Series 1. General Correspondence, 1901-1977, and undated, with Related Materials from 1879.
Series 2. Organizational File, 1901-1977 and undated.
Series 3. Smithsonian Institution and United States National Museum Files, 1924-1976 and undated.
Series 4. Biographical and Personal Files, 1897-1979 and undated, with related materials from 1848.
Series 5. Expense Accounts, 1929-1974.
Series 6. Permits, 1902-1977, and undated.
Series 7. Field Notes, Catalogues, Laboratory Notes, and Related Records, circa 1894-1936, and undated.
Series 8. Field Work and Official Travel Files, 1910-1974.
Series 9. Panama Field Work Files, 1944-1966.
Series 10. Birds of the Republic of Panama Manuscripts, Proofs, Correspondence, and Related Materials, 1968-1969 and undated.
Series 11. Drawings of Fossil Birds, 1918-1956.
Series 12. Desk Diaries and Appointment Books, 1917-1956.
Series 13. Photographic Materials, 1901-1974 and undated, with Related Materials from 1868.
Series 14. National Academy of Science, Daniel Giraud Elliot Fund Award Committee, Chairman's Files, 1929-1963.
Series 15. Research Files, circa 1911-1972, and undated.
Series 16. Diplomas, Certificates, and Awards, 1901-1970, and undated, with Related Materials from 1876.
Series 17. Typescript copies of John Xantus Correspondence, circa 1930s.
Series 18. Additional Materials.
![]() Alexander Wetmore c. 1920 |
Wetmore's career in the federal government began in 1910 when he was appointed an Agent for the Biological Survey, a bureau of the United States Department of Agriculture. During the summers of 1910-1911 he assisted on field investigations in Wyoming and Alaska. He traveled to Puerto Rico in late 1911 and spent nearly a year surveying the bird life of that and adjacent islands. In 1913, Wetmore was promoted to Assistant Biologist with the Biological Survey, and he moved to Washington to begin work in the program on the food habits of North American birds. His career with the Biological Survey was highlighted by constant field investigations which took him to most of the United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, and South America. Among his more important investigations were a study of the causes of waterfowl mortality around the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1914-1916; a survey of North American birds that migrated to the southern part of South America, 1920-1921; and the leadership of the Tanager Exploring Expedition to the islands of the mid-Pacific, 1923. Wetmore was promoted to the rank of Biologist with the Survey in 1924.
As his professional status grew, Wetmore received offers of curatorial and research positions from several of the leading museums in America. Perhaps the most interesting came in 1920 when the American Museum of Natural History asked him to join the Roy Chapman Andrews Asiatic Expedition and take charge of the zoological collections. Wetmore declined this and several other offers. Finally, in November 1924, he accepted appointment as Superintendent of the National Zoological Park (NZP). He remained at the NZP until March 1925 when he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian in charge of the United States National Museum (USNM). Wetmore held this position for nearly twenty years, when, in 1945, he was elected the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian. He retired in 1952 and became a Research Associate of the Institution where he continued his research on recent and fossil birds.
Wetmore's administration of the USNM and Smithsonian during the era of the Great Depression and World War II faced many constraints. However, he managed to continue the Institution's basic research aims, while instituting improvements in its administrative operations and exhibits program. Among his most important accomplishments was a move toward professional management of the Institution by hiring specialists such as John E. Graf and John L. Keddy to assist with federal budgetary procedures and other administrative matters. He also steered the Smithsonian toward a period of exhibit modernization which was realized after his retirement. Two new bureaus were added to the Smithsonian during Wetmore's tenure as Secretary--the National Air Museum (now the National Air and Space Museum) and the Canal Zone Biological Area (now the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute).
Despite his administrative responsibilities at the Smithsonian, Wetmore continued an active research program in the field and the laboratory. He conducted several collecting expeditions to the American tropics between 1927 and 1940. When the outbreak of World War II restricted travel outside the country, he undertook a study of the birds of Shenandoah National Park in nearby Virginia. In the mid-1940s, Wetmore began a research program that would occupy his energies for the remainder of his life. Between 1946 and 1966 he took annual trips to Panama--making an exhaustive survey of the birds of the isthmus. This work culminated in the publication of his magnum opus, The Birds of the Republic of Panama. Three volumes of the work appeared during his life. The final volume was completed by his Smithsonian colleagues and published posthumously.
Wetmore was widely recognized as the dean of American ornithologists, and he worked extensively in the field of avian paleontology and as a systematic specialist. His bibliography contained over seven hundred entries; including 150 papers and monographs on fossil birds. He described 189 species and subspecies of birds new to science. Wetmore made enormous natural history collections, which were eventually donated to the Smithsonian. Included were 26,058 bird and mammal skins from North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean area; 4,363 skeletal and anatomical specimens; and 201 clutches of birds eggs. Fifty-six new genera, species, and subspecies of birds (both recent and fossil), mammals, amphibians, insects, mollusks, and plants were named in his honor--an assemblage which Wetmore called his "private zoo." Also named in his honor was the "Wetmore Glacier" in the Antarctic and the "Alexander Wetmore Bridge," a canopy bridge in the Bayano River Basin in Panama.
Wetmore was a member of countless professional organizations, scientific committees, conservation groups, and social clubs. He served many of the groups in elected or appointed capacities. He was a member of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) for seventy years and served as President from 1926 to 1929. For many years he was Chairman of the AOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature and was instrumental in the publication of the fifth edition of the Check-list of North American Birds. Wetmore also had a long-term association with the National Geographic Society, serving as a Trustee, 1933-1976, and as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Research and Exploration. He also authored several popular publications on birds for the Society.
Wetmore served as President of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 1927; the Washington Biologists' Field Club, 1928-1931; the Biological Society of Washington, 1929-1931; the Cosmos Club, 1938; the Explorers Club, 1944-1946; and the X International Ornithological Congress held at Uppsala, Sweden, 1950. He was Home Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences, 1951-1955, and a Trustee (or Director) of the Textile Museum of Washington, 1928-1952; the George Washington University, 1945-1962; and the Gorgas Memorial Institute for Tropical and Preventive Medicine, 1949-1976.
During his career at the Smithsonian, Wetmore was named to several national and international scientific committees. He was Secretary-General of the Eighth American Scientific Congress, 1940; United States Representative to the Inter-American Commission of Experts on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation, 1940; Vice-Chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, 1945-1952; and Chairman of the Interdepartmental Committee on Research and Development, 1946.
His contributions to science resulted in many honors and awards. He was the recipient of the Otto Herman Medal of the Hungarian Ornithological Society, 1931; the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society, 1957; the Brewster Medal, 1959, and the Elliott Coues Award, 1972, of the American Ornithologists' Union; the Explorers Club Medal, 1962; the Bartsch Award of the Audubon Naturalist Society, 1964; and the Arthur Allen Award of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 1970. Wetmore married Fay Holloway in 1912, and a daughter, Margaret Fenwick, was born in 1916. After a long illness, his wife died in 1953. That same year he married Annie Beatrice Thielen. Wetmore died at his home in Glen Echo, Maryland, on December 7, 1978.
For more detailed biograhical information on Wetmore, see Paul H. Oehser, "In Memoriam: Alexander Wetmore," The Auk, July 1980, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 608-615; S. Dillon Ripley and James A. Steed, "Alexander Wetmore, June 18, 1886 - December 7, 1978," National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoirs, vol. 56, pp. 597-626, 1987; and John Sherwood, "His Field Notebook Was Started in 1894; It Is Not Yet Complete," The Washington Star, Thursday, 13 January 1977. A discussion of his contributions to paleornithology is found in Storrs L. Olson's "Alexander Wetmore and the Study of Fossil Birds" in "Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore," Storrs L. Olson, editor, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 1976, no. 27, pp. xi-xvi.
1886 born in North Freedom, Wisconsin, 18 June 1900 wrote first
published paper, "My experience with a Red-headed Woodpecker," (Bird-Lore, vol.
II, pp. 155-156. 1905-1908, 1910 Assistant, University of Kansas Museum
1909 Assistant, Colorado Museum of Natural History 1910-1912
Agent, United States Bureau of Biological Survey 1910 field work,
Wyoming 1911 field work, Alaska 1911-1912 field work, Porto
Rico 1912 Bachelor of Science, University of Kansas 1912
married Fay Holloway, 13 October 1913-1923 Assistant Biologist, United
States Bureau of Biological Survey 1914 field work, Utah and California
1914-1915 field work, Utah and Montana 1916 Master of Science,
George Washington University 1916 birth of daughter, Margaret Fenwick
1916 field work, Utah 1916 Birds of Porto Rico (U.S. Dept.
Agric. Bull. 326, pp. 1-140) 1917 field work, North Carolina 1917-1918 field work, Arkansas and Texas 1918 field work, Western
United States 1919 field work, Florida; Arizona 1920 Doctor of
Philosophy, George Washington University 1920-1921 field work, South
America 1921 field work, Georgia 1922 field work, South
Carolina; Minnesota; North Dakota; Pennsylvania; Maryland 1923 in
charge of the Tanager Exploring Expedition to the mid-Pacific islands 1924 Biologist, U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey 1924-1925
Superintendent, National Zoological Park 1925-1944 Assistant Secretary,
Smithsonian Institution (in charge of the U.S. National Museum) 1926
Observations on the Birds of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile (U.S.
National Museum, Bull. 133, pp.1-448) 1926 The Migration of Birds
(Harvard University Press) 1926-1929 President, American
Ornithologists' Union 1927 field work, Haiti and Dominican Republic
1927 President, Washington Academy of Sciences 1927 Isidore
Geoffroy St. Hilaire Medal, Societe Nationale d'Acclimitation de France 1928 trip to study bird collections of museums in the western United States
1928-1931 President, Washington Biologists' Field Club 1928-1952 Trustee, Textile Museum of Washington 1929-1931 President,
Biological Society of Washington 1930 A Systematic Classification for
the Birds of the World (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 76, art. 24, pp. 1-8).
Revised and reprinted in 1934, 1940, 1948, 1951, and 1960. 1930 U.S.
Delegate, VII International Ornithological Congress, Amsterdam; field work,
Spain 1931 The Birds of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, by Wetmore
and B. H. Swales (U.S. National Museum Bull. 155, pp. 1-483) 1931
field work, Haiti 1931 Otto Herman Medal, Hungarian Ornithological
Society 1931-1957 Chairman, American Ornithologists' Union Committee on
Classification and Nomenclature of North American Birds 1932 Honorary
D.Sc., George Washington University 1932 field work, western United
States 1933-1976 Trustee, National Geographic Society 1934 U.S.
Delegate, VIII International Ornithological Congress, Oxford 1936 field
work, Guatemala 1937 Field work, Venezuela 1937-1978 Vice
Chairman, Acting Chairman, and Chairman Emeritus, Committee on Research and
Exploration, National Geographic Society 1938 President, Cosmos Club
1938 Chairman of U. S. delegation, IX International Ornithological
Congress, Rouen, France 1939 field work, Mexico 1940 A
Check-list of the fossil birds of North America (Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 99,
no. 4, pp. 1-81) 1940 Secretary-General, Eighth American Scientific
Congress 1940 U. S. Representative, Inter-American Commission of
Experts on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation 1940 field
work, Costa Rica 1941 field work, Colombia 1941 Distinguished
Service Award, University of Kansas 1944-1946 President, Explorers Club
1944, 1946-1966 field work, Panama 1945 Alumni Award for
Achievement in Science, George Washington University 1945-1952
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 1945-1952 Vice-Chairman, National
Advisory Committee on Aeronautics 1945-1962 Trustee, George Washington
University 1946 Honorary D.Sc., University of Wisconsin 1947
Honorary D.Sc., Centre College of Kentucky 1947-1963 Chairman, Daniel
Giraud Elliot Fund Award Committee, National Academy of Sciences 1948
Chairman, Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific Research and Development
1948 Orden de Merito, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Cuba 1949-1976
Member, Board of Directors, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Tropical and
Preventive Medicine 1950 President, Academy of Medicine of Washington,
D. C. 1950 President, X International Ornithological Congress, Uppsala,
Sweden 1951-1955 Home Secretary, National Academy of Sciences 1953 Death of Fay Holloway Wetmore, 14 February 1953 married Annie
Beatrice Thielen, 16 December 1953-1978 Research Associate, Smithsonian
Institution 1954 field work, Venezuela 1957 Hubbard Medal,
National Geographic Society 1959 Honorary D.Sc., Ripon College 1959 Brewster Medal, American Ornithologists' Union 1962 Explorers
Club Medal 1963 Treasurer, XVI International Congress of Zoology 1964 Bartsch Award, Audubon Naturalist Society 1965 The Birds of the
Republic of Panama, vol. 1 (Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 150, pp. 1-483) 1968 The Birds of the Republic of Panama, vol. 2 (Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol.
150, pt. 2, pp. 1-605) 1969 field work, Netherlands Antilles 1970 Arthur Allen Medal, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology 1972 The
Birds of the Republic of Panama, vol. 3 (Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 150, pt. 3,
pp. 1-631) 1972 Elliott Coues Award, American Ornithologists' Union
1973 "Alexander Wetmore Bridge" dedicated in Panama 1975-1978
Honorary President, American Ornithologists' Union 1976 Collected
Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore,
Storrs L. Olson, editor (Smiths. Contrib. to Paleobio., no. 27) 1978
death, Glen Echo, Maryland, 7 December 1984 The Birds of the Republic
of Panama, vol. 4 (Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 150, pt. 4, pp. 1-670) The papers of Alexander Wetmore provide comprehensive documentation of his
professional career and personal life. The collection is especially valuable in
illustrating his research career in systematic ornithology and avian
paleontology; his many collecting trips and field expeditions; his involvement
in professional organizations, scientific societies, and social groups; his
education and the development of his interest in ornithology; his
administrative career at the United States National Museum (USNM) and the
Smithsonian Institution; his family history; and personal matters. Less well
represented in the collection is material concerning his brief tenure as
Superintendent of the National Zoological Park, 1924-1925. Interested
researchers should consult Smithsonian Archives Record Unit 74, National
Zoological Park, Records, 1887-1965, and undated. Wetmore was a
prolific correspondent and nearly a third of this collection is made up of
letters written and received between 1901 and 1977. The correspondence
documents most aspects of his career and is particularly valuable in
illustrating his research on recent and fossil birds. Wetmore exchanged
letters with many of the prominent ornithologists and avian paleontologists of
his day, and the correspondence is an important source of information on the
history of both disciplines during the twentieth century. It is also helpful in
documenting USNM and Smithsonian history from the mid-1920s to the early
1950s. Especially valuable are letters exchanged with USNM curators which
concern field work, research programs, and exhibits. Wetmore corresponded with
many foreign specialists, and several letters from British and European
ornithologists contain descriptions of World War II and its effects on society
and science. Also included are countless letters written by Wetmore giving
information and advice to amateur ornithologists, bird watchers, and
youngsters interested in birds. A large file of correspondence,
reports, fiscal records, publications, and related materials documents
Wetmore's constant involvement in professional activities and national and
international scientific affairs. His seventy-year membership in the American
Ornithologists' Union is thoroughly illustrated. Included are files concerning
Wetmore's work with the AOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature, and
his role in the preparation of the fifth edition of the Check-list of North
American Birds. Also included are files concerning Wetmore's work as a
delegate and President of meetings of the International Ornithological
Congress. Records concerning his work as Secretary-General of the Eighth
American Scientific Congress, and as United States Representative to the
Inter-American Committee of Experts on Nature Protection and Wildlife
Preservation provide documentation of initial inter-American cooperation on
conservation issues. Also found are substantial records documenting his
associations with the National Geographic Society; the Gorgas Memorial
Institute for Tropical and Preventive Medicine; the Washington Biologists'
Field Club; the Cosmos Club; and the Explorers Club. Contained in a separate
series are records dealing with his work as Chairman of the National Academy
of Sciences Daniel Giraud Elliot Award Committee. Wetmore's work as a
field ornithologist and scientific expedition member is documented from his
first recorded observation of a Florida pelican in 1894 through his last
collecting trip to Panama in 1966. The majority of records concerning his
field work are found in three series. The first documents Wetmore's work prior
to his appointment to the U.S. Biological Survey in 1910 and includes field
notes, migration records, and lists made during his boyhood in Wisconsin;
similar materials compiled during his college days in Lawrence, Kansas, and on
trips to the western United States; and catalogues of his ornithological and
natural history collections. The second series consists of correspondence,
field notes, diaries, reports, expense records, and related materials
documenting field work carried out for the U. S. Biological Survey and the
Smithsonian Institution (with the exception of trips to Panama). Also included
are records created during trips to professional meetings, trips to study
museum specimens, and other official travel. The third series contains records
concerning his field trips to Panama, 1944, 1946-1966. Also included is a file
of permits used during his field investigations, as well as expense accounts
from his official travel. Photographic documentation of Wetmore's life
and career is a major strength of the collection. Included are voluminous
photographs, albums, lantern slides, 35mm color slides, motion pictures, and
negatives documenting his field work and other official travel. Also included
are portraits of Wetmore; photographs of Wetmore with family, friends, and
colleagues; photographs from his boyhood; photographs of Smithsonian events,
scientific meetings, and social gatherings; and photographs of professional
colleagues. The papers contain a file of collected materials documenting
Wetmore's personal life and family history. The file includes correspondence
with his immediate family and other relatives; various biographical
information; genealogical data on his family; school and college records;
papers and drawings from his early work on birds; congratulatory correspondence
and letters of introduction and recommendation; transcripts of an oral history
interview; and personnel records from his service in the federal government.
Of special interest is Wetmore's "private zoo"--a card catalogue of species
and subspecies named in his honor. A series of daily diaries and appointment
books helps to illustrate his day-to-day activities. Wetmore's
twenty-eight-year administrative career at the USNM and Smithsonian is
partially documented in the collection. Most of the records consist of routine
correspondence inquiring about employment at the USNM. Also included are
various files concerning Smithsonian activities, offices, and administrative
matters. The remainder of the collection primarily consists of materials
relating to his research in ornithology and avian paleontology. Included is a
large group of unpublished manuscripts, speeches, and radio talks prepared by
Wetmore. Also included are numerous letters; specimen lists; notes; published
manuscripts; field records; and publications relating to his research. Of
special interest are original journals, lists, and correspondence from field
work in Haiti by William Louis Abbott, 1916-1928, and Watson M. Perrygo,
1928-1929. The collection also contains a sample of original illustrations
used in his publications on fossil birds; and manuscripts, proofs, drawings,
and other materials from his magnum opus, The Birds of the Republic of
Panama. Also included in the collection are diplomas, certificates, and
awards received by Wetmore, and typescript copies of correspondence between
John Xantus and Spencer F. Baird. Additional records documenting
Wetmore's professional career can be found in the Smithsonian Archives.
Researchers interested in Wetmore's career as Assistant Secretary in charge of
the USNM and Secretary of the Smithsonian should consult Smithsonian Archives
record units 192 and 46. Field reports written during several investigations he
conducted for the U.S. Biological Survey can be found in record unit 7176,
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Field Reports, 1860-1961. Records
dealing with Wetmore's work on the fifth edition of the AOU Check-list of
North American Birds are a part of record unit 7050, American Ornithologists'
Union Collection, 1883-1977. An oral history interview (record unit 9504)
conducted by the Archives in 1974 provides insight to all aspects of Wetmore's
career. Record unit 9516, the Watson M. Perrygo oral history interviews,
include many reflections on Wetmore by his long-time field companion. A
voluminous collection of Wetmore's field catalogues, field notes, lists, and
other specimen-related records are housed in the Division of Birds, National
Museum of Natural History. This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting the professional career of Alexander Wetmore. He maintained a voluminous correspondence with domestic and foreign ornithologists and avian paleontologists concerning research projects, nomenclatural questions, and various professional issues. Other correspondents include staff and officials of the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States National Museum (USNM), and Smithsonian Institution; staff and officials of museums, universities, and research foundations; officers and members of professional organizations; editors of scientific journals and popular publications; bird watchers and amateur ornithologists; and personal acquaintances. The correspondence documents all aspects of Wetmore's professional life. In addition to providing a wealth of information on his research on recent and fossil birds, it is especially strong in illustrating field work and scientific expeditions; the development of his career as a professional ornithologist, museum director, and science administrator; his participation in professional organizations; and the preparation of scientific papers and popular works. The correspondence is also a valuable source of information on the history of the Bureau of Biological Survey, 1910-1924, and the USNM/Smithsonian, 1925-1952. Occasional photographs, manuscripts, and field notes are found in the correspondence. This material is noted in the folder list. Arranged Alphabetically Box 1 of 240
CHRONOLOGY
DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
SERIES 1.
General Correspondence, 1901-1977, and undated, with Related Materials from 1879.
| Folder | 1 | Aa-Ak, general | |
| Folder | 2 | Abbot, Charles G., 1927-1929, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1967, 1969-1970, 1972-1973, and undated. Includes a poem by Paul E. Garber commemorating Abbot's 95th birthday, May 1967. | |
| Folder | 3 | Abbott, William Louis, 1924, 1927-1939, 1949, and undated. Includes several letters containing descriptions of Wetmore's field work. Correspondence post-dating Abbott's death in 1936 is with Gertrude Abbott and Cora M. Arrants. | |
| Folder | 4 | Achorn, John Warren, 1921-1926, and undated. Includes an obituary of Achorn. | |
| Folder | 5 | Adams, Leverett A., 1912-1913, 1916, 1924, 1942-1943, 1946, 1948, 1970 | |
| Folder | 6 | Ahrens, Theodor G., 1935, 1937-1938. Includes Ahrens report on bird reservations on the coasts of Denmark, 1937. | |
| Folder | 7 | Al, general. Includes a letter from and a photograph of Brent I. Altsheler, July 30, 1936. | |
| Folder | 8 | Albright, Horace Marden, 1929, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1972-1973 | |
| Folder | 9 | Alexander, Wilfrid B., 1921-1922, 1924-1929, 1931-1936, 1941-1942, 1947, 1954, 1958-1959 | |
| Folder | 10 | Allen, Arthur A., 1922-1923, 1925-1927, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1940, 1944-1948, 1950-1952, 1955-1956, 1958, 1960, 1964. Includes correspondence with Elsa G. Allen (Mrs. Arthur A.), and Richard B. Fischer concerning an article on Allen, 1964. Also included are photographs of Allen and his family. | |
| Folder | 11 | Allen Award, Arthur A., 1966-1967, 1969-1970. Includes correspondence and related materials concerning the selection of Wetmore as the recipient of the award in 1970. | |
| Folder | 12 | Allen, Glover Morrill, 1915, 1919, 1921-1924, 1928-1929, 1931, 1936-1939, 1941-1942 | |
| Folder | 13 | Allis, James A., 1946-1947, 1955, 1960-1962, 1966 | |
| Folder | 14 | Allouse, Bashir E., 1953-1954, 1957, 1965 |
Box 2 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Am-Ar, general. Includes correspondence of Stanley C. Arthur, 1928-1930, 1934, concerning John James Audubon. | |
| Folder | 2 | Amadon, Dean, 1941, 1943-1946, 1951-1969, 1971, 1973, and undated | |
| Folder | 3 | Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1920, 1942-1943, 1948, 1951. The letters of 30 November and 6 December 1920 concern an offer to Wetmore to join the Third Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History to take charge of zoological collections. The offer was declined by Wetmore. Also included is a newspaper article concerning Andrews. | |
| Folder | 4 | Anthony, Harold E., 1916-1917, 1919-1924, 1926-1928, 1934, 1958 | |
| Folder | 5 | As-Ay, general | |
| Folder | 6 | Austin, Oliver L., Jr., 1932, 1948, 1950-1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961-1964, 1967-1975. Includes correspondence documenting various aspects of Austin's duties as Editor of The Auk. | |
| Folder | 7 | Bag-Bai, general | |
| Folder | 8 | Bailey, Alfred Marshall, 1923-1927, 1929, 1931, 1936-1937, 1941, 1949, 1953, 1956-1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968-1971, 1973-1974, and undated. The letter of 10 August 1937 (Wetmore to Bailey) includes a description of Wetmore's work at the Colorado Museum of Natural History in 1909. |
Box 3 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Bailey, Harold H., 1928-1937, 1945. Consists mostly of correspondence concerning the birds of Florida. | |
| Folder | 2 | Bailey, Laura Law (Mrs. Harold H.), 1938, 1941- 1942, 1944-1945, 1948-1953, 1955-1957, 1959-1972, 1975. See also under Eugene J. Law and Laura B. Law. | |
| Folder | 3 | Bailey, Vernon Orlando, 1910-1911, 1929-1930, 1936. The correspondence of 1910-1911 concerns Wetmore's collecting trips to Wyoming and Alaska for the Bureau of Biological Survey. Also included is a photograph of Bailey. | |
| Folder | 4 | Bak-Ban, general | |
| Folder | 5 | Baker, Rolin Howard, 1948, 1953-1956, 1958, 1961, and undated | |
| Folder | 6 | Baldwin, Samuel Prentiss, 1926-1929, 1934-1936, and undated | |
| Folder | 7 | Ball, Stanley Crittenden, 1924-1926, 1928-1929, 1934, 1947, 1952. The letter of 5 November 1925 includes a list of birds collected by Wetmore on the Tanager Expedition, 1923. | |
| Folder | 8 | Bangs, Outram, 1922, 1926, 1928 | |
| Folders | 9-10 | Bannerman, David A., 1930, 1934-1938, 1941, 1943-1975. The letter of 21 September 1967 includes a manuscript by Bannerman concerning the Blossom Expedition of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1923-1924. Also included is a newspaper article on Bannerman. |
Box 4 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Bar-Bas, general | |
| Folders | 2-4 | Barbour, Thomas, 1926-1949, and undated. Wetmore carried on a voluminous correspondence with Barbour, a herpetologist and Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. While most of the letters concern zoological issues, several contain interesting discussions of events at and personalities associated with the USNM. | |
| Folder | 5 | Barclay-Smith, Phyllis, 1938-1939, 1947, 1950, 1953 | |
| Folder | 6 | Barnes, Ventura, Jr., 1936-1953, 1973. Several letters concern Barnes' field work in Venezuela. | |
| Folder | 7 | Barros V., Rafael, 1929-1931, 1945-1951, 1959 | |
| Folder | 8 | Bartlett, Robert A., 1930-1931, 1935-1941, 1943, 1972, and undated. Consists mostly of correspondence concerning various voyages of the Effie M. Morrissey. Also included is a letter from Harry Dugan, 9 June 1972, concerning Bartlett. | |
| Folder | 9 | Bassler, Ray S., 1915-1916, 1927, 1930, 1936-1948. Mostly concerns Bassler's curatorial duties in the Department of Geology, USNM. |
Box 5 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Bat-Bay, general | |
| Folder | 2 | Batchelder, Charles F., 1920, 1936, 1942-1943, 1951 | |
| Folder | 3 | Bea-Beg, general | |
| Folder | 4 | Beatty, Harry A., 1933, 1937, 1941-1944, 1948, 1973, 1975 | |
| Folder | 5 | Beck, Herbert Huebener, 1937, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1957-1958. Beck's letter of 4 February 1958 concerns the effect of DDT on the breeding of Bald Eagles. | |
| Folder | 6 | Beck, Rollo Howard, 1911, 1913-1915, 1926, 1947. The correspondence of 1913-1915 concerns Beck's collecting work in South America. | |
| Folder | 7 | Beebe, William, 1933, 1938, 1941, 1943-1946, 1948-1949, 1956, and undated | |
| Folder | 8 | Beh-Bex, general | |
| Folder | 9 | Behle, William H., 1943-1944, 1957-1959, 1962, 1970 | |
| Folder | 10 | Belcher, Charles F., 1931-1937. Mostly concerns Belcher's research on the birds of Trinidad. | |
| Folder | 11 | Belote, Theodore T., 1926-1947. Consists mostly of correspondence relating to Belote's duties as Curator of the Division of History, USNM. | |
| Folder | 12 | Beltran, Enrique, 1942-1947, 1956-1958, 1961 | |
| Folder | 13 | Benjamin, Marcus, 1916, 1918. Correspondence concerning the publication of Wetmore's ornithological papers by the USNM. | |
| Folder | 14 | Bennett, A. G., 1928-1933, 1938. Mostly concerns Bennett's collecting work in the Falkland Islands. | |
| Folders | 15-16 | Bent, Arthur Cleveland, 1911-1955. Bent and Wetmore maintained an extensive correspondence for over forty years. Many of the letters concern Bent's Life Histories of North American Birds. | |
| Folder | 17 | Berger, Andrew John, 1951-1962, 1966, 1970-1975 |
Box 6 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Betts, H. W., 1945-1948 | |
| Folder | 2 | Bi, general. Correspondents include Virgilio Biaggi, Jr., 1941, 1944, 1947-1950, 1955-1958; Leota H. Bigelow (Mrs. A. P.), 1925, 1945-1948, 1951, 1965-1966; John C. Birmingham, Jr., 1969, 1976; Alice S. Bishop (Mrs. Sherman C.), 1951, 1954-1955, 1962. | |
| Folder | 3 | Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1927-1929, 1932-1934. Mostly concerns Bishop's work as Associate Curator at the Freer Gallery of Art. The correspondence of 1932-1934 documents his archeological work in China. | |
| Folder | 4 | Bishop, Louis B., 1926-1933, 1937-1939, 1944-1945, 1949 | |
| Folder | 5 | Bl, general. Correspondents include Enrique T. Blanco, 1941-1942 and Donald Bleitz, 1962, 1969-1973. | |
| Folder | 6 | Blackwelder, Richard Eliot, 1941-1946 | |
| Folder | 7 | Blake, Emmet Reid, 1949, 1952-1958, 1961-1973. Includes correspondence concerning Blake's Manual of Neotropical Birds. | |
| Folder | 8 | Blogg, Percy Thayer, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1933, 1938, 1944-1947 | |
| Folder | 9 | Bob-Bon, general | |
| Folder | 10 | Bock, Walter Joseph, 1956-1957, 1960-1965, 1973, 1975 | |
| Folder | 11 | Bond, James, 1928-1936, 1940-1951, 1955-1964, 1967-1975. Bond and Wetmore maintained an extensive correspondence for nearly fifty years. Much of the correspondence concerns Bond's research on the birds of the West Indies and several letters written during the period 1928-1931 document his field work in Haiti. | |
| Folder | 12 | Bonilla Atiles, J. A., 1944-1947, 1962-1964, and undated |
Box 7 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Boo-Boy, general. Correspondents include Richard Borden, 1935, 1943; Ray Bosley, 1916-1917, 1926-1927, 1930-1931; Adam Giede Boving, 1934, 1936, 1951, and undated. | |
| Folder | 2 | Book Orders (foreign), 1965-1973, and undated | |
| Folder | 3 | Borden, John, 1929. Concerns Borden's proposed expedition to Siberia. Includes correspondence between Borden and Edward William Nelson. | |
| Folder | 4 | Borrero H., Jose Ignacio, 1944-1947, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1957-1975, and undated | |
| Folder | 5 | Boss, Norman H., 1927, 1929, 1931, 1937 | |
| Folder | 6 | Boulton, Rudyerd, 1924-1928, 1959-1972, and undated. Mostly concerns Boulton's work as Director of the Atlantica Ecological Research Station in Rhodesia. | |
| Folder | 7 | Bra-Broc, general. Correspondents include Herbert W. Brandt, 1928, 1948, 1950-1952; Walter John Breckenridge, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1962, 1969; Herbert H. Brimley, 1929-1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1939 |
Box 8 of 240
| Folders | 1-2 | Brodkorb, William Pierce, 1936-1946, 1950-1976, and undated. Mostly concerns research on avian paleontology. Includes a photograph of Brodkorb in the field near Chiapas, Mexico, circa 1939. | |
| Folder | 3 | Broe-Bry, general. Correspondents include Detlev Wulf Bronk, 1945-1946, 1949, 1964, 1974; Edwin Horace Bryan, Jr., 1934-1936, 1939, 1943-1944, 1955, 1962, 1972; Kirk Bryan, 1935, 1938, 1941; Harold C. Bryant, 1918-1919, 1936, 1948. | |
| Folder | 4 | Brooks, Allan C., 1927-1938, 1942-1946, and undated. Primarily concerns his work as an ornithological illustrator. | |
| Folder | 5 | Brooks, Maurice Graham, 1937-1945, 1949-1951, 1954, 1958. Mostly concerns the birds of West Virginia. | |
| Folder | 6 | Brown, Barnum, 1925-1931, 1935, 1938, 1950 | |
| Folder | 7 | Brown, Edward J., 1919, 1925-1935, 1949 | |
| Folder | 8 | Brown, William L., 1928-1933, 1937, 1942-1945, 1968, 1974-1975. The correspondence of 1968, 1974-1975 contains reminiscences on Brown's career as a taxidermist at the USNM. | |
| Folder | 9 | Bryant, Herbert S., 1925-1946. Concerns his duties as Chief, Division of Correspondence and Documents, USNM. |
Box 9 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Buc-Bux, general. Correspondents include Thomas Dearborn Burleigh, 1922, 1938-1939, 1947, 1951,1968-1970; Frank L. Burns, 1908, 1929-1930, 1933, 1943, and undated; Philip J. K. Burton, 1971, 1973-1975. | |
| Folder | 2 | Budin, Emilio, 1926, 1928, 1931. Correspondence concerning his collecting work in South America. | |
| Folder | 3 | Bull, John L., 1957, 1961-1969, 1973, 1975 | |
| Folder | 4 | Bullis, Harvey R., Jr., 1962-1964 | |
| Folder | 5 | Bump, James D., 1941, 1949-1951, 1955-1957 | |
| Folders | 6-7 | Bunker, Charles Dean, 1909, 1913-1948, and undated. Bunker, Assistant Curator of Birds and Mammals, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, was an early influence on Wetmore. They maintained a constant correspondence until his death in 1948. Included are photographs from Bunker's Alaska expedition of 1918. | |
| Folder | 8 | Bunker Fund, Charles Dean, 1942-1948 | |
| Folder | 9 | Burt, Charles Earle, 1932-1935 | |
| Folder | 10 | Burton, E. Milby, 1937-1942, 1947-1949, 1959-1964, 1973, 1975 | |
| Folder | 11 | Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1928, 1939 |
Box 10 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Cab-Cap, general | |
| Folder | 2 | Cadwalader, Charles Meigs Biddle, 1934-1951 | |
| Folder | 3 | Calhoun, John Bumpass, 1939-1941, 1944-1945 | |
| Folder | 4 | Cammerer, Arno B., 1928, 1933-1940. Includes a report and photographs concerning elk in Yellowstone National Park, 10 December 1934. | |
| Folder | 5 | Car-Cau, general. Correspondents include Edward L. Caum, 1923-1925, 1932-1936, 1941. | |
| Folder | 6 | Carnes, Betty, 1949-1952, 1955, 1958, 1967-1969 | |
| Folder | 7 | Carpenter, R. R. M., 1943-1944, 1947-1948 | |
| Folder | 8 | Carr, Archie Fairly, Jr., 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963 | |
| Folder | 9 | Carriker, Melbourne Armstrong, Jr., 1939-1940, 1948, 1951-1966, 1976, and undated. Carriker collected birds, primarily in Colombia, for the USNM and Wetmore during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The correspondence concerns Carriker's field work and his research on bird lice. | |
| Folder | 10 | Carriker, Melbourne Armstrong, Jr. Field work, Colombia, 1942-1952, 1957, 1960-1964, and undated. Consists of yearly reports on field work, specimen lists, equipment lists, correspondence, and photographs of his 1951 expedition. | |
| Folder | 11 | Carriker, Melbourne Romaine, 1970-1972 |
Box 11 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Ce-Ch, general. Correspondents include E. Burnham Chamberlain, 1938-1945, 1948, 1957, 1964, 1972-1975; David Chase, 1930-1931, 1933, 1940, concerning Wetmore's field work in Spain, 1930; Webster W. Chase, 1963-1964, concerning the Latin American ornithologist Hasso von Wedel; F. N. Chasen, 1936-1941. | |
| Folder | 2 | Chambers, W. Lee, 1908, 1915, 1919-1928, 1931, 1935, 1940, 1943-1948, and undated. Mostly concerns activities of the Cooper Ornithological Club. | |
| Folder | 3 | Chapin, Edward Albert, 1918-1920, 1925, 1934-1944, 1947, and undated. Primarily concerns Chapin's duties as Curator, Division of Insects, USNM. The correspondence of 1937 documents his field work in Jamaica. | |
| Folder | 4 | Chapin, James Paul, 1917-1918, 1921-1929, 1938, 1940-1951, 1956-1957, 1963, and undated. The correspondence of 1943 concerns a controversy over the importation of gorillas from the Belgian Congo. | |
| Folder | 5 | Chapman, Frank Michler, 1920-1945, and undated. Chapman, Curator of Birds at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), was a close colleague of Wetmore's. The correspondence documents various aspects of their research, especially on Latin American birds. Of special interest is the correspondence of 1920-1921 which documents an offer to Wetmore to join the Third Asiatic Expedition of the AMNH to take charge of the zoological collections. Also included is biographical information and an obituary. | |
| Folder | 6 | Chardon, Carlos E., 1941-1950, 1953-1954. Correspondence concerning the preparation of his Los Naturalistas en la America Latina. | |
| Folder | 7 | Cherbonnier, E. G., 1952-1953, 1956-1960, 1973-1974 | |
| Folder | 8 | Ci, general |
Box 12 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Cl, general. Correspondents include P. A. Clancey, 1957, 1965-1968, 1973, 1975; Harold T. Clark, 1946, 1948, 1950; Theresa Clay, 1945-1948, 1951-1952; Howard H. Cleaves, 1915, 1917, 1922, 1929, 1969-1973. | |
| Folder | 2 | Clark, Austin H., 1916, 1922-1936, 1939-1943, 1946, and undated. Primarily concerns Clark's work as Curator, Division of Echinoderms, USNM. | |
| Folder | 3 | Clark, Leila F., 1935-1947. Correspondence and memoranda concerning her duties as Librarian, USNM. | |
| Folder | 4 | Coa-Cok, general. Correspondents include Theodore D. A. Cockerell, 1930-1936, 1941, 1946. | |
| Folder | 5 | Cochran, Doris Mable, 1926-1927, 1931, 1935, 1942-1947. Mostly concerns her duties as Assistant Curator and Curator, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, USNM. The correspondence of 1935 documents Cochran's field research in Brazil. | |
| Folder | 6 | Col, general. Correspondents include Leon J. Cole, 1927, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1943-1946; Alfred M. Collins, 1925-1931, 1944; Harold S. Colton, 1932-1936, 1940, 1944-1945, 1947. | |
| Folder | 7 | Collins, Henry Bascom, Jr., 1928-1938, 1945-1946, and undated. Correspondence concerning his work in the Division of Ethnology, USNM, and the Bureau of American Ethnology. Included are letters documenting his Alaska field work, 1929 and 1936. | |
| Folder | 8 | Com-Con, general. Correspondents include Lawrence V. Compton, 1933-1938, 1942, 1947; John B. Conant, 1946, concerning the selection of a Director for the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Roger Conant, 1945, 1950-1951, 1964, 1968; Jose Alvarez Conde, 1946, 1948, 1951-1952. | |
| Folder | 9 | Commerford, Lester E., 1925-1934, 1937-1940, 1943, 1946-1948 | |
| Folder | 10 | Conover, H. Boardman, 1935, 1939-1942, 1945-1950, and undated |
Box 13 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Coo-Cos, general. Correspondents include Melville Thurston Cook, 1936-1937, 1950; Wells Woodbridge Cooke, 1905, 1908, concerning Wetmore's early ornithological studies; Charles Barney Cory, 1907, 1910, 1919-1920, including an offer to Wetmore to become a field collector for the Field Museum of Natural History, 1910. | |
| Folder | 2 | Cook, Harold J., 1922, 1927, 1931-1940, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1954-1959, and undated. Correspondence concerning his research on fossil birds. | |
| Folder | 3 | Coolidge, Harold Jefferson, 1942-1943, 1948, 1951-1953, 1956, 1958, 1969-1970, and undated. Correspondence primarily concerning Coolidge's work as Chairman, American Committee for International Wild Life Protection. | |
| Folder | 4 | Cooper, G. Arthur, 1931, 1935-1946. Concerns Cooper's curatorial career in the Department of Geology, USNM. The correspondence of 1939 and 1945 documents his field work in Texas. | |
| Folder | 5 | Corbin, William L., 1925-1941, and undated. Correspondence documenting Corbin's duties as Smithsonian Librarian. | |
| Folder | 6 | Cot-Cox, general. Correspondents include Edward J. Court, 1935-1936, 1943, concerning his collecting activity in Maryland and Virginia. | |
| Folder | 7 | Cottam, Clarence, 1937, 1941-1944, 1949, 1955-1962, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, and undated. The correspondence of 1955-1956 concerns the disposition of the Theodore S. Palmer library and papers. | |
| Folder | 8 | Courtenay-Latimer, Marge, 1957-1964, 1969-1972 |
Box 14 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Cr, general. Correspondents include Frank C. Craighead, 1947, 1949; John J. Craighead, 1945, 1947; Lee S. Crandall, 1918, 1944, 1953, 1957, 1960; Ralph E. Cropley, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943-1944, concerning Cropley's collection of maritime data. | |
| Folder | 2 | Cracraft, Joel, 1966-1975. Correspondence concerning Cracraft's research on avian paleontology. | |
| Folder | 3 | Crist, Raymond E., 1941-1944, 1947-1948, 1952-1966, 1969. Correspondence primarily concerning Crist's field work in Central and South America. | |
| Folder | 4 | Cu, general. Correspondents include Carlos E. Cummings, 1939, 1947. | |
| Folder | 5 | Cuello, Juan, 1959-1962, 1966, 1969-1970 | |
| Folder | 6 | Curtis, Karl P., 1948-1964. Many of the letters contain information concerning Wetmore's Panama field research. | |
| Folder | 7 | Dabbene, Roberto, 1920-1930, 1933 | |
| Folder | 8 | Daf-Dan, general. Correspondents include Alfons Dampf, 1940-1943, 1946 and Ralph E. Danforth, 1941-1945, 1948, 1952. | |
| Folders | 9-10 | Danforth, Stuart Taylor, 1925-1930, 1934-1939, and undated. Danforth, a professor at the University of Puerto Rico and specialist on West Indies birds, donated his specimen collection to the USNM. The correspondence documents his research and the transfer of his collection to Washington. |
Box 15 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Dar-Day, general. Correspondents include M. E. McLellan Davidson, 1928-1929, 1934, 1936; David Edward Davis, 1941, 1948-1951; John Davis, 1952, 1954-1955, 1957. | |
| Folder | 2 | Davis, L. Irby, 1947, 1949, 1959, 1961-1966, 1969-1976. Correspondence concerning his research on bird calls and songs. | |
| Folder | 3 | De, general. Correspondents include L. F. de Beaufort, 1930-1932, 1936, 1938 and Theodoor de Booy, 1917-1918. | |
| Folder | 4 | Deane, Ruthven, 1915, 1922, 1925-1934, and undated. Several letters concern the Deane Collection of Photographs of Ornithologists. | |
| Folder | 5 | Deignan, Herbert Girton, 1936-1937, 1939, 1943-1948, 1961-1968, and undated. Deignan, an authority on the birds of Southeast Asia, was on the staff of the Division of Birds, USNM, from 1938 to 1961. The correspondence concerns his participation on the Asiatic Primate Expedition, 1937; his study of Asiatic birds in European museums as the recipient of the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship, 1939; and his retirement in Switzerland, 1962-1968. | |
| Folders | 6-7 | Delacour, Jean Theodore, 1926-1956, 1970-1971, and undated. Includes news clippings concerning Delacour. | |
| Folder | 8 | de Schauensee, Rodolphe Meyer, 1933, 1936-1951, 1960, 1964-1970, 1973, and undated |
Box 16 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Dharmakumarsinhji, Prince K. S., 1938-1944, 1948, and undated. Correspondence mostly concerning his research on breeding Birds of Paradise. | |
| Folder | 2 | Di, general. Correspondents include Lee Raymond Dice, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1933, 1943-1944, 1947, including a letter (30 June 1925) concerning his interest in the position of Superintendent, National Zoological Park; Frederick M. Dille, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1938-1939. | |
| Folders | 3-4 | Dickey, Donald Ryder, 1923-1932, and undated. Dickey, field naturalist and Research Associate at the California Institute of Technology, served with Wetmore on the Tanager Expedition of 1923. Of special interest is correspondence documenting a plan by Dickey to endow a chair of vertebrate zoology for Wetmore at the California Institute of Technology. | |
| Folder | 5 | Dickey, Florence Van Vechten Murphey (Mrs. Donald Ryder Dickey), 1932-1935, 1940, 1943, 1950-1951, 1954, and undated. Mostly concerns negotiations over the disposition of the Donald Ryder Dickey Collection and Library. The material was eventually donated to the University of California at Los Angeles. | |
| Folder | 6 | Dickinson, Joshua Clifton, Jr., 1949, 1952-1959, 1964, 1974 | |
| Folder | 7 | Dickison, D. J., 1929, 1932, 1937-1938, 1949, 1957-1962, 1965 | |
| Folder | 8 | Diven, Emerson Liscum, II, 1926-1939, 1953-1954, 1963, 1965, 1971 |
Box 17 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Dob-Dol, general. Correspondents include Richard L. Dobie, 1933-1939 and Homer L. Dodge, 1944-1949, 1954-1957, 1969. | |
| Folder | 2 | Don-Doz, general | |
| Folder | 3 | Dr-Dy, general. Correspondents include Frank Dufresne, 1938, 1942, 1945-1946 and James A. Duke, 1967-1968, including Duke's manuscript "Bird Dietary." | |
| Folder | 4 | Dugand, Armando, 1938-1953. Correspondence con cerning his research on the birds of Colombia. | |
| Folder | 5 | Dunn, Thomas W., 1958-1968, 1973. Includes several letters concerning Wetmore's field work in Panama. | |
| Folder | 6 | Dunning, John S., 1965, 1969-1970, 1973-1974 | |
| Folder | 7 | Dupouy, Walter, 1941-1949, 1967 | |
| Folder | 8 | Dwight, Jonathan, 1924-1927, 1929, and undated. Much of the correspondence concerns the preparation of the fourth edition of the AOU Check-List of North American Birds. |
Box 18 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Ea-Ed, general. Correspondents include Harold E. Edgerton, 1947-1948, 1950, 1954. | |
| Folder | 2 | Edwards, Ernest P., 1959-1960, 1963, 1969-1971 | |
| Folder | 3 | Eg-El, general | |
| Folders | 4-6 | Eisenmann, Eugene, 1946-1967. Correspondence concerning the birds of Panama. | |
| Folder | 7 | Ekman, Erik L., 1927-1930. Concerns Ekman's collecting work in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. |
Box 19 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Em-Es, general. Correspondents include Guy Emerson, 1948-1952, 1955, 1958, 1961; Robert K. Enders, 1945-1947, 1956, 1958. | |
| Folder | 2 | Emerson, Kary Cadmus, 1952, 1957, 1970-1971, 1976 | |
| Folder | 3 | Emlen, John Thompson, Jr., 1929, 1932, 1934, 1949-1950, 1952, 1955-1956, 1961, 1968 | |
| Folder | 4 | Et-Ez, general. Correspondents include R. D. Etchecopar, 1951, 1964-1967; Logan I. Evans, 1928, 1937, 1943; Barton Warren Evermann, 1918-1919, 1924-1925; Alfred Ezra, 1934, 1938-1939, 1942-1943. | |
| Folder | 5 | Ewan, Joseph, 1958, 1960-1961, 1969, 1974. The letter of 30 April 1974 (Wetmore to Ewan) contains information on the early history of the Barro Colorado Island Research Station. | |
| Folder | 6 | Fa, general. Correspondents include David Grandison Fairchild, 1938, 1945, 1948-1950; James Waldo Fawcett, 1935, 1937-1938, 1940, 1944, 1947, concerning the Washington Evening Star's coverage of the Smithsonian and USNM. | |
| Folder | 7 | Fagen, Charles L., 1921-1928, 1937-1941, 1947. Several letters concern his collecting work for the USNM in South America. | |
| Folder | 8 | Fairchild, Graham Bell, 1951-1959, 1963, 1966-1967, 1970-1971 | |
| Folder | 9 | Farner, Donald Sankey, 1945-1947, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1960-1964, 1967-1968, and undated | |
| Folder | 10 | Fast, Arthur H., 1945-1947, 1952-1953, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1968-1969 | |
| Folder | 11 | Favour, Paul G., Jr., 1948-1955. Correspondence mostly concerning the birds of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. | |
| Folder | 12 | Fe-Ff, general. Correspondents include John Alan Feduccia, 1959, 1967, 1970-1971; Ramon Ferreyra, 1944-1947, 1951, 1970; Judith M. Ferrier, 1934-1937, 1943-1950. |
Box 20 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Fi, general. Correspondents include Clyde Fisher, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1942, 1947. | |
| Folder | 2 | Figgins, Jesse D., 1923-1928, 1931-1934, 1941-1944 | |
| Folders | 3-4 | Fisher, Albert Kenrick, 1914-1931, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1945-1947, and undated. Fisher, a biologist with the Bureau of Biological Survey, was a long-time colleague and friend of Wetmore's. The correspondence of 1929 documents Fisher's participation on the Pinchot South Seas Expedition. Also included are several letters concerning the Washington Biologists' Field Club. | |
| Folder | 5 | Fisher, Harvey Irwin, 1945-1954, 1959-1960, 1968-1969, 1971 | |
| Folder | 6 | Fisher, Walter Kenrick, 1922-1938, 1943, 1947-1949, 1952. The correspondence of 1948-1949 concerns the death of Albert Kenrick Fisher. Also included are several letters written to Fisher by European ornithologists in 1904-1905 (see letter of 1 June 1943). | |
| Folder | 7 | Fisk, Erma J., 1955, 1962, 1971, 1974 | |
| Folder | 8 | Fl, general. Correspondents include Laurence B. Fletcher, 1925-1932. | |
| Folders | 9-10 | Fleming, James Henry, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1924-1940, and undated. Fleming, a noted Canadian ornithologist, was in constant correspondence with Wetmore. The letters document research interests, AOU business, and various professional issues. |
Box 21 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Fo, general. Correspondents include Edward Howe Forbush, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1932-1933, concerning the Massachusetts Division of Ornithology; and Richard L. Fox, 1945-1947. | |
| Folder | 2 | Foshag, William F., 1926-1941. Correspondence concerning Foshag's official duties as Curator, Department of Geology, USNM. Included are accounts of his collecting work in Mexico, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1934, and 1941. | |
| Folder | 3 | Fowler, Henry Weed, 1922, 1928-1929, 1932, 1936-1937, 1942 | |
| Folder | 4 | Fr-Fy, general. Correspondents include Herbert Friedenwald, 1943-1944, including several letters concerning Albert Kenrick Fisher, January, 1944. | |
| Folder | 5 | Freeland, Edward D., 1943-1951. Concerns Wetmore's field research in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. | |
| Folder | 6 | Freeman, George Fouche, 1927-1932, 1937 | |
| Folder | 7 | Frick, Childs, 1929-1930, 1937, 1942-1948 | |
| Folder | 8 | Friedmann, Herbert, 1922-1943, 1957-1965, 1968. Friedmann served as Curator, Division of Birds, USNM, 1929-1957, and Head Curator, Department of Zoology, USNM, 1957-1961. The correspondence documents his appointment and subsequent career at the USNM; his investigation of bird collections in European museums, 1936-1937; and his research on African and South American parasitic birds. | |
| Folder | 9 | Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1915, 1924-1926 | |
| Folder | 10 | Gaa-Gal, general | |
| Folder | 11 | Gabrielson, Ira N., 1935-1937, 1940-1956, 1961, and undated | |
| Folder | 12 | Galindo, Pedro, 1957, 1960-1974, 1976, and undated. Mostly concerns Wetmore's research on the birds of Panama. Included are photographs of the Alexander Wetmore Bridge, Bayano River Station, Panama, 1973. |
Box 22 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Ganier, Albert F., 1937-1947, 1950-1965, 1969-1970, and undated. Correspondence mostly concerning the birds of Tennessee. | |
| Folder | 2 | Gar-Gaz, general. Correspondents include Leon L. Gardner, 1918-1920, 1925-1927, 1965. | |
| Folder | 3 | Garber, Paul Edward, 1926-1931, 1934-1938, 1941, 1945. Mostly concerns his work as Assistant Curator, Section of Aeronautics, USNM. | |
| Folder | 4 | Garrido, Orlando H., 1967-1974. Mostly concerns Garrido's work on the birds of Cuba. | |
| Folder | 5 | Garrity, Devin A., 1957-1958, 1962 | |
| Folder | 6 | Gazin, Charles Lewis, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1942, 1945. Concerns Gazin's duties as Assistant Curator, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, USNM. Included is correspondence documenting his field work in Idaho, 1934; New Mexico, 1936; and Utah, 1938. | |
| Folder | 7 | Ge-Gi, general. Correspondents include Humphrey A. Gilbert, 1935-1942, 1946; Walter M. Gilbert, 1932-1933, 1936, 1943-1944; E. Thomas Gilliard, 1939-1944, 1948, 1959. | |
| Folder | 8 | Gebhardt, Erwin, 1958-1959 | |
| Folder | 9 | Gillham, Charles Edward, 1942, 1956-1957, 1961, 1965 | |
| Folder | 10 | Gl, general. Correspondents include L. W. Glazebrook, 1945-1952 and Fred H. Glenny, 1941-1946. | |
| Folder | 11 | Gloyd, Howard Kay, 1924, 1957-1960, 1972-1973 | |
| Folder | 12 | Go, general. Correspondents include Jose Royo y Gomez, 1941-1946, 1951-1952. | |
| Folder | 13 | Godfrey, W. Earl, 1948-1949, 1952-1956, 1959-1962, 1966-1968, 1973 | |
| Folder | 14 | Goldman, Edward Alphonso, 1925, 1927, 1935-1936, 1938, 1946 |
Box 23 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Gra, general. Correspondents include C. H. B. Grant, 1942-1943, 1946, 1949-1950, 1952; Ulysses S. Grant, III, 1929-1930, 1932-1933, 1949; William W. Grant, 1927, 1931, 1934, concerning Audubon prints owned by Grant. | |
| Folders | 2-3 | Graf, John Enos, 1931-1948, and undated. Graf was Associate Director of the USNM, 1931-1945, and later an Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian until 1957. The correspondence documents various aspects of USNM administration. | |
| Folder | 4 | Graham, David Crockett, 1943-1944, 1949-1950, 1952, 1954-1955, 1959, 1968-1969, 1974. Graham was a missionary in West China. For many years he collected natural history specimens for the USNM. This correspondence post-dates his work in China and primarily concerns the preparation of manuscripts. The letters of 1968-1969, 1974 were exchanged between Wetmore and Graham's daughter, Margaret Graham. | |
| Folder | 5 | Graham, Edward H., 1947, 1953-1954, 1961 | |
| Folder | 6 | Granger, Walter, 1933-1941 | |
| Folder | 7 | Grant, Chapman, 1930-1934, 1942-1946, 1950, 1956-1961, 1964, 1967-1975 |
Box 24 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Gre, general. Correspondents include Clifford C. Gregg, 1945-1948, 1953; Herbert E. Gregory, 1923-1925, 1928, including several letters concerning the Tanager Expedition, 1923; John H. Grey, Jr., 1940, 1942, 1945, 1947-1950, 1971. | |
| Folder | 2 | Greene, Earl R., 1944-1975. Includes correspondence concerning his work with the 600 club. | |
| Folder | 3 | Greenwalt, Crawford H., 1953, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1969. Includes photographs of chickadees and nuthatches in flight. | |
| Folder | 4 | Greenway, James C., Jr., 1952-1953, 1957-1958, 1960 | |
| Folder | 5 | Gri, general | |
| Folders | 6-8 | Grinell, Joseph, 1906, 1913-1939. Grinell was Director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, and for many years, Editor of The Condor, journal of the Cooper Ornithological Club. The correspondence concerns the publication of articles by Wetmore in The Condor; research interests; and professional issues. | |
| Folder | 9 | _________________. John Roy Pemberton Collection, 1921-1926. Correspondence concerning Wetmore's work describing Pemberton's collection of Patagonian birds in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. |
Box 25 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Griscom, Ludlow, 1926, 1932-1936, 1940-1961, 1973. Much of the correspondence concerns their mutual interest in the birds of Panama. | |
| Folder | 2 | Gro-Gru, general. Correspondents include Owen J. Gromme, 1932, 1937, 1940-1942, 1961; Alfred Otto Gross, 1923, 1927, 1949, 1952-1953, 1959, 1966. | |
| Folder | 3 | Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1924, 1934, 1950, 1953, 1966, and undated | |
| Folder | 4 | Gu-Gy, general. Correspondents include Gordon Wright Gullion, 1945-1947, 1950, 1953, 1956; Nils Gyldenstolpe, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1938-1939, 1941, 1946, 1950-1951, 1955. | |
| Folder | 5 | Guilday, John E., 1958, 1960-1962, 1964-1965, 1967-1968, 1971 | |
| Folder | 6 | Hac-Hal, general. Correspondents include Karl W. Haller, 1938-1941, 1953, concerning his discovery of a new species of Dendroica, 1939. | |
| Folder | 7 | Hachisuka, Marquis, 1931-1937, 1946, 1948, 1953 | |
| Folder | 8 | Haffer, Jurgen H., 1960-1962, 1964, 1968-1971, 1974, 1976. The correspondence mostly concerns the birds of Colombia. | |
| Folder | 9 | Hall, Eugene Raymond, 1923-1927, 1931-1932, 1939-1966, 1969-1971. Hall, Director of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, maintained a voluminous correspondence with Wetmore. Several letters contain recollections of Wetmore's college days at Lawrence. | |
| Folder | 10 | Hall, Patricia, 1955-1958, 1961-1966, 1969-1970 | |
| Folder | 11 | Hall, Robert A. E., 1955, 1958-1959, 1961, 1966 |
Box 26 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Ham-Han, general | |
| Folder | 2 | Handley, Charles O., Jr., 1947-1949, 1952, 1960-1961, 1965-1966, and undated | |
| Folder | 3 | Hanna, G. Dallas, 1911-1920, 1925-1926, 1930, 1933, 1966-1967, 1970, and undated. The correspondence of 1911-1917 concerns Hanna's field work in Alaska. | |
| Folder | 4 | Hanson, Arthur B., 1957, 1968 | |
| Folder | 5 | Hard-Harm, general | |
| Folder | 6 | Harding, R. Reid, 1934-1936, 1939-1943, 1946-1950 | |
| Folder | 7 | Hardy, John William, 1957, 1962-1966, 1968, 1971 | |
| Folders | 8-9 | Hargrave, Lyndon L., 1932-1939, 1943, 1955-1975, and undated. Correspondence concerning his research on avian paleontology. | |
| Folder | 10 | Harllee, H. L., 1936-1938 |
Box 27 of 240
| Folder | 1 | Harp-Harper, general | |
| Folder | 2 | Harper, Francis, 1916-1917, 1922, 1924-1925, 1928, 1932-1933, 1935, 1939, 1941-1960, 1964-1965, 1969-1971. Included is correspondence concerning Harper's field work in Florida, 1917, and correspondence and a report concerning the Nueltin Lake (Canada) Expedition, 1947. | |
| Folders | 3-6 | _________________. Report on Extinct and Vanishing Mammals, 1937-1947, and undated. In 1936, the American Committee for International Wild Life Protection commissioned Harper to undertake an investigation of extinct and endangered mammals. Wetmore, along with Harold J. Coolidge and Charles M. D. Cadwalder, served on a committee to supervise the project. The correspondence documents the preparation of Harper's monograph. A companion volume on new world mammals was published by Glover M. Allen. Correspondents include Harper, Coolidge, and Cadwalder. |
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| Folder | 1 | Harr-Haz, general. Correspondents include James M. Harrison, 1939, 1942, 1953-1954, 1967, 1971. | |
| Folder | 2 | Harris, Harry, 1919, 1923-1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1936, and undated. Includes correspondence concerning Harris' research on John Xantus and Robert Ridgway. | |
| Folder | 3 | Hartert, Ernst Johann Otto, 1921, 1924-1928, 1931-1933, and undated | |
| Folder | 4 | Hartman, Frank Alexander, 1945, 1949-1965, 1972 | |
| Folder | 5 | Hay, Oliver Perry, 1924-1929, and undated | |
| Folder | 6 | Hea-Hem, general. Correspondents include Edmund Heller, undated. | |
| Folder | 7 | Hellmayr, C. E., 1922, 1924, 1926-1932 | |
| Folder | 8 | Hen-Hey, general. Correspondents include Henry Wetherbee Henshaw concerning Wetmore's field work in Alaska and Porto Rico, 1911; Samuel Henshaw, 1918, 1923-1926; F. Seymour Hersey, 1912-1926; Philip Hershkovitz, 1943-1945, 1948, 1950, 1952-1953, 1967, 1969, including letters written from Europe during his service with the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. | |
| Folder | 9 | Henderson, Edward P., 1931-1932, 1935-1937, 1941-1945, and undated. Mostly concerns Henderson's activities as Associate Curator, Department of Geology, USNM. Included is correspondence documenting his field work in Utah, Colorado, and Montana, 1932; Arkansas, 1935; and Alaska, 1936. Also included are letters relating to his participation at the XVII International Geological Congress, Moscow, 1937. | |
| Folder | 10 | Henderson, Walter Cleveland, 1924-1926, 1928, 1936-1937, 1943, and undated. Includes photographs of Henderson in Alaska, undated. | |
| Folder | 11 | Hettmen, Fred, 1920-1921, 1923, 1956. Includes two photographs of Wetmore in Paraguay, 1920 (see letter of 29 November 1956 which also includes recollections of Wetmore's Paraguay field work). | |
| Folder | 12 | Hi, general | |
| Folder | 13 | Hibbard, Claude W., 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944-1946, 1949-1950, 1952-1953, 1956 | |
| Folder | 14 | Hicks, Lawrence E., 1935, 1937-1939, 1941-1944, 1946-1947. Much of the correspondence concerns business of the AOU. | |
| Folder | 15 | Hinds, Rudolpho C., 1960-1965, 1968, 1971-1973 |
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| Folder | 1 | Hoa-Hol, general. Correspondents include Ray P. Holland, 1931, 1934-1935; Ned Hollister, 1917, 1919, 1921-1923 (information on Hollister is also found in the correspondence of Mabel Hollister and W. D. Hollister); Walter W. Holmes, 1932-1933; William Henry Holmes, 1926, 1929, 1931-1932. | |
| Folder | 2 | Hochbaum, Albert, 1942-1945 | |
| Folder | 3 | Holgersen, Holger, 1948, 1954, 1956-1959, 1961-1962, 1965-1966, 1972-1974 | |
| Folders | 4-5 | Holt, Ernest Golsan, 1913-1945, 1948, 1950-1959, 1961, 1972-1973, and undated. Holt, a Field Naturalist with the Bureau of Biological Survey from 1912 to 1917, was a close personal friend of Wetmore. Included are many letters documenting Holt's field work for the Biological Survey, the Standard Oil Company, and the National Geographic Society in Arizona, Texas, South Dakota, Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela. | |
| Folder | 6 | Hoo-Hov, general. Correspondents include Joseph Douglas Hood, 1915, 1919-1922, 1924-1928 and Charles B. Hornsburgh, 1930-1931, 1933, 1937. | |
| Folder | 7 | Horvath, Lajos, 1955-1956, 1960, 1962-1963, 1974 | |
| Folder | 8 | Householder, Vic H., 1925, 1931, 1933, 1936-1938, 1941-1943, 1946, 1949-1952, 1956-1963. Includes photographs of Householder (see letter of 22 June 1952) and Charles D. Bunker (see letter of 5 September 1931). | |
| Folder | 9 | Houston, Clarence Stuart, 1958-1959 |
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| Folder | 1 | How-Hr, general. Correspondents include Leland Ossian Howard, 1917-1918, 1926, 1929-1930. | |
| Folders | 2-3 | Howard, Hildegarde, 1927-1974. Consists primarily of correspondence concerning their research on avian paleontology. | |
| Folder | 4 | Howell, Alfred Brazier, 1924-1932, 1936, 1939, 1944-1946, 1952, 1960, 1967, and undated. The letter of 14 September 1930 concerns the American Society of Mammalogists' disapproval of the predatory mammal policies of the Bureau of Biological Survey; the letter of 28 September 1967 (Wetmore to Luther Little) includes Wetmore's recollections of Howell. | |
| Folder | 5 | Howell, Thomas Raymond, 1955-1961, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971-1975. Correspondence concerning his research on avian paleontology. | |
| Folder | 6 | Hu-Hy, general. Correspondents include Archie V. Hull, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1948, 1953; Cyril Hurcomb, 1945-1950, 1958, 1969; Julian S. Huxley, 1925, 1927, 1935-1936. | |
| Folder | 7 | Hubbs, Carl Leavitt, 1932-1937, 1942-1944, 1953, 1957, 1961. The correspondence of 1932-1937 concerns George S. Myers, Leonard P. Schultz, and the Division of Fishes, USNM. | |
| Folder | 8 | Huey, Laurence M., 1933, 1935, 1942-1943, 1947-1948, 1950, 1958-1961 | |
| Folder | 9 | Huff, Clay G., 1952-1955, 1967 | |
| Folder | 10 | Hume, Edgar Erskine, 1941-1943, 1948. Mostly concerns his research on the ornithologists of the Army Medical Corps. | |
| Folder | 11 | Humphrey, Philip S., 1955, 1958-1962, 1964, 1968-1971 |
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| Folder | 1 | I, general. Correspondents include Lloyd G. Ingles, 1951-1953; Collingwood Ingram, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1970-1971; Laurence Irving, 1948-1953, 1961-1962. | |
| Folder | 2 | Ibarra, Jorge A., 1955-1956, 1959-1971, 1977 | |
| Folder | 3 | Ja, general. Correspondents include Hartley H. T. Jackson, 1925-1927, 1942-1944, 1946. | |
| Folder | 4 | Je, general. Correspondents include Randolph Jenks, 1935, regarding a proposed expedition to Arizona. | |
| Folder | 5 | Jewett, Stanley Gordon, 1925, 1927-1929, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1942-1943, 1953 | |
| Folder | 6 | Joh-Jon, general. Correspondents include Eldridge R. Fenimore Johnson, 1933, 1945-1946, 1954, 1960 and Malcolm Thomas Jollie, 1942, 1946-1949, 1953-1954, 1956, 1958. | |
| Folder | 7 | Johnson, Alfred W., 1939-1940, 1945, 1952, 1955-1959, 1962-1974, and undated. Mostly concerns Johnson's research on the birds of Chile. | |
| Folder | 8 | Johnson, Carl Milton, 1954-1965, 1969, 1973. Johnson was Director of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama. The correspondence documents activities of the Laboratory and Wetmore's field work. Included are photographs of the Wetmore canopy bridge, Altos de Maje, Panama. | |
| Folder | 9 | Johnson, David W., 1947, 1957-1959, 1961, 1964-1975 | |
| Folder | 10 | Jor-Ju, general. Correspondents include G. C. A. Junge, 1939, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1959. | |
| Folder | 11 | Jordan, David Starr, 1925-1926 | |
| Folder | 12 | Jorgensen, Harriet I., 1938, 1940-1941, 1946-1951, 1955-1970, 1974. Includes letters concerning her work on a dictionary of European birds. Also included is a photograph of Jorgensen. | |
| Folder | 13 | Jourdain, F. C. R., 1931-1939. Mostly concerns the VIII International Ornithological Congress, Oxford, 1934. |
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| Folder | 1 | Judd, Neil M., 1925-1939, 1942-1944, 1946, 1958. The correspondence concerns Judd's duties as Curator, Department of Anthropology, USNM. Included are letters documenting his activities as Smithsonian representative at the Seventh American Science Congress, Mexico City, 1935. | |
| Folder | 2 | Ka, general | |
| Folder | 3 | Kahl, M. Philip, 1959, 1967, 1969-1971, 1974-1975, and undated | |
| Folder | 4 | Kalmbach, Edwin R., 1916-1921, 1928-1930, 1932, 1935-1941, 1944, 1947-1948, 1952-1953, 1962-1964, 1967-1969, 1971-1972, and undated. Kalmbach was a colleague of Wetmore in the Bureau of Biological Survey and later advanced to Director of the Denver Wildlife Research Laboratory, United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Letters written between 1916 and 1930 contain interesting discussions of Survey work and personnel, as well as Kalmbach's field work in Louisiana, California, and Oregon. | |
| Folder | 5 | Ke-Kel, general. Correspondents include Peter Paul Kellogg, 1946, 1957-1958; Lewis B. Kellum, 1947, 1956-1958; Harlan P. Kelsey, 1940, 1946-1950. | |
| Folder | 6 | Keenan, Charles Marvin, 1953, 1955, 1960-1963, 1967-1968, 1971, and undated | |
| Folder | 7 | Keith, G. Stuart, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969-1970 | |
| Folders | 8-9 | Kellogg, A. Remington, 1914-1917, 1926, 1928-1930, 1932-1933, 1937, 1939, 1941-1947, 1955, 1959, 1969-1973, 1975, and undated. A long-time colleague and friend of Wetmore, Kellogg was employed by both the Bureau of Biological Survey and the USNM, serving the latter as Curator, Division of Mammals, 1928-1948, and Director, 1948-1962. The correspondence concerns his work at the Biological Survey and USNM; his research on marine mammals; and his election to the National Academy of Sciences. Also included is a photograph of Kellogg conducting field work in Arizona, 1942, and correspondence, photographs, and printed materials relating to the dedication of the Kellogg Library of Marine Mammalogy, 1972. | |
| Folder | 10 | Kelso, Leon J., 1935, 1962, 1964-1966, 1968-1969, 1972-1976 |
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| Folder | 1 | Kempton, James H., 1926, 1936, 1940, 1942-1945, 1947-1954, 1958-1959, 1961. Several letters contain information on Henri Pittier and William H. Phelps, Jr. and their ornithological activities in Venezuela. Also included are photographs of and taken by Kempton. | |
| Folder | 2 | Kemsies, Emerson, 1953-1954, 1961-1964, 1968-1970 | |
| Folder | 3 | Ken-Key, general. Correspondents include Wyatt A. Kent, 1943-1951; Karl Walton Kenyon, 1938, 1961, 1973; Edwin H. Kerrison, Jr., 1941-1942, 1952, 1959-1960, 1965; Brina Kessel, 1949, 1952-1953, 1959, 1968-1969, 1973, 1975, including a photograph of Kessel. | |
| Folder | 4 | Kennard, Frederic Hedge, 1925-1937, and undated | |
| Folder | 5 | Kepler, Cameron B. and Kay, 1968-1971. Primarily concerns their research on the birds of Puerto Rico. Includes three pen and ink drawings of the Elfin Woods Warbler (Dendroica angelae), a new bird described by the Keplers and Kenneth C. Parkes in 1971. | |
| Folder | 6 | Keve, Andrew, 1939, 1941-1942, 1945-1950, 1952, 1956-1962, 1965-1967, 1970, 1972. Mostly concerns his work on the birds of Hungary. | |
| Folder | 7 | Ki, general | |
| Folder | 8 | Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1927-1935, 1938-1939, 1942-1949, and undated | |
| Folder | 9 | Killip, Ellsworth Paine, 1929, 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1946-1948, 1950-1952. Correspondence concerning Killip's work as Curator, Division of Plants, USNM. Includes letters documenting his field work in Peru, 1929; Colombia, 1939; Chile, 1948; and Florida, 1950. The correspondence of 1935 concerns a study trip to Europe. | |
| Folder | 10 | King, Samuel Wilder, 1923-1924, 1926-1927, 1943. Includes letters concerning the Tanager Expedition, 1923. | |
| Folder | 11 | Kinnear, Norman B., 1930, 1934-1935, 1938-1939, 1941-1947, 1949, 1952. The correspondence of 1941 contains information on the effect of World War II on the British Museum (Natural History) and British ornithologists. |
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| Folder | 1 | Kl-Kn, general. Correspondents include Cecil Boden Kloss, 1926-1931; Charles Robert Knight, 1933-1934, 1938, 1945, 1949, concerning his proposal to paint murals in the exhibition halls of the USNM, 1934. | |
| Folder | 2 | Ko, general. Correspondents include C. Haven Kolb, 1942-1947; W. H. W. Komp, 1944-1947; S. Koperberg, 1939-1940, 1948, 1952-1953. | |
| Folder | 3 | Koepcke, Maria, 1959-1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969-1970 | |
| Folder | 4 | Koford, Carl B., 1950, 1952, 1956-1959. Consists mostly of letters concerning the Canal Zone Biological Area where Koford served as Resident Naturalist from 1956 to 1957. | |
| Folder | 5 | Kr-Ky, general | |
| Folder | 6 | Krieger, Herbert W., 1927, 1929-1935, 1940-1945, 1947, 1950. Correspondence concerning Krieger's work as Curator of Ethnology, USNM. Included are letters concerning his field work in the Dominican Republic, 1929-1930; Haiti, 1931; and Cuba, 1932. | |
| Folder | 7 | Kumerloeve, Hans R., 1938, 1940, 1946-1951, 1953, 1962-1963, 1976 | |
| Folder | 8 | Kuroda, Nagamichi, 1920-1922, 1925-1932, 1939, 1949-1950, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1970, 1973, and undated | |
| Folder | 9 | Laa-Lan, general. Correspondents include Wesley Edwin Lanyon, 1955, 1958, 1965, 1973-1974. | |
| Folder | 10 | LaBastille, Anne, 1960, 1963, 1966-1974, and undated | |
| Folder | 11 | Lack, David, 1941, 1943, 1950, 1954-1957, 1962, 1966-1967 | |
| Folder | 12 | Lambrecht, Koloman, 1921-1936, and undated. Correspondence concerning research on fossil birds. | |
| Folder | 13 | Lantz, David Ernest, 1904, and undated. Includes a handwritten manuscript of Lantz's An Historical List of Kansas Birds. |
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| Folder | 1 | Lar-Laz, general | |
| Folder | 2 | Laubmann, Alfred, 1923-1924, 1930-1935, 1938-1940, 1947-1952, 1955-1965. Correspondence concerning the study of South American birds. | |
| Folder | 3 | Law, John Eugene, 1917-1932, and undated. Law was a California businessman and an ornithologist by avocation. The correspondence documents his interest in the birds of the western United States; his work for the Cooper Ornithological Club; and his personal friendship with Wetmore. | |
| Folder | 4 | _________________. Will, 1924-1925, 1931. Concerns Law's designation of Wetmore as beneficiary (contingent) to his estate. | |
| Folder | 5 | Law, Laura Beatty, 1932, 1934-1935, 1937. Mostly concerns John Eugene Law's estate and the disposition of his bird collections. See also under Laura Law Bailey, box 3, Folder 2. | |
| Folder | 6 | Laycock, George, 1969-1970 | |
| Folder | 7 | Lea-Leg, general. Correspondents include E. Lee LeCompte, 1926-1932, 1941, 1945; John M. Legler, 1958-1959, 1971-1974. | |
| Folder | 8 | Leakey, Louis S. B., 1960-1963, 1967-1968, 1972-1973, and undated. Includes correspondence concerning Wetmore's identification of bird fossils from Olduvai Gorge and other African localities. | |
| Folder | 9 | Lehmann V., F. Carlos, 1940-1946, 1954-1960, 1964, 1966, 1968. Mostly concerns his research on the birds of Colombia. |
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| Folder | 1 | Lel-Lew, general. Correspondents include Brother Hermano Leon, 1934, 1939, 1942-1943, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1951; Michael Lerner, 1938, 1940, 1943-1944, 1952, including photographs of Lerner; Wendell M. Levi, 1937-1938, 1965. | |
| Folder | 2 | Lewton, Frederick L., 1929-1938, 1942, 1944. Correspondence concerning Lewton's duties as Curator, Division of Textiles, USNM. | |
| Folder | 3 | Li, general. Correspondents include Jean M. Linsdale, 1924-1928, 1933, 1936-1939; C. B. Linton, 1907-1908. | |
| Folder | 4 | Ligon, J. Stokely, 1917-1931, 1942, 1946-1947, 1951-1961. Correspondence mostly concerning Ligon's work on the birds of New Mexico. | |
| Folder | 5 | Lincoln, Frederick C., 1912-1934, 1938-1955, and undated. Lincoln, a long-time colleague of Wetmore, served in various capacities in the Bureau of Biological Survey and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1920 to 1960. The correspondence concerns Lincoln's work as Curator of Ornithology at the Colorado Museum of Natural History, 1913-1920; his career in the Federal Service; and his research on bird migration. | |
| Folder | 6 | Lincoln, Lulu (Mrs. Frederick C.), 1963-1964, 1974 | |
| Folder | 7 | Ll, general | |
| Folder | 8 | Lloyd, Hoyes, 1923, 1927-1937, 1943-1954, 1957- 1959, 1963. Lloyd, a Canadian ornithologist, served as President of the AOU from 1945 to 1948. The correspondence concerns the AOU; his work with the International Committee for Bird Preservation; and his official duties with the Canadian Department of Interior. Included is a photograph of Lloyd, 1923, and a photograph of Wetmore's boyhood home in North Freedom, Wisconsin taken by Mrs. Hoyes Lloyd, 1950. | |
| Folder | 9 | Lob-Lom, general | |
| Folder | 10 | Lodge, John Ellerton, 1926, 1929, 1931-1936, 1939, 1942-1943. Lodge was Director of the Freer Gallery of Art, 1920-1942. Most of the correspondence deals with routine administrative matters. Of special interest is a copy of a letter from Carl W. Bishop to Lodge (27 December 1926) concerning his work in China. |
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| Folder | 1 | Loetscher, Frederick W., Jr., 1946-1950, 1953, 1955-1956, 1969-1970, 1972 | |
| Folder | 2 | Loftin, Horace G., 1961, 1963, 1965-1971, 1973. Mostly concerns Loftin's work on the birds of Panama. | |
| Folder | 3 | Lon-Loz, general. Correspondents include Bernt Loppenthin, 1933, 1935, 1941, 1948-1949, 1953-1954, 1959, 1968. | |
| Folder | 4 | Lonnberg, Einar, 1921-1922, 1925-1926, 1928-1931, 1933, 1935-1941 | |
| Folder | 5 | Lovejoy, Thomas E., III, 1960-1961, 1967, 1970-1972, 1974-1975 | |
| Folder | 6 | Low, Percy Roycroft, 1927-1929, 1932, 1934, 1939-1941, 1944, 1946-1947. Several letters during the 1940s contain descriptions of World War II England and the effect of the war on British museums and ornithologists. | |
| Folders | 7-9 | Lowery, George Hines, Jr., 1937, 1940-1976, and undated. Lowery, Professor of Zoology at Louisiana State University, Director of the University Museum, and President of the AOU, 1959-1963, maintained a constant correspondence with Wetmore for nearly forty years. The letters document his ornithological research and AOU business. |
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| Folder | 1 | Lu, general. Correspondents include Richard S. Lull, 1923, 1925, 1928-1929, 1936, 1938; Bertha Lutz, 1932, 1940-1941, 1944-1945, 1947. | |
| Folder | 2 | Ly, general. Correspondents include Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr., 1918, 1920, 1923-1924, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1940-1941; Averil Lysaght, 1954-1955, 1957, 1959, 1965-1966. | |
| Folder | 3 | Maa-Mac, general. Correspondents include Frank Mace MacFarland, 1935-1938, 1945, including letters of 1935 concerning the suitability of Waldo L. Schmitt for the position of Director of the Museum and Steinhart Aquarium of the California Academy of Sciences. | |
| Folder | 4 | Mabbott, Douglas C., 1913, 1918-1919, 1921, and undated. Mabbott was a boyhood friend of Wetmore and later worked for the Bureau of Biological Survey. He was killed in action in France in 1919. Included are copies of letters detailing his service in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War I and his death. | |
| Folder | 5 | MacDonald, J. D., 1943-1944, 1947, 1951, 1954-1959, 1962, and undated | |
| Folder | 6 | Mad-Maq, general. Correspondents include Henry M. Madden, 1941, 1943, 1947-1948, 1952, concerning his research on John Xantus; Harry Malleis, 1924-1925, concerning his field work in Guatemala; and Stuart Maples, 1907-1908, concerning the exchange of bird skins with Wetmore. | |
| Folder | 7 | Manning, Catherine L., 1937-1938, 1941, 1943, 1946-1947. Correspondence concerning her duties as Philatelist, Division of History, USNM. | |
| Folder | 8 | Mar, general. Correspondents include Hermano Niceforo Maria, 1943-1945, 1947-1949, 1952; and Joseph Truesdell Marshall, Jr., 1942, 1949, 1952-1953, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1967. | |
| Folder | 9 | Marelli, Carlos A., 1933-1935, 1941, 1943 | |
| Folder | 10 | Markus, Miles B., 1961, 1963, 1966-1967 | |
| Folder | 11 | Marshall, Henry Ridgway, 1929-1935. Mostly concerns the birds of North Carolina. | |
| Folder | 12 | Martin, Handel T., 1918-1921, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1931 |
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| Folder | 1 | Mas-May, general. Correspondents include William D. Matthew, 1919-1924; and Noel Mayaud, 1938-1941, 1944-1946, 1948-1949, 1951, 1963-1964. | |
| Folder | 2 | Mathews, Gregory Macalister, 1925-1939, 1943, 1948-1949, and undated. Many of the letters concern the birds of Polynesia. | |
| Folder | 3 | Mayfield, Harold Ford, 1950, 1953-1957, 1960, 1963-1966, 1973. Correspondence mostly concerning AOU business. | |
| Folders | 4-5 | Mayr, Ernst, 1930-1934, 1937-1941, 1944-1968, and undated. Mayr, an ornithologist and evolutionary biologist, was Curator of Birds at the American Museum of Natural History, 1932-1953, before moving to Harvard University where he served as Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. He maintained a voluminous correspondence with Wetmore concerning ornithological research, professional issues (including AOU business), and nomenclatural questions. | |
| Folder | 6 | McA-McF, general. Correspondents include L. McCormick-Goodhart, 1929, 1935, 1940, 1945-1950, 1957; and Irene A. McCullock, 1934, concerning Waldo L. Schmitt and the Hancock Pacific Expedition. | |
| Folders | 7-8 | McAtee, Waldo Lee, 1914-1946. McAtee served in various capacities with the Bureau of Biological Survey from 1903 to 1940. The correspondence concerns the work of the Biological Survey and its personnel, professional matters, and the Washington Biologists' Field Club. | |
| Folder | 9 | McClung, Clarence Erwin, 1908, 1920, 1925, 1939-1941, 1943, and undated |
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| Folder | 1 | McG-McW, general | |