodore Roosevelt). Box 1 of 117
DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
SERIES 1.
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1873-1928 AND UNDATED.
| Folder | 1 | A, 1881-1927. Correspondents include Cleveland Abbe, Charles G. Abbot, Alexander Agassiz, Frederick H. Allen, Joseph S. Ames, Aviation Commission of the State of New York, and Paul P. Ashworth. | |
| Folder | 2 | B, 1874-1925. Correspondents include C. Babb, Spencer F. Baird, Newton D. Baker, Charles Barrois, Walcott D. Bartlett, Alexander Graham Bell, Albert Smith Bickmore, Morris Bien, W. L. Biersach, Cornelius L. Bliss, C. B. Boothe, Francis T. Bowles, Lim Bradley, John Casper Branner, Reginald Walter Brock, Paul Brockett, L. White Bushey, and Nicholas Murray Butler. | |
| Folder | 3 | C, 1892-1926 and undated. Correspondents include Washington Lee Capps, R. C. Carpenter, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Russell Hurlburt Chittenden, The Chronicles of America Picture Corporation, William Bullock Clark, John Mason Clarke, Calvin Collidge, Frederick Vernon Coville, and William Crozier. | |
| Folder | 4 | D, 1881-1927. Correspondents include James Dwight Dana, William M. Davis, J. William Dawson, David T. Day, George Parmly Day, Melvil Dewey, and Thomas E. Dougherty. | |
| Folder | 5 | E, 1882-1923. Correspondents include Clarence R. Edwards, Charles W. Eliot, and Samuel Franklin Emmons. | |
| Folder | 6 | F, 1888-1923. Correspondents include Herman Leroy Fairchild, J. Walter Fewkes, Irving Fisher, Frank P. Flint, Fabian Franklin, Persifor Frazer, Francis F. Frothingham, and Melville Weston Fuller. | |
| Folder | 7 | G, 1886-1925. Correspondents include Henry Gannett, Helen Garfield, James Rudolph Garfield, George Washington Memorial Association, Grove Karl Gilbert, Daniel Coit Gilman, Robert H. Goddard, Henry S. Graves, and Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor. | |
| Folder | 8 | Ha-Hi, 1884-1927. Correspondents include Arthur Twining Hadley, George E. Hale, William Ten Eyck Hardenbrook, Warren Gamaliel Harding, William Rainey Harper, Edward Henry Harriman, Mary W. Harriman, Jess B. Hawley, Oliver Perry Hay, Charles Willard Hayes, Frank Healy, Dwight B. Heard, John Grier Hibben, and F. A. Hitchcock. |
Box 2 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Ho-Hy, 1879-1928 and undated. Correspondents include Joseph Austin Holmes, William Henry Holmes, Elon Huntington Hooker, Herbert Hoover, William Temple Hornaday, Anna C. Horsey, Edmund Otis Hovey, Ales Hrdlicka, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, F. von Huene, Archer M. Huntington, and Alpheus Hyatt. | |
| Folder | 2 | I, 1908-1911, 1922. Correspondents include Joseph Paxson Iddings and John D. Isaacs. | |
| Folder | 3 | J, 1888-1927. Correspondents include Herman Jennings, Albert M. Johnson, and David Starr Jordan. | |
| Folder | 4 | K, 1879-1925. Correspondents include Edward M. Kindle, Clarence King, Alfred L. Kroeber, Julius Kruttschnitt, and George Frederick Kunz. | |
| Folder | 5 | L, 1894-1926. Correspondents include Franklin K. Lane, Samuel P. Langley, William H. Lovett, and A. Lawrence Lowell. | |
| Folder | 6 | M, 1885-1927. Correspondents include Sir Patrick T. McGrath, Arthur W. McMahon, Jules Marcou, G. F. Matthew, George H. Maxwell, Elwood Mead, John C. Merriam, George P. Merrill, A. A. Michelson, Gerrit Smith Miller, Jr., Robert Andrews Millikan, and Willis L. Moore. | |
| Folder | 7 | N, 1902-1927. Correspondents include the National Research Council, Frederick Haynes Newell, Francis G. Newland, F. C. Noon, P. N. Nunn, and J. R. Nutt. | |
| Folder | 8 | Lucien Lucius Nunn, 1909- May 1912. |
Box 3 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Lucien Lucius Nunn, June 1912-1914. | |
| Folder | 2 | O, 1913-1926. Includes correspondence from Henry Fairfield Osborn. | |
| Folder | 3 | P, 1881-1925. Correspondents include A. Mitchell Palmer, William Barclay Parsons, Gifford Pinchot, Josef Felix Pompeckj, John Wesley Powell, and Henry S. Pritchett. | |
| Folder | 4 | Q, 1916. | |
| Folder | 5 | R, 1889-1926 and undated. Correspondents include Richard Rathbun, William deC. Ravenel, F. R. C. Reed, Frank R. Reid, Ira Remsen, Hans Reusch, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Roosevelt Memorial Association, and Elihu Root. | |
| Folder | 6 | Sa-Sm, 1873-1927. Correspondents include Orestes Hawley St. John, Rollin D. Salisbury, L. F. Schmeckebier, Charles Schuchert, Science Service, C. E. Seashore, Alfred R. C. Selwyn, George Otis Smith, and Reed Smoot. | |
| Folder | 7 | So-Sw, 1880-1926 and undated. Correspondents include George O. Squier, Andrew Squire, O. M. Stafford, Frederick Steigmeyer, Amelia T. Stevens, Augustus C. Stevens, Breese J. Stevens, Holmes B. Stevens, John James Stevenson, Douglas Stewart, and Samuel Wesley Stratton. | |
| Folder | 8 | T, 1883, 1902-1927, and undated. Correspondents include William Howard Taft, David W. Taylor, Telluride Association, Telluride Power Company, and Telluride Realty Company. |
Box 4 of 117
| Folder | 1 | U, 1927. Includes letter to Edward Oscar Ulrich. | |
| Folder | 2 | V, 1880-1926. Correspondents include Charles Richard Van Hise and J. F. Victory. | |
| Folder | 3 | W, 1886-1927 and undated. Correspondents include Ellis P. Walcott, Frederick C. Walcott, Henry P. Walcott, G. M. Whicher, David White, Robert Parr Whitfield, Henry Shaler Williams, Bailey Willis, Samuel Wendell Williston, Woodrow Wilson, Newton Horace Winchell, and Robert S. Woodward. | |
| Folder | 4 | Y, 1891-1922. Includes correspondence from Robert Sterling Yard. | |
| Folder | 5 | Personal Outgoing Correspondence, May 25, 1882- June 30, 1883; January 8, 1887; May 23, 1887; and March 11, 1889. Correspondents include Alexander Agassiz, J. M. Butler, Robert A. Clark, Rufus F. (?) B. Clarke, Arnold Hague, James Hall, Charles Haskell, John D. McChesney, James McGrath, John Strong Newberry, James Constantine Pilling, John Wesley Powell, Edward Oscar Ulrich, Henry Shaler Williams, Joseph Frederick Whiteaves, Robert Parr Whitfield, and Lyman Child Wooster. | |
| Folder | 6 | Personal Outgoing Correspondence, April 27, 1893- February 15, 1894. Correspondents include Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Edward Curran, Volney Eaton, Edward Hurlbert, Lawrence Hurlbert, Jessie U. Jones, Nicholas E. Kernan, J. DePeyster Lynch, S. Janes McKee, Maria Moore, Alanzo Rust, Holmes B. Stevens, Clarence F. Stone, W. S. Valiant, Mary L. Walcott, C. E. White, and William Pierrepont White. (Located in Box 92, Folder 1) | |
| Folder | 7 | Personal Outgoing Correspondence, October 4, 1895- December 20 (?), 1900. Correspondents include A. H. Earnest, Daniel Coit Gilman, A. L. Green, S. James McKee, A. B. McNickle, John A.Melby, F. B. Sheldon, C. DeLaney Walcott, Ellis P. Walcott, C. E. White, William Pierrepont White, S. (?) W. Woodward, and A. J. Youmans. (Located in Box 92, Folder 2) |
This series consists of correspondence written by members of Walcott's immediate family and relatives; the correspondence is arranged by recipient. Topics discussed include the sickness and death of his son, Charles D., Jr.; the death of Walcott's second wife, Helena; the travels of his daughter, Helen, in Europe (see also under Anna C. Horsey in Series 1); Walcott's investments in real estate with his family; and the educational plans of his other sons, Sidney S. and B. Stuart Walcott. Also included are memorabilia of Walcott's immediate family.
Box 4 of 117
| Folder | 8 | Holmes B. Stevens, 1892. Includes correspondence from his sister, Helena B. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 9 | Mary M. Vaux, 1912, 1916, and undated. Correspondents include B. Stuart Walcott and Charles D. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 10 | B. Stuart Walcott, 1900, 1906-1908, 1912-1914, and undated. Correspondents include Charles D. Walcott, Charles D. Walcott, Jr., and Helen Walcott. See also under Sidney S. Walcott below. |
Box 5 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Charles D. Walcott, 1890-1911.Correspondents include M.C. Codman, Helen Garfield, Holmes B. Stevens, Mary M. Vaux, B. Stuart Walcott, Charles D. Walcott, Jr., Frederick C. Walcott, Helen Walcott, Helena Walcott, Mary L. Walcott, and Sidney S. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 2 | Charles D. Walcott, January-May 1912. Correspondents include Helen B. Sanford, Amelia T. Stevens, Mary M. Vaux, Charles D. Walcott, Jr., Helen Walcott, and Sidney S. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 3 | Charles D. Walcott, June-December 1912. Correspondents include B. Stuart Walcott, Charles D. Walcott, Jr., Helen Walcott, and Sidney S. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 4 | Charles D. Walcott, 1913-1918, 1921-1922. Correspondents include Horace D. Taft, B. Stuart Walcott, Helen Walcott, and Sidney S. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 5 | Charles D. Walcott, undated or incomplete dates. Correspondents include B. Stuart Walcott, Charles D. Walcott, Jr., Helen Walcott, and Sidney S. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 6 | Charles D. Walcott, Jr., 1908-1912 and undated. Correspondents include Charles D Walcott and Helen Walcott. | |
| Folder | 7 | Ellis P. Walcott, 1851, 1912, 1916. Includes correspondence from his brother Charles D. Walcott and his father Charles D. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 8 | Frederick C. Walcott, 1911-1919. Includes correspondence from Charles D. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 9 | Helen Walcott, 1906-1917, 1922, and undated. Correspondents include Charles D. Walcott, Charles D. Walcott, Jr., and Sidney S. Walcott. See also under Anna Horsey in Series 1. |
Box 6 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Helena B. Walcott, 1890-1894. Correspondents include John D. Burns, Mary D. Hurd, Elizabeth Walcott Pettibone, Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown, Holmes B. Stevens, Sidney Augustus Stevens, Charles D. Walcott, Sarah T. Walcott, and Harriet H. Williams. | |
| Folder | 2 | Helena B. Walcott, 1899-1908. Correspondents include Charles D. Walcott, Jr., Helen Walcott, Sidney S. Walcott, and Sidney Augusta Stevens Williston. | |
| Folder | 3 | Helena B. Walcott, February-April 1909. Correspondents include Helen Walcott and Sidney S. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 4 | Helena B. Walcott, May 1909-1911 and undated. Correspondents include B. Stuart Walcott, Charles D. Walcott, Jr., Helen Walcott, Mary Josephine Walcott (Aunt Josie), and Sidney S. Walcott. | |
| Folder | 5 | Sidney S. Walcott, 1900, 1905-1906, 1909-1914, 1917, 1919, 1921-1922, and undated. Correspondents include Charles D. Walcott, Charles D. Walcott, Jr., Helen Walcott, and Helena Walcott. | |
| Folder | 6 | Letter fragments and incomplete names, 1899-1909 and undated. | |
| Folder | 7 | Memorabilia of B. Stuart Walcott. Included are scholastic reports and a school composition book. (See also Series 3) | |
| Folder | 8 | Memorabilia of Charles D. Walcott. Includes a program from banquet in honor of his resignation as Director of the United States Geological Survey, 1907; patent certificate for railroad spike, 1907; address book; copy of indenture, 1922, establishing the Charles D. and Mary Vaux Walcott Research Fund; and invitations. | |
| Folder | 9 | Memorabilia of Charles D. Walcott, Jr. Included is an academic report for freshman year at Yale's Sheffield Scientific School, 1910-1911. | |
| Folder | 10 | Diaries of Charles D. Walcott, Jr., 1905-1909 and undated. | |
| Folder | 11 | Memorabilia of Helen Walcott. Included are school compositions, 1911; drawings, 1907, 1911; inventories of personal property left in the Smithsonian Institution Building, 1922; scholastic records, 1907-1908; and savings account book, 1896-1918. (See also Box 92, Folder 3) |
Box 7 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Memorabilia of Helena B. Walcott. Included are instructions for domestic help, menus, and inventory, 1910, of residence in Washington, D.C.; savings account book, 1898-1905; and related materials. | |
| Folder | 2 | Memorabilia of Mary V. Walcott, 1928-1929. | |
| Folder | 3 | Memorabilia of Sidney S. Walcott. Included are examples of school work, 1904, 1910, and 1915-1916. | |
| Folder | 4 | Detail of rear porch of Charles D. Walcott's house, undated. |
This series consists primarily of correspondence concerning B. Stuart Walcott's service as a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps in France during World War I; the verification of his death in France in1917; letters of condolence to Charles D. Walcott; the organization of memorial activities for the Corps and B. Stuart Walcott; and the publication of B. Stuart Walcott's letters written prior to and during his service. Also included are photographs of Walcott, military documents, and other personal documents.
Box 7 of 117
| Folder | 5 | A-B, 1917-1922 and undated. Correspondents include Charles G. Abbot, Frederick H. Allen, Henri M. Ami, J. L. Baity, Newton D. Baker, Charles Barrois, Walcott D. Bartlett, Charles Baskerville, Alexander Graham Bell, W. L. Biersach, Eliot Blackwelder, Pierre Boal, and George Lincoln Burr. | |
| Folder | 6 | C-E, 1917-1929 and undated. Correspondents include William R. Castle, Jr., E. G. Chadwick, John Mason Clarke, E. G. Conklin, Josephus Daniels, William F. Durand, Effects Bureau of the War Department, and the Escadrille Lafayette Memorial Association. | |
| Folder | 7 | F-K, 1917-1925 and undated. Correspondents include C. W. Ford, B. D. Foulois, Charles L. Freer, James Rudolph Garfield, Captain Gastin, Frank L. Greene, Edmund L. Gros, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Edgar Guerard Hamilton, John Grier Hibben, Elon Huntington Hooker, Edmund Otis Hovey, J. H. H. Hutton, Jr., Joseph Paxson Iddings, and Julius Kruttschnitt. | |
| Folder | 8 | L-P, 1917-1929 and undated. Correspondents include A. de LaGrange, Robert Lansing, Edward J. Loughran, James F. McElhone, William L. McLean, William L. McLean, Jr., Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, Robert Andrews Millikan, Morgan, Harjes and Company, Frederick Haynes Newell, Lucien Lucius Nunn, Henry Fairfield Osborn, George M. Ovington, George W. Perkins, John J. Pershing (see also under Newton D. Baker above), Princeton University, and Henry S. Pritchett. | |
| Folder | 9 | R-S, 1916-1926. Correspondents include William deC. Ravenel, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles McK. Saltzman, Jacob Schiff, Charles Schuchert, George Otis Smith, George O. Squier, O. M. Stafford, Joseph Stanley-Brown, Amelia T. Stevens, Holmes B. Stevens, and Stuart Walcott Post No. 10. |
Box 8 of 117
| Folder | 1 | T-Z, 1917-1925 and undated. Correspondents include Benjamin R. Tilman, George F. Tyler, Charles Richard Van Hise, Frederick C. Walcott, and John Wingate Weeks. | |
| Folder | 2 | Correspondence between Charles D. Walcott and B. Stuart Walcott, 1917. | |
| Folder | 3 | Unidentified letters and incomplete names, 1917-1918, 1921-1927, and undated. Includes fragments of letters written by B. Stuart Walcott. | |
| Folder | 4 | Copy of B. Stuart Walcott's birth certificate, 1917. | |
| Folder | 5 | Benjamin Stuart Walcott's Passport to France, 1917. (Located in Box 93, Folder 11) | |
| Folder | 6 | Photographs of B. Stuart Walcott. Includes his gravestone, his French Aviation Pilot Badge and Croix de Guerre, and a bombed house in France. | |
| Folder | 7 | Will probate, 1918. | |
| Folder | 8 | Miscellaneous French aviation documents, 1917. | |
| Folder | 9 | Canceled Checks, 1917, and savings account book, 1918(?)-1919. | |
| Folder | 10 | Copy of application for commission in Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, 1917. | |
| Folder | 11 | Military citations, 1917-1922. | |
| Folder | 12 | Death certificates and notices, 1918. | |
| Folder | 13 | Materials relating to the Escadrille Lafayette Memorial Association and B. Stuart Walcott's burial, 1920-1924 and undated. Includes photographs. | |
| Folder | 14 | Foreword written by Charles D. Walcott about his son and extracts of letters published in the National Geographic Magazine (January 1918). | |
| Folder | 15 | Copies of Princeton Alumni Weekly, The Daily Princetonian, and ExLibris, 1918. Contains extracts of B. Stuart Walcott's letters. | |
| Folder | 16 | Copies of Graves Registration Service Bulletins issued by the War Department, memoranda, a program from the Princeton Memorial Services, and miscellany. | |
| Folder | 17 | Copy of Above the French Lines: Letters of Stuart Walcott, American Aviator, Killed in Combat December 2, 1917. | |
| Folder | 18 | Copy of Ten Years of Princeton '17: A Record of the Class of 1917 of Princeton University for the Decade 1917-1927. |
Included in this series are legal documents of the Walcott family relating to financial investments; annual reports of companies in which Charles D. Walcott was a stockholder; and bills, receipts, canceled checks, and bank statements of Charles D. Walcott.
Box 9 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Legal Documents of the Walcott family, 1891-1914 and undated. | |
| Folder | 2 | Annual reports and financial statements of companies in which Charles D. Walcott was a stockholder, 1903-1916 and undated. | |
| Folder | 3 | Insurance policy and receipts, 1909-1919. | |
| Folder | 4 | Income tax reports, 1914-1917. | |
| Folders | 5-6 | Bills and receipts, 1905-1925. |
Box 10 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Bills and receipts, undated. | |
| Folder | 2 | Canceled checks and bank statements, 1911, 1926. | |
| Folder | 3 | Savings account books of Charles D. Walcott, 1895-1904 and 1915-1921. |
This series consists of diaries documenting Walcott's official, personal, and family activities; observations on national and international affairs; his geologic research; and personal cash accounts.
Box 10 of 117
| Folders | 4-7 | Diaries, 1870-1873. | |
| Folders | 8-9 | Diaries, 1876-1877. Diary, 1876, includes a picture of Lura R. Walcott, 1873. |
Box 11 of 117
| Folders | 1-7 | Diaries, 1878-1884. |
Box 12 of 117
| Folders | 1-8 | Diaries, 1885-1892. |
Box 13 of 117
| Folders | 1-8 | Diaries, 1893-1900. |
Box 14 of 117
| Folders | 1-8 | Diaries, 1901-1908. |
Box 15 of 117
| Folders | 1-7 | Diaries, 1909-1915. |
Box 16 of 117
| Folders | 1-7 | Diaries, 1916-1922. |
Box 17 of 117
| Folders | 1-5 | Diaries, 1923-1927. |
This collection of scrapbooks documents many of Walcott's activities as well as family history. Also included are photographs and clippings dealing with topics of interest to Walcott. Of particular importance is a scrapbook from 1907 containing letters of congratulations to Walcott upon his appointment as the fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian.
Box 17 of 117
| Folder | 6 | Scrapbook I, 1873-1901. |
Box 18 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Scrapbook II, 1897, 1902-1906, 1908. | |
| Folder | 2 | Scrapbook III, 1906-1908. | |
| Folder | 3 | Scrapbook III A, 1907. Pages 1-89. Consists of letters of congratulation upon Charles D. Walcott's appointment as Secretary of the Smithsonian. Correspondents include Frank O. Adams, Alexander Agassiz, M. Allorye, Henri M. Ami, Egbert Bagg, W. F. Bain, Lucy H. Baird, Robert Ball, Charles Barrois, Walcott D. Bartlett, Ray S. Bassler, George Ferdinand Becker, Alexander Graham Bell, Mabel G. Bell, Francis G. Benedict, Albert Smith Bickmore, Julius Bien, Jr., Frank H. Bigelow, John Shaw Billings, John Alfred Brashear, L. P. Breckenridge, Albert Perry Brigham, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Hermon Carey Bumpus, Charles E. Busey (?), Frank L. Campbell, W. W. Campbell, Andrew Carnegie, Jane Charlton, William Bullock Clark, Marion Dall Connor, Charlotte M. Conger, William V. Cox, William Crozier, Caroline Healey Dall, Marcus Dall, Joseph Silas Diller, Anna P. Draper, J. G. Dudley, Charles Rochester Eastman, Theodore N. Ely, Barton Warren Evermann, Charles M. Ffoulke, Robert Fletcher, Melville Weston Fuller, Henry Gannett, James Rudolph Garfield, Grove Karl Gilbert, Daniel Coit Gilman, W. F. M. Goss, Herbert E. Gregory, Carl E. Grunsky, Frank W. Hackett, George E. Hale, Arthur A. Hamerschlag, Edward Singleton Holden, William Jacob Holland, Joseph A. Holmes, Leland Ossian Howard, Mary D. Hurd, Wilson Hutchins, Joseph Paxson Iddings, Robert T. Jackson, William B. Jansen, Mary Jennings, David Starr Jordan, J. Jusserand, W. W. Keen, William Bruce King, Stephen Joseph Kubel, Oscar F. Long, Frederic Augustus Lucas, Henry B. F. Macfarland, Otis Tufton Mason, Mark Mayforth, Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, George P. Merrill, Cosmos Mindeleff, Silas Weir Mitchell, Edward L. Morse, Charles W. Needham, Henry Fairfield Osborn, William deC. Ravenel, Edward T. Reichert, William North Rice, Theodore Roosevelt, John Hall Sage, Charles Schuchert, W. T. Sedgwick, T. Guilford Smith, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Robert Edwards Carter Stearns, John James Stevenson, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Charles Wardell Stiles, Ralph Stockman Tarr, John W. Taylor, Otto Hilgard Tittmann, Frederick William True, Kate L. Tucker, Frederick C. Walcott, Kate H. Wead, William H. Welch, Andrew D. White, Israel Charles White, William Pierrepont White, Robert White Williams, Bailey Willis, Robert S. Woodward, Carroll D. Wright, and William S. Yeates. |
Box 19 of 117
| Folders | 1-2 | Scrapbook IV, 1908-1911. Includes photographs of Charles D. Walcott at ages 18, 23, and 27. | |
| Folders | 3-4 | Scrapbook V, 1912-1918. |
Box 20 of 117
| Folders | 1-2 | Scrapbook VI, 1919-1923. | |
| Folder | 3 | Scrapbook VII, 1907, 1924-1927. | |
| Folder | 4 | Newspaper Clippings, 1876 (?), 1879, 1882, and 1927. |
This series consists of an unpublished biography of Charles D. Walcott by Adele Jenny; correspondence between Jenny and Mrs. Charles D. Walcott concerning the biography; biographical sketches submitted to publishers before and after Walcott's death; telegrams announcing his death; letters of condolence; and memorials.
Box 20 of 117
| Folder | 5 | Biography by Jenny: Table of Contents and Chapters 1-7. | |
| Folder | 6 | Biography by Jenny: Chapters 8-18. |
Box 21 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Biography by Jenny: Chapters 19, 22-23, 25-27. | |
| Folder | 2 | Biography by Jenny: Chapters 28, 31-33, 43. | |
| Folder | 3 | Correspondence between Adele Jenny and Mrs. Walcott, 1934-1939. | |
| Folder | 4 | Memorials and Letters of Condolences, 1927-1928. | |
| Folder | 5 | Copies of Telegrams Announcing Death of Charles D. Walcott, 1927. | |
| Folder | 6 | Biographical Sketches Submitted to Publishers of Biographies, 1914-1927 and undated. | |
| Folder | 7 | Published Obituaries and Biographies. | |
| Folder | 8 | Programs from various conferences and meetings in which Charles D. Walcott participated, 1914-1927. |
This series consists of certificates, diplomas, and awards for honorary degrees conferred and for election to honorary and scientific societies.
Box 22 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Correspondent, 1905, 1908. Includes correspondence with John Percy Moore. (See also Box 93, Folder 2) | |
| Folder | 2 | Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna, Corresponding Member, 1917. Includes correspondence with Augusto Righi and Giovanni Capellini. (See also Box 93, Folder 3) | |
| Folder | 3 | Administration of Biological Studies (Mexico), Collaborator, 1918. | |
| Folder | 4 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Associate Fellow, 1899. | |
| Folder | 5 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, Life Member, 1925. | |
| Folder | 6 | American Institute of Mining Engineers, Honorary Member, 1907. | |
| Folder | 7 | American Philosophical Society, Member, 1897, and President, 1925-1926. Includes correspondence with Arthur W. Goodspeed. (See also Box 93, Folder 6) | |
| Folder | 8 | Appalachian Mountain Club, Corresponding Member, 1914, and Honorary Member, 1915. | |
| Folder | 9 | Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of the Seat of Government in the District of Columbia, Committee on Reception, Member, 1900. | |
| Folder | 10 | Gaudry Medal, 1917, 1922. Includes correspondence with A. Lacroix and "Report on the Award of the Gaudry Prize to Mr. Walcott" in French and English. | |
| Folder | 11 | Geological Society of Belgium, Corresponding Member, 1921, and Honorary Member, 1925. Includes correspondence with Max Lohest. | |
| Folder | 12 | Geological Society of London, Bigsby Medal, 1895. Includes correspondence with Henry Woodward. | |
| Folder | 13 | Hamilton College, Honorary Degree, 1898. (See Box 93, Folder 10) | |
| Folder | 14 | Hayden Gold Medal, 1906. | |
| Folder | 15 | Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow, Honorary Member, 1915-1916. Includes correspondence with M. Menzbier. | |
| Folder | 16 | Institute of France, Academy of Science, Corresponding Member, 1918, and Foreign Associate, 1919-1920. Includes correspondence with A. Lacroix, Emil Picard, and Jacques Boyer. | |
| Folder | 17 | Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, 1905. (See also Oversize, Folder 6) | |
| Folder | 18 | Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Collaborator, 1905. | |
| Folder | 19 | Mary Clark Thompson Gold Medal, 1921. | |
| Folder | 20 | New York Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member, 1898. (See Box 92, Folder 5) | |
| Folder | 21 | Numismatics and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, Corresponding Member, 1913. | |
| Folder | 22 | Philosophical Society of Washington, President, 1901. | |
| Folder | 23 | Rochester Academy of Sciences, Honorary Member, 1892. | |
| Folder | 24 | Royal Physiographical Society (Lund), Member, 1900. (See Box 93, Folder 12) | |
| Folder | 25 | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member, 1920. Includes correspondence with Gerhard Holm. | |
| Folder | 26 | Russian Academy of Sciences, Honorary Member, 1925-1926. Includes correspondence with A. Karpinsky. | |
| Folder | 27 | Russian Paleontological Society, Honorary Member, 1923. Includes correspondence with N. Yakovlev and George P. Merrill. | |
| Folder | 28 | Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, Contributor, 1903. | |
| Folder | 29 | University Club of Washington, D. C., Member, 1904. | |
| Folder | 30 | University of Birmingham, Honorary Degree, 1913. | |
| Folder | 31 | University of Paris, Honorary Degree, 1924-1925. Includes correspondence with Jean Perrin, P. Appell, J. J. Jusserand, and Emmanuel de Margerie. | |
| Folder | 32 | University of Pennsylvania, Honorary Degree, 1903. (See also Oversize, Folder 6) | |
| Folder | 33 | University of St. Andrews, Honorary Degree, 1909. (See also Oversize, Folder 6) | |
| Folder | 34 | University of the State of New York, Honorary Degree, 1925. Includes correspondence with Frank Pierrepont Graves. (See also Box 94, Folder 7) | |
| Folder | 35 | Washington National Monument Society, Member, 1908, 1917. Includes correspondence with Frederick L. Harvey. | |
| Folder | 36 | Wollaston Medal, 1918, 1927. Includes correspondence with Alvey A. Adee, Archibald Geikie, John E. Marr, and Herbert H. Thomas. | |
| Folder | 37 | Yale University, 1910. Consists of an after-dinner speech by Charles D. Walcott after receiving an honorary degree. (See also Box 94, Folder 8) |
Oversize
| Folder | 6 | Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Member, 1915. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Collaborator, 1909. (See Box 93, Folder 4) American Archeological and Asiatic Association, Life Member, 1895. (See Box 93, Folder 5) Appointment to Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, signed by Woodrow Wilson. B. Stuart Walcott Memorial from President of the French Republic, 1919 (?). (See Box 94, Folder 9) California Academy of Sciences of San Francisco, Honorary Member, 1903. Certificate Commemoration of New York State Paleontology, 1903. (See Box 92, Folder 9) Columbian Exposition, Diploma of Honorable Mention, 1894. (See Box 93, Folder 7) Department of State, Delegate to Second Pan-American Scientific Congress, 1915. (See Box 93, Folder 8) Department of State, Delegate to Tenth International Geological Congress, 1906. (See Box 93, Folder 9) George Washington Memorial Association, Certificate for Donation, 1919. (See Box 92, Folder 8) George Washington Memorial Association, Charter Member, 1899. (See Box 92, Folder 7) Harvard College, Honorary Degree, 1913. Imperial Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg), Corresponding Member, 1898. (See Box 92, Folder 6) Johns Hopkins University, Honorary Degree, 1902. (See Box 94, Folder 1) Lewis and Clark Centennial, Commemorative Diploma, 1905. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Honorary Fellow, 1909. Folder 10) National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Member, 1896. (See Box 94, Folder 2) Pan-American Exposition, Commemorative Diploma, 1901. Royal Academy of Science, 1919. (See Box 94, Folder 4) Secretary of Interior, Appointed Geologist in the Geological Survey, 1907. (See Box 94, Folder 5) Societas Caesarea Naturae Curiosorum Mosquensis, undated. Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Diploma, undated. Universal Exposition, Commemorative Diploma, 1904. University of Chicago, Honorary Degree, 1901. (See Box 94, Folder 6) University of Pennsylvania, Honorary Degree, 1903. University of Pittsburgh, Honorary Degree, 1912. University of St. Andrews, Honorary Degree, 1911. Unidentified architecture drawing, undated. |
This series consists of popular and scientific speeches presented primarily in Walcott's capacity as Director of the United States Geological Survey and Secretary of the Smithsonian. See also Series 20.
Box 22 of 117
| Folder | 38 | Acceptance of a Memorial Tablet, Church of the Covenant, March 6, 1921. | |
| Folder | 39 | Acceptance of Portrait of John Ericsson from Swedish American Republican League of Illinois, March 23, 1912. | |
| Folder | 40 | Acceptance of Portrait of Rear-Admiral George Wallace Melville, May 1909. | |
| Folder | 41 | Address at the Johns Hopkins Alumni Dinner, February 22, 1907. | |
| Folder | 42 | Address of Welcome to Albert I, Prince of Monaco, April 25, 1921. | |
| Folder | 43 | Address of Welcome - American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 26, 1911 and undated. | |
| Folder | 44 | Address of Welcome - American Association of Museums, 1920. | |
| Folder | 45 | Address of Welcome - American Institute of Architects, December 14, 1911. | |
| Folder | 46 | Address of Welcome of President Charles D. Walcott of the National Academy of Sciences to Professor [Albert] Einstein, April 26, 1921, and Einstein's Reply. | |
| Folder | 47 | Address of Welcome on the Part of the President of the United States to the Eighth International Geological Congress, 1904. | |
| Folder | 48 | Address of Welcome to Madame Curie, May 20, 1921. | |
| Folder | 49 | Address of Welcome to the Imperial Chinese Commission, 1906. | |
| Folder | 50 | American Federation of Arts - Address of Welcome, May 17, 1916. | |
| Folder | 51 | American Federation of Arts - Address of Welcome, May 14, 1924. | |
| Folder | 52 | "The Call of the Mountains" - Address before the Alpine Club of America, January 12 (?), 1915. | |
| Folder | 53 | "Cost and Value of Investigations." | |
| Folder | 54 | Exhibits of Discovery and Progress. | |
| Folder | 55 | "Forest Movement and C. D. Walcott." | |
| Folder | 56 | Francis D. Millet's Association with the National Gallery of Art, 1912. | |
| Folder | 57 | Fur Seal Herd, 1912. | |
| Folder | 58 | "The Future of the National Gallery of Art." | |
| Folder | 59 | Geological Exploration in the Canadian Rockies, 1924. | |
| Folder | 60 | Government Support of Aviation and Report on the Langley Flying Machine, April 29, 1898. | |
| Folder | 61 | "Grove Karl Gilbert in his Administrative Relations." | |
| Folder | 62 | Dr. Hamlin's Relations to the Temporalities of the Church, 1907. | |
| Folder | 63 | Introduction of H. A. Lorenz (?), April 24, 1922. | |
| Folder | 64 | Introduction of Mr. Plasse, French Ambassador, November 1925. | |
| Folder | 65 | "John Mason Clarke," October 13, 1925. | |
| Folder | 66 | "Joseph Henry (Researcher and Administrator)," October 13, 1925. | |
| Folder | 67 | "Later Phases of Dr. Langley's Development of His Aeroplane" and the Langley Medal and Langley Tablet, May 6, 1913. | |
| Folder | 68 | Museum of Practical Geology. | |
| Folder | 69 | National Academy of Sciences Building, April 24, 1922. |
Box 23 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Prepaleozoic Algal Deposits, April 6, 1915. | |
| Folder | 2 | Presentation of Medal of Appreciation of Henry S. Welcome to Frederick Belling Power, May 9, 1921. | |
| Folder | 3 | Progress of Geologic Science in the United States. | |
| Folder | 4 | The Reclamation Service | |
| Folder | 5 | "Relation of Government Work to Private Enterprise," Fourteenth National Irrigation Congress, Boise, Idaho, 1906. | |
| Folder | 6 | Remarks by Charles D. Walcott on his acceptance of the Hayden Memorial Geological Medal, January 7, 1907. | |
| Folder | 7 | "Research." | |
| Folder | 8 | "Results Bearing on Conservation Resulting from the Operations of the Geological Survey 1901-1908," 1913. | |
| Folder | 9 | The Robson Peak District of British Columbia and Alberta. | |
| Folder | 10 | "Science and Service" - Presidential Retirement Speech at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 29, 1924. | |
| Folder | 11 | Science and the State Museum, December 29, 1916. | |
| Folder | 12 | "The Scientific Man in America." | |
| Folder | 13 | Smithsonian Institution and the American People - Before the Century Club of Utica, New York, March 23, 1912. | |
| Folder | 14 | The Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art, 1919. | |
| Folder | 15 | Some Personal Impressions of Mr. Edward H. Harriman. | |
| Folder | 16 | Story of Granny, The Mountain Squirrel. | |
| Folder | 17 | "Transportation of Mineral Products," 1908. | |
| Folder | 18 | Trenton Falls Report. | |
| Folder | 19 | "Washington as an Explorer and Surveyor," 1900. | |
| Folder | 20 | William Bullock Clark - Achievements as Geologist, 1917. | |
| Folder | 21 | Work of the Geological Survey in Mapping the Reserves, undated. | |
| Folder | 22 | Untitled speech, 1912. |
This series consists of incoming correspondence, 1894-1898 and 1903-1904, and outgoing correspondence, 1880-1893, documenting part of Walcott's service with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Correspondence for the earlier years concerns forest reserve surveys and requests for USGS publications, particularly from legislators writing for their constituents. Other correspondence documents Walcott's role as chairman of a committee to investigate scientific work conducted by the federal government. Included in the bound letterpress books of outgoing correspondence are monthly and annual reports on the study of forest reserves, the study of scientific work conducted by the federal government, irrigation studies, and miscellaneous reports.
Box 23 of 117
| Folder | 23 | Incoming Correspondence, A-L, 1895-1898, 1903. Correspondents include Cleveland Abbe, Cornelius N. Bliss, David T. Day, Bernard E. Fernow, Henry Gannett, James Rudolph Garfield, George Herbert Girty, Arnold Hague, Leland Ossian Howard, Samuel P. Langley, and J. B. Lippincott. | |
| Folder | 24 | Incoming Correspondence, McA-McE, 1894-1895. Correspondents include S. W. McCallie, William B. McClellan, C. M. McClung, and John H. McCormick. | |
| Folder | 25 | Incoming Correspondence, McF-Macy, 1894-1895. | |
| Folder | 26 | Incoming Correspondence, Mad-Mas, 1894-1895. Correspondents include Henry S. Maddock and Vernon F. Masters. |
Box 24 of 117
| Folders | 1-2 | Incoming Correspondence, Mat-Mon, 1894-1895. Correspondents include Frederick James Hamilton Merrill, George P. Merrill, and C. Ad. Mezger. | |
| Folder | 3 | Incoming Correspondence, Moo-My, 1894-1895, 1903. Correspondents include William Moody and Willis L. Moore. | |
| Folder | 4 | Incoming Correspondence, N-W, 1894-1897, 1903-1904. Correspondents include S. N. Dexter North, Gifford Pinchot, L. G. Powers, Henry S. Pritchett, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Sprague Sargent, Leslie M. Shaw, Otto Hilgard Tittmann, Frederick Jackson Turner, Charles Richard Van Hise, and Harvey Washington Wiley. | |
| Folder | 5 | Outgoing Correspondence, May 28, 1880; January 21, 1881-March 27, 1882; October 23, 1883; November 13, 1884-December 30, 1885. Includes monthly reports. |
Box 25 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Outgoing Correspondence, January 1, 1886-May 20, 1887. Includes correspondence written by John W. Gentry, in charge of the Division of Paleozoic Invertebrate Paleontology, and monthly reports. | |
| Folder | 2 | Outgoing Correspondence, May 24, 1887-December 29, 1888. Includes correspondence written by John W. Gentry and monthly and annual reports. | |
| Folder | 3 | Outgoing Correspondence, January 2, 1889-June 26, 1889. Includes monthly reports. |
Box 26 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Outgoing Correspondence, June 27, 1889-April 14, 1890. Includes monthly reports. | |
| Folder | 2 | Outgoing Correspondence, April 15, 1890-January 13, 1891. Includes monthly reports. | |
| Folder | 3 | Outgoing Correspondence, January 15, 1891-June 30, 1891. Includes monthly and annual reports. |
Box 27 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Outgoing Correspondence, July 1, 1891-February 9, 1892. Includes monthly reports. | |
| Folder | 2 | Outgoing Correspondence, February 10, 1892-November 3, 1892. Includes monthly and annual reports. | |
| Folder | 3 | Outgoing Correspondence, November 7, 1892-October 19, 1893. Includes monthly reports. |
Box 28 of 117
FOREST RESERVE REPORTS
| Folder | 1 | Bighorn and Teton Reserves, undated. | |
| Folder | 2 | Bitterroot Forest Reserve, undated. | |
| Folder | 3 | Bitterroot Forest Reserve, Idaho and Montana, undated. | |
| Folder | 4 | Examination of Forests on the Reserves, undated. | |
| Folder | 5 | Federal legislation and committee reports on forest reservations, 1891, 1896-1897. | |
| Folder | 6 | Forest Reserves, undated. | |
| Folder | 7 | "In Relation to Changes in the Boundaries of the Washington Forest Reserve," undated. | |
| Folder | 8 | Instructions Relative to Mapping Wooded Areas, 1897. | |
| Folder | 9 | Memoranda concerning forest reserves, 1897-1898 and undated. | |
| Folder | 10 | Memorandum of Cost of Constructing a Telephone Line with Single Wire, in Yosemite Park, along a Trail Outlined by Captain Alexander Rogers, 1897. | |
| Folder | 11 | Memorial by the American Forest Association, 1898; Minutes of the Washington State Forestry Association, 1897; and Circular of the Sierra Club, 1897. | |
| Folder | 12 | Miscellaneous fragments of reports on forest reserve, undated. | |
| Folder | 13 | The Mt. Rainier Forest Reserve, undated. | |
| Folder | 14 | News clippings concerning forest reserves, 1898. | |
| Folder | 15 | Proposition for a compromise on the First Amendment to the Sundry Civil Bill, undated. | |
| Folder | 16 | "The Public Lands of the United States," undated. | |
| Folder | 17 | Report on Survey of Forest Reserves, 1897. | |
| Folder | 18 | Resolution passed by the Irrigation Congress, 1897. | |
| Folder | 19 | Statement on Forest Reserves (incomplete), 1905. | |
| Folder | 20 | "The Survey of the Forest Reservations" and "Plan for the Survey of the Forest Reserves," undated. | |
| Folder | 21 | "The United States Forest Reserves" by Charles D. Walcott, undated. | |
| Folder | 22 | Yosemite National Park, 1897. |
STUDY OF SCIENTIFIC WORK CONDUCTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
| Folder | 23 | Administration and Extension of Forest Reserves, 1909. | |
| Folder | 24 | Certain Phases of the Work and Needs of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture, by Wells A. Sherman, 1903. | |
| Folder | 25 | Committee on Organization of Government Scientific Work - Minutes, 1903. | |
| Folder | 26 | Committee on Organization of Government Scientific Work - Subjects for Consideration, undated. | |
| Folder | 27 | "Engineering and Public Works of the Government of the United States" by H. M. Wilson, undated. | |
| Folder | 28 | "Facts Relating to Survey Work Under the United States Government," 1903. | |
| Folder | 29 | "The Geological Survey and Forest Reserves," undated. | |
| Folder | 30 | "Government Topographic Surveys" by H. M. Wilson, undated. | |
| Folder | 31 | Life-Saving Service, circa 1902. | |
| Folder | 32 | Memoranda concerning certain work in the Department of Agriculture, undated. | |
| Folder | 33 | Proposed Executive Authorization (?) to Reorganize the Federal Government, undated. | |
| Folder | 34 | Reorganization Proposals of the Geological Survey, 1903. | |
| Folder | 35 | Report by the Secretary of Agriculture concerning consolidation of the Weather Bureau with the work of gathering reports and statistics of crops, 1903. | |
| Folder | 36 | Report of the Committee to Study Scientific Work Conducted by the Federal Government, 1903. | |
| Folder | 37 | Scientific Work of the Federal Government, undated. | |
| Folder | 38 | Smithsonian Institution, undated. Includes discussions of the United States National Museum, explorations, international exchanges, American ethnology, National Zoological Park, the Astrophysical Observatory, and publications. | |
| Folder | 39 | "Statement Concerning the Work Done by the Division of Foreign Markets, Department of Agriculture," by George K. Holmes, undated. | |
| Folder | 40 | "Statement Regarding the Work of the Bureau of Animal Industry" by D. E. Salmon, undated. | |
| Folder | 41 | "Statement with Reference to the Proposed Plan of Uniting All Chemical Work in One Laboratory" by D. E. Salmon, undated. | |
| Folder | 42 | Statistical Work and the Bureau of Education. Includes copies of correspondence of Walter F. Wilcox to James Rudolph Garfield, April 29, 1903; William T. Harris to James Rudolph Garfield, May 26, 1903; and David Starr Jordan to Gifford Pinchot, April 21, 1903. | |
| Folder | 43 | Transfer of the National Museum to the Department of Agriculture, undated. | |
| Folder | 44 | Work of the Biological Survey, undated. | |
| Folder | 45 | Work of the Bureau of Forestry, undated. | |
| Folder | 46 | Work of the Bureau of Hydrography, undated. | |
| Folder | 47 | Work of the Office of Experiment Stations, United States Department of Agriculture, undated. | |
| Folder | 48 | Work of the United States Geological Survey, 1903. Includes copy of a letter, David T. Day to Charles D. Walcott, June 3, 1903. |
IRRIGATION STUDIES
| Folder | 49 | Comments on Preliminary Report of Senate Committee on Irrigation, undated. | |
| Folder | 50 | Irrigation Investigations by E. W. Allen (?), 1903. | |
| Folder | 51 | Published Circulars by the Department of Agriculture on Irrigation, 1903. | |
| Folder | 52 | Suggestions for Report of Senate Committee on Irrigation, 1909. |
MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
| Folder | 53 | Report of Field Work, 1908-1909. | |
| Folder | 54 | Report of Field Season, 1916. | |
| Folder | 55 | Geological and Topographical Surveys in the Philippine Islands, 1903. | |
| Folder | 56 | Scientific Surveys of the Philippine Islands, undated. | |
| Folder | 57 | Reports and notes on an intercontinental railway, circa 1905. | |
| Folder | 58 | Summary of Appropriations for the United States Geological Survey from March 3, 1879 to March 4, 1907. | |
| Folder | 59 | Daily Financial Accounts from Field Trips, 1905. |
This series consists of drafts of manuscripts written by Walcott primarily covering his study of paleontology in the southwestern United States. See also Series 20.
Box 29 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Carboniferous - Red Wall Group, undated. | |
| Folder | 2 | Discovery of Algonkian Bacteria, undated. | |
| Folder | 3 | Erosion at the close of the Silurian (Kanab Canyon), undated. | |
| Folder | 4 | "Explorations and Researches--Studies in Cambrian Geology and Paleontology," 1908 (?). | |
| Folder | 5 | General Features of the Kanab Valley and Notes on the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Rocks, undated. | |
| Folder | 6 | Geologic Studies in the Grand Canyon District of Utah and Arizona, undated. | |
| Folder | 7 | Geological Explorations in the Canadian Rockies, 1920. | |
| Folder | 8 | A Geologist's Paradise, undated. | |
| Folder | 9 | The Geology of the Eureka District, 1892. | |
| Folder | 10 | Grand Canyon Sections, undated. | |
| Folder | 11 | Lava Beds on East Side of Grand Canyon, undated. | |
| Folder | 12 | Movement of the Lower Strata of the Canyon Walls, undated. | |
| Folder | 13 | Notes on Map and Sections of the Grand Canyon Area Examined by C. D. Walcott, 1882-1883. | |
| Folder | 14 | Notes on Section from White Cliffs to Carboniferous, undated. | |
| Folder | 15 | On the Fauna Occurring in the Conglomerate in the Vicinity of Bic, Quebec, 1912. | |
| Folder | 16 | Paleozoic Sections, Kanab Valley, Arizona, Stratigraphic field work, 1879. | |
| Folder | 17 | The Permian and Other Paleozoic Groups of the Kanab Valley, Arizona, 1880. | |
| Folder | 18 | Pre-Cambrian Volcanic Rocks of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, undated. | |
| Folder | 19 | Pre-Tonto Lava Flows, undated. | |
| Folder | 20 | Section of the Chuar Groups, undated. | |
| Folder | 21 | Section of the Chuar Group Reading from the Summit Downward, undated. | |
| Folder | 22 | Section of the Tonto Group on the North Side of the Western End of Nun-Ko-Weap Valley, undated. | |
| Folder | 23 | Sections of Pre-Tonto Strata, 1883. | |
| Folder | 24 | Sediments and Conditions of Deposition, undated. | |
| Folder | 25 | Topography and Structural Geology of the Kanab Valley, undated. |
This series consists of Walcott's field notes taken in most of the geographical regions in which he studied paleontology. Also included are field notes of others, particularly Charles Elmer Resser, Ray S. Bassler, and Edward Oscar Ulrich, which were apparently added to Walcott's notes because they relate to the same region. Record Unit 7232 should be consulted for additional Resser field notes.
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| Folder | 26 | Field Notes: Alabama, undated. | |
| Folder | 27 | Field Notes: Alberta, 1909 (?), 1916-1920, 1925. See also under Canada. | |
| Folder | 28 | Field Notes: Arizona, 1879, 1930. Includes notes by Charles Elmer Resser, Alexander Stoyanow, and Edwin D. McKee. | |
| Folder | 29 | Field Notes: British Columbia, 1907-1911, 1917, and undated. See also under Canada. |
Box 30 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Field Notes: California, 1894-1897. Includes letter, James Perrin Smith to Charles D. Walcott, February 25, 1897. | |
| Folder | 2 | Field Notes: Canada, 1888-1890, 1907-1910, 1916-1918, 1923-1925. See also under Alberta, British Columbia, Montana, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Quebec. | |
| Folder | 3 | Field Notes: Canada, 1907, 1910, 1912-1913, 1916, and undated. | |
| Folder | 4 | Field Notes: Colorado, 1892, 1940. Includes notes by Charles Elmer Resser. | |
| Folder | 5 | Field Notes: England, 1925 and undated. Includes notes by Edward Oscar Ulrich and Edgar Sterling Cobbold. | |
| Folder | 6 | Field Notes: Florida, 1895. | |
| Folder | 7 | Field Notes: Idaho, 1895, 1940. Includes notes by Charles Elmer Resser (?). | |
| Folder | 8 | Field Notes: Massachusetts, 1886, 1888. See also under Vermont. | |
| Folder | 9 | Field Notes: Montana, 1900, 1904-1905, 1926-1929. Includes notes by Charles Elmer Resser. | |
| Folder | 10 | Field Notes: Montana, 1895, 1900, 1908, 1915, 1927-1929. Includes notes on Glacier Park in Canada and by Charles Elmer Resser and Ray S. Bassler. | |
| Folder | 11 | Field Notes: Montana, 1895, 1898, 1900, 1905, and 1914. Includes photographs. | |
| Folder | 12 | Field Notes: Nevada, 1885, 1887, 1896, and undated. | |
| Folder | 13 | Field Notes: New Brunswick, 1898. See also under Canada. |
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| Folder | 1 | Field Notes: New Jersey, 1893. | |
| Folder | 2 | Field Notes: New York, 1886-1890. | |
| Folder | 3 | Field Notes: New York, 1886-1891. Includes hand-drawn map of Troy, N. Y. area. | |
| Folder | 4 | Field Notes: New York, 1885-1887, 1891, 1893. | |
| Folder | 5 | Field Notes: Newfoundland, 1888, 1899. See also under Canada. | |
| Folder | 6 | Field Notes: Nova Scotia, 1901. See also under Canada. | |
| Folder | 7 | Field Notes: Pennsylvania, 1892-1893, 1934. Includes notes by Charles Elmer Resser, H. Justin Roddy, and Herbert Huebener Beck. | |
| Folder | 8 | Field Notes: Quebec, 1886, 1889. Includes hand-drawn map of Isle la Motte. See also under Canada. | |
| Folder | 9 | Field Notes: South Dakota, 1897 and undated. | |
| Folder | 10 | Field Notes: Tennessee, undated. | |
| Folder | 11 | Field Notes: Texas, 1884, 1887, 1896. | |
| Folder | 12 | Field Notes: Utah, 1879, 1885, 1898, 1903-1906, 1927. Includes notes by Charles Elmer Resser and Ray S. Bassler. | |
| Folder | 13 | Field Notes: Vermont, 1885-1887, 1889-1890, 1896. Includes notes on Granular Quartzite in Massachusetts, 1887. | |
| Folder | 14 | Field Notes: Virginia, 1891, 1898, 1907. | |
| Folder | 15 | Field Notes: Wyoming, 1898, 1924, 1926, 1928-1929, and undated. Includes extract of a letter, Eliot Blackwelder to Charles D. Walcott, March 1, 1926; notes by Charles Elmer Resser and L. J. Moraces; and memorandum, Walcott to Resser, 1924. | |
| Folder | 16 | Field Notes: Yellowstone National Park, 1897, 1915. |
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| Folder | 1 | Field Notes: October 15-November 3, 1879. | |
| Folder | 2 | Field Notes: September 5-October 7, 1882. | |
| Folder | 3 | Field Notes: December 18, 1882-February 10, 1883. | |
| Folder | 4 | Unidentified notes and drawings, undated. | |
| Folder | 5 | Cambrian locality numbers and Record of Burgess Shale Fossils, undated. | |
| Folder | 6 | Notes and species descriptions, 1873-1876. | |
| Folder | 7 | Locality list, 1876-1884. | |
| Folder | 8 | Drawings, circa 1883. | |
| Folder | 9 | Drawings of Butte Faults, undated. |
This series consists of correspondence concerning the founding of the Carnegie Institution; the election of John C. Merriam as President; and the activities of various committees. Also included are articles of incorporation and by-laws; minutes of the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees; proceedings of the Board of Trustees; presidential reports; financial statements; and miscellaneous materials.
Box 32 of 117
| Folder | 10 | Carnegie, Andrew, 1901-1905, 1909, 1915, and undated. Includes correspondence concerning the founding of the Carnegie Institution. |
Box 33 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Gilbert, Walter M., 1914, 1917-1920. Correspondence concerns the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees. | |
| Folder | 2 | Hale, George Ellery, 1920, 1929. Includes a letter from Hale to Mrs. C. D. Walcott, 1929, concerning Walcott's role in the development of the Mount Wilson Observatory. | |
| Folder | 3 | Merriam, John C., 1920-1922, 1926. Includes correspondence concerning the election of Merriam as President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1920. | |
| Folder | 4 | Parsons, William Barclay, 1909-1920. Includes correspondence concerning Sylvanus Griswold Morley. | |
| Folder | 5 | Pritchett, Henry S., 1919-1920. Includes correspondence regarding the election of John C. Merriam as President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. | |
| Folder | 6 | Root, Elihu, 1919-1924. Includes correspondence regarding the election of John C. Merriam as President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1919-1920. | |
| Folders | 7-9 | Woodward, Robert S., 1907-1920. | |
| Folder | 10 | General Correspondence, Angell-Wort and unidentified, 1902-1926. Correspondents include James R. Angell, Alexander Graham Bell, Hiram Bingham, Cleveland H. Dodge, William Henry Holmes (includes a letter from Sylvanus Griswold Morley), Edward M. Kindle, Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Robert Wallace, and William H. Welch. | |
| Folder | 11 | Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, 1923. Includes published and unpublished accounts of the organization and scope of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and an account by Daniel Coit Gilman regarding Andrew Carnegie's intentions and purposes. |
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| Folder | 1 | Minutes of the First Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Institution, 1902. | |
| Folder | 2 | Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Institution, December 9, 1903-May 18, 1904 (18th-22d meetings). Includes Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, May 18, 1904-February 11, 1907 (1st-22d meetings); Abstracts of the Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, December 12, 1905-December 11, 1906 (3rd-4th meetings); and Financial Statements, March 7-December 31, 1906. | |
| Folders | 3-4 | Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, March 11, 1907-December 15, 1916 (23rd-109th meetings). |
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| Folders | 1-3 | Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, January 18, 1917-October 29, 1926 (110th-189th meetings). | |
| Folders | 4-5 | Reports of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, 1902-1903. |
Box 36 of 117
| Folder | 1 | Memorandum of the Work of the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Institution, undated. | |
| Folder | 2 | Acts and Resolutions of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee, 1916, 1927, and undated. | |
| Folder | 3 | Historical Summary of the Acts and Resolutions of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee since the Founding of the Institution, 1913. | |
| Folders | 4-5 | Proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institution, January and November 1902 (First and Second Meetings). | |
| Folder | 6 | Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees, 1904. | |
| Folder | 7 | Abstracts of the Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1906-1908 (4th-8th meetings). | |
| Folder | 8 | Minutes of the Meetings of the Board of Trustees, 1911-1925. | |
| Folder | 9 | Report of the President, 1912-1914, 1918 |