Reference Request
Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 16-103
Walcott Family Papers, 1720-1929, 1944, 1995
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Title: | Walcott Family Papers |
| Dates: | 1720-1929, 1944, 1995 |
| Quantity: | 21.95 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) (3 12x17 boxes) (4 16x20 boxes) (6 3x5 boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 16-103 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accessions consists of the personal correspondence of Charles D. Walcott, his family, and his extended family, as well as genealogical materials, family Bibles, photographs, medals, and other materials related to the Walcott family. The correspondence documents the personal relationships between the immediate Walcott family, as well as the extended family, mostly relations and ancestors of Helena Stevens Walcott. Photographs consist of both personal photography, and photography from field research expeditions. Of note are eight boxes of lantern slides used by Mary Vaux Walcott to illustrate American wildflowers. The medals encompass awards presented to Charles D. Walcott, most notably the Mary Clark Thompson Medal, presented by the National Academy of Sciences. Materials include correspondence, images, negatives, albums, medals, school records, wedding registers, legal documents, family Bibles, articles, clippings, and ephemera. |
Historical Note
Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927) was born in New York Mills, New York. He attended Utica public schools and the Utica Academy, but never graduated or pursued further education. He had an early interest in natural history, and began his professional career in 1876 when he was appointed as an assistant to James Hall, New York's state geologist. In 1879, he joined the newly formed United States Geological Survey (USGS) as an assistant geologist. Shortly after his appointment, Walcott began to do field work in Utah. Field work would continue to define his life, and later sites included the Appalachians, New England, New York, several Mid-Atlantic states, western and southwestern United States, and eastern Canada. From 1882 to 1893 he worked with the Survey's invertebrate Paleozoic paleontological collections, and in 1893 he was appointed Geologist in charge of Geology and Paleontology. He also served as an honorary curator of invertebrate Paleozoic fossils at the United States National Museum (USNM) from 1892 to 1907, and as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in charge of the USNM from 1897 to 1898. In 1894 Walcott was appointed Director of the USGS and served until 1907 when he resigned from the USGS and was appointed Secretary of the Smithsonian, a position he would remain at until his death.
During Walcott's administration at the Smithsonian he oversaw the completion of the National Museum Building (now the National Museum of Natural History) in 1911. He also convinced Detroit industrialist Charles Lang Freer to donate his extensive Asian art collection and money for a building during his lifetime rather than after Freer's death, as was originally intended. He also set up the National Gallery of Art (predecessor to the Smithsonian American Art Museum) as a separate administrative entity in 1920.
Despite his responsibilities as Secretary, Walcott found 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.
In 1872, Walcott married Lura Ann Rust. Their marriage was relatively short, as Rust died in 1876 from an undiagnosed illness. In 1888, he married Helena Stevens. Charles and Helena had three children: Charles Doolittle (born 1889), Sidney Stevens (born 1892), Helen Breese (born 1894), and Benjamin Stuart (born 1896). Helena and the children often accompanied Charles on fieldwork excursions. Unfortunately, in 1911 Helena was killed in a train accident in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Charles Doolittle Walcott Jr. (often referred to as "Charlie") died in 1913 while a student at Yale University, after suffering from multiple severe ear infections. In 1917, Benjamin Stuart (often referred to as Stuart), was killed in action while serving as a pilot in the l'Escadrille de Lafayette in France during World War I. In 1914, Walcott married Mary Morris Vaux, an accomplished naturalist. In 1925, the Smithsonian published her illustrations of American wildflowers in five volumes. Also in 1925, Helen Breese Walcott married Cole Younger. On February 9, 1927, Charles D. Walcott passed away.
For a more detailed history of Charles D. Walcott, please see Record Unit 7004: Charles D. Walcott Collection 1851-1940 and undated.
Descriptive Entry
This accessions consists of the personal correspondence of Charles D. Walcott, his family, and his extended family, as well as genealogical materials, family Bibles, photographs, medals, and other materials related to the Walcott family. The correspondence documents the personal relationships between the immediate Walcott family, as well as the extended family, mostly relations and ancestors of Helena Stevens Walcott. Photographs consist of both personal photography, and photography from field research expeditions. Of note are eight boxes of lantern slides used by Mary Vaux Walcott to illustrate American wildflowers. The medals encompass awards presented to Charles D. Walcott, most notably the Mary Clark Thompson Medal, presented by the National Academy of Sciences. Materials include correspondence, images, negatives, albums, medals, school records, wedding registers, legal documents, family Bibles, articles, clippings, and ephemera.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
- Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940
- Walcott, Helena Stevens
- Walcott, Charles Doolittle
- Walcott, Sidney Stevens
- Walcott, Helen Breese
- Younger, Cole
- Stevens Family
- Walcott Family
- Younger Family
- Smithsonian Institution
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Subject
- Genealogy
- Fieldwork
- Scientific expeditions
- Wild flowers -- United States
- Legal documents
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-103, Walcott Family Papers
Container List
Box 1
Correspondence
Charles D. Walcott, 1875-1879. Correspondence about the New York State Museum of Natural History
Charles D. Walcott to Helena Stevens Walcott, circa 1889
Charles D. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott (father), 1890-1893
Charles D. Walcott to mother, 1893
Charles D. Walcott to Aunt Helen, 1898
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1916
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1917
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1917-1918
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1919
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1921
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1922
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1923 (2 folders)
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1924
Charles D. Walcott to Sidney S. Walcott, 1924
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1925
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1926
Charles D. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1926-1927
Helena Stevens Walcott to Sidney A. Stevens, 1869-1888
Helena Stevens Walcott to Sidney A. Stevens and Cousin Ella, 1885
Helena Stevens Walcott, 1885. Correspondence from Shrewsbury about Breese family
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1888
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, circa 1888
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, circa 1889
Helena Stevens Walcott to Sidney A. Stevens, 1890-1896
Helena Stevens Walcott to Sidney A. Stevens, 1891-1896
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1891 (4 folders)
Box 2
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, September 1891 (2 folders)
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, October 1891 (2 folders)
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, August, September, December 1891
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1892 (4 folders)
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1893 (4 folders)
Helena Stevens Walcott to Helen Breese Stanford, 1893-1899
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1894
Helena Stevens Walcott to Sidney A. Stevens, circa 1894-1910
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, August-September 1895
Box 3
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1895
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1895-1902
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, circa 1895-1905
Helena Stevens Walcott to Helen Breese Stanford, 1897-1900
Helena Stevens Walcott to Helen Breese Stanford, 1898-1903
Helena Stevens Walcott to Helen Breese Stanford, 1898-1904
Helena Stevens Walcott to Helen Breese Stanford, 1899-1902
Helena Stevens Walcott to Helen Breese Stanford, 1900-1902
Helena Stevens Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1908
Mary Vaux Walcott and Charles D. Walcott, 1913-1914 (2 folders)
Mary Vaux Walcott and Charles D. Walcott, 1914
Mary Vaux Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, circa 1917
Mary Vaux Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1926
Charles D. Walcott Jr. to Charles D. Walcott and Helena Stevens Walcott, 1904 (2 folders)
Charles D. Walcott Jr. to Charles D. Walcott and Peekskill Military Academy, 1904-1905
Charles D. Walcott Jr. to Charles D. Walcott and Helena Stevens Walcott, 1909
Charles Walcott Jr., 1910
Charles D. Walcott Jr. to Charles D. Walcott and Helena Stevens Walcott, 1910
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott and Helena Stevens Walcott, 1904
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott and Helena Stevens Walcott, 1908-1910
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott and Helena Stevens Walcott, 1908-1909
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott and Helena Stevens Walcott, 1909 (2 folders)
Sidney S. Walcott to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1909
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1909-1910
Sidney S. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1909-1910
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, Helen Stevens Walcott, and Helen B. Walcott, 1910
Sidney S. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1914-1915
Box 4
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1916
Sidney S. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1916
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1918
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1919
Sidney S. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1920-1923
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1921-1922
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1923-1924
Sidney S. Walcott to Helen B. Walcott, 1925
Sidney S. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1926
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1904
Helen B. Walcott to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1905
Helen B. Walcott to grandmother, 1907
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott and Helena S. Walcott, 1909
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1909-1912
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott and Helena Stevens Walcott, circa 1916
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1912. Travel letters from Europe
Helen B. Walcott to B. Stuart Walcott, 1916
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1916 (2 folders)
Helen B. Walcott to B. Stuart Walcott, 1917
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1917
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1917-1919 (3 folders)
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1919 (2 folders)
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1920
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1923. Correspondence from trip to South America (3 folders)
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1924
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1924-1925
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1926 (contains photographs)
Helen B. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1926
B. Stuart Walcott to Charles D. Walcott and Helena S. Walcott, 1904
B. Stuart Walcott to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1905
Box 5
B. Stuart Walcott to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1909
B. Stuart Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1912-1913
B. Stuart Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1914-1915
B. Stuart Walcott to Helen Stevens Walcott, 1914-1916
B. Stuart Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1917
Sidney A. Stevens to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1874-1875
Sidney A. Stevens to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1876-1877
Sidney A. Stevens to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1888
Holmes B. Stevens to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1888-1897
Holmes B. Stevens to Helen Breese Stanford, 1897
Charles D. Walcott (father) to Charles D. Walcott, 1846-1852
Frederick C. Walcott to Charles D. Walcott, 1919-1920
Walter M. McEwan to Helena Stevens Walcott, 1885-1886 (3 folders)
Cole Younger to Helen B. Walcott, 1925
Cole Younger to Charles D. Walcott, 1925
Cecile Denis de Legarde to Charles D. Walcott, 1916-1917
'Pete' to Helen B. Walcott, 1918
'Jean' to Helen B. Walcott, 1924
Children to Charles D. Walcott, 1912-1913 (3 folders)
Children to Charles D. Walcott, 1914-1916 (3 folders)
Box 6
Children to Charles D. Walcott, 1916-1917
Charles D. Walcott, General Family Correspondence, 1917-1928
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1871-1902
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, circa 1883-1897
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1890-1897 (2 folders)
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1898-1900
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1907-1908. Correspondence about a track spike
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1908. RSVP notes
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1910. Correspondence about the Cosmos Club
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1916
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1916-1918
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1918
Charles D. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1919. Correspondence about Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.
Helena Stevens Walcott, General Correspondence, 1885, 1888
Helena Stevens Walcott, General Correspondence, 1903 (2 folders)
Helena Stevens Walcott, General Correspondence, circa 1909
Mary Vaux Walcott, General Correspondence, 1925-1927
Sidney S. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1916-1917
Sidney S. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1917
Sidney S. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1920
Helen B. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1910-1917 (2 folders)
Helen B. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1915
Helen B. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1916
Helen B. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1916-1919
Helen B. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1920-1922
Helen B. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1922
Helen B. Walcott, General Correspondence about wedding, 1925 (2 folders)
Box 7
Helen B. Walcott, General Correspondence, 1926
B. Stuart Walcott, General Correspondence, 1909-1917 (2 folders)
B. Stuart Walcott, General Correspondence, 1910-1914
B. Stuart Walcott, General Correspondence, 1912-1918
B. Stuart Walcott, General Correspondence, 1914-1916
B. Stuart Walcott, General Correspondence, 1915-1917
B. Stuart Walcott, General Correspondence, 1916-1917
B. Stuart Walcott, General Correspondence, 1916-1918
B. Stuart Walcott, General Correspondence, 1917 (3 folders)
Frederick Walcott, Correspondence about Helen B. Walcott traveling to France, 1917
Condolence letters after the death of Helena Stevens Walcott, 1911 (3 folders)
Walcott Family, General Correspondence, 1810-1830
Walcott Family, General Correspondence, 1838-1905
Walcott Family, General Correspondence, 1857-1889
Walcott Family, General Correspondence, 1907-1911, 1983
Walcott Family, General Correspondence, 1908
Samuel Breese, General Correspondence, 1797-1830 (3 folders)
Family, General Correspondence, circa 1720-1818
Breese Family, General Correspondence, 1842-1861
Stevens Family, General Correspondence, 1860-1863
Stevens Family, General Correspondence, 1872-1941
Sanford Family Correspondence, 1898
General Correspondence, 1833-1927
Box 8
Family and Other Related Materials
Charles D. Walcott - Baby fork
Charles D. Walcott - Report cards, 1862-1868
Charles D. Walcott - Date book, 1879-1881
Charles D. Walcott and Helena B. Stevens, "Our Marriage Vow" book, 1888
Charles D. Walcott and Helena B. Stevens, honeymoon diary, 1888
Charles D. Walcott - Financial receipts, 1914-1915
Charles D. Walcott - Newspaper articles about Smithsonian Institution
Charles D. Walcott - General newspaper articles
Charles D. Walcott - Articles (3 folders)
Articles and clippings saved by Charles D. Walcott
Newspaper articles saved by Charles D. Walcott
Articles given to Charles D. Walcott
Newspaper articles - Charles D. Walcott funeral, 1927
Charles D. Walcott obituaries, 1927
Charles D. Walcott memorials, 1927 (5 folders)
Newspaper articles - Walcott Smithsonian endowment, 1927
Charles D. Walcott will
Helena S. Walcott account book and correspondence, 1888-1900
Helena B. Stevens story
Helena S. Walcott - Newspaper articles about funeral, 1911
Mary Vaux Walcott - Newspaper articles
Mary Vaux Walcott - Watercolors, 1903
Mary Vaux Walcott - Will, circa 1914
Mary Vaux Walcott - Obituary, 1940
Stevens family biographical record, 1887
Burial of Ira Holmes Stevens, 1882-1900
Holmes B. Stevens - Society of the Cincinnati membership, 1885-1896
Holmes B. Stevens - Society of the Cincinnati roster
Box 9
Charles D. Walcott Jr. - School materials, 1899
Sidney Walcott and Helen B. Walcott - School assignments, 1904
Sidney Walcott - Drawings and watercolors, 1905-1906
Sidney Walcott - School assignments, 1906
Sidney Walcott - Schematic of insulator, 1909
Helen B. Walcott - Report cards, 1902
Helen B. Walcott - Watercolor of flower, 1906
Helen B. Walcott - School work, 1909
Helen B. Walcott - School work, 1910
Helen B. Walcott - Scrapbook made in Florence, 1912
Helen B. Walcott - Poems, circa 1917
Helen B. Walcott - Certificate for Foreign Service, 1919
Helen B. Walcott - Passport and identity documents, circa 1922
Helen B. Walcott - Wedding register, 1925
Helen B. Walcott - Wedding, General, circa 1925
Helen B. Walcott - Wedding announcement list, circa 1925
Helen B. Walcott - Presentation notes, circa 1940. Found with lantern slides, Boxes 20-21.
Helen B. Walcott - Newspaper clippings
Helen B. Walcott - Poetry
B. Stuart Walcott - School assignments, 1906
B. Stuart Walcott - School materials, 1908-1917
B. Stuart Walcott - Balance sheets, 1916
B. Stuart Walcott - Princeton memorial book, 1917
B. Stuart Walcott - School work, 1916-1917
B. Stuart Walcott - Article, 1918
B. Stuart Walcott - Pilot's log; death and burial, 1917-1920
B. Stuart Walcott - Obituary, 1923
B. Stuart Walcott - Memorial de l'Escadrille Lafayette, 1928
Stamps given to B. Stuart Walcott by Mrs. Douglas
B. Stuart Walcott - Handwriting practice book
Walcott children record book, circa 1889-1904
School assignments and report cards, 1904-1905
Phrenological description of Charles D. Walcott [father], 1848
William D. Walcott wedding anniversary newspaper article, 1887
Walcott family genealogy (2 folders)
Genealogical materials - Walcott and Stevens families
Walcott Memorial Church dedication, 1882
Benjamin S. Walcott memorial sermon, 1862
Walcott genealogical record book, circa 1890
The Walcott Book
Sidney A. Stevens - Obituary
Elizabeth Breese Stevens - Notebook
Mrs. Sidney A. Stevens - Obituary, 1873 [Mary M. Holmes]
Mrs. Sidney A. Stevens memorial, 1873 [Mary M. Holmes]
Genealogical materials - Stevens family (2 folders)
Box 10
Holmes B. Stevens - Society of Mayflower Descendants application, 1908
Breese family genealogy
Breese family - Book of poems
Sidney Breese - Will, 1743
Breese, Burrows, Foreman genealogical materials, 1902-1927
Samuel Breese - New Jersey inferior court judge appointment, 1794
Helena Burrows Breese - Collars
Newspaper article - John Burrowes manuscript, 1929
Breese family portraits
Hiel Brockway family Bible account, 1907
Helen B. Stanford estate, 1919
Foreman family genealogy
Samuel S. Foreman memoir, 1888
Redfield family genealogy, 1839
Ann Younger birth certificate, 1927
Book - Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
Newspaper announcements
Newspaper clippings
Newspaper articles
National Geographic Magazine - One Season's Game Bag with the Camera, by George Shiras, 1908
Ancient Zuni Pottery - J. Walter Fewkes, 1909
North American Indian Dwellings - T. T. Waterman, 1925
Smithsonian Institution booklet, 1911
Camp financial accounts, 1919
Financial transaction logbook, 1873-1878
Provision price lists, 1910
Legal documents, 1843-1859
William Howard Taft Inauguration Ceremony booklet, 1909
National capital centennial program, 1900
Banquet program, 1907
National Academy of Sciences Charles D. Walcott Medal presentation, 1940
Smithsonian Institution National Museum gift acknowledgment, 1909
Devotions, 1815
Hand-painted "slides" on mica, circa 1890s
Painted envelope
Nature drawings
Woven cloth
Autograph collection (2 folders)
Indenture, 1770
Ephemera
Box 11
Marriage certificate - Charles D. Walcott and Mary M. Lane, 1840
Mary Vaux Walcott - Trustee of the National Training School for Girls certificate, 1919
Mary Vaux Walcott - National Training School for Girls trustee appointment, 1915
Postmaster certificate for Elizabeth B. Stevens, 1848
Newspaper articles saved by Charles D. Walcott
Sidney A. Stevens - New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati certificate, 1885
Newspaper articles
Newspaper article - Smithsonian's 82nd birthday, 1928
Helen B. Walcott - Passport, 1916
School classmate register, 1913
The Washington Herald education section; university and research center by Charles D. Walcott, 1908
The Continental Times Special War Edition, 1915
The Washington Herald - Article about Helen B. Walcott wedding, 1925
The Washington Post - Article about Helen B. Walcott marriage, 1925
Box 12
Family Bibles - Burrows family, Stevens family/Walcott family (2 Bibles)
Box 13
Walcott Family Bible
Box 14
Photographs and Negatives
Charles D. Walcott, 1894 - 1917
Charles D. Walcott, 1911
Charles D. Walcott and Calvin Coolidge, c. 1923
Unidentified group photograph with Charles D. Walcott
Charles D. Walcott and Helena S. Walcott, wedding photograph, June 22, 1888
Charles D. Walcott and Helena S. Walcott
Charles D. Walcott and children
Charles D. Walcott and Charles D. Walcott, Jr.
Helena S. Walcott, 1862-1888
Helena S. Walcott, 1891-1907
Helena S. Walcott
Helena S. Walcott and Sidney A. Stevens
Helena S. Walcott and Helen B. Sanford, 1888
Helena S. Walcott, Holmes B. Stevens, and Ira Stevens
Helena S. Walcott and Holmes B. Stevens
Helena S. Walcott and Ira Holmes Stevens, 1868
Helena S. Walcott and children, 1900
Helena S. Walcott, Helen B. Walcott, Sidney S. Walcott, and B. Stuart Walcott
Helena S. Walcott and Charles D. Walcott, Jr.
Helena S. Walcott and Sidney S. Walcott, 1892
Helena S. Walcott and Helen B. Walcott
Helena S. Walcott, Helen B. Walcott, and relatives, 1909
Helena S. Walcott and B. Stuart Walcott
Mary Vaux Walcott
Presentation of peace pipe to President Hoover at the White House by Commissioner Walcott [Mary Vaux Walcott], 1931
Charles D. Walcott, Jr.
Charles D. Walcott, Jr. And Grandmother Walcott
Charles D. Walcott, Jr. And Sidney S. Walcott
Sidney S. Walcott, 1894-1917
Sidney S. Walcott, Helen B. Walcott, and B. Stuart Walcott, 1901
Sidney S. Walcott, Helen B. Walcott, and B. Stuart Walcott, 1903
Helen B. Walcott, 1896-1922 (2 folders)
Helen B. Walcott and Sidney S. Walcott
Negatives - Charles Younger and Helen B. Walcott
Helen B. Walcott in sea plane
Negatives - Helen B. Walcott and Walcott family
Negatives - B. Stuart Walcott
B. Stuart Walcott
B. Stuart Walcott at Curtis Aviation School
Negatives and photographs - B. Stuart Walcott, France, and airplanes
Negatives and photographs - B. Stuart Walcott and airplanes
B. Stuart Walcott and Helen B. Walcott, 1902
Negatives - Charles Younger
Erin Younger at Quarry, 1995
Helen Louise Davis, 1917
Charles D. Walcott and Helena S. Walcott, Belman, New York, 1896
Charles D. Walcott Jr. and Sidney S. Walcott, 1894
Sidney, Helen, and B. Stuart Walcott at Eastern Point, New London, Connecticut, 1897
Box 15
Helen B. Walcott and Sidney S. Walcott, Belman, New York, 1896
Helen B. Walcott and Sidney S. Walcott, 1896
Sidney, Helen, and B. Stuart Walcott at Eastern Point, July 1897
Sidney and B. Stuart Walcott, 1902
Walcott family in car, Washington, DC, June 30, 1913
Walcott family photograph album, 1862
Walcott family photograph album, 1913
Photograph album, Helen B. Walcott from E. Merritt Stevens, 1908
Negatives - Unidentified family photographs (2 folders)
Negatives - Unidentified family photographs, circa 1893
E. P. Walcott, 1869
Josephine M. Walcott, 1861
Julia Walcott Pitcher, 1862
Frank H. Walcott, 1862
Charles R. Walcott
William D. Walcott
Mrs. William D. Walcott
William Stuart Walcott, circa 1904
Ellis P. Walcott, 1862
Evelyn Breese Walcott
Helen Breese Stevens
Elizabeth Breese Stevens
Mary Holmes Stevens
Sue Stevens Williston
Great grandma Stevens, Sidney A. Stevens, Holmes B. Stevens, and Carol
Sidney A. Stevens
Mrs. S. A. Stevens [Mary M. Holmes]
Holmes B. Stevens
Mrs. Edgar Holmes
John, Lena, Ben, and Mason Stevens Holmes
Mariah Holmes
Burton Holmes
Samuel Sidney Breese
Mrs. S. S. Breese [Helena Burrows]
Helena Burrows Breese
Ellen K. Breese
Elizabeth Pinckethman Breese
Samuel Breese
Sidney Breese
Silhouette of Margaret Burrows
Silhouette of Major John Burrows
John Burrows
Silhouette of Margaret Forman Burrows
Silhouette of Mollie Forman
Elizabeth Anderson
Family photograph taken in Dresden, 1885
Unidentified family photographs
Walcott family at Browning, Rhode Island 1899
Walcott family, Noyes Point, Rhode Island 1895
Walcott family at Eastern Point, New London, Connecticut 1897
Negatives - Walcott family at Matumick, 1899
Walcott's Washington house [exterior], 1743 22nd Street, 1910
Walcott's Washington house [interior]
Negatives - 22nd Street house
Site of the Walcott camp, Washington, DC, 1894
Summer camp, Tenley Town Road
Elsinore, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1918
Glenora Point, Seneca Lake, New York
Walcott Children at Glenora, New York, 1900
Negatives - Glenora
Sconondoa
The Burrows mansion
Breese family house
The Ledy house
Coat of arms
Excursion of Geologists in honor of Sir Archibald Geikie at Harpers Ferry, Maryland, 1897
Excursion Party of the International Geological Congress, 1888
Louis Agassie
Alexander Agassie
Mary H. Harriman
Professor Samuel P. Langley, 1900
Dr. J. C. Banner, 1891
Dr. Raphael Pumplelly, 1891
S. F. Emmons
Professor N. H. Winchell, 1891
Arnold Hague
C. Hart Merriam, 1891
James Dana
Monsieur de Margerie
Fairchild, 1891
John A. Stevenson, 1891
Sir William Dawson, 1886
Dr. and Mrs. Bartlett and Walcott B.
Box 16
Grover Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland [Frances Folsom Cleveland]
Professor James Hall, 1891
W. I. Brogger, 1900
George F. Becker, 1888
John M. Clarke, 1923
Unidentified individuals
Colorized photograph - Woman kneeling next to stream
Smithsonian Institution Building and Arts and Industries Building
Lincoln Memorial and Tidal Basin
Negatives - Province Town
Negatives - Unidentified university photos
Hospital 55 from the air, France, circa 1919
Negatives and photographs - B. Stuart Walcott's grave and France
Negatives - Unidentified France photos
Negatives - France (4 folders)
Negatives - Europe (6 folders)
Negatives - Boat to Europe
Negatives- Foreign Travel
Negatives - Overseas, 1918-1919
Negatives - Unidentified Expedition Photographs (2 folders)
Negatives - 1st fileus (?)/ Expedition photographs
Photo album - expeditions, circa 1890
J. A. Holmes, Henry Gannett, and Charles D. Walcott on the summit of Harney Peak, Black Hills, South Dakota, 1897
Excursion of geologists in honor of Sir Archibald Geikie at Harper's Ferry, Maryland, April 30, 1897. Charles D. Walcott, J. W. Powell, Sir Archibald Geikie.
66, circa 1901
British Columbia, George Vaux, 1901
Photo album - Continental Divide, 1903
Mountain near Silver City, George Vaux Jr., 1903
Mr. And Mrs. Burling, Mrs. Walcott - The cooks, Mt. Stephen, July 1907
Negatives - "M camp", circa 1907
B. Stuart Walcott, July 1907
Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, circa 1907
Man taking notes next to a stream, circa 1908
Unidentified photographs - Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, circa 1908
Moraine Lake, circa 1908
A smoky morning on the Sperry Glacier, Montana, August 9, 1908
A pack outfit at the Sperry Glacier, Montana, August 9, 1908
82, 98 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1118a [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1178 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1179 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1227 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1230 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1231 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1236 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1236d [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1237 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1243 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1245 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1247 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
1913 [British Columbia, circa 1908]
Negatives - Mt. Hector, Mt. Field, Mt. Burgess expeditions, circa 1909
No. 16 At fossil bed - Charles D. Walcott and B. Stuart Walcott, circa 1909. Enlargement from Eastman negative album II
No. 17 At fossil bed - Charles D. Walcott and B. Stuart Walcott, circa 1909. Enlargement from Eastman negative album II
No. 31 'Father and sis at head of Little Yoho' [Charles D. Walcott and Helen B. Walcott], circa 1909. Enlargement from Eastman negative album II
Walcott family, Utah, September 1909
Charles D. Walcott and Helena S. Walcott, Almsted, Utah, 1909
Unidentified expedition photographs, British Columbia, circa 1910
Dinner at Burgess Pass, 1910
Snow storm, August 1910
Box 17
Jack Giddie, July 1910. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Helena S. Walcott, Sidney Walcott, Helen B. Walcott, and B. Stuart Walcott on a mountain ride, British Columbia, Canada, July 1910
Helen B. Walcott - Rainy day at camp, Burgess Pass, circa 1910
Helen B. Walcott on horseback, circa 1910
Jack, Sidney Walcott, and Charles D. Walcott on top of Mt. Field, 1910
Charles D. Walcott, Sidney Walcott, and B. Stuart Walcott on top of Mt. Field, 1910
Looking north from Mt. Burgess camp, British Columbia, Canada, August 1910
Helena S. Walcott, Burgess, September 1910
Camp in Upper Yoho Valley, British Columbia; Helen and Sidney Walcott getting breakfast, August 1910
Helena S. Walcott, camp at Yoho, July 1910. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Camp at Burgess Pass, August 1910
Burgess Pass in an August snowstorm, 1910
Stuart and Helen B. Walcott, Burgess Pass, August 1910
Men with horses on mountainside, circa 1910
Burgess in the snow, August 1910
Mrs. Burling, Helena S. Walcott, and Unidentified person, circa 1910
Sidney, Stuart, and Helen Walcott at camp on Mt. Burgess Pass, British Columbia, August 1910
Helena S. Walcott viewing August snow storm, 1910
Walcott camp, circa 1910
Expedition, circa 1910
Negatives - Expedition, circa 1910
Charles D. Walcott working at camp, 1910. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album
Sidney Walcott and B. Stuart Walcott at Mt. Burgess Pass camp, British Columbia, 1910
Helena S. Walcott at camp, August 1910
Helena S. Walcott breaking out Cambrian fossils at Mt. Burgess Pass camp, August 1910
In the field, British Columbia; Helena, Helen B. Walcott, Charles D. Walcott, 1910
Grand Truck Pacific train, circa 1910
Helen B. Walcott with horse "Pride" at Mt. Burgess Pass trail, British Columbia, 1910
Walcott family at Wapta Falls, 1910
Mt. Burgess, circa 1910
Charles D. Walcott at Burgess Pass, circa 1910
Burgess Pass camp, circa 1910
Copy Negatives - Camp, circa 1910
Mt. Burgess Pass camp, British Columbia, Canada; Sleeping place of Charles D. Walcott, 1910
Camp at Lake O'Hara, Alberta, Canada, July 1910
Charles D. Walcott at Burgess Pass during August snowstorm, 1910
Camp in Upper Yoho Valley, British Columbia, Canada; Sidney S. Walcott at camp fire, August 1910
Camp in Upper Yoho, circa August 1910
Charles D. Walcott at camp in British Columbia, 1910
Loenchorl camp, June and July 1910; Charles D. Walcott ready to start. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Loenchrol camp, June and July 1910; Toots and Jack. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
"Doc" Arthur Brown, circa 1910
Photo album - Camping in Canadian Rockies, June to September 1910, Babe to Sis, 1910
Two men with baggage, British Columbia, circa 1910
"Doc" Brown, August 1910. Negative no. 88-17880
Burgess Pass camp, August 1911
Helen B. Walcott and Chippie, August 1911. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Charles D. Walcott at Mt. Waiting, 1911
Helen B. Walcott - "over the flats" Burgess Pass camp, August 1911
B. Stuart Walcott, August 1911
Mrs. B performing ablutions, August 1911. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
"Doc", August 1911. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Sidney Walcott, August 1911. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Doc from the Spring, August 1911. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Charles D. Walcott and Helen B. Walcott at Burgess Pass fossil quarry, 1911
Helen B. Walcott at quarry, circa 1911
"Our huntsmen" [Sidney Walcott], August 1911. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Fossil bed at Burgess Pass, 1911. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Men at quarry, circa 1911
Arthur's tent on a moving day, September 1911. Enlargement from Helen B. Walcott photo album.
Charles D. Walcott at fossil quarry, Burgess Pass, British Columbia, 1912
Sidney Walcott near field, British Columbia, 1913
Train at Robson, British Columbia, 1913
Men at quarry, circa 1913
Charles D. Walcott at the quarry, circa 1913
Helen B. Walcott, Charles D. Walcott, and Douglass Sauson at the quarry, 1913
Charles D. Walcott, Sidney Walcott, and B. Stuart Walcott at the quarry, 1913
Wilcox Pass, 1913
Walcott party crossing the Calumeb [?] Creek, circa 1913
Charles D. Walcott and "Grandma", 1913
Group at quarry, circa 1913
Men at fossil bed, circa 1913
At the quarry, Field, British Columbia, 1913
Helen B. Walcott at Burgess Pass, 1913
Helen B. Walcott on horseback, circa 1913
Helen B. Walcott - Humgh Glacier, circa 1913
Members of the Alpine Club, circa 1913
"Alpiners" [Alpine Club] breaking up, circa 1913
Lake Adolphus and Mount Robson, 1913
B. Stuart Walcott, August 1913
Sidney Walcott and B. Stuart Walcott at camp, 1913
Charles D. Walcott and Helen B. Walcott on horseback, August 1913
Moving camp, 1913
Saskatchewan, 1913
Where 1st caribou was killed, 1913
Summit of Robson Peak, British Columbia, Canada - Charles D. Walcott, 1913
Maligne Lake, 1913
Mt. Resplendent climb, August 1913
M. Chenerhenski, director, Russian Geological Survey, near Field, British Columbia, 1913
Charles D. Walcott addressing the Alpine Club on geology, 1913
Meal at camp, Yellowstone, circa 1914
Helen B. Walcott at Yellowstone, 1914
8 miles from M.17, circa 1914
Sidney and Stuart Walcott with horse, circa 1914
General scenic views, circa 1914
Negatives - Unidentified expedition photos, circa 1914
Yellowstone geysers, circa 1915
Sidney Walcott and B. Stuart Walcott at Yellowstone National Park, 1915
Charles D. Walcott and Mary Vaux Walcott standing by a petrified tree, circa 1915
Train and a heard of buffalo, Yellowstone, circa 1915
Mt. Assiniboine, circa 1916
Mt. Assiniboine reflected in a lake, British Columbia, Canada - Charles D. Walcott, 1916
Camp at Yellowstone, circa 1917
Man with horse at Yellowstone or Grand Canyon, circa 1917
Camp at Yellowstone, 1917
"Doc" Brown, 1917
Evelyn Summit, 1917
Mountain goats near Glacial Lake, Upper Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada - Walcott, 1918
Ice Fall of SE Lyell Glacier - Charles D. Walcott, 1919
Ice King's Triumphal Arch, Llewellyn Glacier, 1919
Foot of Victor Glacier, Alberta, Canada - Charles D. Walcott, 1919
Glacier river below Howse Pass, Alberta, Canada - Charles D. Walcott, 1919
Ice King's Triumphal Arch, 1919
Mount Murchison, Alberta, Canada - Charles D. Walcott, 1919
Glacier lake valley, Alberta, Canada - Charles D. Walcott, 1919
Victor River, Alberta, Canada - Charles D. Walcott, 1919
Howse River Fork, Alberta, Canada - Charles D. Walcott, 1919
Mt. Forbes, Alberta, Canada - Charles D. Walcott, 1919
SE Lyell Glacier, Division Mountain, Victor Glacier and peak - Charles D. Walcott, 1919
Upturned Devonian and Ordovician limestone, Alberta, Canada, Charles D. Walcott, 1921
Mt. Murchison, Alberta, Canada, Charles D. Walcott, 1921
Johnson Creek Pass, Alberta, Canada, Charles D. Walcott, 1921
Grand North River Falls, circa 1921
Panoramic view west over Baker Lake, Charles D. Walcott, 1921
Lake Minniewonka, 1921
Yoho Glacier, 1921
On Victoria Glacier, 1921
Moraine Lake, 1921
Lake Louise and Lake Agnes, 1921
High Trail, Yoho Valley, 1921
Mt. Murchison, Charles D. Walcott, 1921
Continental Divide through Thompson Pass, Charles D. Walcott, 1921
Emerald Lake, 1921
Lake Agnes, 1921
Head of Saskatchewan River, Charles D. Walcott, 1921
Consolation Lake, 1921
Victoria Glacier, Lake Louise, 1921
Looking north, east, and south across Kootenay River, Charles D. Walcott, 1922
Looking NE towards Lake Gwendolyn, Charles D. Walcott, 1922
Bonnet Glacier and Trifid Glacier, Charles D. Walcott, 1922
Charles D. Walcott and colleagues, 1923
Lyell's Larch, Charles D. Walcott, 1923
Yoho, July 1924
Charles D. Walcott and Mary Vaux Walcott leaving Yoho Canyon bungalow camp, 1924
Negatives - Unidentified expedition and nature photographs
Box 18
Container - "Photographs"
Camp scenes from Mt. Saskatchewan, Mt. Hector, Mt. Wapta, and Mt. Athabasea, 1913
Moving camp at Mt. Robson, 1913
Hunga Glacier, Mt. Robson, Synx Mountains, 1913
Thousand Falls, 1913
Maligne Lake, 1913
Lake Kinney and Mt. Robson, July 1913
Mars la Tour, Verdune, German sites, 1919
Bay Point picnic, 1918
Helen B. Walcott, France, 1916
S. S. Rotterdam, May 21st - June 1st, 1919
S. S. Chicago when Stuart sailed, circa 1916
Provincetown, Massachusetts studio, 1920
Charles D. Walcott, Jr., 1889-1892
S. S. Chicago and Paris, circa 1916
Princeton
General Family
Mary Vaux Walcott
Charles D. Walcott
Grand Canyon, October 1915
Charles D. Walcott and Helena S. Walcott, 1886-1896
Camp during winter
Washington, DC
Family friends, 1883-1889
Unidentified photographs
British Columbia, 1910
Burgess Pass, 1917
Lewis and Clark Reserve, Danaher's Camp, 1915
Montana, circa 1906-1908
Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1906
Spence Gulch, Idaho, September 1906
Mt. Stephen, British Columbia, July 1907
Yellowstone, Montana, June-September 1915
Helena and Charles D. Walcott
En route to Lake Kinney, British Columbia near Mt. Robson, July 1913
Moose City, Mt. Robson, 1913
Hunga Glacier, Mt. Robson, August 1913
Container - Helen B. Walcott Photograph album
Container - Photograph album
Container - Kodak negative album
Box 19
Cover - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
958 - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
959a - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
981 - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
957 - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
959a - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
959d - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
960b - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
974 - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
979 - Photographs printed by Miss Vaux, 1913
Panoramic view of Douglas, Oyster, and Fossil Mountains - Charles D. Walcott, 1921
Mt. Columbia, circa 1928
Walcott party crossing a stream on horseback (3 folders)
Charles D. Walcott (3 folders)
Helena S. Walcott, 1860
Helena S. Walcott, circa 1910
Mary M. Vaux (2 folders)
Benjamin Stuart Walcott, 1904
Helen B. Walcott, 1904
Helen B. Walcott, 1909
Helen B. Walcott, 1914
Helen B. Walcott, circa 1914
Helen B. Walcott wedding photograph, 1925 (2 folders)
Charles Walcott, 1902
Mary Stevens
Walcott family, circa 1852
Portrait of Herbert Hoover
Portrait of Robert Bacon, 1909
Unidentified portrait of a man, circa 1920
Box 20
Castle walls
The canyon from Grand Vue Point
The Mountain in action
Fountain Geyser Basin
Upper Geyser Basin from the north
Canyon of the Yellowstone
The Upper Terrace, Yellowstone Canyon
Excelsior
The Giant Geyser
The Castle, Old Faithful in action
The Grotto (2 folders)
The Dairy Geyser
Riverside Geyser
Old Faithful Geyser
Box 21
Minerva Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs
Fine Hole River Falls
Lone Star Geyser
Lower Yellowstone Falls
Yellowstone Canyon from Artist's Point
The Beehive Group of geysers, Yellowstone Park
The Growler, Norris Basin
Hot springs at the Thumb
The crater of the Giant
The Grotto Crater
The Paint Pots
The Beehive Crater
The Castle
Yellowstone Lake
Head of the Gibbon Canyon, Yellowstone
Box 22
Lantern Slides
Lantern slides, 1899-1924 -Expedition photographs - British Columbia (originally wooden box 1)
Box 23
Lantern slides, 1907-1913 and undated - Expedition photographs - British Columbia (originally wooden boxes 1 and 2)
Box 24
Lantern slides, 1907-1924 and undated - Expedition photographs - British Columbia (originally wooden boxes 2 and 3)
Box 25
Lantern slides, 1901-1923 and undated - Expedition photographs - Flowers, lakes - British Columbia (originally wooden boxes 3 and 4)
Box 26
Lantern slides, 1903, 1918, 1919, 1920, and undated - Expedition photographs - British Columbia - Flowers, mountains, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls (originally wooden boxes 4 and 5)
Box 27
Lantern slides, 1902, 1919-1924, undated - Expedition photographs - British Columbia - flowers, glaciers, lakes and other water features, traveling (originally wooden box 5)
Box 28
Lantern slides, 1901, 1905, 1918-1919, undated -Expedition photographs - British Columbia (originally wooden boxes 5 and 6)
Box 29
Lantern slides, 1898-1899, 1910, undated -Expedition photographs - British Columbia (originally wooden box 6)
Box 30
Medals and Other Miscellaneous Materials
Tray 1 - Glass-plate family photograph
Tray 2 - Photograph of mother and daughter and ornamental frame
Tray 3 - Medals and Burrows coat of arms
Tray 4 - Medals
Box 31
Tray 1 - Medals
Tray 2 - Medals
Box 32
Tray 1 - Photograph mounted on ceramic, Mary Holmes Stevens
Tray 2 - Photograph and portrait
Folder 1 Indenture agreement between Peter and Susannah Bosh and Elizabeth Carpenter, January 28, 1740
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