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Y.. who i3 a ^uf^alo Public 5^chool Teacher, has asked me to se- cure ^0^ her a copy of the latest report of the U.S. Geo- graphic Board. If these copies are available for general distribution I would appreciate if one could be sent to the applicant. ThanVinc you for your courtesy in tViis matter, I am, Very truly yours, ^i^^ / r y y t 4i 4 / ^^^ M^ I y ^ **--■• iiiiitii III Papofi BA»«CMSS {"l.itfi \ Irt^^ it- f,A. J ^ /f^/- ^r,k 1 o /?^< mmmm December 26th. ''..J Richard Derby. M. D. OYSTER BAY. N. Y. Dr. C, "^nrt I'.erriam 1 / . ^^th. St. De; I f '. erx^iam: I am having sent to you from Ijt, J-^^s L. Clark ^s establishmeiit the &..ull of a bear vvhi-^'^ I _.ij.^ecL on I'ontr^ue Island on Ilovember ^bh. ^i23. It It '^ :,le '^.l:ir ': 1 fjiind Vvith her t\.j nine month oli cubs on t\\c- .^^e of a cliff ; hundred feet above a . ^'^e carcass on .he be-ch, I .^.ent t^n dajrs on thr^ ocean si^-^ j-^ the island at the mouth of Nelly ....rtin liivcx . inhere V ^-antities of bear .^.irns lat I about th- v.hale carcass, but this v.as the only b ^r uhere. I v.as much disajD^^ointed - I ^ept :\y .jvii-_ ^ict- -'« ure camera ne?r the carcass during mj v.hole Ftay and had an unparalleled o^ .-. .unit3r of je^isino piCv.. ; if only the bears "f^rd fe^d in th*- ''- -time. x'he jutstanuii: lifference t^ me betv. een this s^^ull and that of a lar^'er bear tha': I -.ill^d on .:^e _ enai reninr ula ic _-. .ii.,.ershot jav. of 1^. ^._r cjmprr^d . ioh that of thf=' '.enai berr. 1, -n IV e bear in lire Ij sav • ph . ;^earance. unfor uonatel - I couli not .ret .inct- j loto- I sha,ll be v^r-" muc" opinion about th^ s.cull md 1 ..^cU.d v-. copy of your mon.^raphs on the ursus 1 aiensis. ■ nterest^^. to hear -''our '"uch ii^.e ' ? ''^'^^'e • hexaonii and urbut -n- incerel" ^ jiirs f^o^ a ^^ { 3 / - O im^- ^^2 6^ ^ I EXACT VIEW OF 40 ACRE TRACTSOF FRU»T LAND OF DALL DEWEESE S-hfii' U'U c»uf*o«. ^^i^@^^^^^v ^^^ 2nd. 1899. Dr. C. Hart Merriam» VaBhlngton» D. C My Dear Merrlam:- In reply to yoxir favor of the 27th. will say that the skvills were all froB the Kenai Peninmila* Yoiirs of the 29th. is also at hand and I note your appreciation of the photos. You are right when you think it quite a task for me to secure the photos of the White Sheep. I wa8 compelled to stay out for three day and nights above timber line and without any wood for fire^ but I got *e«« YeStI l:iave some Moose and sheep heads for saletbutfH^ good fellow, I want you to know that they are not of nor own killing for I have never, in all my life, killed heads or game for sale, except those sent to the National Museimi. It is entirely against ny principles* The heads which I have are some that I bought from Indians and white \ il h\mt»r« while »jp there thta season. I herewith encloae jou a price Hat and aflffiire you I appreciate your very kind offer. Rvrythlng I killed thla year I went to the Muaeiai and I would have given coaslderaule to have killed \loose with larger headn.out I done my best and only killed the largeat I saw and himted hard for twenty one days, however those I sent are considerable abova the average Of course I would have gladly put in one or two of the heads that I bought .Which were a little larger than those I sent the Miiseia »tmt ^liy dear boj,I did not have the skin that grew with that particular head and I knew that the Miiseivn certalnlj did not want that kind of a deal. What I sent them was the skln^ bone, horn and hair of the Individual just as he fell. If they should want to mount different skin and head. I will gladly send them a 67 Inch head .but this would not Mdi^ an honest specimen when mounted. Wishing you many happy returns of the New Year. I remain. Very truly yours. St^^S^ ^^^a'X, :STABLISHU> <% &jyjm0jm@^&^ ini««Mitc»- r^rr:i?jn C ■ "^ "' " 1 ' «' ^ /^ f^i Puar r fa-v^^^ v« r -r T/. i. • <» i.- c^eived as v^f re v-^lso the onl d earlier ' en^ c» ^ oer.ce from boiae and zh^ conseqi^^^' ressure _ ^iref?s ich kept me from carn/- ov ^rowr rm fev; a* Cv 311 I ccii] leLed the .. ii e he*:'^ 0. lfcdp:e a:.p . t t . tc you "by exprej^, . ;-epaid and hove that re »(• «♦ -^ -^ ireo 1' • .i'^ c: '-.; ctnd f-^rr^ i 1.^ C X. ' V cm -at ion t; •».-. ed. You v/ii:i ^ ind rKeci c- : i'- J. -n^.e at t'^i.5^ d?te, hut the scal« of t.- nx J. ^^la ^ I was nc I.'icv. c t;X dis 'Ai : precision tha^- ^ p c^Vfc liict:u, especiainy v^r i th the sli e ep , W' 1 1 c n V r - I r. /-\ ■x*^ *^ r'l f . ' A TM *i tV onnd on the other a.n(^ ir some pia<;*^e o:il'' iii" le. sifall ^ij\xr •^ I le nuwiii wcixiij^ , T " .^ ^4- J. C .t^r ' -^ cone. iiD • -fr i,rdinf: the Tcrner difrorirA^iLicn o. these cixij-rLa-Lrt V -; 1 1 + -? lUiX. Dall OkWccsc Jamcs Tukni 512 noin St. Csrabilshe 1 parts of o/ie .-■■©• I ^ one in t untain^ , W.-.J e plains "^1'^' was a different species fror^ the -. .c _.v. -• Tne V^ixiut -tail Peer whic^- therj i:ihal)ited the sane c. .ntr .% i ..ow dcen also ^xtencled it<^ ranre ( ■ tiie iiountainc tc an altitude cf FOiie 7000 fee.. The Ant^xope likev;: c was found in the mounwains as well as on the plains 'here it is to-da^' ana in. those days v/as found all over ..e pr'^i>^-^- ccurtr^^^ of Oe ^tate and found its v/ay up all -^/-e Talle-- " :; hei/^ht of ahout 8000 feet, and wa?: ortitty r;^-nerally dif?trihuted ^'^rou^h thif country'- • The was '♦•''- r pi '' --r . - -'-1 - — i\L.:li-s nart of Colo'r-*'^^ " ^'c' ccinposa?! rbout thre© fiftns (drizzly Bear als Ytry generally distributed in * : l>^^us cc\-^+^' ?.nd -fT*^-:: in a few instances vras found out on the plains, hut this v/as not coinnon nor general. T- .,4. J, t*. ' Vr • * • « < t t. ^ found wherever there v/as some underbrush or trees vO hide tiieri in the mountains and on the plainfH along trie streai.is ;vhere there wan some trea life and y; y; sop-ttered cedars forr.iec' a cover JL V" . em. I am very much ooli.^f:^ t ou for I'exicvj, it v/ill he of vaV'e to ne e infomatior furnished ri-^ ■At VIEW OF 40 ACRE TRACTS OF FRUIT LAND OF CALL DEWEESE. &iiy/m0m@6i^ Peb. 24, 1905 Dr C, Hart Merriam, Washington, D.C. My Dear Merriajn:- I have not heard from or of you since your visit here at my home, other than indirectly through the columns of Pores t and Stream. T note that you were not successful in corraling the elk that you so much desired to transplant on a different reservation* However, I hope that you will be able to succeed in bringing this about at some future time* T am glad that you were able to procure some specimens of this new species and , no doubt, they will be mounted for your new museiim tliat we poor chaps who will never want to hunt them in their native 77ild8 will be permitted to see them under glass cases* What has become of our mutual friend, Prof. ¥an de Man ? I have not heard from him for some time and ask if you will kindly give me his address* I know that his former home was in Virginia, but believe that he now lives in Washington* .J • -.» Dr C.H.M.-2 Please accept the enclosed complimentary which I am very glad to hand you, and will write you later regarding the organizat- ion of this Club of which 1 am founder and want to have you as one of US. I shall be glad to hear from you at any time. Mrs De Weese joins me in sending lore and kindest regards to both you and Mrs Merriam. She often speaks of our stay in Wash- ington and recalls with pleasant recollections our nice visit at your home and your company to the Zoo. In fact, this was the last time that we have seen Prof. Van de Man. Should you make a trip to any part of the We»t this year, be sure and bring Mrs Merriam with you and stop with us. Yours very truly, xyv-f^<2^ ^S^li^- VIEW or 4^0 ACRE TRACTS OF FRUlT LAND Of OALL OEWEESE. %^}iymj^m9^/kQ^ ^^""^ ^^' ^^^^ Dr. C. Hart Herriam, Waehi rton, D. C. ?!y dear ""erria:!!: I hs'^e youre of the ?3ra ine^ . . togather v^ith that of the £3th. In anewer to the fomer I will eay that I thanlc you very mich for eendinr me the a?*re8e of our mutual friend Prof. Vsii Deman. Ae to your e^coad letter, referring to Ilr* Scott 'e Old Silver Tip, "The Tale of the Grlssly" will eagr that preeect information pe^-'^it? doult as to the weight teing 1,171 pounde, anS splr thpt you tesr with nie a :^ew days as I have written to a party over in f^^^t country r'^^^r^lng t^-i? eaid grizzly. I do net kno" '^ . Scott'? addreee, 1 't if you ^"111 r.^'ress him ae W. A. Scott, Care of Outdoor Life, Denver, Co^o., it "111 l^W' fi T^ "^ Q ."t to hin. It if a ragge^ ehenie thf)t '^en calling fe'ntelves ecortsmen cannot stick to th "ruth; cannot see why '.'^. is so eli^pery. I hope to Goa they win all 5 13 off e .^. I than> you very much for a previouF letter you wrote me t?/o wec".:£ Dr. C. H . 1 • *- ago ys-^i Fnen 'arriat:. you hr,ve «? nice roy of eayin,?- foo3 thinpp. They hel" one over hard rlscee. You taio^- T-hen one hee alout dug out his heart's tlood in twenty yesre along one line, it eeerne to grow to him. and ie always a part of hia thereafter. He often grows indifferent, too. e^; don't think o^ the good that it -ifr^t do ae though he eaw out through othere' eyes. I heve eince wished that when you were here you could have had more tine that I could h-ve driven you ahout our city that you mlfh* h^ve seen more of " ^ artificial improvementa. However. I look forward to th-^ time when you will have :!re. Merriam end the children with ue 'o- a etey in our home, enl a trio through the mountaine. I eend kindaet regarde to pelf and family. Yours very truly. mmtakm VIEW OF 40 ACRE TRACTS OF FRUIT LAND OF OALL DEWEESE. 1 rmtis .0 »i/«»- : ^tult ft' ~ Q^}iymj0mQifL% January 14, 1907. U.S.Dep'tofAgnc -e \ r\r%i ~ " \ i^ ''HVEY| Dr. C, Hart Merriam, Washington, D. C. $5 BIOL My deer Mr, Merriam;- Your letter of sometime ago received, l:)ut like many of my love letters I have let it go "by unanswered until after the holiday season as I did not think ray reply was pressing. I assure you that I am very glad to hear from you and I note that you make inquiry as to whether or not I have received any authentic information regarding the existence of moose in Colorado. In reply will say that some three or four years ago a friend of mine told me that he saw a moose in the Had Desert which lies in the northwestern corner of this State. For your information I will say regarding this desert that it is not altogether a desert plain for there are three or four creeks running through it, very heavily timbered and both you and I well kno?/ that moose could not he ranging in an antelope country. I can very easily ■■MNHMMMMMMlaa So 2 / see the possibility of moose migrating from Idaho and taking up their hahitat in that locality. When in California last winter I met this friend and had another talk with him one evening at dinner in the St. Francis Hotel, and he still thought there were moose in the Red Desert country. My friend's name is Frank Mayer who is the present editor of the Western Field. You have no douht seen the magazine many times. Don't understand me to say that I don't believe Mr. Stayer's statement hut I am inclined to helieve that he was mistaken in what he saw. A young hull elk could very easily he taken for a moose if seen at some little distance. I have asked several cow boys who I know have ridden considerable in that country. They say they have seen no moose. Asto my own opinion it would be worth nothing for I can say as I said before how probable it would be for a stray moose to get in there from the Idaho country, yet at the present time 5* doubt if there is one there now. I returned six weeks ago from Newfoundland where I had been on a caribou hunt. I succeeded in getting three very handsome stags and prepared them for mounting whole and I propose to present two of them to the ftate Museum. By the way I still have that two year old "Ovis Helsoni" ram for you if you care for it and have a place that it will fit in a group. I will send it along if you so desire. Friend Merriam you know that I had graduated from the Head Hunting Class some years ago and on my recent hunts I have always took measurements and preserved the whole specimen, and I am doing « everything I can to help build up our ^tate Museum. 50 3 I latend to go to Idaho sometime and shoot a good big elk and giye its skin and my record head to our State Museum for } think it a ahoie that suoh specimens should be hung up in a private col- lection. Mr. Merriam I am satisfied that this elk of mine is not the i 1 comDon run of elks. There must be two or three species of our American TTapiti. The spread of the beam is different, the shape of the brow points are different, and the royal and back tines are also different. They differ in size, in shape and in the manner in which they leave the main beam. I have never seen but one, in the head lite it, and that one I have in my possession which was killed by a friend of mine near Hans Peak in the Rabbit Ear range which is the Southwest boundary of Korth Park. Colorado. This head has seven prongs to each beam, the royal tine on the right beam broken off about half its length, this set of horns in every way resemble those on my big head, both of which have that unusual corrugation or roughness. This animal was killed some twenty years ago about the time that I shot mine on the head of the South Fork of White River, this State. I don't know If the plains elk and the mountain elk have been differently classified or not, but there is just as much difference between these two heads and the common run of elk as there is between our mountain elk and the elk of the Olympha Mountains, Washington. Have you ever given this any thdught or consideration? If so I would be pleased to have your views. I Intend to make another hunting trip to Alaska some day and J want to get a big bull moose to add to the group they propose to mount in our State Museum. The one they have I consider a very inferior specimen. I must get him from the i^y,^^ ^ Aenai Peninsula. lo 4 When I am reedy to start you must help me to get the necessary permit to bring home the stuff from that locality for our state. Will you do it? You know I don't want to shoot a moose for myself. I would not do so if I had the chance for I have killed enough for any one white man, but in all my future hunts, while I will get a little sport out of them I want to help build up our Museum, I now want to write you something strictly confi- dential. Please do not divulge ft to any of my hunting friends as yet. I am thinking very strong of making a hunting trip to Africa this coming season. Should I go do you think there la anything that I could do for our national Museum? I have thought of going in the Uganda country north of the railroad, possibly towards or back of Lake Rhudolf. Can you give me any pointers? I should be very glad to hear from you at your convenience. Mrs. Deweese joins me in sending kindest regards to both you and yours, fishing you a prosperous year, I am. Tours Yexy truly. I I ESTABLISHED <\ 1884 %»y ^ VIEW OF 40 ACRE TRACTS OF FRUIT LAND OF DALL OEWEESC. • .M r«MM.>« MCU C« fjtWLaiMM f^ (^ivo/vOif^^Q^q^ Feb ruary 12,. 1907. J Hon, Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr, Roosevelt; — / / I thank you for your very kind letter of the 6th inst. I also received a letter this A. !• from your worthy secretary Mr, Loeh dated the 8th which enclosed a communication from Dr. C. Hart Merriara dated the 7th. I herewith return the same. I note that Mr. Merriam says that there has "been no expedition planned by the government to Africa and that the report is erroneous. I also enclose you a letter from my old time friend David G. Weems , 85 William Stree New York which was written me January 19th. He knew I was figuring somewhat on an African trip hence his let- ter. In it you will see how my idea was prompted to write you as I did on February 2d as he says he saw the report in the Hew York World. \ hope you will mail Mr. Weems letter to Mr. Merriam that I may be set right with him. I am glad Mr. Weems letter failed to find its way into my waste #2 . tasket es it will vindicate me of any presiunptuouaness on my part in writing you as I did February Ed. After receiving his letter I thought if the government intended on sending an expedition of this kind that I would like to accompany it to pack in the elephant, rhino, hippo, etc. that others might shoot, but as this report was a wild goose chase I suppose I will have to hike out to Africa alone and hope for a more correct government report later. Pardon my encroachment on your time during these busy days and believe me, Yours most sincerely. &m^/^^ ^smi, ^^""^^ ^-^^^0, Dr. C. Hart T'orriam, U.S.Departaent of Agriculture. Washins-ton, D. C. My Dear Dr I^erriam:- I assure you that I vbb very glad to have your letter of the 2nd instant and am glad to know that you are still a very busy man. It is hect for us- wo would get into mischief othenvise. I also assure you that I would like very much to step into your a-partmont at the new museum and see those 100 or more Alaska bear skulls on your table. It certainly muct bo a very interesting site. ITo, I :;ave not made any very erter.oive trips lately. Three years ago, I went to Newfoundland and brou,/: GET A CHOICE BULL. NEW CASTLE, COLORADO, Canon City^ 5/37/13 Dr. C. Hart Merri am, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Merriam:- Absence from home delayed my answer to your veiy kind letter of the 14th inst. I have bee-, in the mountains over on Grand River, and I assure you I was very glad to hear trom you once more. Now ray dear man, with reference to grizzilie bear skulls, will say that at one time several years ago I had foirr or five unusually good skulls, but I got tired of seeing them around and I gave them away to first one and then the other, and now I have not one left in ray collection except one that is mounted in a lug. Wo, neither do I happen to know of any one that has a Plains Grizzily skull. I remember of attdnding the funeral of one of these bears in 1876 near the mouth o^ the Cimarron ^iver, but I have never seen or heard or one since. However, there weie a great many of these bea.rs killed in northern Nebraska and southern Dakota on the plains several years later than that, but really I would not know where to turn to secure one now, I should be very glad to render you some assist- ance were it possible. However, should you oon^plete your work I would Dr. CH^M. # 3 b/Zl/lZ be very glad to receive a copy I do not know where I will go to r my next vacation. I had thought some or making a trip to the HTCI^HT OP LWD, which would be on the head waters of the Prazier, Peace, Nesse and south fork of the Stickiene Rivers. I have never heard of anybody hunting through there and as this would be the northern limit of the Wapati, Black Tailed Deer and a meeting place of the "Ovis Montana" and •Ovis Stonei'', I thought it would be a very interesting country. Have you ever had a man up through this section and have you got another map that might give me some inrormation or if you know of a copy in print I would be veiy glad to pay for one. Both Mrs. DeWeese and rryself would be very glad to have you stop off and see us at any time you happen through this way. We both send kindest regards to yourself and family. Yours very truly. DeW/C VIEW Of +0 ACRE TRACT OF FRUIT LAUD OF DALL DtWEESE -r--^*-* ■r*^- &3myj&j^,@&m^ April 19th, 19ia. Dr. C. Hart llerriam. Dept. of Greographlo Survey, Washington, D, 0«, My dear Mr. Merrieon; Well, old boy, how are you and have you compiled that book on B?!AH3T If it is on the market I want to buy a copy. Wliere can I procure it? I also desire to acquire one of your books on Alaska bears, # I write you especially to ascertain if you know if there is a map in any department of the (rovernment showing that section of the country lying north of the head of the Prazier River and south of the south fork of the Stlkine, east of the head of the lasse River and would also be southwest from the head of the ^eaee River. There is a section of the country in there thttt I am planning to make a trip to and I have never ueard of anybody being thron|fU there, neither do I know where I could get the best map showing that section of the country. If you will give me the information as to which department of Dr. C. Hart Merriam. -2- April 19th, 1913. the eovorncient I co\ild apply to where I mieht procure one of theae maps I will be very much ohlig;ed, indeed, I had a very pleasant and sueoesafiil trip in the Kogolone Mts. last fall, as I very much flesired to see the White Tail Deer and the wary old Wild Turkey once more. I succeeded in getting two nice Black T^il Deer and three turkeys, which was all I wanted. I also expect to make another trip before long to Alaska; not to butcher anything, but to get a few specimens for scientific purposes. Do you know anything new pertaining to the Kenai Peninsular, or some remote place within the Alaskan border? I am very glad to say that Mrs. Del^eese and family are very well, indeed, and that I hope that you and your delightful family are enjoying, not only good health, but the beat of everything that this world affords for a deserving people. With kindest regards, I am. Yours very truly. DeW-HC P. S. Could you give me the present address and whereabouts of our old mutual friend, Mr. Van d© J!an? > , * A *-♦ * . ^ ^A t * « A-A A^j^A^ V • • > • VIEW OF ^0 ACRE TRACT OF FRUIT LAND OF DALL DEWEESE. Q^iyim^mQifL%. l01J]A£*iN»4ib Jvno 5. 191S. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, WaehingtoB, D. C. My dear Dr. Merriam: Your letter of lay 26tli. vas sent by ay wife to San Antonio, Texas, where I have been for the past thr«« weeks. Howeyer. I returned yesterday and your letter reached me this morning. I thank you y^r^ much for your very kind letter and I note thst you are about to make an auto trip kcross the Continent to yonr susMr hons in California. Both Mrs. DeWeese and myself are In hopes that you will pass through this way. If you do. we want you to mk» our horn* your place of rest for a few days, and we will do what w» ten for your com- fort and pleasure. I am sorry that I did not recelye your letter at an earlier date, for I fear you may have started on your trip. How- ever, my letter will be reforwarded ahead of you. no douot, where you will pick it up at some point on the trail. I have just received a letter from A. ¥. »elson of the Biological survey, in which he states that he will forward me the maps which you requested him to do. I shall write hlia. Dr. C. Hart Merriam # 2. I do not know that it will be poeeible for mo to arzange for »e to make tay trip through the Sorth this aimer and faU. but I desire to poet layeelf on the locality, so that I can hare every- thing well in mind at any time that I might be able to arrange a trip. I have some parties whom l would like for you to call on. should your route lead you through the towns in which they live, iirst. if you should happen to come through Troy. Ohio, be sure to call on Honorable A. F. Broomhall. Attorney, an old friend of mine. who will treat you royally, bhould you come through Omaha, be sure to call on my daughter, Mrs. E. B. Towle. S105 Lewey Avenue, and then, if you come this way you will find the latch string out at Dall's I>en. I think that the old banta Fe i^rail from Kansas City up the Arkansas idver to Pueblo, through here to the head of the iiio Grande, passing Salida. Buena vista and through the I'ennessee Pas«. down the jiagle and Grand Rivers to Glenwood. thence to Grand Junction and on to Utah is really the best road across the mountains, unless you had decided on a northern route through Wyoming ITational Park, thence westward. »ow, my dear man. you have undertaken quite a strenuous trip, and I believe if you suceed in making it, that you will all wx^^^ t J ESTABLISHED i Dr. C.Hart Merfiam:- Washington, D^C. March 18, 1924. f? >^. My doar Mr, tertians ^- Do you know that I am about to impose a book on the dear public? Bow smile, you good oatured rascai. and I can almost hear you think Has Dall gone crazy? But Doc, my dear man, I am getting uo something a little different then any thing out as yet, and I believe it will meet with your approval. I am writing you to ask if you would write me a forward for it, after I have sent you a description later of just what I propose the book to be. it will not only be interesting reading for the old or middle aged but especially for the young child in school. It will describe animals truthfully, and hon^st-to-Sod, with all fiction eliminated in ray narrating a short hunt for a specirten of each specie securing in a period covering fifty years of my life. I have two men in mind that I would aek to do thist one is your- self and the other is Dr. David Starr Jordan of leland Stanford University California whom I know quite well. I know of two others whom you think I should ask to write it. one of whom is our authority on game animals, but I have a reason for not asking him which I will tell you the next time I oome east, as I intend to look you up on that trip. I would please like our correspondence concerning my work treated confidentially, as it is not know outside of my family that I am planning this woiic« I hope this finds you well and happy and that each member of your family are en^joying the same blessing. Yours very sincerely, ^6fMjQxm,Qim. lOT. 6, 1926 Dr. G^Hart Merrlan, Washington, D.C. Dear Dr. Merriam: It has been seTeral Bontlie since I wrote you about writing a forward for a book which I wm coipliling. However other duties have taken up my time, but I expect to finish it up this winter, and within a month or so, I will seal you a copy of the Introduction and one of my other articles, that you may see what it is like, and decide if it is worthy of a forward from you which I would be glad to have. Per your informtion will say that I am leaving for Jackson Hole Wyoming to look over the elk situation and hay lands of the Izaak Walton league to try and deteradne a feasible end practical solution of a national Game Refuge in that vicinity, I am enclosing you a copy of the DalJ. DeWees^ Plan for such a Refuge and hope that you will find time to read it over carefully, and after you have picked it to pieces and thought it over, let me know your views concerning it. I do not know your whereabouts at the present time, but presume you will return to your home in lashing ton after your si^-inmer observation field work. Trusting this finds you well end happy and that I may hear from you, I send best wishes and kindest personal regards. Yours very sine ere 1;% .^rofi <^.a«^li V.:: '^' '^ !«. * »r ••w Si* Jj^r^ rm DA&Jb f%? na^f # T ^#eativ^ «:*t^ ou: <^- *■ -^%i.tej?«^ ««;*ji 6 S ^Rc ' A JA(X»OT HOI.^ lATIOBtt ftAM 0 m^\%t^^^^^ *UOB. • •l^sr-r^- **»^^*' >4i J^u^ T« -Si. 4 #a# t?^d ft re^ J ;, 1^ l#i r^H^^^H^p flBIMB»^B|^*^*'^ «^ "r- ji«^.# f-, if =i.in^ *> A ^tt Mr, ^©l^» ^M«r iAt# of ^ s^ ^'r# g«»# * f* V€t « ^ *•* »- ■■- a 3 t ■ » «• w ^0 limmM'^M ^tinmh': ', Y J^V "m v.- i«i' ffii^ir^ t # f #^ ."^ -3» i< !»# i^ iNi As. '* % ids. pHte w « ■> r. r ^ T'm .^«flt ^£M .^ A i« «i ©7 •.t*. -r ^ ^.,^. .'>'^' ''**^ .^*'; ilfl y#^.^' i^. K '^onrf? .:. ^ i :>«b'' ..t a..< «Ntbi» a« 11% & ■¥► * ^-'f* -'^ •» *i*' * fp 4Si «^**i^ ?^i*!?'rti^» 4t» 15 Si.4& ffi ifir ^«^ OOPT #f %u** mtm* UI SAIL SEiSiai rLu ▲ JAOE30B fiOLS SAIIOBAI GAMS lamai tenon 01ty» oolorado. ^ 9 to BTSBT lALTOIUI II lORTH AlKRICA F t^r-h Mj dear rSLLOW^VALTOSIAIt I herewith suhiait to you • oopy of « letter I h«Te written to the SzeoutlTe Staff of our Itaak i^lton Leat^ of Aaeriea. »W^ fB ^' ^^ ^More on aooount of absonoe from hone than any other reaaon, I haT# dalayad answering the apleaSid letters whioli I reoelTed fro» Msaare* Folds and CTinningham. In answor to my letter aeklngr then for Infornatlon with ref erenoe to the hay lands they hold in trust for the Isaak Itelton League y-i.-C r: In Jaokson Hole tyonlog, I reoelred a reply to mj letter from Mr. Ounningham under date of July 24th; also a reply from Mr. Folds under date of July SCth^ and as both gentlemen haye gone into detail so thoroughly with referenoe to our holdings, and the states of the League exlating there at the present time* I will now answer their letters jointly. 1 want both gentlemen to feel t^^^ fttiy^ftidllTi te their position, and what they are trying to do to hold intaot and to oomplete our elk refuge in Jaokson Hole, by a prao solution of the slti^ uation, realising that the present ooniltlon had to be aestnsd by then aa an Inoomplete proposition that was not possible to be finished during the ^ Ji^fS ^i% year 1925. In this eonneotlon I will oritiolliPlH^. Silg as Fresldsnt of the League at that time, and one who waa determined to rule regardless of the adriss of his able ftreoutlTe Committee, Mr* Mlg as President snd Xmaager oould U: 1 Mil J>«V«ea« Plan.- ^▼e arrwigAd to hare hald part of the Blk FunA In re8>>rTe to take oar* of tha azpanaaa of malntananoa for tha yaar I92*f^r uatil othar riHiaa wa: arailabla to iofray this axpenaa, but it aaena that that «aa not pzvTldad I hava %}w ItaalEad atetaaaat of Mr. H» Hawaii ahowltg the anovnta paid tor ha; land ranohaa in Jaokaon Kole» aa wall aa a^pMaaa Inottzrad in ■akinc ■« i«Ta»tl«ation of tha praparty aaS eloeing tha daala, tha aggracata of which ie $40,876.41. r-do nat mnt to aneninbar you with 9117 sactimeatal or apaetacular idana. but I want to glTo you my idaa aa ta what I baliara ia a praetiaal aolatlaa for our B«fn«a, and if it la oarriad aut, it wiU ba what ail of ua undar- atood it waa to ba whan the propoaltion aae atartad in aor, 1»£6. It aoena tha* ona aora piaoa of land need ba aaqulrad to round out our praaant holding a or to oonnaet our praeant hoi 4 ins a with that of tha praaaat aoTamaont Oana RafUga. Ihla ia af Tital iaportanoa, and the land ahould ba aoqaired at tha aarliaet poaeible data, that v^hao our holdinga ara turned orar to tha State of fyoidng or the OOTarnaent. and the •dTern.ent ahould daaraa othar public landa joining all of tha patented holdinge, it'wuld tha unit or refuge aa-plate, with the undaratanding that mnpatentad public landa to the e«tent of 160. to £00,000 aorea or aora Joining our praaant hold- i«f8 ahould be proTided bj the OaTarnment. and the aaleotion of thaae landa to Join our praaent hol^^inge on the side which afforda tha beat winter gra.l., land for tha elk and other gaaa. ArrangeBenta mat ba aada by the J)epartaant of the Interior that no domeatlo ahaap, cattle or horaaa ara to graea on thaae lands any ti.e of the year. If paralttad to do so in the aumBer. there wouid be no graaa fr the elk and other gaa. in tha lata fkU or early winter, and it would often oaour that part of thla range would be open moat of the time during 1 ••T«re wlnt«ra. JDftU ])«ff««M ?ljui.— f . :r# la «oasld«rlJie thie fr««t anterprist and what it will inaan to foaterlty, it i« eartaloly aakiaf little of the ?«derel aoreraaent to release this aaali af ttf people's lead to Hie people' a yoople for thio worthy p«rpo*o ae all of the people oaa eoao iBfialteeiinal part of oTorj blade of graaa growiag oa oar public doaaia, lAethor Boabors of a faailj llTlas OB a toatt lot la oar eon Jested cities or those llrlag on xaaehes located ia the ■oaataiagtat plains. She rlehta of ttie children of these fandjles should be reoognlfod end protected by as of Mture 7«ara, and ia later years they aay feel aa fratefttl to «o for proserriag this inheritage for thea, as we ourselTos feel when looking baoit to what haa boon done for ua by our pioaoor foro- iPathora. flftd a groat aa parity of aa are aow ready to ooaeo( tHo leaguo's Btecutivo Board. Ihia coBBittee would hare nothlag irtiat orer to do wltk aay other oooaerratioa proposition, for this would giro them plenty to do, and so relioTe the Bvecutf< TO Coioittee that it ooald pay acre attentioa t- other oonaorratloa work. this ooaaittee wonlfl hsTe the rights ot indlTldaala to acaaalt, aa wall aa to solicit the ooopoxatioh of the proper Federal officials, together with the Oaoe COMiasioner of the State of Wyoalng, I think this oomittoe ehould consist of three aan. The first one to aa aUe reproeontatir. of the laaak falton league, mi. man must understand oonditlona in goneral. by reason of years of experience, knowledge of the anianl Itself as oonditions airlst at the pxasent time, and with a far - - T •- 1 Mil J)ef««8« Plan.— 4. • Uiihted Tlsioa for its future ooneerration for poaterlt;. £• naet also bo aa outdoor man having Aoalt axtonaiToly in land and doaeatio atook, balnc faalller with wild life and their noede. In fact know the »nlaal when he aeei it and what onyironaBt he ehoald lira in to nake hia the perfect apeclieea ■itora intended. Thia ma auet bo honeet and hononble to a ftiult, nw0t loo*aln£ Bight of the fact that the proposition nuat be aarriad on in an aoonomioal baaie leaTlng no openii« lor orltlciaa. Ihe eeoon;! laeaber ahould be the Faderal Oaae CoaBiealcner , and the third aenber alwuld be the Chief flaaa COBUBiaaioaer of tho State of Wyoming. Tha firat Dember ahould be dhalzvan and eanezal aaaager. Iha Secretary ahould be ohoeaea from the other two seigbere. preferably the Chl».f oasa OeaDiaaicner of ffyoaing for the reeaon that ha la la o loae pwxiaity of tha Hefuge in hlo oaa atote and la oonaUntly on the Job. The Treaaurar ahould ba th, latioaal traaaurer of the Iieakjlilton league, who la to receive al^ ■onlae tluit will ba paid into the Blk'und fro. any aou«,a. Such .oniaa to be plaoad in a aeparate^ocount icnown aa the lu^Oc tfclton Jackaon Hoi. flat Fund . •^W**^; •» . i. 4J^SP -i»»i^ Iha trareliag axpenaea Inourred by thia oc»ittee of thre*'. aa wen •• • am 11 ealery for the chalrma who la alee general -onager, ahall ba paid out of thia general elk fund. While thle oo«lttee will be aubaerraat to the SieeutlTe Oo«»itte. of the I.f.L.. it «uat ba trueted with the power to act la aonductlag ainar .ffalr. Which they Jolntl, deem to ba to the beat mtereat. of all oonoernad but when 4ueationa of material mtereat. affactlag the thra. .ibctiona (I W ' L.. atate of wyomin.. 7ade«.l aoraraaaatj auoh .uaaticn. «..t be aubaltted *o the Rxeoutire Coarslttee of the I.w.L. fbr appwral. When the preacwot eondition and posterity are ooneidered, I bellsTa f ]^11 9«9«o0a fl«n.— 6. that we Bhoiafl not try to Mlnt«ia Bore th«« flft««B to tvoaty tkoueond hoad of •!)£ IB wtet le icBowa as the aonthera herd, aad the elk that mr* eentigeeoa to the AolCBon Hole Refuse, bat if it flhonlA he deeaod beat ta-aaiatain a larger htrdt then Eore liaj lands aodi Qp^n tms^ aa^t tia proTlda4 aaoorAinglye I W7 thla auBber for ttaa raaaoa «hat a fair aTeraga laoraaae from %ts proportion of bread lag atook thla nmRbar wcnid rapraaent^ vould take oara of aalntalalng tha ganeral hmtt ta thla auabar^ aa well aa proTldlng anlAsle that Bight be ahot from the herd thet emj be off the Refuge during hunting) aaaaon^ aad aik that Bight be donated ta e^er ate tea for ateekiag parpoaaa. fhere la ao mae of proenrlng hajr landa* proTlndlng haj and opes range for Bere aclBitla than anahr*- preoexiri^ or Befnge aoold take eare of during an aTermge winter^ for an eaeeae of t la number eOuia require Bere hay and more open range» end there aould be no aad te it by reaaon of the eontlnueua yaarly lnareaae» ▲ fined nuBber r et be agreed upon aa a llBlt that will be ?lthln the poailbllitlwa oftifood and proteotioue Kenoe war juat aa vrell leek the propoaltion aquare Ia the faee, realleing that aany of theae anlBela flBst be diapot^ed of or let atarre if we trr*4o Belntaixi a larger herd unleaa the Hefuge la greetly inoreaaede Should the herd Inoreaae beyond the refuge aa pro Tided » an open aaaaon oo\ad be had within the preeerre where elk hunting^ under th© laws of the State of lyoBlng^ would be perBltted under the eY4)erTielon and dlreotion of the QOTemment flafl» Coneiiaaioner end the Chief Gaae Harden of the State of VyoBlog ln*ao-far a a their Intereeta appear^ t, A oertain proportion oould be giren awaj- to partlea at^rting elk refuge ia other atatea* who ahould reoeive the elk free, but pay for the eapture. oratlng» delivery to the rellroad atatlon and tranqportatlon ehargea. Oftll O^ftaae Plan* — 6* ▲U auoh ehipaenta t# ba done under the Bt^eriTelon of fht 9ea«nil Mnnaser or hie a eel a tent* liio dhouli be a Wyoming Deputy GMie lirteB» «4th an accurate oount to be kept of the nunber^ age* aex aad the date «pmi whlah they vere ahlpped. Money received from this ecuroe la to be paid to the latieaal Traaeurer of the League and depoaited in the Jackeon Hole Ilk r«M« Two yearly orope of hay should be hel"^ In reaorre for winter faaAlQf^ the reoainder te be aold before It haa paaaed the third aeaaon^ The General Uaaeger ahould be on the Befuge before the opening of ttia hunting aeaaon in ffyoning^i^en elk can be legally ahot in the JaakaoB Hole country » that he might make a thorough InTeatlgation ae to hay land a* hew much hay aTailable in the ataekSt and the oondltlon of the winter ranga* Ha ahould remeln during the entire hunting aeaaon^ riding the open range» workinj in eooporation with the appointed game wardena, that he may very aoourately determine the number of elk killed by lioenaed huntara* Ha atetli reaadn u^on the grounda until tho winter anew beglna to fall ami until apeeitlly the taaeral Saaecer aad Chief 0aM Oonlaaloner of iyoalng. The Chief Federal OaTeraaeat oo»iaaloBer could appolat one of hie aaeletacte If It were l«poaalble for hla to be preeent. Ihle meeting ehould alae be attended by 0W9ry foreat nnger aad cane eerdea la authority, both 7e4arel aal BUte, ahoee territory la e^raaed la the «7aakdOa Hole oouatry. At thle R'^etlac a f»U dlacuasloa of the elk eltwtlon la to be gone OTer carefully and there tt^hly to det-ralne boa oeay elk are to be tekea Aariflc: the alatar ap to laroh flret of the eoalag y*r. Xhe tcMlttee la ta.^aTe power te mU to their aaalataaoe aay b«b or .«a they dee. neceaaary ta aaaiat in aeleatlag the anlaale that are to be takea froa the h«rd for tha C004 of the berA and are eligible for aaxket. ^ , A portlaa %t the anlaela te be takea ehould be selected f»OB old bullB. old ooaa «).t ac doubt are borrea (^ of «rperlenoo oaa eloaely dttereine thlei alaa crippled aalaala. and the reat of the number are to be aeleotei tnm bulla, aalrea and other unproaialag f«wlaa« She killing off of tbeae elk will be deeaed Ten ob^ctlonebl, to to end. . tat 1« Ui. ^»t.r «J.rl», „t ...«. It ,m k. tlw« .bo ,r, „,t S?C?^thlak a alnute-la it act far aore ha«ae f dlap.ee of theae aU m thl. man«. thea to let the. die a ll«ferl«g .eath by aterr.tlonr Of couree thla aeaaure will oxay be reaorted to *ea en orer-lncreaae Aaaaada It bat thla OTer-lncreaae la certain to occur. f. It la a quaatlon of adueatlon aad ra a olTaa Itaalf into turning on tha proper light of raa aon that the maaaaa will xindaratand aiuit la railljr for tha baat int araat of tha alk« 9han tha anlBala hare baan properly draaaad^ ticlnnad» and tha oarwaa hone in t;ha oold ato raga building (whioh naa^ be nothing out an ordinarj fraoia ahed when the meat ia handled during the winter in %^aokaon i*ole) moA proparljT aaaeon for ahipmantt tha Ganeral manager ia to inform tha Bs^'OutiTa Oommittea tha number of oaroaae on hand^ and they will oauaa an announoamant of thia kind to be plaoad in tha ooloiina of Outdoor America^ aa well aa atook publloationat requeating the re to aollcit their retail dealera to provide aoma elk meat from tueir refuge. The retailor will aend hia ordar dlraat to tha tfenaral Manager or hia aaaiatant at head gaartera in Jaokaoa Hole» who will hire t^ie meatt either in whole oaroaaa or guar tare plaoad la diainfeoted burlap after it ahowa 100 par oent in purity. 1^ . la Biit jfill be ahlppe4 out axaa>^^t the arhole oaroaaa 9r foor separata quartara» aind each plaea la to bear m iTaokaaa Hole Befoga Mai or UVU^ matal or oard, whioh ia numbarad numarioally* Ihe ftaneral ianager la to reoord the oonaignot'a name, addraae and data aa wall aa the atmbera of tha different aaale that may be ahlpped to him« me oonaignor ia to be informed that he ia to keep and make a reoord of thaae aaala» and that they are to be placed In a aafe where he oan produce them if required. t The prioa of tha neat ia to be agreed upon batwaen tha ftenaral Kaaagar and the oonaignor before ahipment ia loade, and thia price ia to be regulated according to the price of the beat grade of domeetlc beef aold in ttait locality. Thaae aeala will protect the aonaumar for thay will yroTa that ir la really alk meat from the Jackaon Hole flame Refuge^ Article a In Outdoor America pertaining to tha aale of thia ©eat, will mention to the readare, tha manner in which the meat la procurred and aold ,^f- - - ^^^ , ■ f. Sail De'eose Flen« — 9. aod If in doubt a a to Ite ganulneas. they are at liberty to aak the retailor to produoe the Jaokson Hole Refuge seal* It la needleas to aay with what loyalty this meet wUl be purohaaeA and uaei« when they haye been aocurately and thoroughly adTlaed that wltti erery pound they buy« they are aaalatlng In nalntalnlng thla wonderful Oaaa SL^tag^ and elK herd for themaelvaa and poaterlty. The retailor muat obligate himaelf to order no niore meat than he oan diapoae of in perfect oondlltlon« Heavy oonalgnmenta oen be nade to packers In large citlia when it can be properly placed In col'^ storage^ and the whole ..saleib^ ordering muat^Mke a canTae of their retailor dealera before shipment la aade ao that he will not order more than can be dia-oeed of and coneumei within a period of thirty daya after ahipment. If heary oonalgnmenta ar tnua made» the oonalgnor la to haTe ten per cent from the retail price for handling the meat, 'hia ten per cent l8 to be added to the retaiul price by the retailor and will be th^ amount in exceaa of the general retail price of good beef in that iooallty. Thla will not be objectionable to the conaumer* H-avy oonalgnmenta are to be »de only to whole -aale jobbers In cities where the retailor might not hare adequate ooid storage TloUitiea to protect the meat during a thirty day period* For any meat diapoaed of on the premlaes or shipped to other looalltlea tht^ General Manager 1 to receire pay fbr same, giving a voucher receipt in duplicate, one to the purchaser and one to accompany the remittance to the latlonal Treasurer. Ihe proceels of the sale of all elk meat la to be turned In to the latlonal TreaaHrer and de,x> sited in the elk fund. After all expenses Incurred in nalntelning our elk refuge such as repairing of fences, ditches. Sail ]>«f«e8# 2lmn.^l0. ha XT listing ^e orop and othav naoaaaary axpanaaa a a wall aa 'ttia axpanaa of aalary to aanaral Maaagar and aalary and axpanaaa of aara tik ar and aaslatanta ara pald^ and a budgat Tfspre stinting a fair aaount of ^i^^aaa •f tJia paat yaar la aat aalda to taka aara of lUca expensmB for tha ooai^f yaar» than all monay in tha Ilk Fund raaainlng In the handa of tha latlonal Traaaurar la to ba aat aalda and plaoad to tha aradlt of tha Stata of Wyoming and Tadaral SOTarnmant in-ao-fkr aa their Intareata appear. S4. Thle money ho««T«r» I0 not to be teken down, but is to be held la truat by the la tlonalfrea surer of tb» Itaak Iftlton Leagne* until »nob tiaa aa the Federal OoTerament la prepared to take orer and nalntain the part of tha Oajae R^fu^e which haa been ereated and^^rorided by the State of ffyoBla^ ait Zaaak Walton League. She SxeoutiTe OoHBlttee must neet in apeeial aeBBlon the t±t^ Moadaj la the Bonth of An£:nat and the flret Monday la the month of P«bruary, whea a representative of the Qaae OoaBlaaioa of the State of lyoalnf, aad of the Teieral aoremwent together with Uie Ohalriia aad General Hanafer of this ooaalttee are to be present. ▲ full iteoilsed report la to be rendered «he4 by the latlenal freasurer pertaining to the laaalt l|fcltoh*Jackeon |ole Oa Refage 'uad. Ihe rq?ort anat show In detail, by date aitf aaounta eTeiy aaeunt of aoney reoelTed froa all sonroerii^tsoeTer that haa been deposited in the Hk Fund, as well aa diabursements which shall be erideneed by duplloate Toueher. glTlag the na«e to whom it la iasued as weU as the date and aaount* The eare taker of th<#*^«fuge Is fi render a f^cB at the end of eaeh calendar afenth on blank foras whloh are to be furnished by the aeneral Manager, fhle report is to be aade in di^llcate and ahow in detail thing tha^ has been done or paased thru his hands during that aonth. ^^OMdntl Itemgor it to rociar • rtport at the etA of tftoh •al^sAftr i^mtli to Iftn 0^1fflMr## M» Brt«utiff Oowfilttoo of tho X«ir.l«, tognthor with • fii0»inil# Mpy of sane to tkia fadaral taw Comm5 a0loii#r, aXao a oopy to tho Chiof teBo imrdM of tho f tata of tr<9^^0 ^* v^l •e to rota in kk copy for hfa flloO. Yhla ropcrt nuat anbody a oop^ of tht oara takaro raport» aa wall 0 8 to ?1to 1b datall aa Itaalsa^ atatoRont of ell aooounta and buolaaaa portal alae to tlia Xafiga» that haa baaa undar hla ^ftiponrlfilon Auriae thit Boath« irraBcaaoata ahaulA ba aada wharaby tha Foderal (toronuDont will annas and taka oirar tha Zaaak iblton Jaokaon Rola Oama Hafuga and aafgragata othor nbllo laada that ara naoaaaarz. ,to aasploto tho practloal boundrioo of this rafoffa aa haa baaa praTloiialy mantlonod^ aa wall aa to glTo to the I«V«I» aad tha Stata of ff^omlni^, ^ «u^raataa oontraot that thio Hafuga wUl ba iffoaarrafflill parpataatad t^r tha natural propogatloa and pzotaotlon of wild llfo aa hareia piOYldad a«d^|^t no graslne: of doaeetio atook will ba pamlttad an ttila Bafhgat ot a tiaa whan tho Zaaak itlton ^^^eague haa ptirahaa< tha plaae of land now In ^naetioa, thalr hcHlnge ore free from dabt. and have albarvlaa faULF^MaforBod to all the aon(!ltlone aet forth haraln* Tha Bafufo will than bo aotiraly under the Joint eujjenrlolon an* dlreotlon of tha Itata of lyoaidUig and fadaxal aorornisent^ with ttxe undorotanding tl tha Rafoga la ta ba aallod the Zaaak Ulton Jaakeon Hole faaa Refuge. A aanpalgn auat bo atartad Ic^edlatel^ thru the oolunna of Outdoor ^arloa aattlag farth what the Laague propoooe to do with referenoe to the atrip of land Ijiag batwaaa the boundrlea of ttoe two refugea, and the app- rowiaata aaouat of aoney r qplrad, stating t}^t It la aitpected that all true »iltonUina and Ooaaerratlondata and belleYor© In eooethlng for oar baya and glrla will ooaa to our lanadlate aupport. V Sail StWaese Plan.->ie. Brery article wiet b« oarefully and ably written setting forth the facte in the feweet words poesible that will appeal to the readers of our ■agaiine. The bulk of this infornetlon giving exact lirfote, miist be rendered by the (Jeneral Kanager of thia committee, and articles written must be submitted to him for a.proral before being published so there can be no possible nistake made or conseeired in the minds of the readers. Ihis mb will devote as much time as neeeasary to such articles, bringing to his aseistanoe other able writers of influence. I am sure that the pulse of the American people will re-vibrate and come to the aid of our worthy cause when the proposition la presented to the> in a practical, aabstantial manner, and in such a way that they will feel it is really going to be accomplished. ihile the I.f.I. has 1« id the foundation for this wonderful wild life Refuge, it would naturally follow that they should continue the worX; yet I am sure that every sportomens organitation. wild life protective agencies and every fraternal lodge or club of cur land will respond to our call. I say mat I believe this, and I know the pulse and sentiment of the people in genera thru out the United States. These noble ooneervationist, men. women, boys and girls are familiar in part as to the start of this I. f .Jackson Hole Game Refuge, and they wonder ^at has become of it— they do not want to see it stand still and become a dead is.ue. Every one of them 18 ready to help in proportion to his ability, if the proper light is turned on. They are ready to do this because they are all interested in the project not only for themselves, but they want to be a part of the people who hand this great inheritage down tc cur boys and girls. I am sure they will come to our support when they Know that every dollar and c.nt they contribute is being properly placed, for they will have the privilege of f D»U B»f«ea« ?l«n.— 1*. rMdlDg the 0«B*»r*l teaaeer* b report publlah.4 Bonthly la our ■ftffaela* •8 w«ll *i tli« Blk Fun* report ©f the VitiiMcl Treasurer. I oonalier the eeapletlon of thla ^o son Hole Oaaa Baf«»«e aeoon* otfiy t« atrean pollution as ta Ita future yalua aa4 uorth to posterity, an* aa wa hOTe at«rte4 to create thla, wa ehonl* aot stop mnttl it haa been completed la a buaineaa Ilka aaimar. baeoae a fixture and thoroachly eaUb- llche'i. low is the ttae to do It. It la apparent bayv-'nd any quaatioa of doubt that with the yoluian of buaineaa now iiq)08ad upon the Bxeoutiva Ct^lttee, they would not hare the tlaa to apara wkieh should ¥• axaroiaad ia aarrylnc thla prejaot thru. Therefore I say It 1 9 Tltal that a aeparata eoRmlttee, Bonethlag anoh ea I hare outlined, be oraated aad thla eaailttaa endowed with power to aat slaof tha linea I hare herein oentloned. Z will aot dwell on other do tall a aaaaaraiaf thla plan as outlined SBleas ssllad upon to do so, but I want tha Bitaai'.tlTa OOBeittee to fe<*l that I mm sabBlttlas thla plaa as a foundation of aicgeatlona to ba worked ca, aad I atan^ rea<^y to is anything In ny fower to aaaiet in conauBntlag it, TvalTc yaara aco I had Ihia eubjaot up with the late Theo Rooaarelt aa wall aa the lata Bwaaraoa Rou^ vrho waa at that tlaa Praaident of oar Oaiy 7ire Club of Qhieago. I liave been cooatantly hamaering at it oTer ainoa, folly raalislne that it aouli) ba aooOBpliahad, and aftxaa it Ma done, it would be tlM greateat inheritage aa a gsaa reftige that had ayer been handed dovm to po terity by any aatioa. The land OBibodiad la the oonflnea of the JaokaoB Hole country la slngularily adapted in ita wild atate affording th proper and natural enTlronDant for tha perpetuation of bear, ■aoae, elk, deer, antelope, fea thereof gaise and fish. f t Ball Dtffaeae Plan*-~-14, fha geographical situation is oontral and accosslble to our pooplo» Let there be but one general highway titiru or hear this refagOt loaTe the land in its present wild oondition as Hature left it^ that our boya anA girls and their children^ a children, may yisit it, can see and feel wiat their fore fathers enjoyed* It will stimulate greater ambitionat gira them stouter hearts and laake them better men and women, Shoae of ua who hare h«d airperienca with different game of the Aaya gone by forever, not only in this country, but hare seen the rayagea and ita depletion In foreign landa, can fully realise the need of Juat snoh a rafogs and what it will mean to posterity. Let us all Join hands and create it before it is efT ar La a tingly to late* Resolve is to act, and we must do it now or never* Most sincerely. Sail SeWeese*** ) } lt1> / nj^^A C' ^ A^i^^^<^/roL/a-< ^>^ C^^O^ A y-vvvA*^ KJL\njL\yO t^xj^ (^Ayf^ "L *7VVju- 'Vv^4^ .y^^-c ^f^^^^^ij^ 2->P^ 9 fsjKAjUL, ^M/ffe-^^A^ C>>J2-^-^ Tt trvv/M Un/VA^ f-TVC^ 7 5^^ /i, iSu^iZE^, A ci. J Lu^ fi d^m*^fx<^ /(fS"? - '6^ \ /fZ,^ ' '^2 / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY September Dr. C. Hart rerriain, 1919 16th St., N.W,, Washington, D.C. Dear Dr. T'errian: I should much appreciate receiving reprints of as many of 3'our ptipers dealing v.lth marsnals as you have available. At present I ha'^e of your papers, aside from publications of the Department of Agriculture, only three articles: 1901 . ^^^evision of the pumao. 1901. Synopr^is cf the rice rats. 1692. Geogre^hic distribution of life in North America. Any other cf your papers on mammals would be of great service to me, and I am especially anxious to secure papers dealing in any way wit:i the Lagonorpha. Very truly yours, 5^^ /^t ^ '-ci^ Lee R. Dice, Curator of Wamnals. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY March 16, 1921 Dr. C.'iart '/emam, 1919 16th St., '^''^, Washington, D.C. Dear Dr. T'erriam: I wish to express my most hearty thanks for the splendid lot of reprints just received fror^ you. It is needless to say that these papers will be of great assistance in the work of myself and of students working in mammals at the University of Michigan. Looking over this lot of reprints one is certainly ruch impressed with the groat amount of work you have done on North American mammals imd the greut influence you have had on the development of the subj ect . Most sincerely yours, /?.:x ^ae- /v. c^ ^^ ^eo R, Dice Curator of Vanmals i)rckey >.^/^ /^^ /tf7- f^l2. HI ! -f O . n\^ Dec. 1, 1917 Dr. C, Hart Merriam, c/o Biological Survey, Washington, U. C. Ify dear Dr« Merriaia: I let the days go by this fall after ny return from the east thinking that either 1 would be able to work in a trip to 6an Francisco or that you would be coming down this way on your way east but with the coming of December I realize that you are probably long ago in Washington and that my change uf seeing you is gone for the year. Both Mother and I are sorry you did not come this way — she because it deprived her of an opportunity of reminiscing about one of the happiest summers of her life — « I because I was most anxious to have you here at the house and show you some of the photographs and the collection of California birds and mammals I have been getting together in the last four or five years as a side issue in the photographic game« I have something over four thousand specimens now and it really makes quite a decent representation of the smaller land mammals and birds of the state. By the way, a chap who was helping me last summer got me half a dozen llicrodipodops and one of the iShrew Moles from up in the Modoc region. Vy representation is getting complete enough so that additions of that sort ol new species to iBy collection quite thrill me. Before the outbreak of the war I had been working over «y library quite a bit, getting together as many of the working pamphlets and books as I could get hold of. Expecting to go into service I dropped the matter for the time being but as I have now been turned down about four times i realize that for the present my chances for that sort of work are slim and as a result am pick- ing up the photographic and collecting threads again. After tak- ing several weeks to get my courage up, I am writing to some of the men in Washington and New xork on the chance of their having some duplicate**separates'of their published works which they could spare. I do not presume to bother you to go over your material with this in view but if you come across anything of the sort of your own work which you have in duplicate, I should be most grate- ful to be borne in mind. I had thought of bothering Messrs. Allen, Bailey, Qoldman and G« S» Miller and have already written Mr. Nelson* Do you think of any other men who might have duplicate material of that sort and who would not feel insulted to be pestered by an unknown Westerner? Mr. Osgood and Mr» Bangs turned a deaf ear to a similar appeal from a. B. Howell, a friend of mine here who has done some rather serious collecting and who wrote them along similar lines last year, so I have intentionally omitted their names from the above list. With sincere regards to yourself and family, I remain, Sincerely yours, ^ m PHOTOGRAPHS MOTION PICTURES AUTOCHROMES DONALD R. DICKEY SAN RAFAEL HEIGHTS PASADENA, CAL. December 30,1918 laxation Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 1919 Sixteenth St., Was hingt on , D • C . My dear Dr. Merriam: - It is with profuse apologies that, with the armistice duly signed,! find, on returning home, the photographs still here which I promised you more than a year ago. Soon after that promise and before my part of it was carried out I wandered off to a ranch in an endeavor to get fat enough to persuade^ha?^?FfiIfi?ftg of some years l>oth in photography and military rifle shooting was not to be as lightly thrown aside as they at first thought proper. My of fort was so far successful that on my tenth physical examination I was passed and duly recommended as snipiag officer & Capt. after some months 'training at the sniping school at Camp Perry, Ohio. But it all came too late to be more than a futile waste of time and so I am back ho^ne for a time. With my return here came the realization of many obligations unfulfilled. Among them I remember my promise in regard to photos to you and in consequence I am forwarding you a few of my prints left over from pre-war stock with the hope that they may interest you during some one of the moments of re- we all have coming to us after the unpleasantness of the last months and years. Accept them with no thought of the slightest indebtedness, since they are simply scattering duplicate prints left over from pre-war stocks. Things are so unsettled in the world that it seems problemetical when one can return to things of that sort. It is therefore a double pleasure to be able to send you some of the fragments of an era in my life that is linked rather more with your name than you, perhaps, realize, for I always attribute my turning to the out-of-doors, which in pre-war days meant so much to me, to the fortuitous circumstances that threw me, as hero-worshiper, at the feet of John Muir and yourself in the Sierran summer of 1902, and in lesser degree to Roosevelts early writings. Accept them, therefore, without even the necessity of undue acknowledgment on your part and remember that my Mother and myself still look forward to someday kid-napping you in transit and having you here at the house where my collections have grown to 4000 or so birds and mammals and where nearly a like number of bird and mammal ne^^atives mi^ht amuse you for an evening or so. The adu]t fox is U.c«californious taken by himself as he tugged at the bait of a ''set" camersT Tiigh in the transition zone of the Ventura Co. mountains here in California. The brush of this individual is the most remark- able of ny eiiperience with th'' species. To appreciate its luxurience one must remember the fore :^ ho rtening effect of a comparatively short lens. The cub fox is of the same species made by his brother at the mouth of their den in the foothills back of the Ojai Valley, Calif . This youngster happened to be in such striking E.Seton T. pose that I utilized only a square inch or so of the original plate in composing this particular print. The original full plate shows three cubs in all but the position of this chap seemed worth perpetuating alone by enlargment. The cat is L.e.eremicus^ presumably, [ (2) X since it was an individual that fired a"set",or "trap" camera baited with a young rabbit on the edge of the Colorado Desert ner^r Yuma. The White-tail Buck is from a negative obtained in the sane way - - that is by a "set" camera with the trip thread strung across a Mew Brunswick deer "lead". The ttark of the thread is discernible across the forehead above the eyes. The conventional Shiras method of game photography with canoe and "Jack" generally gives more alert and interesting poses from the photographic stand poind, but I must cAnfeas to a love of the occasional success from this "set" camera work. Tlhen one does get a good thing in this way it is less alert and changing possibly but it has the charm of the utterly natural, since man is miles away in be^^like as not at the time, and the camera has been set long enough for the scent to wear off. I have always thou|.>:ht that the photographic skin of Africa had hardly been scratched fcr the reason that no really efficient line of these set cameras has ever been worked there for any considerable period. Even Dugmore had to make up for the deficiency of his outfit by his courage and hardship in personal vigil. The bear is from a neg. made in the same way of a fine old chap that came to a bread and molasses "lead" in the northern penn. of Michigan. This is one of three chances I have had at bear - - - al ' of them, black. Avoiding the parks as I would the plague and never having had the luck to work in Alaskn my chances with them have been limited. This chap came on a fogg^/ night and it is interesting to note the superficial character of the condensation on his pelage. Underneath he is apparently as dry as a bug in a rug. The "reat Blue Heron was made \r. the more conventional Shiros method of "jacking from a canoe. Locality - headwaters of the Tobique River in New Brune. The other two birds are from negs. that I consider sunong the lu^^kiett of my take. I was making a series of the r parent Black-headed Grosbeak (Z.m.capitalis) on her nest in the Ojai Valley, Vent. Co. when the bird left, the nest""f'Fr"a few moments. During her absence the Calif. Jay (A.c.californica) represented in the second photo sneaked to the nest and seized an e'ggT Since the camera was already loaded and focused on the nest in anticipation of the Grosbeak's return I was luckily able to perpetuate the theft. With sincere b6st wishes to Mrs. Merriam and your daughter and the repeated hope that you may some dav favor us with a day in the course of >our journevings, and repetition oT^^fSttP groerous pkg. of "separates" forwarded to me last year. I re^in. Very sincerely yours. '^^ ^.^ * ► 1477 Locust St., Dubuque, lovm, January 22,1919. My dear Dr.Merriam:-. A line to acknov/ledre the receipt of your leoter of the 9th which followed me bac-: ^ast on an unexpected trip occasioned by an auto accident which landed tlxree members of the Dubuque branch of the family in bed and one in the grave Thinjrs are readjusting thensolven to normal now, however, so I am off for California again in a week and busy planning for a trip lilr.ITelson wishes me to make for him for sheep. January has been rainless in the West so I fear for February , which ia ordinarily our better month, but there will be time to worry about that when the rains do interfere, .Meantime I acknowled^-;e the Justice of your criticism of "Cal." and assure you that since the word is one of the few in which I am truly proficient ♦ ,. (2) on the typewriter I ordinarily even so yijn one "better and \vrite 'California', "but on occasion I must admit I fall from 'v-T.ce under the influence of optic su'S'.estion for the "dC'radin^ Cal," is far the most frequent abbreviation that atrilies one's eye. Glad the photos interested you. Wi cindest regards,! remain, Cordially yours, '^ *7?,'^ Dubuque, lo-wa Febrimry 2, 1921 Dr« 0% HBirt Merriam, 1919 Sixteenth St,, Washington, D« C« Uy dear Dr# Merriam: Just a line to express my pleasure and appreciation for the trouble you took with me Sunday last* As I said, the danger of working off alone in the wilds of Calif •, lies in the lack of stimulus arising from contact T.lth better minds in one*sown specialty. That stimulus I al^mys get in a peculiar way from you and from George Cillery Bale and a very few others among those who have arrived* I imagine it is due more than anything to the way you can still bubble over with a positive ten-year-old enthusiasm for pure science and especially the problem of the hour, I alT/ays come away from you all boosted up for another endurance test with irtiatever may be the problem of my hour* Thanks i Found I had 15' more than I had thought, so I caught my train all right, but with no great time to spare* Very sincerely. DONALD R. DICKEY SAN RAFAEL HEIGHTS PASADENA. CAL. March 3, 1021. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 1319 - 16tb Street, Waahlngtcn, D. C. Hy deer Dr. aerriem:- It was something of a shock to receive your letter of February 24th, and to learn that you had had a siege in the hospital since I saw you in Washington. You seemed so emininently well at that tiae, but perhaps your invariable energy is mis- leading in that regard. In any event, it is a delight to know that the weakness has been eradicated and that you are back on the job by thic time. The clipping In reference to old Juncio was, I realixed, of little definite value to you, but I thought he might have been one of the oldtims In« diana with whom yo\* had come in contact, and whose passing would interest you. Ever since my afternoon with you in Washington, I have been mulling over your simplified aystec of filing published material and notes, geo- graphically and specifically. It delights me so wher restricted to the working library of one indivi- dual who does his own refiling, that I imagine I shall copy you, with your permission, when my own card aysteiL is deposited, as I intend it shall be, for the general use of those working with vertebrates in Southern California. I have always wondered just what would happen when ray own card references left my house, and I imagine that the installation of your syst^a for my own personal use at home will be my JBode of filling the void left by the departure of m^^ card ayetot. Meantime, since ray intention is to make my references available for anyone working in the vertebrate field, I suppose I shall have to continue the analyzed cross-reference card system, with all its ''•■i^ications and nuisances. I so particularly appre- ciated the manner in which you get a double check for DONALD R. DICKEY SAN RAFAEL HEIGHTS PASADENA. CAL # 2. (Dr. Merriam) quick filing bj- using a split guide in addition to your folders, with visible tabs in each case, that I would like a sample of your style of guide and folder so as to procure the same type in case I do instal your system for home use. Don't bother about it in this first rush of your retiurn to work, but if you think of it anytinie when you happen to be at the office, I would, as I say, appreciate it if you would have your stenographer send me a sample of each style. The irnmediate future looks rather interesting here on the Coast. In the museum developraeut here in California, I have, of course, been keen to see a department permitting actual research established in connection either with the Los Angeles Museum, or with the Southwest. Because of political control, it seems hardly feasible to attempt that sort of thing in connection with the County Museum, and it is therefore with particular delight that I have witnessed the enbrjronic in- auguration of that idea at the Southwest since n^ return from the East. It is, of oourse, nothing more than a latent possibility. But they are now in the midst of a campaign for funds, and, contingent upon the success of that campaign, they expect to establish laboratory, office, and case room on rather a decent scale. It is a thing of such vital interest to me that I have thrown in my lot with thera, in the hope of helping in a snail way to bring the thing to fruition. I have always felt that if I had any distinct "call", it was to help in the coordination of the scattered scientific work which is now going on to rather a surprising extent in the garages, cellars, and bedrooms of this vicinity. In any event, the organization attempt will be interesting, so I am tackling it with the keenest enthusiasm, in spite of the haziness which, of course, still envelopes the ultimate result. DONALD R. DICKEY SAN RAFAEL HEIGHTS PASADENA. CAL. # 3. {Dr» Merriam) Things never come singly, and it is one of the misfortunes of the plan that it will nec- essitate my refusal of a tentative scheme of Mr. Nelson* 8, which is perhps even more directly in line with my chief interests • If he can get the cash, he intends to inaugurate a program of special habit study with the big game, and was good enough to think of me in nonnuction with the job, but, because of the developments here, I will have to give up any thought of that sort of thing for a couple of years. One thing I meant to check up on that afternoon in Washington was the filing (classifi- cation) system you follow with your mammals. In my Collection Catalogue, the birds fall naturallj ' into a system that permits of ready reference, largely because of everyone •s familiarity with the A.O.U. order. But my mammal catalogue has always been hazy in my own mind, and ij still far from adapted to quick reference. Do you disregard your Orders entirely, and simply utilize the generic names in alphabetical order, or do you use an alpha- betical arrangement of the genera within the Order, or do you maintain a definite systematic classifica- tion in your catalogue and reference files? Either of the latter systems would have a certain educative value for the assistants handling my files, in ease they go on deposit at the museum, but, as I say, my attempts to work out a combination of ready reference and automatic relation education have not been satis- factory to date. Whose classification to follow in case I continue something of this kind seems to be one of the stumbling blocks. Had you happened to hear of the death of John Lewis Childs on his way back East, after a short visit to theCoast? It came as quite a shock to me, for he was with us at a little bird-talk I gave at' the Southwest a week ago Thursday, and seemed in good shape then, and as enthusiastic about bird matters, in a general way, as ever. With kindest remembrances to Mrs. Merriam, and Zenaida from ny mother and myself, I am Yours very sincerely. DONALD R. DICKEY SAN RAFAEL HCIOHTS PASADENA. CAL. March 31, 1921. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 1919 - 16th Street, Washington, D# C» Vty dear Dr. Merriam:- Your letter of March 26, in reply to my recent inquiry with reference to the exact filing guidea and envelopes which you employed, and which I found it hard to carry in mind, has come aafely to hand, together with the samples which you so kindly furnished me. Accept my sincere appreciation. Uy inquiry with regard to classifi- cation (fsjnily and genera order) for filing purposes had to do rather with the arrangement of ray collection catalogue cards than with a system of excerpt files, in which, as you say, the drawer label would be sufficiently indicative of contents. Your reply satisfies my doubt entirely, i had simply not felt like going ahead with alphabetical rather than relationship f iling ,lest I be minimizing the relation- ship end of the proposition. }fy own feeling was that a file catalogue was not essentially the place to learn re- lationships anyway, but was, instead, for quick and ready reference, so I am glad to note that you do not feel the need of ray changing that idea. The plan for the Southwest Museum was intentionally given in the vague, rather than in detail since it has not even yet advanced beyond the tentative ' point. The main thing, as I see it, is to get some sort of collective and coord inateJL work started here in Southern California, and to that end I stand ready, as I said, to *pool my reference bibliography, books, collections, 'and things of that kind, in return for office and floor 'space in a fire-proof building, instead of the frame house where they now stand. But, beyond that, I feel ouite as you do - that any pooling" of manuscript would be utterly ridiculoua and impractical. Your warning resulted from a misunderstand- ing i^my vague statements in the matter. The most that could be done in anything of that kind would be to have possibly, locality and specie, reference, on deposit, rlfer- DONALD R. DICKEY SAN RAFAEL HEIGHTS PASADENA. CAL. Dr« Uerriam* # 2. March 31. 1921. ring to the personal notes of different men, in order to assist anyone working on locality or specific group to locate unpublished material - - the use of same to remain, of course, p\irely a matter for the origill*.! worker to de- cide. But, even that scheme would involve far too much labor, I inagine, for the returns. Things of that sort would be better worked out, it seems to me, if each Man maintained his own system for the location of locality or specific references in his own journal*^ Then, if somebody else was working on a group or locality on which he had material of value, he would be able to give or withhold it as he saw fit - - - which is, of course, entirely fitting. Thanking you again for your kindness and trusting that all goes well with the Merriam family, I remain Very sincerely yours. DONALD R. DICKEY 814 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA. CALIFORNIA December 23, 1921. Dr. C. Ilart Iferriaji, Washington, D. C. 1^' dear Dr» llerriaa:- The postaark of the card of Christmas greetings was Washington, and I gjqi therefore forced to the realization that your route this year took you directly East and that our hope of welcoming you to the new hone at the above pernanent address is postponed for six months or a year. After a glorious two months field trip up in ny old stanping grounds in New Brunswick this sunner, made successful from the motion picture standpoint by the drought and glorious sun and abundance of game (I saw as high as 50 head of big game a day many days of July), we turned .Test, and after a long and trjdng search, were successful in finding a just-completed hoce exactly suited to our needs. It is in the semi-Spanish style, with six comfortable rooms for living quarters, and a glorious studio wing for m^^ work. I an sorry you could not have seen the latter, for I know you would have rejoiced with me in the new conditions vrhich I will have for my work. What are you up to these days? Still deep in Indian lore and records? And was the past sumner a success in giving you the final data you desired with reference to the old village sites, etc.? Personally, I still tr^'- to combine the semi-popular motion picture work, because of financial necessity, and at the same time to work in all that I can of serious vertebrate stu4' • Speaking of the latter, the Laurence liuey who was vj^ith me on the sheep trip v/hich I made for Nelson and who has done much of mj^ field work in Mammals, took a cat this year in t}ie VJhite Mountains, over the lino in Mono Co., California. The whole problem of the cats here in California (l refer, of course, to Lynx) needs further work, to m^^ mind, and I hope to tackle the problem v/ithin the State as soon as I have m;^'' collections installed here. Meantime, hovTever, I should like a check upon this specimen, since it is my impression that it will prove to be an outpost specimen and station for baileyi from farther East. Is there anyone about Washington today whose opinion on the Dr. MerrioRi - 12/23/21. #2. Btatter you would consider final and conclusive? If there is, I want to ship the beast on to V/asldngton for diagnosis, in order that it nay be included, in case it proves to be bai ley i , in Grinnell*s new oonteaplated list of the liaaBnals of California. Have you done mtioh with the cats yourself, and am I right in fearing that when I get into the problen here in California, I will find I^mx characters superficial, obscure, and difficult to work with^ or am I wrong m isy belief that the cranial characters of the group are rather un- satisfactor^,^? I an sorr^^ to bother you for information in the Esatter, but I am personally too suspicious of the knov;'ledge we liave of the group here on the Coast to feel like taking up the natter of this individaal without check- ing first with y^u. You will knoiY the whole story when I tell you of th« chore it has been to move nr^ library, files, and collections, which now number upwards of 10,000 specinens. Because of the detail connected with it, I have been grossly negligent of Christmas cards and remembrances this year, and trust you and :.!rs. Lierriam and Zenaida will forgive this typed expression of seasonal greetings. Very sincerely. ^^.^ i DONALD R. DICKEY 814 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA, CALIFORNIA January 10, 1922 • Dr« C. Hart Merriam^ 1919 Sixieenih St., Washington, D. C« % dear Dr. Itorriam:- It was a delight to hear by your letter of January 4th that your sunnier, too, had been successful. I watoh the progress toward your goal in Indian work here in California not only with an interest in that work, but with the constant selfish hope that it nay be brought to its proper completion with dispatch, and that you nay then feel that your next problem is to tackle the comprehensive work on North America mannials that we all so need. I trust the cliange from the office quarters where I saw you last has meant simply a change to more conven- ient heme work, and that the waste of time in moving has therefore been worthwhile. The offices seemed so ideal in many ways that I hope the change has not been due to any one of the pesky landlords with whom Washingtcm seems so cluttered. Or is it long enough after the war so that conditions are bettering there? I am taking you up on your kind offer with reference to checking up on my White Mountains Bob-cat. I do it with SOMS hesitation because of the nuisance I know it will be to you. But it seems the only way that I can satisfy myself in regard to it. The skin and skull went forward this morning by Express. I included in the shipment another cat skin without skull, from Kirby, Montana. It may be impossible to do anything with the latter^ but it was utterly impossible for me to tabkle here on the Coast, and I thought that it might be possible that the Survey has material from that section, with skulls, ote. The shipment went forweurd in my absence, and was sent in error to your house, instead of to the Survey, lify apologies for the extra xmintentional trouble caused you thereby. All three of the Dickeys count on seeing the lierriams here in southern California on their swing back toward Lagunitas. Dr. Merriam - l/lO/22 # 2. I almost forgot a rumored item that will be of prime interest to you. I am "told" that within the last six months a Grizzly has been killed in California, and that the skin and skull are here in Los Angeles County. It may all prove to be pure gossip or mis- identification, but you may be sure that I am hot on its trail, and that you will have prcxapt word of it in case it proves that a specimen of one of the vanished or vanishing California species has really been taken. With best wishes as always for your Winter, I remain Very sincerely. ^^^^.^ I i DONALD R. DICKEY 814 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA. CALIFORNIA January 21, 1922 Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 1919 Sixteenth St., Washington, D. C« Ify dear Dr. Uerriam: Just a line to tell you of my shock and regret at the news of the additional operation. I had hoped that the one of a year or so ago was the last work hiatus of the sort. The man who is reported to have token the "grizzly" is in Eurooe,I now find, and I cannot get track of it till his return in a month' or so. But you may be sure I shall keep on the trail until I prove it true or false. I repeat my apology as to tj^e cats going to your house instead of to the B.S. as directed. Knowing the box was to go to you they fired it out to your letter address while I was out, thinking they were doing me a favor by saving an extra MX?IXiQtiDCJaDeKXX stop the next time dcwm town* Anticipating news of your pron5)t return jaunt to Hopkins, I remain. frcn a successful Sincerely yours'. s> "^ *R-^ *y -t DONALD R. DICKEY 514 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA. CALIFORNIA May 23, 1922. Dr. C. Hart Herriam, 1919 Sixteenth St., Washington, D» C» Ify dear Dr. !iertiam:- Additional inTomation in regard to the California grizzly record -which I have been attenpting to run dovni these last months, "brings you to mind, and reminds me that you yrere starting off for Johns Hopkins the last time I heard from you. How did the operation monkey business come out? It alv/ays seems such a -waste of scientific time to be forced to undergo delays of that kind, but the successful outcome is often so -well worthv?hile. I shoiad be keen to hear i-ihat you are up to. I contemplate a return east on June 7th, to finish up some last ration pic-bure records I -want to make in connection -irith my ^evi Brtmsrack v/ork vdth ■oose and deer. I plan to get into the -VToods quite early this year, in order to study the game under June conditions. I shall have a hurried day in Washington, about the middle of June, but fear that you -will have started for Lagunitas before •that date. I shall be back in Washington sometime in September, and may inm into you then. All the Dickeys count on ^^u for a real old fashioned pov/-v/ov; v/henever you next sr/ing thru southern California. Meantime, ivith best mshes to Mrs. Uerriam and the family, I remain Sincerely yours. 4.—< w-/" K . d ^ f DONALD R. DICKEY 514 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA. CALIFORNIA J\me 5, 1922# Dr» C« Hart Lferriam, Washington! D. C. Ify dear Dr« Marriam:- I know you -will share my regret in learning yesterday that the bear skull (presumably Ursus henshawi) of •which I wrote you earlier in the winter had been washed away by heavy spring freshets. The place ^vhere the bear was killed has been carefully checked by a friend of mine, but not even a lef^ bone was left, and there was evidence of at least 10 feet of water over the spot where I had hoped to find the skull waiting for us* Sincerely yours. V-^ DONALD R. DICKEY 514 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA. CALIFORNIA June 19, 1922* Dr« C« Hart Herriamy Lagunitafiy California • Uy dear Dr« llerriam:- Your letter of June 15th came to hand this morning. Mr* Dickey is at this time in New York, preparatory to going imaediately to New Brunsrdck, -where he will spend several months on a field trip* He will he only a day or two in Washington, and will be very disappointed not to have at least a glimpse of you while there* As he hoped when leaving Pasadena to be back here about the first of October, it is barely possible that he may see you in California before your retiim to Washington. Very truTj^yotiri^t FOR DOKAIi) R. DICKEY. DONALD R. DICKEY 514 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA. CALIFORNIA November 16, 19 2 2 Dr« C« H« ITerrianii Lagimitas, California. Ih/- dear Dr» Merriam:- This is the tine of year vfhen ^nou once or tv.'ice passed through Pasadena on j^ur spiring back to Washington, so I am dropping you a line to express the hope tliat both Mrs, Dickeys and I vd.ll have the pleasure of vrelcoming you and Mrs. iSrriam again this year. I am keen to hear how your summer panned out, and -whether you feel that your California Indian v/ork is reaching the fruition stage. The new }!rs. Dickey and I had a marvelous summer back in ra;^'- old stamping grounds in Hew Brunswick. I took one of those new high ^peed cameras ivhich analyze motion at the rate of 200 pictures a second^ into the v.'oods with me this year, und the resultant tinalyses of the gaj-ts of moose and deer would interest you, I am sure. I am scheduled to go East in February for a few nasty publicity "lectures" with the film. One of the bright spots in that trip will be the hope of seeing the Merriams in Washington. We missed you "when I v/as there in September, but the Baileys did their best to make up for it by their generous hospitality. By the way, can you tell me off hand whether a paratype must of necessity be at the same time a topotype? I have checked Thomas on the subject (Proc. Zool. Sec. London, 1893) together mth Palmer, etc. All agree that a paratype should properly be "one of the original series" examined by the desoriber and entunerated in his description but I failed to satisfy myself as to whether these "original series" can permissibly contain specimens from two or more localities or •whether that "original series" must be topotypic. I had always ussumed the latter, but now find no apparent basis for irr belief. Trusting that you are in fine physical shape after your unpleasant session last winter, I remain Sincerely yours. DONALD R. DICKEY 814 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA. CALIFORNIA December Nine, 192 2 Dr. 0. Hart Merriam, Washington f D« C» Ify dear Dr, Merriam:- It was a disappointment to learn by your letter of December 4, that my birds had fled from California, but a pleasure to feel that we shall see you in Washington. Mrs. Dickey has a sister "in the Army" who chances to be stationed in Washington for the time being. We shall there- fore be with them in all probability* This in no way detracts from the appreciation felt both by Florence and myself of the suggestion of Mrs. Iferriam and yourself that we "stop" with you. It Trvas a pleasure to get your reaction on all this paratype-metatype business. There is a nice distinction possible in these terms* Their value I felt frankly ready to question, but there are so many valuable niceties that I am still too ignorant to appreciate that I always try to get at the me^t of things of that sort, as they come up. We had your Science, NS. 5: pp. 731- 732, May 7, 1897, reference on hand, but unfortunately the item itself was not available in southern California. Similar lack of the actual library items has been one of the really trying problems connected with building from the ground up as we have had to do here. It has often made us \mnecessarily troublesome to our friends. Slowly, however, we begin to see light ahead as our bibliography, and library, and collections grow. Sincerely, Ci II HI HTM AN (iRKHTINdH AXU Bknt WiNnKM rou a IIafpv XkwYkar Mu.AXii Mkh. DoxALn HvnKK Diokky 1^:2 tl (iiiNU'H'r.*i.\3 f«MKKn.vf:.s A.vii I5|.:.s »^nii .\ ll.%i'i»v Sr,^^ Yk.sh l»{.H. I)n.%.\i.ii III 11 K 12 \}ti,ti¥ DONALD R. DICKEY B14 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA. CALIFORNIA January 23 i 19 2 3. Dr. C# Hart Merriam, Washington, D. C. My dear Dr. Herrian:- The answer to your letter of December 18th of last year has been dela;^'ed in part by a medically-limited schedule of %vork, and partly by a whirl of getting ready for a hurried eastern "lecture" schedule — a sort of personal preview of my New Brunswick film, "GAtlE TRAILS CF THE NORTH WOODS". Our inability to accept the more than kind hospitality of Iv!rs. Merriam and yourself will not prevent my pestering you, — • to learn of your recent doings. l(Ye expect to be in Washington four or five days, and v/hon we roach there, I shall give you an immediate ring . T^feantime, accept my thanks for your reprint vdth regard to "type", "co-type", etc., and believe me ^incerely yours. DONALD R. DICKEY 514 LESTER AVENUE PASADENA, CALIFORNIA llarch 8, 19 2 3. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 1919 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C. My dear Dr. Merriam:- Your letter of February 26 was awaiting me on ny return from the eastern trip, of Vidiich Washington still remains a bright spot both for I»4rs. Dickey and myself. I also found your partially typed and personally checked Llount Mazama paper of which v/e spoke in Washington. May I tell you that that sort of time-taking" generosity is something of a marvel to at least this member of the * scatter-brained younger generation" I It often seems to me as though I run to and fro in useless effort with- out accomplishing the coiirtesies — — certainly without doing constructive scientific work. But perhaps that is just a part of youth, cr« Cs Hart Uerriamt 1919 - 16th Street, Washington, Ds C« My dear Dr. Merriam: I "Was disgusted to learn by your letter of May 8 that you had been under the ireather for six iieeks or more, because I know how maddening set-backs of that sort are, when one wants to finish working up material. I trust that long before this reaches you, you are back on the job and feeling tit* for the summer's work, I shall be interested to hear when you reach Lagunitas, for I know how mucji you all must enjoy it. Since the Federal authorities took over the foot and mouth quarantine, there seems to be a much more sane imposition of restrictions. By that I mean that local, infected areas are even more carefully quarantined, but there is less ridiculous interfefrence with motorists in "clean" districts, etc., so I hope you will find, by the time you are ready to get into the field, that the hysteria has sub- sided, and that the outbreak will not interfere with your work. With kindest regards to you all, I remain Sincerely yours. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PASADENA October 27, 1928 % dear Dr. Merriam: The crisp fall ta in the air reminds me of hunting days in i.orthern Cali- fornia, and also brings the r«rriaxns« eastv.ard migration to mind. I am wondering whether it v.ill not be possible for you to drop by Southern California on your way east this fall. Our quarters at the Institute are really enlarging year by year, and there are always doie^.s of things I would enjoy going over vdth you and discussing. If there is any possi- bility of your including us on your schedule, do let i.ie knov,, for it would be a delight to Florence and me if we thought we could see y.u here in southern California. T^ith warm personal regards to Mrs. Merriam andl^Jpnaida, I remain Very sincerely yrors, ^ 3.^: DRD:aL. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY COLLCCTIONS AND LIBHARV OF DONALD m. DICKKV PASADENA. CALIFORNIA January 31, 1929. Dr. C. Hart Meri-iam, 1919 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C» My dear Dr. Merriani: All too many weeks have passed since the Geographic bird book arrived one morning in the mail, with your card enclosed. 1 keenly appreciated your thought of us and had it in mind to get off a prompt reply, but you know how things of that sort go, and my schedule these past weeks has been particularly crowded, what with ranch development, my oim little organization routine, and the amplifying of the general program and budget for vertebrate zoology at the Institute. The latter is coming along slowly but so surely that I think you would be happy over the situation. I find the financing end of the game particularly trying, since something was left out of my nature that apparently is essential if one is to do that sort of thing easily, but after all it is the success and not the ease v;-ith which the job is put through that matters, and I hope within another month to have our little section budgeted and endowed on a broader basis, so that we can make our work a bit more effective IhRn ^vhen I tried to carry the burden largely unaided. I have just received from the tanner a grizzly skin with skull from the head of the Distna River, Takotna, Alaska. I would, of course, be keen to have you identify this ^ ecimen in comparison with the material you have in Y/ashington, but before sending it on to you I am writing this line to make sure that by so doing I was not putting an unfair burden/&Qisance on you. In other words, do you have enough routine identifications o: bear so that ycu slip down to the Museum anyv/ay, once in a while, and go over bear • material. If you do, I will forvmrd this specimen and ask you to routine it through the next time you happen to be doing the same thing for others, but I don't want to feel that you are making a special job of it, in view of the mass of other stuff you are carrying, and in view further of the fact that your work with the bears is largely set aside for the moment. With warm personal regards to Mrs. Merriam and the hope that you have all escaped the flu and are having a happy and effective winter, I am drd/flw Very sincerely, ' Research Associate 7i.^: -.•J2,-A*| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ■'■mm^mmatm CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY COI.I.KCTION* AND LtBMAMT Or DONALD R. DICKCV PASADENA. CALIFORNIA 6 Maroh ld29« 1^ dMir Dr* Merriam} I apparently bothered you prematurely with regard to Diahna bear oaterlal, sinoe the alcull of the bear I wrote you of and which I had not seen before it went to the oleaner now proves to be that of an imnature male without well enough developed characters to make a satisfactory determination possible^ I iiTiagine, Its basilar length of Hensel is only 250 an* and I am therefore not troubling you with it. I have a man in that section interested in keeping his eye out for material for me, however, so we will hope to get good adult material later to help in that part of the Alaskan picture* Tory sincerely yours. rs. Dr« C, Hart Merriam, 1919 Sixteenth St., Washington, D« C« i.^ff^4^^ 1 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY COLLKCTIONS ANO LISMAHY OF DONALD m. DICKCV "■*-}. / PASADENA. CALIFORNIA January 27, 1932. Dr. C. Hart Merriem, 1919 Sixteenth Street, YiTashingtcai, D.Co Vty dear Dr. Iferriam: It was 8 0 good to see your signature again that I should long since have acknowledged your letter of Deceniber 1, if only to wish you all well and express the Dickeys' regret that it has already been too long since we have seen the Merriams. However, the press of holiday odds and ends, and an unexpected long month's loaf I took with the family on a ranch near Palm Springs prevented my earlier reply. I was particularly interested in your paragraph with reference to the scattering Nevada work we have done. As I remember it, you were instrumental in a thought I once had of throw- ing the full force of our group effort here into a serious state- Ydde Nevada job. At the time, however, Grinnell was also interested from a piecemeal standpoint, and the Survey felt that their early material would lead to a thorough job, so we turned southward, except for the sporadic work that Burt and van Rossem of our group here have done in the Charleston's and other scattered ranges in southern Nevada, which we wanted to reconnoiter and tie in with our V,liite Moiintain, Arizona, and Rocky Mountain matex'ial. Burt and van Rossem are now in Mexican waters on an unexpected field trip for a couple of months, but on their return in early February, I imagine I will shoot van Rossem back into southern Nevada to see what the heavy snow pack to the north and west has brought dovm this winter. I am years overdue for several consecutive months of work in Washington, New York, and Cambridge, and I wish I could be sure of seeing you there before you start V'^a^ U/^^^iy^ LLa^x^ au^ /^».v^- c/^ U^^i^u^ ^4vt^ <;2-^:^k^ Cix^^c^^coy ^OC^40<^-4^Ccl. (V^Mju^ LJU (iJL^.^ yt^ ^z...z/i-^ 1^^^ 2 "^^""^^ "lt4^ t '' ^ ■ W C.HaitMerrtom pdpert BAHCMSS l8Condido»Cal If. May 16,1915 Dr« C.Itrt Nerri&i LaguDltas^Cal if. Dear Sir Tour letter relative to brown bear la at hand and I will gladly tell you what little we were able to find out about thei during our stay near Deiarcitlon Polntiin 1913-1914. I presuie that the spec lien that MUter si^t in was the one that John Heard secured at a point opposite the west end of Barter Id. about the 20th of Aug.1913. We were laying a line to a large ice floe about two tiles offshore|as the ice was so thick off Barter Id. that we could lake no headway; when one of the boys went to the crows nest with the glasses to see if he could sight any gaie.He spied thisjbear on the beach lear an old iglocjbut on account of its light looking colorjtook it to be a polar bearjand reported it as such. The bear was hunting for ground squirrels and was shot only a few rods fron the beach. The leat of this bear seeied to le to be the best of all the leat that we had during our entire trip. I kept the aeasureients in ly note book which has now gone to Thayer. This bear^was the lightest colored of tii the skins that I saw altho two other light colored skins were seen. The natives use these bear skins extensively for doors to their tents and Igloos so I had a chante to exaiine between 15 and 20 8kinfi|B0st of which were probab- ly killed between^erschel and Flaxian Ids. and probably within 50 miles of the coast. An old bear with two yearling cubs was shot during Oct. 1913 at a poinA about 25 liles west of Demarcation Point. These bears were killed soit 15 or20 miles inland by,natlves but I was never able to secure the skulls as the natives and dogs made short work of them. I h&d t black bear skin with le that I used to sleep on and 1 found that only thoie nativei that had been over the mountains or up the Mackenzie recognized It and they said that;f*'He no stop this side lountain'^and I never saw a native with a black bear skin so I think, that it is safe to say that they would be hard to find on the tundra between Herschel Id. and Pt. Barrow. J donot know of any Brown bears having been taken during recent years between Flaxian Id.and pt.Barrow altho I know of nothing to prevent thei wandering as far west as Pt. Barrow. The natives seeied to only recognise one kind of brown bear as occuring along the arctic coast and I did not hear of any large fori back froi the coast, froi talking with Dr. R.M.Anderson and others, I thought that the bear west of the Mackenzie were the saie or sinilar to the barren ground bear found east of the Macken ie and around Langdon Pay. Soie of the skins that I saw at Deiarcation Point were a very rich dark brown so I ai sure that the light color is not a character that would hold good thru a series taken there. I fear that the work on the ranch here will not pernit our going to San Francisco before fall so I fear that I will be likely to Hiss the pleasure of a talk with you Sincerely yours fL^,4>^aX%^ JT --w^4c>--«--i^_^ bixon^ Ma/r.:)rJj 'US- /f^^ C. Hart MefTlam BANCM8S i'f^O \Q \Ws- ^=A- *^ ^^Sn-^A^j*--*-^ . fS V -^ jjAM*^ — V>VJt juKc- }C>\AM/-3 A,^^-^^ rx. )JJS^ ^ SLfl-ft/^ t i I yL a^ l c Pri ^ ^Vi.-.r^-^rt-irwc^ f "WlCwr^ .-tj^-UoX <^ <2^ ^ '■\>MrYvo-:> , VCovxy^oiLa ^ ""V^ ^ <; \ Maynard Dixon ii^lustraxor I>tJNOI.JL.IE lVfIL.E SQUARE ROAD YOr^KERS, N. Y. l^taoKK: YoMKWRM B7&4 O^^ \o \o ^. <^^^-«--"^TVh , tKA^VvXJNOI^UE :MIL.E: SQUiVRB ROAli YONKERS, N. Y. Phonb: YoMKKna 8784 \^> . ^)fVVjLKrvAOi/vr\ ^ CA/i^ oto^uiAvwuto ^ ^vJaJvIco o v-^ "it" T mi^Y\ Maynard Dixon illustrator i>unoi.j:^ih: milk square roae* yonkkrs, n. y. I>honb: YoNKMSta 87A-4 J)<5r ly \c> (2^ . \vV-dAA:A TnJt^triAi^^i.*^ a ^ J^/v^oucrvu*^ ^ ^ VajMiLo "^fK"—^ cv^ - ^ \\ s 1 pmmtmmmmmmmmmm Maynard I>ixon it^lustrator DUNOI.r^IE mile: square road yonkkrs, n. y. 1*honk: YohricKRM aT8i4 Nev. 25, '10 Mar Mr. Merrlam: Thants for the chock. I think all the detail* y«u mention can te chEiiged, aiid I will attend to them as soon as possible. I am sorry that preliminary sketches were out of the queeton at the time I made these drawings,-**- I had no chance even to think of them until it came time to do them. I first made Kibbalakwe with wings, but finally left them off for the sake of the ensemble. The thing thSLt looks to you like a Sioux war-bonnet was intended for a bunch of hawk and eagle feathers tied behind the mask, something like what I had seen in photos of Pomo, Ukiah and Hupa head- gear. How would it be to make Klimtooe without any himian face at all, hie rabbit skin robe more cloud-like, and his feet melting away into darkness? But this would scacely leave him any human parts, and leave the reader entirely guessing. I don't know what kind of a bird he was, but imagined hlra something like an eagle. I would be glad to have your ideas on these points bafore making final changes. some time when you are in H Y^ j ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ B«et you. and if you have time, to have you eut here to take lunoh with U8. Slnoerely yours. \!^V^-yvvX^>^^^^.S^Y^(^ P. s What shall M do with the squaw? —give her a bird head too? Cuu^/^ V^-^^^ \^\\ . Maynard Dixoisr ILLUSTRA.TOR DUNOLI^IE MIIL.E: @QXJi\.RK ROAD YONKKRS, N. Y. I'uonk: Yonk 8784 Jan. 16, '11 Bear l£r. Mcrriam: — I an sending th# revised drawlngB today by express. They have beer, a shamefully long time cominr* but I have had my little troubles. I have put the two principal fifiires throiiffh 4 or 6 transformations each, and their present form is about the best I hope to do with them. In fact I have puzzled over them until I am dizzy. I pray they may meet your apT5roval. Ycii have heard, no doubt, of Oharlie Aiken's death. Fe w»8 a mam^ and a true friend. Sincerely yours. >^S.cr>^ Maynard Dixon illustrator DUNOIU^IE AflLS SQUARE ROAD YONKERS, N. Y. JPhokk: Vomkbr* »7f^'* Jan. 26, '11 Dear Mr. ?/erriain: — That sbont the headless dame and the towel is certainly a terrible blow. I knew I was seeine funny thlnrs. but never suspected that. But send her along, and I will do my best to resuscltfete her. Sincerely yotirs. Y^STCTNo u fi^ lyi X <^ / ^/ KAtJ ' 't/^ a very considerable number of cases show merely dialectical dif- ferences between Achomawi and Atsugewi. Your treatment therefore is quite illogical it seems to me. y Fray don't think me hpercritical. I*m only trying to point K out that this whole matter of linguistic relationship is not as simple as you appear to think, and that it must rest on much more than any comparison of vocabularies, however large these may be. Your aiundant and carefully checked materials are most valuable and all students of the Californian area must always be gratefulif to you for them. As I said before, I trust that your other papers mill be coDDing out soon* You have bad the advantage which others of us have not had, or have not had in anything like such full measure - that of revisiting an area repeatedly so that you could check up on data. My Achofflawi and Atsugcwi material, for ex- am pie, has been lying for nearly twenty years, awaiting the chance which has never offered, to clear up a lot of doubtful points in the texts Best wishes for your continued work in this whole field Sincerely yours /f^ irca^^^ ROLAND B.DIXON HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAM BRIDGE. MASS. Karch 22" 1927. tear Er Merriani: As regards the use of "s" for the sound of English "sh",I hadn't happened to note its use by 9 Gilffiore. Of course the use of wholly unusual and quite un- accepted signs by a single writer, who is not a linguist, does not in any sense constitute "usage". It would be comparable to an untrained naturalist using a new and unaccepted name for an ordinary animal. I think you ouite misunderstand me in the matter of the "tc" and "ts" sounds. They are, of course, closely allied, and are not infrequently interchangeable. I know that you have gathered a tremendous mass of lexical material in California and Nevada, and never for a moment should dream of suggesting either "carelessness" or "inexperience" as the reason why there seems to be a rather con- sistent difference between sounds as recorded by you and by other students. Since two or three indenendent other investigators had mo re commonly recorded the sound as "ts" rather than "tc",I could hardly help wondering if the difference was not due (as such cases usually are) to your"ear". W.y own "ear" is none too good, and had my hearing not been fortified by some corroboration I should not have ventured to doubt your version. The diiference is, after all, not a matter of very great conssquence, I am quite horrified that I should have written you that I thought you %ere claiming to be the first to recognize the distinction between Achonjawi and Atsugewi. No such idea was consciously in my mind, and in view of the wholly explicit state- ment on p. 4 I can't ioiagine how it happened. Its auite apallin^. Uy misunderstanding again apparently in regard to tha ■dialectic differ5(nces etc" on p. 6. Your statement is perfectly clear, and I certainly must have been very sleepy to have sc mis- construed things. There is always the danger of doing anthropological and especially linguistic work, mainly with one or two informants In the linguistic case the very obvious reason is that there are very f^w good linguistic informant!, so that the investigator is often limited very sharply. As vocabularies are the least im- po rtant material to be gathered, one has to depend mainly on the u sually very few persons who can and will give text materials and grammatical data. Every investigator tries to check up a por- tion of the lexical material from a number of other informants, and usually does find similar individual differences to what one finds in English. Such variations are discussed when treating of the phonetics. I envy you your opportunities to carry on your work season after season. As I have had no chance to complete work €*• begun thirty years ago, and have had no opportunity to get into the field for about twenty years, icy material consists in the main of unfinished beginnings. Power to your elbow I With best wishes Sincerely yours 0 f^u^^ A'^^^ ROLAND B.DIXON HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAM BRIDGE. MASS- Uarcli 4»,1980. Ky dear Coetor Merrlan: I think you don*t quite ander- etand me in regard to'correctlng errors in transliteration* froa »■ accepted phonetic into a soaeshat original aethod of represent- ing the sounds which you use yourself. I cannot see that yoar practice corresponds lith any of the acre usual schemes used in things like Webster's Dictionary etc. Since, therefor, your method is in some meas- ure mt least,one individual aith you, I do not feel conpetent to at- tempt to folloa it. Doubtless, if I aere to spend a little time in studying your transliterations,! could get the hang of them, but I haven't the time to do this, when the result is something which will be of no scientific value. No student of Shastan languages is ever going to use a scheme like yoursjbe will be puaaled and aggravated to have to dig out what on earth you mean. Linguistic material ia of no interest or value for any one not a trained linguist, and I can see no reason why data,intrin8ically of value, should not be presented to a scientific audience in scientific form. In biology you demand an adherence to accepted scientific usage, we do the same in linguistics I am quite aware that many years of use of your own personal 6y8tem,ha6 made it seem perfectly reasonable. Your vocabulariea are of great value to t rain ed.lin|ttl8tio_ students; they are of no value or interest to popular readers; hence it seems to me they ought to be 2. preeented in a form useful to the one group for irhom they have .eanlBg and lvalue; hence my dielncllnatlon to take the tl.e to aid In putting ■aterial already in accepted form, into a fora in which it will be of no use. r» afraid we look at the matter from such opposite points of view that about all we can do is to agree to differ ! No one appreciates more than I the great care you have taken in collecting your material, and no one mere appreciates its value.but I simply cannot sympathi.e with you m the form in which you have chosen to publish it.I'm sorry. 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UjLlulau. ew Kv co-x^ C^^L^-^ .«i-&ww Jlz-w^ ^Ji^Sji^ LrOOi *>*- Lm. ^a*- ^^Mi U^^tl'h^ dU^ -L^ ^J2 f mi- f^$5 / S ^ I 'I Cy ^ / / c^- / ■SLyi^'/^ /. y/t<:> /:^^^c-^^ ^ J^Z<^ »hBiiinnimaiiM n-inrMtrturir ^-^-i ^^y^^(te-^>i>-. ^ ^^f-^ii^^^ic-^^i^ <^> cy. / ^ a yX^ ^^^"t^* ^ ■^^t>o /' ^^'-^'<^ X Jic^ J t:tnx^ji»s-^U't^.^,._^ ADDRESS UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CHICAGO, ILL. FROM HENRY H. DONALDSON PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY Chicac©, Feb. ^Otf-. ,1900* Pro.'^snor .C.IIart I> riarij Dear Sir:- Your leiJ;er concerning tlie Washington Academy of Sciences reached ne (Iul7,tOi:ether v/it^^ ^'^^ ncconp'-yl-r ^r.n.,r.,f.rt^ . I an nnch indebted to ; u\i for your personal letter, >iit \m-^r my present circ-un- sta:ices, .ake tr-'^^^l-,. -/^-lat,! f-el that ^oininc distant orcani ' ' s is nerely a ronial procedure,- ' ^^ - ^-^ f-^i ^-nti^ied ir a^c^ntin^ ^ •" .oi;!.. '' : kl".>width and length the teeth in the older skiais give slightly smaller diameters than those in the young. In the method of measurement which was used "wear" in the older teeth does not modify the result. vThy the older teeth are smaller is not at the raomen t clear but the defi- ciency though slight, appears in 8 out of the 12 comparisons for width and in 10 out of the 12 comparisons for length, so that on the whole two-thirds of all of the comparisons show the older teeth with the smaller measurements. Henry h. Donaldson NEUROLOOY THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY PHILADELPHIA -2- May 5th, 1928. Dr. C. Hart Merriajn:- These records are merely notes which I shall file away with the idea of sometime finding out why the older teeth are smaller. At the moment I do not see an explanation. Just one point more. On going over my records I find that they are incomplete in three instances, in Ursus Americanus, 48242, I failed to take the A - B measureraentC^Ti) in Ursus Middendorffi, 119800, I also failed to take the A - B ^5S^) measurement. In Ursus Middenjorffi (the very largest skull) I did not take the numhbr.'^^^^f it is not asking too much perhaps Dr. Jackson could get me these data and so make my records quite complete. The data, however, are merely details and not of intrinsic importance. Hoping that you will have a successful journey to the west and a pleasant summer, I remain Yours sincerely. /tc.-^ /7^*ruu-ci2-a^nx. Bears' aknlls from the collection of Dr. C. Hart Merrlaa^ national Mnsetm. Sxarained for size of teeth In yotoig and old specimens. May 3rel, 1928. Used first and second molars in both sides of each Jaw, Measured to 0.1 millimeters with dial compasses* All measurements in millimeters. Took A • B, l.e#. alveolar point to basion. Measured widest point on each tooth and greatest length. See sketch. vV W L ( clIi -Xj. , -^ U 3icamined Americanus, Gyas and .Mlddendorffi • used two young skulls and two old skulls in each series. Data on ac- companying sheets. In width the values for the old skulls are 96.5^ of those for the young and in length also about 96,6^ of those for the young. There is then no evidence of growth in these teeth after eruption but some evidence that the older teeth diminish in both width and length and to about the same degree. Whether this occurs ante-mortem or post-mortem is an open question. Henry H. Donaldson May 4th, 1928. /. \ » ; ' j ■ '"] fi t ■4—4. ! I ( ♦ ' > I . Ji ■»■ Ursua Amerlcantis 77185 A - B - 173 mm* Ueaaixremants of bears taeth - yoTmg. '>' '* t U~ .ir ,.- « Ml »,r I-., i.1, Uaxllla »r,iT»n»- i i ' I m 1 H. 2 R L H L ? ?' V 14. S 14.5 ■»■■■" ■* • fiath 3tn 14.0 14.5 57.2 ■!'■ 'I '! i i ! ■!■■■■'■"■«'' ? ' ^' ■■?■ ' ■-- f Lai^rth Sub 18.8 18.9 28.5 28.5 ■ iwi ■■*■ 94.7 Hand ll}! 33 l£. 1 a L M. 2 3 Total ■ iW I » Ursita AniejrXoaauB 535 CG - young* 9.5 9.4 11.5 11.7 42.1 r "! '! I ! I •mmmmmfm li ig i 19.0 19.0 20.3 20.3 1 — r 78.6 173.3 A - 3 192 irm, Uaxlll;a, U. R I I 14.3 14.£ Lenglh svm k .1.1- tu. 18»7 18.6 ■ i»r»..i • *^ L 16.7 15.8 60.3 20. 1 26.6 90.0 ^f-mm,^ I .11. I »| I 1 I .q . i i . . ■».-— t. i 1 i Mandibles M* 1 M. £ Total 2 L 2 L »i.....^. 10.0 10.1 12.8 12.6 45.5 105.8 20. 1 80.2 20.6 20.7 81.6 171,6 # MAY -; > i ^ t-T — r 1 JCaastirements of bears teeth. Ursus Amerlcanua - Qlj> . 77171 I I • A- • B » 263 ima«J„_J^ Maxilla •m '<» - ■•^■•■•^MHM- u II. 1 B -t — i- L \ i I I J 'lU 2 £ L ,. Uandlbles H. 1 B L ]I« S E L Total__ Width Stun 13.5 13.5 15.0 14.6 9.3 9.3 11.7 12.4 56.6 42.7 Length ana 18.5 -17.9 87.0 86.7 18.6 18.5 80.4 19.9 90.1 77.4 I*- ■»■ Ursns American 48242 old* ri^i A - B =J^3a«^t--*atffll♦:^ Maxilla ', I H. H. 1 B L 2 B L Wl dth Sm 12.3 12.3 13.9 13.9 *?--° -T" 52.4 Length Stub 17.4 17.5 I I I 25.6 25.6 86.1 » I II I ' 'f # Uandihl es I B L M. 2 B L Total ■NPH#M 8.9 8.7 11.0 IS.O 41.1 18.4 18.0 80.8 80,0 77.8 I J t 1 — r ": — r Measurement 8 of bears teeth. jClr8U3 Oyas • Toxmg* 62015 _^ A - B - 303 BBB. -I— -i. ■T' f * 1 1— f- Maxilla K. 1 ■ I l^x JU 2 B L B L laadlblea Wiath 18.9 18.9 21.7 21.5 1 I I I Stan 81.0 Xaagth 24.6 24.0 J_L 36.4 36.0 Sum 121.0 U. 1 M. t Total B L B L I I 12.9 12.9 17.1 17.7 III 60.6 141.6 27.3 27.3 29.5 29.4 113.6 234.5 ■>> i-^ai * Ursus Gyaa •> ^roung* 133249 i - B 306 mm. y Maxilla M. 1 B L M. 2 B L Width 20.9 20.7 » '" '— »■ 21.3 21.5 Stub ^m.4 Length 24.3 23.8 37.5 36.8 Sxim 122.4 Mandibles M. 1 B L U. 2 B L Total 14.0 13.7 17.0 17.5 ■t— -!- 62.2 nSTT T— ! 1- 26.5 27.2 27.9 28.5 -i — r 110.1 # ^ ■^'mmmimmmim' TT" ' 1 i J .1 ill 1 1 ! itoaauTdiunts of bears teeth. Uraua Gyas - old. 228093 aa n i 1,11 * f • ^ • B * 365 nniLs Uaxllla Width r 11 i i < I 1 1 ! i i ! ! U. 1 2 U. 2 B i i ■ I F T T'l 17.8 16.9 20.6 20.9 it Stud I ! i I ! 1 ! ! 78.2 Length 23.6 23.5 41.3 40.8 Sum 129.4 ]Iandll)Ies U. 1 H L ■4 — U I ! Ursus Gyas - old. 227656 4 . B ' 350 Ba. U. 2 H L Total t II I .» IIML I. ■ . .» I ^-4 Uaxllla ][. 1 £ L 11. 2 H L 12.3 12.5 17.7 ' ! 17.9 138.6 Mill jttt: [I Jfldth^ t Sum 18.9 19.1 18.8 19.1 ( 75.9 26. .2 26. 4 27. ,8 27. ,5 \ Length 24.1 23.5 36.0 35.7 lot. 9 3xun 119.3 Mandlhlea ! I i I M. 1 B L 13.2 13.9 26.4 26.0 # M. 2 B. L Total 16.4 16.7 ^.~>. . .^ ,T, .^1 - ..^1 , ,||l» 59.2 T3BTr 26.5 26.0 104.9 SS4.S I ! I i i t ) i Measur^aents j|f, Itears jtf ethn .« :• TlrstiB Miadendorffl 96506 ^ A • B • £85 mm. - young, I I Haxilla U. I B L M. 2 R L Width 18.1 18.3 20.0 20.0 4— 1 J 1 I t Sum 76^4 Length ZA.Z t I ;E4.2 39.0 37.9 StUD 125.3 Uandlblee H* 1 B L U. 2 R L Total 12.4 12.1 15.2 15.9 55.6 132.0 27.0 26.6 26.6 26.6 107.0 282. 3 »i I ■<—■ — mmmm^ m . » t i» i« i»i <■ — 14— » m ■ i« Ursus Ulddenfforffi - young 119800 A - B >^imrt-^fijMn. Maxilla M.. 1 R L M. 2 B L Mandibles Width 16.5 19.7 22.1 22.4 Stun —L 82.7 LOZtgth ^25.0 25.5 39.6 39.2 3tm 129.3 M. 1 M. 2 Total B L R L 13.2 12.8 16.5 16.3 I i I I 58.8 141.5 26.3 26.3 26.9 26.5 106.0 235.3 L J I T^ <^ ■ I I I i f T~rr^' JteasiLrements of bears teeth. ' ' Uraua Hlddenlorffi «* old. 96509 _-^™. A - B ■ 376 lam. Maxilla ± t"! — I" ! ! 1 !_1 . J — I. H. 1 B L lU £ B rT MaAdlbles If. 1 B L lU 2 B Total T Width ^ 16.9 ' 17.2 20.3 19.9 12.0 12.3 16.4 16.0 T T Stura Length I ! I I ■ 23.0 22.4 35.9 ' '36.6 74.3 I > 56.7 25.8 25.8 26.3 26.5 t ! 3vm I I f I it 116.9 104.4 •■■- ♦" Ursxui Middendorffi « old. VI t i •i ■■ li f I ■ I ■ ■ in T— r • - • A -> B - 385 mm. \ 3 M H 01 MftTlllft M. 1 B L If* 2 B Uandlbles K. 1 B L M. 2 S L Total fidth 19.1 19.7 22.0 22.3 13.5 13.5 16.9 16.9 3m 83.1 60.8 143.9 Langth 24.6 24.0 39.7 37.9 26.8 26.4 26.8 26.4 Sum 126.2 106.4 232.6 i ; 1 mmm -r 4— ■ -4— i-^l .-.I — I — I — I Oompariaon oX r^si IJ^I i 1 -,*. — m-mm I '»■ " » t-r .^11 wmtmn i •>««!«■>«#• ! -J — i ■k ^ 4- Width -t—.-. XT ^ of ol4 < ■■""1 I*"""'"! ""—"-— 1 H ± Ibangth Imerloaniu Toting 53586 ■« 'I I « 77171 -f ma .1 • II 1 1 1 II I J ---—--— »■"■■—■ T3 f ■» rr 173.3 III i Old ^ of •!! f ■ i I 4-4- I.*.. I ^ "yTl4....-H^. ... i» iMiii| lit, ^-0-^?a 48242 )9.3 I i I 1 — i-4- 171.6 ! i j I 1 ....I. gyaa i015 133249 i-i t ■■— ' 141.6 146. 6 93. S 192. S t -I— I — i- it I II T r I 167.JU^ I I !— -i-X 163.3 ■■3mrB"*96.9< r^-T --»——♦ 234.5 232.5 H — I— i— i- 228093 227656 I ■! ■! 1 . -1-4- M-t 138*4 136.1 4273.7 • « , I M I I 4—4—1- T-r— r 1 287. 3 224.2 "55nB~«96.6^ Mldd«n«orffl 96505 ■f—t >» ' » ' » i_L -M- 1 'III I I ! r 119800 96509 » > ml r I 1 232.^ 1—1 ' -t— 1 — r i t I I I -1— -i- ti •m--'- < i_j 131.0 i^sl? 274.9 467.6 -i — f — f ^4 T-T i_L -■ ■■ »' G 4. ▲Tarage p#rcaatagd d#yiatioo of Old taath *--,»^..^ -l-4--i ♦ • -4 4- — } i. ♦ ' » 1 f i 0-4. rr-f ■*♦ -*y-. ■•* 1 M .1 Width .. — ^ 96. 5< -t- -f- i- -1. .1. _: 281.3 — ! I ! I i 232.6 4^3.9 -97. 0;]^ m- — — j_i ..... ..U -i— — 4- Length — -" V^,b^ \ — ^ J^i I t j nxixn 'I* * -■ ♦ ■ 4 t- — - III! > ' X-J_l -L-. i— r 4-4 — •- i t -La — r ■ —- ■ 4 .*———.. -,.L. — - -f— — t » — — r.^ . , r-rr t- -M- "ttt .~— i- 1.-- t rr- -r— - "IlIi.J.i ? I rn T-TT I I M I I I -1.-1 '!■■ ~— m — - "— ♦ Henry H. Donaldson NCUf«OLOOY The Wistar Institute of A/^jatomy and Biology Philadelphia May 9th, 1928, Dr. C. Hart Merriam 1919 Sixteenth Street Washington, D. C, Dear Dr. Merrieun: oontainin, the -:??LK°S;^ri^^cS^x%sV?^[x2Slo°.^a?J^ ^^^ wfth^Sn^f ^''' ^°\]^«<^hnlcall7 complete and my mind I3 at ^est With muoh appreciation of this additional couJtesy. I remain Yours sincerely. J r-C*-./x*| Henry H. Donaldson Neurology The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology Philadelphia November 11, 1933 Dr« C* Hart Merrlam 1919 - 16th Street Washington , D.C* Dear Dr. Merrlam: Thank you for your reply to my inquiry oonoeming the rata mentioned by Catlin» and I am Indebted to you for referring my inquiry to Mr. L. A« Preble for possible references. Yours sincerely, Henry H« Donaldson / J J (V \aI l'i2H - I'^il ^'/2' / a J n f f C -f ^u.-^- ^ 4i/«i^ UNireO STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BUREAU or AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY ASTROf*HY8ICAL OBSERVATORY NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION }fas/iiNy/ott, I'.SiA. NATIONAL OALLERY OF ART FREER OALLERY OF ART INTERNATIONAL EXCHANOES INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE May 5, 1924. Dear Dr. Merriam: I am enclosing oheok for $51 ^^Tf ^^ settlement of your expense aooount for the month of April. It is very pleasant to reoeive your oongratulations and best wishes, and I thank you sincerely for them. Yours very truly, Acoountant. Dr. C« Hart Merriam, 1919 16th Street, V/ashington, D. C. UNITCO STATES NATIONAL MUSCUH BUREAU or AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY A8TROPHY8ICAL OBSERVATORY NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION HlarsAi/ty/a/f, l^SA. NATIONAL OALLERY^ rREER OALLERY OW M INTERNATIONAL EXCHAN<^S INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE January 5. 1925 • Dear Dr. Merriam: Enolosed please find my usual statement of receipts and disbursements of the flarriman Trust ?und , during the calendar year ending December 3I, 1924. I hope you will find that this agrees with your books. Thank you for the pamphlet on the Mt. Rainier contro- versy, which I received some days ago. It is very inter- esting. Wishing you all the Joys of the New Year, I remain, Very sincerely yours, / Accountant, J Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 1919 l6th Street, Washington, D. C. (Enclosure ) UNITCO STATES NATIONAL MUSCUH BUREAU or AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY ASTROPMYSICAL OBSERVATORY NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY SMITHSONIAN nSTSTITUTION NATIONAL OALLERY OF ART FREER OALLERY OF ART INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE July 15, 1925. Dear Dr. Merriam: Your letter of J\ily 10, enclosing statement of the Ban- fie Id-Hull inger Co., has come to hand, and I will attach these itemized bills to your account when it is returned with your signature. • You need not apologize for the small irregularities in your accounts. If this office had as little trouble with other ac- counts as with yours, we could probably dispense with my servi- ces; so you see, you are keeping me in my position! I was very much interested in your description of the dcuagerous mountain trail over which you have Just passed, and am wondering what could have been done had you met another vehicle. With best regards. Sincerely youxs. VlJu^^"i&n^r^ ^ Accountant. Dr. C. Eart Merriam, Lagunitas, Marin Coujity, California. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Memorandum: , 192 fXiUf-Ju^^J^ SiyVy Xrty-\jULXy.j^ (jL-/i/«-A jiJt-X-nri^ - JJ-^-^VM UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY A8TROPHY8ICAL OBSERVATORY NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL RARK ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL OALLERY OF ART FREER OALLERY OF ART INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE January l)ear Dr. Merriam: Enclosed please find my usual statement of receipts and disbursements on account of the Harriman Trust Fund, for the year ending December 31, 1925. Yours very truly, Accountant. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 1919 16th Street, Washington, D. C. (Enclosure) Ki^ \.r^y^ '. ■K t f Y-4>-/f) (jl_X>-HL^-^ -(^^ :«• ^-t SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION i Memorandum: , 192 ^L^V* <--i>^^/M /Il ^ tJk^tnX^ 'ix-^/'^-AM -A^*--**^^ (X^v< > 7 Cnir^ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Memorandum 192 y\^ <^^^^^cuUt 9 « Z-^ Aci_^ /M-Cr^ ^Ci.av^ "t> ^ fi (Xy^A \ <£«yM^(L IjC^O V ~^M:n^L4 '^t:^^^ "^tziyy^Xj^ /t<-\]-^-C jU5--^/ib- t> fit to -fch^ I«H rt*^*T °*^ ^* adjusted as you and Mr. Dorsey see ii\^t nn i ^u* ^ ""^^^^"^ ^ *'^'°^ ^«- " additional amjunt oi 115.00. In the meantime I am of necessity withholdinit mv Jt^^^nf^^^ *?^ '""^^^^ ^O' *»^« »90.00 I have received sSce it reads "in full payment of the above account". Very truly yours. |>-.aJLji_-i«a»» du« 16 00 Dear Dr. Merriam: 4.U. f ?^®5^ ^or ^15, in payment of the above, has this date been mailed, to Miss McClain. Deo. 26, 1929. MAA>t? UNITCO STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BUREAU or AMERICAN ETHNOUOOY A8TROPHY8ICAL OBSERVATORY NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY SMITHSONIAN INSTTTUTION NATIONAL OALLERY OF APTT FREER OALLERY OF ART INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE February 1, 1930. Dear Dr. Merriam: Please find herewith irouoher and check for $82. 65, covering your January expense account. Miss Grover's check is also being sent to your address, under separate cover. The usual annual statement will be sent to you short- ly- Very truly yours, Treasurer. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 1919 16th Street, Washington, D. C. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTrON Washinyton, [ZSiA. NATIONAL OALLERY OP ART FREER OALLERY OF ART INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE July 3, 1931 • Dear Dr* Merriam: Tour letter of June 25, telling me of your automobile accident, has been received. I was reiy sorry to learn of the mishap, and I trust that by this time both you arfl Mrs. Iferriam have entirely recovered. The bill for the new car is being paid direct, in ac- cordance with your request. Referring to the penciled memorandum on your letter in regard to telegram of congratulations from ICrs. Harrinan, I enclose a clipping for your infoitnation, although I am sure you have heard of the award by this time. With best wishes, Sincerely yours. V\^ Xxy^rt-r^ ixj/ Dr. C. Hart Merriam, LagunitaSy Marin County, California. I J f?l tio-. i C^v t /f f I ^ i^^oo' \^oZ DOUBLEDAY, PAGE db COMPANY PUBLISHERS 34 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK CABLE ADDRESS: LONDON, SCOTOGRAPH NEW YORK, DOUBLEPAGE ApWl 99s 1^ Doar Dr. Marrlvni I am sending you n copy of Mr«. tmhJmjfUf' • >m»k j«C on* 1^ *M>*ti 11—, which 1 think very Interesting. A lltU. l^r J «til p^ V^ k —py U '^^Hl «6m«s«^ which also 1 thknk you nay like to look «t. We look back to our visit In VasMoeeso «*-th ^f^mt plMimire mU »h«4l •«uiit upon seeing you and J'rs. Merrlan In New y«rt whee ^eu c«n« liiis th^. Pl^ao* -.^^mb^r that our hone Is 111 Kast l^th Street, hut thkt 4f 7*v «hOw|^ /©rget this, |»m wtU find our nane In the telephone directory {«• har« « S«Uph*ni in the hause). y«u m« I mean to leave no stone unturned to see ym tUtH^sf JhHr^^m wh^ y»u are In He* York, though 1 vn sorry to say we are not lik»ly "tD be in our 4mc« a#*l«^h ttrvet i^r th* next four or five months. 1 do not wish to trespasa \spvn gmund *it«h t»erh*p» ?*>. Lwter han «ar«»ady sufficiently covered, but when :rwt huni beok Atiwt WitMtk ^pfvaohkk ««l^)l»%im 1 sinoerely trust that you wlU flb\ 9*HfiS\\ fh, V%i» felif lli»ik'«:1«\>A» >u>>\U'Nr.mt 34 Unl CoiTimnrLiym If Amkbica turn CARusa MAOuABimt lb or 9, 1908, -a a}i unconscionable of the Fore World" -- .lly stuff a>:d so well 'on trying to find out qjiato :iarket for it. .t in spite of the fae- :hese legends, and in r. or in which they hare hot been able to con- mid so 11 enough copies or ours as a popu- lonvincad in reading it it chance for a book take a lot of those of other tribes, snd al-nost be called an Irum's Fairy Talos, ntirely different ire publishing a se- Child Should Know," i", etc . , v/hich lias aiid I an convinced rtunity to use a lot ray if it were prop- ;icular raarket. realize that tliis is \om the one you have is so excellent in perfornance that I hardly- fancy you would care to consider any such use of the raaterial, I feel really somev/hat ashaiaed to have to v/rite you so inadequately; but facts are stubborn things, and of course a publisher can only use his OQBZ co?iiercial judgment. I am returning the manuscript, ard hope you \7ill let us hoar again v/hen you have any literary plxms that inight interest us. It would bo a real pleasure to see a book by you with the imprint of Doubleday, Page & Company. Meanv/hile, I bog you to believe me Sincerely yours. Dr. C. Uc Hax-'Z Lierriam, 1919 - 16 th Str Washington, D. C. yic^.^^.yl''^ c36ci.#*-tA-r--^ Jj ^Vf k. (aJ fL 4/^ 'iSu - / 0 -^ {^(^H W. m. DOUOLA8, Attorney GENexAU. C.W. SOMERSY (0fEa ai Aft Athmwg (fetneral. Dr. C« Hart Merriain, wa8hin2ton,D»C» My Daw ilr» Merriam:- I beg to thank you for your favor of the 10th inst*, with enclosure to Dr« Jordan of Stanford Univ^^rsity* If in the west next year, I shall take great pleasure in calling upon Dr .Jordan and hope that matters may "be so adjusted that I s/iall be able to find you there • In any event, if west I will attempt to locate you As per oiir talk, I will write L!r»Bede in a day or two , a8kin;3 that he roake your acquaintance* You will find him one of the brightest of all the world's people, as well as one of the best* Trusting, as I know, that your acquaintance will be agree- able , T am, Very truly yours, Om^.l^^ A. f, (Atsjdyytu) ^^co^), /8^?''f(.^ f^h)- '^^^ / ^ ^ mmmm^mmmmmmmtm g3 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON DIVISION OF PLANT BIOLOGY August 6, 1935 P. O. ADDRESS: ^^ STANFORD UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA ^ vX-- Dr. C. E^Tt Merriam Lagxmitae California Dear Dr. Merriam: Many thanks for ^rour kind letter of July 30, speaking of my pamphlet on "Dating Pueblo Bonito." There is no one that I would rather get a letter from on such a subject than yourself. When I first went to Flagstaff in 13911, I stayed with D.M. Riordian for a month. It was not so very long after you had been there, and he told me many of the things you had observed in that vicinity. There is (especially one fact I seem to have associated with ^lyou, which I think was told me at that time, namely j|the different altitudes of life zones of the east 'and west sides of the San Francisco mountains. That became an important point in understanding tree growth in different parts of the forest. I am now writing up the climatic features of tree rings and especialltj the cycles which they display in successive years of growth. With very best regards, Sincerely yours. A. E. Douglass t; *t AED/v CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON DIVISION OF PLANT BIOLOGY CLIHATOLOGICAL RESEARCH P. O. ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUCSON. ARIZONA January 6, 1936 Dr* C. Hart Merriam 1919 Sixteenth Street Washington^ D. G. Dear Dr« Merriam: I Talne Tery highly indeed the oopy of your San 7ranci8oo Mountain paper (North American Fauna, No. 3, 1890) whioh I received about the end of August. It was very good of you to take the trouble to get it^ and please give iqy thanks to Mrs. Talbot. I have been working so constantly on the oyole book for the Carnegie Institution that I have not attended well to correspondence. I hope you will forgive this long delay* I would consider it a privilege if I have a chance to call on you some time. Very sincerely yours. Andrew E. Douglass ABD/rob ])ou'l'k'-tt^ ik^^WiAjU I'^SC B / iM ^ 1^12- 308 natural History Building Drbana Illinoio June 3 19 It. Dr. C. Hart Merriam Washington D. C. Dear Sirf- I am sending you some skins and skulls of pocket gophers fr4m Illinois which are quite different ^'rom Geomys bursarius of other states, and, to ray knowledge, have not received mention. I have taken a great many specimens at Havana, Springfield. Li^Jcoln and Clinton in this state, and all are of this same type. I should toe glad to have your opinion as to iwhether these forms are specif icall> different from Geomys toursari^a, or represent me-ely a local race. If the animals are of Interest to you, I should toe glad to send whole specimens in any numtoers desired, as I am examining a great many gophers for cestode parasites, and have no use for them afterwar-s. I am also ftohding two skulls of QeongsJ)ursarius, taken at Emerson, Manitotoa, far nofcth of the supposed northern limit 4f this 8l)ecies,and genus. There is a "colony- of at least fifty along the railway which parallelj the international tooundaty line, lust east of the town. I caupht a half dozen or more of them, tout a carnivore got into my toollection, and destroyed all except the two. I fchot these might toe of interest "aa glvlng-.ome evidenc. as to the identity of the animal descritoed toy Shaw as Geomys toursariua. Across the Red River west of town, along the 8ame^railroad^,X-£?:HS!ll .«®'^®^*^ Bpecimens of ThomomyB, Sincerely Yours, ^nr^^if^ 308 Natural History Building Urbana Illinois June 15 1912. Dr. C. Hart Merriara Washington D. C, Dear Sir**:- I am very glad to hear that the specimens of geomys bursarius sent are of interest. I shall send entire specimens as soon as I make another trip to the*r region, which will probably be two weeks from tomorrow. Since you suggest stuffing with cotto^ and eamphor I suppose inmerslon in cot- ton and campjior for a few days before sending would be ob iectionable. I will send them as directed, and I hope th4y will reach the Department in good condition. If any special method of preservation is desired how- ever I have no doubt but that I could get the desired reagents in the laboratory here. As to the presence of the plumbeous pekige I will say that I have taken within the last year adult gophers in Illinois, at Havana, Lincoln, Clinton and Springfield, in epF*Mg, summer, autumn and winter; of those less than a year old I kept no record, but the number is at least twenty. Without exception they were of the plumbeous pelage. I kept close watch on this point too, since I have taken the typical bursarius in f6ur other states, and those from Illinois were so different that I kppt my eyes open for exceptions V. '^.. Sincerely yours. t/TlA/y (M^. ^t-^T/t^^nfe^t"^ J/AAyUvVv^ , ^ A 11^ Al a dtH^^ /t2V ' 1^2 7 y MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY ESTABLISHED 1866 JEFFERSON MEMORIAL, ST. LOUIS May 30, 1934. My dear Dr. Merrlam: Many thanks for your kindness in sending me a oopy of your reply to Tletoher* s criticism. I think you have shown conclusively that Mr. Fletcher was decidely in error in his criticism, and all students should be very grate*- f\xl to you for your prompt reply. I expect to leave on Sunday for Washington where I will do some work in the various Departments, especially in the Indian Department. I hope very much to have the opportunity of meeting you, for it would be such a pleasure to me. I will take the liberty of telephoning sometime during my stay, which will probably be for two weeks. Sincerely, Librarian. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Washington, D. C. MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY ESTABLISHED 1866 JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ST. LOUIS June 83, 1984. iLy dear Ur. Uerrlam: I oannot express my dlaappointoient and ohagrin. The first week I was In Washington I was kept so very busy that I really did not have time to think. One of our Vioe-presidents and his wife had gone to Washington with me, and while it was very pleasant and delightful, it was necessary to submit to many arrange- ments of theirs. I was able to make only one effort to telephone your home, and was told by the operator that "they do not answer". Then I went to New York for five days and when I got back to Washington one of my first thoughts was to call you up again. Unfortunately during a conversation with some friends your name was mentioned, and I immediately asked where your office was, and was told that you had gone to your California home* Ordinari- ly I wo\ild not have paid any attention to such a statement, but somehow or other I accepted it, and I am now so sorry. It would have been such a great pleasure and honor for me to have seen and talked with you. I was, of course, very busy during the day searching through the files of the Indian and State Departments for letters of William Clark and Frederick Bates, our Territorial Secretary of State. While I found very few of the latter, I was most successful with the former. I made an effort to examine the records of the War Department, but found it was necessary to unwind considerable red tape. As my time was somewhat limited and the prospect of finding anything of vital interest was meager, I decided that it was not worth while. My only regret is that had I remained another day your letter would have reached me and I wo\ild have been greatly rewarded by seeing you. I hope I will have better luck the next time I am in Washington. With all good wishes for a pleasant stxmmer, I am. Sincerely, 1^.00^ ^. ^- MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY JEFFERSON MEMORIAL SAINT LOUIS January 24, 1927. My dear Dr* Merrian: Please pardon the tardiness of this acknovvledg- nent of the receipt of your article on Source of the Name Shasta, vMch is not due to lack of appreciation, but to lEEe — Fact that I have been away from ray office on account of illness. Aocept our grateful thanks for this very interesting and illuminating paper, and the assurance of our deep appreciation of your courtesy in sending it to us. With all good wishes for you, I am. Sincerely yours. Librarian. Dr. C. Hart Llerriam, 1919 16th Street, Washington, D. C. T)o3oi^ Con^i^qcc Gc^JarJ BANCM8S l^dO? J /) <^ • Waterbury,Conn, jan.12,1906. My dear llkr.^.ferriam: Thank you so -luch for the copy of your valu- able paper which I was especially interested in and very glad to get. I was about to write to you to ask if you would be so kind as to identify for rae the *• animal like a gopher that lives in the water" thus described by the Luisenos;and "The red gopher " men- tioned in a Diegueno myth as living at the bottom of a pond and gnawing the roots of the cane. Also can you tell me the name of the bird called by my interpreter "eagle-hawk" or "kingbird" y chehamal in Luiseno,Pa-qua«ch in Dieguefio,very prominent in the myths; and noticeable to any one as he sits in the tops of tall trees sunning himself in the earliest rays of the surmer sun. It is a large noble, looking bird, evidently some kind of hawk^ larger than any bird I know in the F/^st. »i Did you see my article some time ago in t/:e Papoose on Manzanita '/ basketry, a revival^ Mr.Luiwnis wished to take off my hands m^^ work of selling the campo -Manzanita baskets for benefit of the Indinns; so I gave it up to him; and ever since he has been publishing in his magazine the account of his rescuing the work from false meth- ods,designs and shapes, etc. whereas I do not think he has received such beautiful baskets as parsed through my hands in the four years previous. I could only afford to buy a very few of them.It breaks my heart now to think I did not bankrupt myself and secure all the important ones.but I needed the money for the Indians and sold them as fast as I could here and there. In order not to lose them entirely I photographed a mimber of ttem.The desi ms were purely jTrimitivs as these Indians are remote from contact the white mans ideas, and had made no baskets for sale till I found them a market, I learned the meaning of some of the designs; and if you would care enotigh about it to take the trouble of returning to me by registered mail a book of prints of these, the only ones I have, I would be glad to send it to you to look at. Some of themr. were printed in the article in the Papoose. I have always been meaning to write up the T-shaped symbol which is on many of the baskets meaning harvest dance , associated with dancing figures and the same symbol as given in the Anthropologist some time ago* as meaning that among the Pimas.But I have so little time I have never done this, I sold some of tnese harvest dance baskets to the N.Y. Museum of Natl .Hist. The design meaning the marks in the earth made by the water of rains running down especially interested me, as it is so unique; yet one so often sees this in the hard adobe soil baked in to last the i svuimer through. Yet who but an Indian would think of copying it? Mrs.Doubleday thought that Indian women could put their basket designs into lace making. To me this seems manifestly impossible. 1 do not think an Indian design could be conventionalized, and translated into an alien medium.That would degrade its simple truthfulness. I was so interested in all that you said in San Francisco. It seemed to me so much fuller and more authentic, the results of your observations, that the generalizations of some of the younger men. who are more in the role of beginners and yet do not realize tne fact; but the spirit of all was that of sincere seekers after the fact, and created an atmosphere very delightful to me who rrrust live isolated from the work of others more or less. This is a very hard cold winter for the Indians in the S.Calif, mountains. I am afraid many of my old story tellers will depart with tneir songs half sung and delig tful secrets buried with them. I hope to go out next summer but am not sure as to funds. Hopin^^ I do not trouble you, I am Very sincerely yours / v-e^f^ H^ ^dt^-z^irz) lA^c/^ ^^l^(kz^. Otci: cfl Oil KfycocA/rtt/-, 7v<_ hu^^^^^y^ ^^Uu?dt ^Z^^c^ ^ ^^^^^ Mu, (WUl^ - Oc v'^^^d^ ^L^^^L,' Ayt^iM-^ _ A ^fe^<^ .!!t^ ^ ^^^Ot^ i^LjoC(r ^ a^t^'-x^ /iyCTyjA^^ ■tr—y^y^ ^ t Uuu '^>^^ XA^ .^ 4 '(--^ ^ / .V J ,-^ o / y ivu y^^ u ^^-Oc^ r tL.-c.-.<_ /^Z^^c-ifi"-^ C^^u,^^ I ic^ — "^'"^^ ^^tlc_ / ^ ,^^ /^ ,\, A^UX ^^^ZU . ^ nt^rf- ^'^n^CLrytL ^ u 7 /t l''iy<:Z^ ^-^txd.' 4/ ACL^ ^ y ^V t^a^/tx/ -»a L / ;^^ /<:^*-^ ^'"^^ .MJtf^ -5^ /-t ^.-L^ ^-^ ^ A. 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'• '. ^ / / (a<.U /?<^^^ (^// ^ >1 U iv^i, y^^l I beg leave to request my correspbndents to omit •♦Palo Alto** from my post office address. The correct address is given below.and any other occasions confusion in the uelivery of our mail. Yours \cxy truly, WUham R. Dudley. Btanford University, Jan. 10, 1896. 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Duryea Postoffice address: Dutton Iliamna Bay, Alaska* zA^^Ztc^ ^3 • /7/7 K^^aaA^* . ll.i'iit ^A.^^ ^^^ cyk^^^^^^ ^ ob-A /V^ /vUf^J^' f y ^^CAA^Myf i^t '■&1/l>C »^ vr ^- &< ^. \^'XA^ C#--^ ^^ ;j/ .^ 1, ^.,j^-^tm ^. \ C 0 T- Y. Dutton, Illianuiia i:ay. Cook Inlut, Alaska. July 10, 1918. . -J m Department of Agriculture, I- iolOj::ical Gurvciy, V/ashinrton, L. C Dear Jir: I a^. sending you tht skulls of three Brown Learc, by ./ells- Fargo ^press, from Sildovia. They were collected "by me and they are tap:ged as to sex and date. Killed and f^iven me by the Indians thet killed them. Sometimes the -ndians t'nat brin^- then h3.ve not killed them, and they v;ill tell you any thinf to maike '- sale of the- heads • .esiject fully yours. (Si^Tied) . . • Duryea. >v \ September 5, 1918. copy U. b. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biolocical Survey, Dear fjir: I am sending you two bear heads by Wells F^rgo Express, one large one and one medium one, Resp. Yours, ^. i:. Duryea, Dutton Post Office, Iliaanic* Bay, Cook Inlet, AiL.ska« c 0 r Y. 536-537 i^ev; York 1j Seattle, V/a Dece U. 3. Department of If^ri culture, Eiolo^rical Purvey, V/asfiinf^ton, I). C. Gentlerren: Last SeTJtember I niade tv/o shipments from Alasto (froir Seldovi'j., Alaslear skulls \>y Wells Fargo Express. Will have a few more the first of October to send you. Our boat servioe is awful poor so I don't know when they will reach you. Kindly let me know whether you intend to buy next year. Respectfully yours. Dutton Post Office, Iliamnia Bay, Cook Inlet, Alaska* (Signed) W. E. Duryea. . ^-^^-S^H^y^ U I U- 1 y ■'^ ^/ XAyOrru/^^^^'^ 4 J- UA.^ mm^^m l^/CAy / yju2A4.^^ \(jj(^ ^ u :^6- "ixi/y 1^ \y(/W\^' 4. %a^ nuy ^-^/yi^^/UiA^C cr\^L ^j^-Ooy^ ^^j^^fj. ■L&u.iS^i/vi^ c/ytX- 7 ?. V^ITZAT' '^ / iytiAAyL ?■ K r <^\lfJJjliyr— y ,d/yyi''>v. / /? ifc / ^ '^^^ (p f '. '^ t Sutton Post Off loa, niaana Bay, Oook lalatt Alaslca* ^--^. ^ ^?^ q 0(9.^ -iy-1^ AaM- ' — l^ L (. r t^Vi- iC O^"^ '"> /rc^4 /^^^ J no I V / i^'do ' I'^OZ^ pc^ ) WILLIAM M. COLE, PRESIDENT. WILLIAM H. WALLACE, VICE PREST. WILLIAM DUTCHER, SECRETARY. Brooklyn Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK, Nos. 320 & 322 BROADWAY. NEW YOWC, MARCH 4, 1 880 nUTHVCN oeANC* ESQ., IIY DEAR sir: IN A FOOT NOTE ON PACE I07f N0»4 VOL.2 OF THE BULLETINf MENTION IS WADE OF ••a REVIEW OF THE BIRDS OF CONNECT! CUTt WITH REMARKS ON THEIR HABITS. 8Y C#HART liERRIAW. TRANSACTIONS OF THE CONNEgTIOliT ACA0E1»Y, VOL. 4 ^P — .IS??' . #tt.L YOU BE GOOD ENOUGH TO INFORM «C TO WHOM I HAY ADDRESS MYSELF W I TH A VIEW OF GETTING A COPY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED WORK. IF YOU CAN GIVE ME NO OTHER INFORMATION^ PLEASE SC4r MC THE ADDRESS OF MR.MERRIAM. I AM, VERY TRULY YOURS, :3::i WILLIAM M. COLE, PRESIDENT. WILLIAM H. WALLACE, VICE PRES't. WILLIAM DUTCHER, SECRETARY. Brooklyn Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK, Nos. 320 & 322 BROADWAY. NEW YORK, MARCH I 2» I BBO . DR.MER^^I AM, LOCUST GROVE, LEWIS CO., N, Y, DEAR SI r: WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO PROCURE A COPY OF THE ••CONNECTICUT REVIEW*' THAT WAS EDITED BY YOUR- SELF. IF YOU HAVE NONE TO DISPOSE OF, CAN YOU TELL ME OF ANY ONE WHO HAS? MR.RUTHVEN DEANE OF CAMBRIDGE, MASS* WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SCNO ME YOUR ADDRESS. I WISH A COPY TO ENABLE ME TO COMPARE THE CONN, BIROS A I TH THOSE OF LONG ISLAND. VERY TRULY YOURS, WILLIAM M. COLE, PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. WALLACE, VICE PRES't. WILLIAM DUTCHER, SECRETARY. Brooklyn Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK, Nos. 320 & 322 BROADWAY. NEW YORK, MAY it, I 880« C.HART MGRRIAM, M^D,, LOCUST GROVE, LEWIS C 0. » H. r. Ur DEAR SIR? I AM IN ReceiPT OF YOUR FAVOR OF THE 9TH IN3T«, ALSO OF A COPY OF YOUR ••REVIEW OF THE BIRDS OF t • CONKECTICUT' " ♦ PLEASE ACCEPT MY. THAMJCS NOT ONLY FOR THE WORK ITSELF, OUT ALSO FOR THE TROUBLE YOU HAVE OCCASIONED YOURSELF IN PROCURING A COPY* I SHALL BE PLEASED TO NOTE AND 8EW YOU ANY ADDI- TIONS THAT MAY FALL UNDER MY NOTICE, OUT KNOV» THAT I 8HALL NEVER BE A3LE TO MAKE CORRECTIONS IN ANY OF YOUR WORKS* I AM, WITH GREAT RESPECT* YOURS VERY TRULY, WILLIAM M. COLE, PRESIDENT. WILLIAM H. WALLACE VICE-PRES*T. WILLIAM DUTCHER, SECRETART. Brooklyn Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK. Nos. 320 & 322 BROADWAY. DP*C«HART MCRRIAJit NtW YORKg rcft« u »'33P-» WY DEAR sir: A3 I PROMISED YOU ^k^Hhi WC MCT AT THE ROOM'"* OF THE LiNNEAN r.OCIETYt • ENCUOSC YOU HEREWITH COPY OF THE LfTTER I RECEIVED TR QM liR»LANCILLC or »ur FA LO, WHO I r> getting OUT A WORK ON ORN f THOLO'^Y, YOU WILL RECOLLECT AT THAT MEETING, MR, OHBORNE AND MYHELF WERE APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO HAVE THE CAME LAVn OF THir. GTATE HO AMENDED AG TO ALLOW CERTAIN IN- STITUTIONS TO ISr.UE PERMITS TO INDIVIDUALS TO COLLECT FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOHEG ONLY.BIRDS AND THEIR NESTO A>»0 EGGS, QENTED TO THC SOCIETY AT ITS LAST MEETIN© A DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN //H I CH WE MENTION THt NAME OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY AS ONE OF THE SOCIETIES TO IsnuE PERMITS. WE PmOPOSE TO INSERT THE NAME OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY LOCATED AT ALBANY* CAN YOU -ifVr US ITS EXACT TITLE? AND WE ALSO PROPOSE TO IH9tRT THE NAME OF HOME SOCIETY EITHER IN ROCHESTER OR BUTFALO. CAN YOU GIVE US THE NAMTS OF THrlB SOCIE- TIES IN EITHER CITY AND WHICH ONE YOU THINK WOULD 9E THE BEST ONE TO NAME. PLEASE ALSO G| VC US ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS AS TO SOCIETIES OR LOCALITIES THAT MAY SUGGEST ITSELF, VERY TRULY YOuRS, WILLIAM M. COLE, PRESIDENT. W.LMAM H. WALLACE, VICE-PRES'x. W.LL.AM DUTCHER, SECBETART. Brooklyn Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK. Nos. 320 & 322 BROADWAY. WW YORK, r^B.p.Bp i88p^ C.HART MERRfAM, M. D, , LOCur>T GRO VC, N. Y, MY DEAR r. fR: WILL YOU AT YOUR EARL»Ef5T CONVr* NitNJcr, nrND MC THt NAur or thc scfr>mric oocicty tOCATrO AT ALB AMY WHICH YOU Dt€>Jl THt STHT TO HAVC | N- SCRTrO INI OUR PROPOar© AUtNDMrNT or THr GAME LAWS Or THi G nTATE. WC W I HH TO MAVT TMC BILL PRCSCNTrO AR 900N A3 POSniBLC AND IT IS NCCCn^ARY rOR UP. TO HAVE THE NAME or THE r.OCIETY, DR.rtnHFR TELLT, ME THAT YOU HAVE A PERGONAL rRIEND IN TU€ AOHEMBLY COMMITTEE. CAN YOU INrLUENCE H |M I N rAVOR or THE AMENDMFNT. VERY TRULY YOURO^ WILLIAM M. COLE, PRESIDENT. WILLIAM H. W^ALLACE. YICE-PRES T. WILLIAM DUTCHER, SECRETARY. Brooklyn Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK. Nos. 320 & 322 BROADWAY. NCW YORICpMAR. I8TH« l882« on. C. HART MtRR I AM^ MY orAR sir: PLEASE BC GOOD ENOUGH TO LET ME HAVE BY RETURN MAIL TH€ NAME OF THE SOCIETY IN ALBANY TO INSERT IN OUN •ILL# IF YOU HAVE NOT THE TIME TO ATTCNO TO IT ONOP MC A POSTAL AND I WILL TRY AND GET IT FROM SOME OTHER 9 rCCL VERY ANXIOUS TO GET ILL nm LEO- I8LATURE AT TNE EARLfEBT OATE« YtHY TRULY YOURS, Rs^ ^iJUc> X^xV^^H. ^^^^savw y^^V^'j^^ XX>aSiyXA/w^.^Ai^3lVK Oommon Name- Scientific Name- Date when shot or found dead ? Locality where shot or found dead ? Was it shot or found dead just before or after a storm ? What kind of weather had there been just before the bird was taken ? ^ If stormy, character of storm, and direction and force of wind ? Was it alone or with other birds ? If with others of the same kind about how many ? Is the bird rare in your locality, or seen occasionally, or is it common ? During what season of the year is it usually found on Long Island, or with you ? Is the bird a resident of the Island, or is it only a migrant, passing north to breed or south to winter ? If a land bird, is it found on the beach or mainland? If on both, which does it favor ? If a water bird, is it found on the ocean, or bay, or on fresh water ponds and creeks ? If on all, which does it favor ? If on the ocean, how far off shore ? Do you know what its food consists of, and have you ever seen it taking food ? What is the common name it is known by in your locality ? Please give any additional information that you can regarding this bird or this species of bird not asked for above. Have you received cents, sent you for this l)ird . PLEASE NOTE.— Keturn tliis blanlc filled out in as much detail as possible, as soon as convenient. Have blank signed by person sendinp bird. Use the reverse of this sheet for your letter. Do not write to the left of the marginal line on either side. American Ornithologists' Union* FOUNDED J8&3. WM. DUTCHER, Treasurer, 525 Maabattan Avenue, New York Qty. INCORPORATED J888* NEW YORK, FelDruan^ 14, 1901. Dr. 0. Eart Merriam, President, American Ornithologists' Union, IT.S.Dep't of Agriculture, Washincton, D. C. Dear Sir: Dr. Allen, as the editor of the Auk, and the v/riter as treasurer of the Union, have made repeated demands upon Mr. L.S.Foster for a report of his sales and suhscriptions for the month of Octcter, 1900. We have also ma.de repeated demands on him for the balance that he owes to the Union on previous monthly reports in 1900. We have failed to secure either a final accountinc or the balance due the Union in cash. I suggest that it. would be wise for 3'ou to make a formal demand on him for both of these items in your capacity as President of the Union. From outside sources I learn that Mr. Foster is in finan- cial trouble, and if we do not secure the balance due to the Union at an earl:' date I am afraid it will prove a total loss. I also suggest that if you do not secure an accounting and the balance due that you authorize the treasurer to place the ma tter in the hands of a law^'^er for attention Yery truly yours > 4^^^ American Ornithologists' Union^ FOUNDED J883, WM. DUTCHER, Treawiref, 525 Manhattan Avenue* New York City. INCORPORATED J8M. NEW YORK, March 18, 1902 Dr.C.H.Merriam, 1919-16 th Street, Washington, D.C. My dear Doctor: I send you by express under another cover, my vouchers for the regular A.O.U. account and also for the Thayer Fund account from Nov.l to the present time. Will you please approve each one and return them to me at your earliest convenience. There are a large numher of vouchers for discounts and I have drawn them off on a separate sheet of paper; it will only he necessary for you to approve the schedule. So far as I have been able to I have this year secured the endorsement of each person who has expended any money. Very truly yours, % "Ho nT /n (^ -^-♦i-^i-c-^^ tyt^CcZ^Z^.^^^^ -^"""y^i/x^ i/^ t-^-^j©- , American Ornithologists' Union* FOUNDED J883. WM. DUTCHER, Treasafer, 525 Manhattan Avenue, New York CHy. INCORPORATED J888. NEV YORK, March 26, 1902. Dr. C. H. Merriam, 1919-16th Street, Washington, D.C. My dear Sir: I received to-day "by express the package of vouchers sent to you for approval. On examination of the same I find that there are four Touchers that you have failed to approve. I can see no reason for your stand in these cases and I trust that on second thought you v/ill approve the vouchers and return them to me . These vouchers are all for money expended on account of the Thayer Fund for "bird protection. The administration of this fund I take it is largely left, in fact almost entirely lef t^ to the judgment of the chairman of the committee and I certainly hope that you have confidence, not only in his judgment but in his integrity. I expended the small amount in question only after due deliberation with the result that I thought it would advance the interest of bird protection to purchase and use the books bought as I have. There is no question in my mind of the good results that were obtained by these expenditures. You must also realize that these matters are of a char- acter that will not permit bf delay; in very many instances action must be taken at once and I certainly think that you, noting the results obtained by our committee in the past two years, should not question the actions of the chairman. I sincerely hope that you will reconsider and return the bills to me endorsed. y With kindest regards. Very truly yours. '3 /f ) ^3/)>1 /««S - /7^-^,y, jf d^u/T-e^T^^^^s^^ S^^X K oO /)M^J( ffly{^ ^P[>U1yVn,^^ %J nJu^-^ / -i'1 / ^ C^ ^ f '^ ^ ^i-x-U-U*. Uc^ ^ #^d-.^^c^uj ^^^ ^-^>U^ ^ A-L-^t^^ crn^ 7. /::?(^ ^^cZ^J-^^^-^^c '^^ LA^<..^LyX crx^ (^o2^A^ai, #^ ^^^ Ale^ fl^tyU/r ny — -o-ir^L ^ui^^^-^IL^ Cr Caj^^ Lt>^ JL^iy\>^ ^p/CcA^^A— ^^-'^-^ ; c\^^ ^^t/^ //Lc^c^ / /^-6-aA..^^ c/\\^ c^tu^ t^^AJ"^ <*/ /pi^t.^ ^*^ '^^^ ^■^^^■^(10'^ The University of Kansas, LAWRENCE. '^'^^^^y^ VU|) Onn/y^u,^ trvt^ 35 FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT. L. L. DYCHE, Warden, Topeka, PRATT. KAN.. ^V^^^.:^± 191 Dr. C. hart Merriam, 1919 ibth '6t., Washint:;ton, D,C, My Dear Dr, Merriani: Your favor of February 17th just received on ray return from Washington. I note what you say with re^jard to tne grizzlies. I do not know 01 a single specimen or even a skull ot a grizzly from the Plains region of this part of tlie country. I do not have any material that will help you oiit with either one of the problems which you mention m your letter. In lbb4 1 secured two bears at the nead of the Fecos River m TJew Mexico. These were mounted m the old-lasnioned way, with the skulls in tne skin. I presume, however, that you have specimens from that part of tiie countiy, namely, tne region between Las Vegas and Santa Fe. These large brown or grizzly bears v/ere common in that locality in the vears ibbo to ibbb. Yours very truly, « Dv^ LtO/\\d(^'i> C iS>\ ) s- '; / o ("^2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U. Si, WASHINGTON, D. C. .J.SJiusrj-44..-, 191 23 Respectfully referred to Dr. G. Hart Merriam Department of Agriculture VJashington, D.G* For attention Very respectfully, tC....^^......^^^:^ •0— «23 J y^ M. C, -^ District. Vernon l turner CHAS. P. AND ALBERT W. JOHNSON Attorneys and Counselors Suite 216 International Life Bldg. 8. E. CORNER 8th and CHESTNUT ST8. PHONCa OFFICE MAIN 441S CENTRAL 4517 RE8IDCNCC-ORAND 3172-R St. Louis, Mo., December 20, 1922. Mr. L* C* Dyer, Member of Congress, Washington, D. C, My dear Dyer: A friend of mine, Y/. D. Helman, and whose office Is In the Granite Bldg., St. Louis contemplates an auto tour to California next month. He has been Informed the United States Geographical Dept., supplies maps showing the proper rout. I will deem It a personal favor If you have them sent to him. If this Is true. Yours respectfully. nys< 1 1 I / 'Mi' C^/V' \ ol Z 0^ - Otf e 'J i ^- I ^ JT^imlf I 1^11 /gl-'W - !^3t>, A^-o^. QiLXnrrs^ 9iCKjT>J^, Go^LilX ^YYVoxJ ^. i^aa ^yi. (? KqoO: YYUaajucjl/yvx .OJb d\.CX^QuULrruuL( ^ Oltyyv OiLTYvdjiyvui ijc>dLouU ixub I Ct, o crr/>JtJju'Yv\->'^-ft ^}lr\sui CTL u/i. Vx CXrvOkjUVvq VA CACe ys,^^^ ^ ^^U^vuW\juixu-i-->jJ cvrrx LAcajouS^ AjusLV;ijuc3ji^^ :ww^ A dO A> . (B H CUxX TYYAAAJUXnnrv XoLOJULnraJl a.s 3:^ Ocx^ JBjOl/U CUJV'. - _ko \xx5l5i*l. UU^iJL S CxSi^l VJUtXA^ cJljUL^e ^ HjUW UJ^A<3Lt^/i-MX'YvdL^ 0^ ^yVK.O^}u^ VA. ^Vv\jLjuc5k -Q^^JcW \51\jDl^ \JLjai. 6r^ SoJiJluf CX:rr/vvv\jLiu^r\i^CX)LAJL vjltUua. vWvvv ^,. '. 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C^J2^ltJl VUefcjLM, - ^^>*^ -*^ ^^^^ ^ C3LOU XO i^^*>-d H<<3Vo^ >flJUP <^ ^^ir^jSLcSUjC :v»oi vac A lC)cxjM.Br) oi^^ll , UlL- M^^/^ ^~^^' Am — ^ , fZ-^'h^'- — IN RKPtYINa. RETKII TO HP- gmd/ear UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY WASHINGTON HORTIOULTURAL AND POMOLOQICAL INVEtTIQATiONS February 24, 1921. Mr. C. Hart Marriam, 19 19- 16th St., Waehingtcn, D»C. Deer Sir: I am interacted in securing Ribes Marshallii* It has been auggeated that you could tall ma how to aacura plants for thia in breeding work in goosebarries* Any suggeationa you may have to make will ba appreciated. Vary truly yours, Penologist. (COPY) X"V -^^z:^ Long Lake, Alaska. Aug. 29, '15. Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I understand that you are in the market for bear heads, and having a brown bear head and in a position to obtain others am writing you for informa- tion, which will be greatly appreciated. Yours respectively, (Signed) Raymond D. Dart, Long Lake, Via Chitina, Alaska. /i^:ft ^/e^^^ ,j;y^Of ,2^^""^*-^C^-'0«— » v ^w ^ cr\ c^ Aa,^C^ :^.^^-^' v:Q^''t^'t--i (f-^iy^^^ (p-^^ ^^^^>^^>L^ G -^^-^ V^ (Pc^'^i^'^ay^ 305 PROSPECT STRCCT N. L. DAVIS TCLCPHONC MAIN 2044 TAXIDERMIST AND FUR DRESSER LADIES FURS CLEANED. FUR RUGS AND SPECIMENS FOR SALE. AWARD EO GOLD MEDAL AT A. V. P. E.. SEATTLE 1»09 fOR MOUNTED BIIIDS. ANIMALS. FUR RUGS AND POULTRY BELLINGHAM, WASH.,. .191 /S^. (^"'UX. •^^^^t-^^T^;^^ /Ayi^a.^<- (^C4...^^ae,q, ^^1^^,.^,^ /s J^ ^X-t^C ? '^ — d^^ty^Oi^ ^juue.^.^^ ^^S!<^^t^ -oo-tA^ /Ua-c^^ ^ iy-CuL>iAjLd}^ i^ p06 PROSPECT STREET r N. L. DAVIS TELEPHONE MAIM 2044 TAXIDERMIST AND FUR DRESSER ladieVfupT^^ewied. fur ru^s and specimens f^r sale. AWAROCO GOLD MEDAL AT A. V. P. K.. •CATTLK 1900 rOR MOUNTED BIRDS. ANIMALS, FOR RUOS AND POULTRY BELLINGHAM, WASH <^ ^/^^^ >^ ..Qygr^^^T (, 191 j^ S^^ ZL^^L^^:^ ^^ 39s PROSPECT STRCCT N. L. DAVIS TCLCPHONC MAIN 2044 TAXIDERMIST AND FUR DRESSER LADIES FURS CLEANED, FUR RUGS AND SPECIMENS FOR SALE. AWARDED QOLD MCDAL AT A. V. P. C.. SCATTLC 1009 FOR MOUNTED BIRDS. ANIMALS. FUR RUGS AND POULTRY BELLINGHAM, WASH.,. .191 a^o{ C^ ^oL^^V^y^ ^^^ Si/^^ ^x^Z^^^.^'^u^l^O^ S^ >^-^ C>^7^tn/l s^O^-^xJ^ L^^2^ f^ COPY C. Hart Merriam, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Biological Survey, Washington, D. C» Dear Sir: I am sending via Juneau, Alaska one box containing 1 only Brown Bear skull, sex male. Ages (Indian estimates about 11 yoars^ killed in crab Bay in Tenakee Inlet near Tenakee town on Chichagof Island in May, 1916. Respectfully (sicned) John R. Dawson Jf- ,^l fXJ September 28, 1916 Tenakee, Alaska J y.s.s,,^^,,^ s ^/C / / ■ ylY^a^ S c\>. C-vt_-^ ^^ ^^<>^ ^ c rr <:? 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Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C* Dear Sir: I have been advised to write you and inquire regarding the possibility of securing a position as secretary in your department. My informant stated that the position would involve employment in Karin County during part of the year and in Washington during the remairder. My experience covers several years of ratner advanced work and I feel capable of assum- ing more than usual responsibility. I am at present employed by the California State Board of Health, on the University Campus, under Professor M. E. Jaffa, formerly professor of nutrition at this University. The department is in line for reorganization and as tliis may result in transfer of some of the positions to other localities, I deem it necessary to make inquiries where I believe I might give sat isfaction* For several years I have been interested In Nature Study, having pursued field work under Dr. H. C. Bryant of the Extension Department; am not a college graduate, but have had some class work in science. I might add that I have acted as Secretary for Miss Julia Morgan, Architect, and have assisted Dr. Win. F. Bade in the prepara- tion of his latest work "The Life and Letters of Jolin Muir**« Work of the nature in which you are interested has always been extremely fascinating to me and I feel that with this interest, I would be very happy engaged in it. Thanking you for any information or advice you may see fit to offer me, I am, Very truly yours. 010,,) Av^ ^' ^' f< ARYLAND V9LUB JAtz, Ow^ 1601 THE DENVER AND RiO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD SYSTEM J. H. YOUNG. RCCKIVKR PASSENGER DEPARTMENT F. A. WADLEIOH PAaSENOER THArriC MANAOen W. H. CUNDEY A»«T. OENERAL PASSENaEfl lENT B. W. ROBBINS AMT. aENEWAL PASBENOER AOENT A. M. UCK Denver, Colo., Dec. 14, 1922 ]?ile 1-F Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C Dear Sir: Mr. H. N. Burlxans. Executive Secretary. Denver Tourist Bure^m. has referred to Mr. Beam, of this office, a letter from Mr. Robert Sterling Yard, advising that you are desirous of securing a photograph published in the Sierra Club Bulletin. Vol. 11. facing page 319. "The Grand Canon from Bright Angel Point". Not having seen the Bulletin referred to. Mr. Beam is at a loss to decide oust what view is desired, but thinks it is one of several prints Which we are sending to you under separate cover. We shall b e glad to have you select the one wanted and return the others at your convenience . I presume the photograph is to be used as an illustration, and would appreciate it if you would advise in what publication the re- production appears. Yours truly. GLB ^passeAger Traffic Mana^r. ^ I60I THE DENVER AND RlO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD SYSTEM P. A. WAOLEIGH PASaKM«KII TRArriC MANAOER ASCT. GENERAL PASSENOCR AOENT B. W. ROBBINS ASST. OENERAL PASSENaER AOENT A. H. LKK flENERAL BAOaAaE AOENT J. H. YOUNO. RECKIVKR PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Denver, Colo.» January 19, File 1-1^ Br. :;. Kart Merriam, Research Associate, Smitlisonian Institution, 1919 16th St., aiashington, D. G. Dear Sir: I ani in receipt of your letter January 15th, and am sorry to learn that the photographs of the Grand Canon from the North Rim formerly sent you v/ere not received. I enclose herewith two additional prints, one of which I trust is the subject you desire. Yours trul 6I£ Passenger Traffic Ma^^er. l«Ot THE DENVER AND RiO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD SYSTEM J. H. YOUNG. RKCKIVKR PASSENGER DEPARTMENT F. A. WADLEIOH PASCENOER TRArPIC MANAOER W. H. CUNDEY ASST. GENERAL PASSENOER AOENT B. W. ROBBINS ASST. SCNERAL PASSENOER ASENT A. H. LKK Denver, Colo,, January 29, 1923 File 1-F Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, 1919 Sixteenth St., Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I am in receii^t of your letter January 24th, and shall be very glad to alloY/ you to keep both of the Grand Canon photographs re- ferred to, which please accept with our compliments. Should either of these pictures be reproduced, I would appreciate it if you would advise in what publication it appears. Very truly yours, GLB jj||ciD Bork %\nit ||uscnm o)( A[ntarHl fttstorg, (y,/'AiyU. ^/Uaa^c /' {?>IX' DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY WESTERN UNIVERSITY LONDON. CANADA Jan. 26, 1922 Dr. C, Hart Merrlaia, 1919, 16th St., Wabhington, D. C. Dear Dr. Merrlaia; I Bhoul^ like very much to have ^our a^^vlce re artlclt^b published by you on the " Life oneb ' In N. Aaerica ab they pertain to our district. As you will notice v-e al^o locatea In or just north of, the only area in which the Transition I ehoula like to write up an article pointing out our favourable podltlon here ana woula very nuch appreciate any ajiBlstance you might give me. Youre sincerely. (_y/ John D. Detwller DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY WESTERN UNIVERSITY LONDON, CANADA Feb. 16, 1922. Dr. C. Hart Merrlam, 1919 Sixteenth St. , WaahineSton, D. C, Dear Dr. Merriaoi:- I wab much pleaded to receive your letuer of the 14th Inbt, and alao Bulletin #iC, U.S.D.A., Division of i3io. Survey, and the reprint fi*om the Yearbook of the U.S.I.A. for 18'^4. I might bay that we are lookiri^i; forward to e;vtenbive developnientb in connection with Wettern U. Our position here ib rather unique from an agricultural point of view in that thib area tKiMiiQpi lb practically the only one in Cem. in the Upper Aubtiml Life Zone. Few people here beem to know thib. Thib dibtrict ib albo bomewhat intereb .int entomologically for it appears to form a bort of Canadian hi^^hway for inbuct uibpersal fron the c£.bt ana uortheabt. I witoh to thank you for the afibibtance you have iiO freely given me. Yourb blncerely, Xy/John D. Detwiler. T) /M^ciU^dn^ Md 'W 2^A 2- 1^ div V 0 O.HtttMofilMi Papers BANCMSS 83/1 29 c iS^^i - I'fSS^ ad. (COPY) Glenwood, Wash. Jan. 16, 1918. Mr. Barnes, Washington, D. CT. Dear Mr. Barnes: Yon may "be a. little surprised to hear from me hut I wish to remind you of our conversation last fall concerning hear skulls. You will remember me as the ranger who took you over the herry patches on the Columbia Forest. You told me to look out for strange bear in this country so I am sending you under separate cover a specimen which is said to be a«eak the owner of the skull has written the story which is inclosed in this letter. As this specimen does not belong to me and the owner did not put a price on it will you kindly let me know what it is worth to the collector friend of yours. If it is of no value to him kindly return it to me. The owner has the hide from this tear and I never saw a skin like it. Are having a very warm winter here, no snow at K^vr^'. 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Cs Dear Sir:- In reply to your letter of Maroh 15th, regarding box from Campbell River, containing skulls of cougar, black bear, and marten, shipped to The Biological Survey, Washington, by W, R* Kent on or about July 18th last* I beg to say that we are holding a box here, which we received from the Standard Transfer Company, which we understand was shipped by 0. T# Laudry, Bella Coola, B.Ct, which Is addressed to The Biological Survey, Washington, D.. C« The box I refer to has been held here for the reason that wa were not furnished with a Provincial Gatme Warden permit to export* Hov/ever, I have to-day taken the matter up with the Game Warden, and shipment will be sent along at once. I presume this is the same one referred to in your enquirys Tours truly. w/w# Agent, DOMIHIOI i£XPRii;S8 C0« April 12th.I91«# ]fr« W« R« Kant^ Cflftpt>«ll Rirar^ B«C D«ftr Sir:- I aib In raoalpt of an enquiry from Pr« C« Hart • • .. Marrlam, Wnahlngton, !)• C«, with referanoa to paokage oon* talnlnf skulls of masjLBlB said to hare bsen ehippsd "by you ' r from CampT>all RiTsr on or a^out Jan* 18tli« Ws haTs no adTios of thli shipment, and would thank 70a to klndlj let us know throngh what i&eaiim It waa ahlpped fro& Caftphell Rirer, to enable us to saice enquiries of the Steasshlp Conpany here* Tours truly. ^' ^^0jiJ^^ w/w 0/0 Dr# Ce Hart Merri8m,> The NorthuiLberland^ Washington, D^C* igsnt* To please note we have no trace of the shipment, other than the one about which I wrote you recent ly» Agent ME8I0CRT ALLEN D. ALBERT MINNEAPOLIS rilST VICE-PRESIDENT WILLIAM GETTIN6ER NEW VORK CITY SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT ROBERT H. CORNELL HOUSTON TNIRD VICE-PRESIDENT E. LESLIE PID6E0N VANCOUVER HC PROFITS MOST VitiO SKRVES BEST IXTERXAXIO^AI^ iVSSOCIiVXIOX SECTION OF PHYSICIANS. EYE, EAR. NOSE. THROAT CHAIRMAN JNO. A. DONOVAN. M. D. iUTTE. MONTANA VICE-CHAIRMAN EDWARD THOMPSON. M. D. CINCINNATI. OHIO OFFICE OF CHAIRMAN. PHOENIX BLDG.. BUTTE. MONT. Feb. 15, 1917. LXyvWL. -r -art .lerriam 1919 ixteenth .it. , -asMn^ton, D. ". Dear oir:- IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT FRANK L. MULHOLLAND TOLEDO TREASURER RUFUS F. CHAPIN CHICA60 SECRETARY CHESLEY R. PERRY CHICAGO SER6EANT-AT-ARMS ALBERT S. ADAMS ATLANTA Some years a 5:0 v/e had a little correspondence re the bears of the Cassiar District. At Tjresent, I am t" inking: 0 .1 ±jQ_±:a£^IIadiaGk "'slancls i-ij s-orin^;. I sa*:; Dr. Tni;=?herXin Oheyemie reoerrElyT ^^^cJ^ anf ^-^"told mo jo-^\ ■ - - • o- .':"^j deeply interested in the ^ hear subject. T am proin^ to im-^ose on your ^^ood nature for some inform tion. ilj .yOU kindly tell me v/here, v/hen and with v/hom it would he best to go? I would ap reciate any i .ice from you very much, t'the same time of course if on be of any service to you on the trip don't fail to m .ke your ishes knov/n. Yours, ifna A. ^^ontHJtm MM. A.M.M0x»(MM. EYE. EAR, NOSE. THROAT, BUTTE, MONTANA. March 7, 1917# Ilr. C. "^art I'erri-m, V/ashingtonf D« C. Dear 6ir:- I wish to thani you for the information yoti kindly gave me on the bear subject* King of Denver ^ave me one fellow's address and at present | I am waiting to hear from Hillis. Tt takes so long to get an answer from that ICodiak Island country and the uncertainty of reaching there at any definite date, rather convinces me that your advice to engage natives on the ground is the proper do-^e. Aletter from LIrs# lyiand. Telegraph Creek informs me they are no\Y giving a standard price for a certain length trip, so that hereafter, parties Roin^ up there will simpl'/have to specify the kind of ^ame they want and the time^ ^g» One man. forty days hunt, §1300 j two men, forty days hunt, vl^OO* Yours, ^i^^-»-^ .^s^ /^/ ^ WHOLESALE File J. MAURY DOVE COMPANY INCORPORATED ANTHRACITE COAL BITUMINOUS WASHINGTON, D.C. RETA December 24^ 1917 • C, Hart Merriani, Esq., 1919 - I6th Street Washington, D« C. Sear Sir : We have your letter of the 21st. We beg to assure you that the quantity of wood delivered was correct and we only «ent you 1/4 of a cord instead of 1/2 cord. "e are under orders trying to distribute what wood we have in stock among our customers on this basis^ and trust that we may be able if additional supplies can get through embargoa to have wood for our customers later on. At the present time we are very short and are making this distribution andcare only delivering to each customer a certain amount each month. Very truly yours, Manager^ WHS/toG WHOLESALE J.MAURY DOVE COMPANY File INCORPORATED ANTHRACITE COALbITUMINOUS Washington, D.C. RETAIL January 30, 1918* Dr. C* Hart Merriam, 1919 Sixteenth Street Washington, D, C. Dear Sir : We have your letter of January 29th and have re- ferred same to our Delivery Department and will do the best we can to make delivery as you require. It is impossible to place any stated order at this time for future delivery, as the order is dependent entirely upon the shipments of coal to Washington. We are therefore not promising or receiving any orders for stated periods for any deliveries as we do not know if we will be able to fill the same when the time arrives. The only thing that we can do is to distribute the coal we are receiving as equitably as possible. Inasmuch as this is not any where near up to tne requirements of our trade we are utterly unable to make any promises for future delivery. Your letter has been referred to our Delivery Department and we will do the beat we can for you under the circumstances. Veiy tiuly yours. Manager. 330 Tenth Street, San Francisco, Calif., April/*, 1921. To the Residents of Lagunitas, Uarin County, California. Dear Friends: Mrs. Matilda Grief of Lagunitas has been very ill for many months; is in distress and sorely in need of our assistance. She was always ready and willing to help any one in sickness and trouble and her kindness has earned our gratitude. As she needs our help now, let us give it and be glad of an opportunity to repay her in some measure. I am writing in similar terms to every citizen of Lagunitas and ask them, to alleviate her distress, hav- ing no doubt that there will be a ready response. Please mail whatever contributions you may feel inclined to give, within the next 10 days, and I will acknowledge it by sending you a list of those to whom I have sent this letter and the amount subscribed by each of them. I ask your earnest consideration of this appeal. f Yours sincerelyt rx/i^./h.. if^/ < I herewith subscribe |, 7 i^^YV> i i/yu^cJo ^*Y^ ■t -fid' cdlujJ.JLL J^^^ a/> tAjoM -ijj^ L^ 'iH.-a'V ^H^vV C7uX) CirOCA.'TuZn . iyY\J CHyt^ /h^/'^^^' ^ t^e^c I^T^c^ <^ly^l/U ^^"U^^"^ /G^^^i^y^ 1/ / .^. ^^/^^. ^ ,y Ot ^^CU. O^CULrJ OOL.y2)-l> ^^^A/^) 1.^^ Ch^Tf^ tf--^ ^2^ ^2*0^.-^ x^ ^ /^^'^ (^ :^^^o^I^ C^ /-^^^t^^f^^ \.y r^y N ,(^1 cJ ^ t^ / / / ^ • X/^ ^ / t' -//v^^/ ic(^ e^e^/- 'tyti^^-fi^' y i?r ^/^ 2 cJ^'-^sa- ^ :^^ / ' ^^^ y/t^^j^/^.^ ^\^ ^^^.^ /(^U^>/,^ y^^ ^^^"^ ^ Z^f^^-<^ /^O y^ /t^^^ ^)t^^^^ /6^/y^ ^^U>^i,^r^^^ :^ ^/i £4/lMJf. i^/ ^ v^ //*^^-^^ ^^ ^ / ^ ^^ t>t^t^^ ^^^!^^^ /o y^; ^-^T-V ee^^t ol €^ l/^'i^uil.-T^cj y^ /ef^ /j a<^ "^^e/^v ^ ^h-i^^^U ^ ^^^^ty 7^ />>t.^^ te^ -^-c^^tju^t 5^ ^^^. '■Ce. / /^ r-r^-ee. A, Zyf^ f^l>-^ e^^4^^ 6--^ J ^^^o^t^t^/^^^^^ '^ '^^c^Sty^ /^^^^c^ y <^^^f-^^-^ ^ / i/^^'i^^>Z^ y o^ CHj> «-^^*^ ^26>i^ ^^^C£^ / A^^^-e -^p^ "^tz-^^;^ '^^*-JL^ iT^A^ <:%-^^, -^, ^ /^ ;/^^^^ *^^ ^^^-I^Zj^^ ^/f^^-i^^<^^ J>C^^iL^ a^4^^ /^^7 ^ ^^CTx^lA^ ^2^tJ^ A^ y^hr?^^^:. i-CA. ^£kJ^ MIMBEIUI or GAME CONSERVATION BOARD. Dft. A. R. Baku, CThaimuui. r. Kbkmodb, BecntMry, Y, H. MoBLKY, M.UA. F. A. DuvK. THE COVCRNMENT OF THE PROVINCC Of BRITISH COLUMBIA Game Conservation Board (•BKPV 1919 l^^ M •te im •t fcveiir 9i •tUftetl I •% yrwMBt tl»f« •II if ••vi iif KMtMM^ trii* •€ XI t vtll f»U«v iMUMii la %• %• jr«»,t It viil «• ••. u iitt y*« im f ,t c/JL^ ^.f— 'DUVICO" MAX B. D U PONT VITACOLOR CORPORATION 207-9 N. OCCTOENTAL BLVD. LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA August 6th, 1929 Dr« C. Hart l^erriam Lagunitas, California Dear Dr. Kerriami Te have had a letter from Mr. John IT. Holzworth^s secretary, saying that Kr. Holzworth has requested that we lend you a Pilmo caniera with our color attachment. ,^ , . ,^® ^^^^ ^® ^«^y glad to do this II we happen to have a camera to spare when it IS convenient for you to use it* i do not know what conversation preceded this request, so I am asking that you be good enough to let me know for how long you would want the camera, and when you would like to have it. This is not an effort to discour- age your using it, but merely to arrange to have one available when you want it, as we do not keep any more cameras on hand than we actually need for our own experimental purposes. We hope that your testing our ^^2^?!^^^"^ *^^^ ^^ ^^^1 1®^^ *o your wanting an outfit for yourself, which we could very quickly equip for you. •^ Very truly yours, VITACOLOR Manager. MSW;Jn rouvico" MAX B. D U PONT VITACOLOR CORPORATION 207-9 N. CKCIDENTAL BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA August 21st, 1929. Dr. C. Hart irerriam Lagunitas, California Dear Dr. Kerriamj We wrote you on August 6th, in regard to your using one of our VITACOLOR equipped Filmo cair.eras, and have not as yet received any reply from you. Not having heard anything further from Kr* Holzworth on the mat- ter,we are wondering whether or not you still wish to "borrow this equip- ment. Trusting that we shall hear from you in the near future, and assuring you that we will he veiy happy to render any service possible, we are. Very truly yours. VITACOLOR Kanager. iAAj:^kJlMSiSi KSWtJn "..•ift UmhM K\ U Rg TOP Air HOTELS OLD rAITHFUL 'NN YCLLOWSTONK LAK ORAND CANON oV^ / OTEL Co. ! ;| ll(((i.H |I^''P2 4 1921 •"'■■^■'•■■mj / .JCv^3 ^i^VL-i;^^^*!^ ^V <:>-<^ o^ fl^\.y>-^ T£>4f eW^TUWC TOPAV YELLQJd^STOiNl!; PaUK IIU'llJJJL COr^ HOTELS MMOMOTH iinj ■ruiiing VI ORANO CANON i-N? ^^€^£m«f6:^ wf%e /ru ^<^ &Z <^X^. ^ ^i^ .^^^fc ^i^ /^_/ Cl^ ^^^t^n^— 4^.^ ^^ un^^ :pnn ^ ^ M^^J. y^-Qt^ ^ Acf-d^c /ncr-trA^ >^t ^Jt.a^i^^^^^_, Qy2y^4SLA.<. /y^ylX^ ^^ *o. ^.,6^.^^.;^^—^ ^9 z^ /f /^^ /^ ^J^/. ^n^sJl^l^ A-y^^. ^-^^ J^ ^7n^x^J^/z(o x>^^^* V /l^V^^C>A^ ^2^ ^^ /;^.:k.^ .<2^^^ <>^^^>-^^ ^^h.n'UA^^^ /7^> /^ y /S^ ^^^<^^ y<2>^-"y^' ^.^ ^n^ :^^e>^^ yOi/t-^^ :t. ^?>7ymj^ -^ ^^^^^^^ JZ^L^^nyi^^ xyi- ^n.t£^ Xc ImjLy ytt .-^a^^^t.^ yZi ? sn/^ yi/^^ty^^^ ^^ ^^^xi^^S^ yOb (^^2.^5'-2..^:a-^->t.^'^'Z^ ,^^ y-^kn '%\ ai^'^tyt.^^ y ^^:^^\ TZ>«< 7:?^^^3»-2^>-- /^^^^t<^^ /2^^.^t>^i^^ ;c^ ^^A^^ y2J<^ ^ y^^t^i-yo^^ y-;^:^ ^'l^yi^ 71^ "T^A^VO ^y;u..^uty^ y^ "T^^te^ ^^^-^^ ^ «ir^^ j:^ /^^"^t^ 4.. DURHAM MOTORS If ELgpHOHK San ANSCLMO ^131 AN ANSELMO. CALIF. I March 12-1931 Dr. Merriam, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D,C» Dear J>r. Merriam: During your visit to the Coast last summer it was with pleasure that you mentioned several times your approval of the Auburn automobile. Our success with this car was normal, competing of course with the more familiar trade-majrk cars well known on the market at that time. This year Auburn has entered the highly competitive field with an antirely new line of cars. The public reception has been phenominal and at the present time sales covering the state are running next to Buick. We are taking this liberty in writing to you regarding the possibility of allowing us to dispose of your Dodge Sedan. Used car prices are holding up quite well and by carefully analizing our prospects it is probable that a very satisfactory transaction could be completed. Your local Auburn dealer in Washington would be glad to show you the various models. If you decided to make a change we could have the new car ready for yuu upon your arrival this Spring. '^^^fl'*^i»g to hear from you soon in this matter and extending our good wibhes, we remain, Very respectfully, Durham Motors by ^.^xHu. /ZyV^"^ COPT* (jo^A.^^ H^, nv^ June 26« 1919 • Ilianmit Bay, Alaska • Biological Survey. Dear Sir: I am sending you 3 tear heads. 2 male and 1 female. I gire the sex as I am told. Will you please advise me In regards to 1920 if you will buy heads next year. Please send oheck to Blbert Daryea, Illanma Bay, Alaska. Respectfully, SI (Signed) Elbert Duryea. 1 • 1 J /. ^-^f ^:^ ^-^t^lt^ / ^:^ />^^>c^ /x^ --/^f^^^^ ^ 9 f3 ) (Jy>^ '-yiA^LAy^ l{oJ ^ 4>/£Z/t~^^'^^\ EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER. N.Y. April 1, 193C. :mm„'«-v*mm^vgiKMf^- C. H. Uertiair., Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: On receipt of your recent oraer for enlarge- ments and lantern slides, w« were unable to proceed with the work ordered fro's. the four negatives of two n-en, from whioh you requested two enlargements and one lantern slide each, so that the front and aide view of each man shall be m the respective pictures, as ,e do hot clearly under- stand your Wishes, It being impossible to combine either set of these negatives so as to make one continuous picture, the best result that can be obtained by trir^.ing the blank margins so .s to Join the negatives as well as possible may not satisfy your customer; then as the front view of the n:an in fr.e doorway is so much weaker than the side view, there may be so much difference in the quality of the two Views as to ..ake the work unsatisfactory. Besides as the aide View of the man by a tree is so much smaller than the front view, this difference in the lantern sliae a^d the enlargement may not be agreeable. However, if such work as can be done by trim- ming the blank margins so as to Join the negatives with as little line as possible between them will be accepted, we Will be glad to give it careful attention, but if you de- m\ Qu.^Jti.Oj^A'^.^'^^ EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, N.Y. April 1, 193G. C. H. aertiar.. I Washington, D. C. Decir Sir: On receipt of your recent order for enlarge- menta and lantern slides, we were unable to proceed with the work ordered froin the four negatives of two men, from which you requested two enlargeir.3nts and one lantern slide each, so that the front dind side view of each man shall be in the respective pictures, as ve do tiot clearly under- stand your wishes. It being impossible to combine either set of these negatives so as to n:ake ::ne continuous picture, the best result that can be obtained by triinrr.ing the blank margins so as to join the negc^tives as well as possible may not satisfy your custoireri then as the front view of the man in the doorway is so much weaker than the side view, there may be so much difference in the quality of the two views as to make the work unsatisfactory. Besides as the aide view of the man by a tree is so much smaller than the front view, this difference in the lantern sliae and the enlargement may not be agreeable. However, if such work as can be done by trim- ming the blijik margins so as to join the negatives with as little line as possible between them will be accepted, we will be glad to give it careful attention, but if you de- a.^A.a^^■y^°*'^*^\ April 1, 1920. C. H. LI. - cont. sire tc have both ficure** n-c +v,« won iigures of the sajce dize, considerable extra work will be necetaary such :,a ^.^vin^ -. -•oaiy, ai^cn as zaking glossy prints »Uh the 3n:auer flgur, .nlarg.i to the size c=f the l«s,r H^ountlne these pn.ts on one oaxd properly joined, than ^1- ins a copy negative, and ,nl.r,e«nts and slides therefrom. If it 13 leslred that the lines .t the Joints be worked out by etching and retouching, the cost for the extra ,,ork alone will be fro,. 82.00 to 33.00 en each copy negative, should Xou .,ish the .an In the door.ay to be treated In the ^, manner • • We are proceeding wit>. the other wor)t which Which yo^. ordered, but under the circur^at.nces think it better to hold these four negatives until receipt of fur- ther advice relative to how you wiah us to proceed and would ask that in writing you call attention to this letter m order that .xi sunder. tanding rnay be avoided. Yours truly, EASTL^AN KOTAK COIIPANY OF NlTW JERSEY f ro.'wM^h ff deafre? L^2^e>r:nt';f '?h^ °? *?^ '' ^ ^- -««^^ive the entire negative, f?e so srall th ? ^^^^\'^ ''''^^ ^^^ ^^ ladies alone Sill not be HoTll f ^ enlargen^ent of the the entire negative win le^^^e '^ """^ ''''^^ *^« °"« f^c,m i ^WF QA^->v^,a^ to^ fc^^^o EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, N.Y. A.ril7, 192C, Dr. C. Hart Merrlam, Washington, D. C Dear Sir: In respcnse to your request of April 3d, in- struct iona have "been given that lantern slides and enlargements be made only from the better negatives of the two ri-en, and no enlargement will be male from the central portion of the negative '/There there are t^;70 worr.en. Yours truly, EAST^:A:: kodak COIIPAKY of NFW JIiESEY. By^ a^^jti.a^A^.^"^^ EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, N.V. Apr. 10-1920 C. Kart ilerriam. WrBhington, D.C* Dear Sir:- We are enclosing nemorandiaa bill for $36.48 covering Order E-81717 for enlargements recently sent to us. The work is now being completed and it should be ready for shipment by the time your remittance reach- es us, so there will be no delay in shipping* J-L Yours very truly, EASTMAN KpD BYr OF NEW JERSEY w UJOO. J ^ ce_ ; (36^ - i"^^^ ^Ffb - /^7 ,] J / \ S'j/a-] Cj ■iirtriMnni— tiiigia . ri .;r.,i«t J .>.iL'..:uJX^;S4Ml^' "^JSiSI^^Sf CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES\C>v^ SAN FRANCISCO. ^ 4,€!i''f^etdCi?^ \c^, ^«4 O^A^uli /^ y^;-/^ ^Ji . o. -i^c^^ a^ii-R^ ^Lo^ ^^/-^^-xr^Uic^ -^ T^ ^ y <£/c^^ -^ ^^ui^^^ji^ ^4^^^ y/"^ '^^'^"^ r /2-C~~Q_ Oce,U Q^'^tirr^^ CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. SAN FRANCISCO. ll6V.^^e, ra9 Ny d««r Dr • K^rriaii Two paoicftf^c of Manzahlta ■•'fda haVo* arrlTOd havo no t' yot' had t'laa to put' tliota with fhttt ipe'aimf'ni' i but will soon do so I am now t^iniclng of tm'icine a w alKlng t^rlp t)>rough tho roglon that will Ino^udo both Bartlat^fand Highland Springs and ;$abK by way of CallstbgaV I havo boon Inquiring a "hd find tliat' It' ff can bodono without any difficulty I thlnK tlat' a survay o f al I th# Manzahlt'as through as aqoh o«LaKO County as It' Is posslbla for me to ooV • r In two waoKS will gliKo BH a boVt^r Idea of tho spoclos than oould ba galno'd by going to ono placo onl y • ^ 1 hats almost^ flnlsho'd t'l • dat^ralnat Ions of ny Slatra plant's and am astbnlshad at- tha naw things whloh I found tha'raV I Intand to publish the list' with dasorlpt'lons of naw spaclas. an d wTfet"**^"^ ^^^ ^®' your Kindly no t^oa of na In' your report' on Mt^ Shasta Indast* regards to your wife and the ohlldre ^^^ .QJL^>U^ % CXSUr^u^ 'iLj^M.rts^ , CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SAN FRANCISCO. Au?.. 1, 19C1. My Hear Dr. ^'errlair:- Your ''Ind In^'^itation , recel^^ed this iiornln n-ave me ^reat oleasure : though It also ?ave rre a oan^ or sorrow: ^or I will not ^^ able to accept. I am ^oln^^ to tt>e ^eetln- of the \T)erlcan As in Denver and can afford neither the time nor the money for any other tritj It is a -reat onoortunity which I am missing and I fully realise it;but I ha^^e promised to be resent at that meeting an'^ have also Promised a paner vhlch is as yet untouched, so that you see It is not possible. I f*ear that I am R-oIn^ to miss you all in consequence and that Is still a --reate grief . Our trip vas a ^reat success In spite of much trouble vlth the horses.| ^'e were too early for the flora of the higher slopes^but almost e'^erythi grew at the lover ones and f ^ot a lot of interesting^ plants. I ha^^e had time only for the shrubs and trees. I ha e "ritten an account o^ our trip for the -lerra Club -ulletin and ha'^^e made out the list of trees and shrubs vlth localit^Ies. -e ^ot some fine pictures and I ha^^e a -^ood one of the ee in?' soruce. It seems to me that the sS^uee ud the^e is not the Shasta Fir but Abies nobills. "e rot cones from tvo trees and both were the same. Did you ^et ^ood cones of the Shasta fir? If so, I -^111 add It to the list. There ere very fev trees fruiting this ^ear and I think that the only two that vere at all cllmbable and had cones were the t| two frorr which the cones /ere o'rtained. It is the roughest, vl Idest , and most picturesque country that I was ever In and I lon;^ to f-o aq:aln. '.'e had to or^' li^'e slaves for we tried to make the most of our time. I was cook and dishwasher as well as bot^ anist. I also helped take care of the animals "hi le t% men hunted for th trail, "^ou will see the account if the Club will -rint it , so I will vrite no more, hooin^ to see you ^efore vou return to vashin-tv^^e^ ^JJ^^j^ -^^^^-Q^L ^ Ais / --Xa-a-X^ ^, r.-^OtS. My dear Dr. Merrlam;- You see I have waited to acknowledge those maps and now have three things to write about and will make one letter do tb the work of three, I kept one map, and gave the others away to the most appreciative recipients in you name. I ihank you in their behalf and ijfiy own. The next thing that I wanted to write about was you fine article in Science. I began to read it without noticing the name of the author and turned over the page still without being aware. However, I had not gene far when I exclaimed to myself," This is sp*endid, I wonder who w wrote it^' To my great pleasure I found tha-iyou were the author and then read it with renewed interests /hile I think thtt De ries has rearisoned from premises that are not broad enough and has been disposed to give too much importance to his conclusions, I know that he is right in imputing some species to swhlB sudden creations. I have seen .many instances of it among great groups A of annuals here in California that I had come to believe in it long before I had ever heard of De Vries. There are certain genera in California that are certainly in transition and t he species are developing continually. This is especially true of Orthocarpus, Eschscholtzia, ^latystemon, Pent- stemon, Nemophila , Phacelia, and others I want to thank you for the pictures which came today, v^ours is much better than mine but the subject is a better one. I do not like the way WJ dress hanfes. It makes me look like a Chinese woman with trousers on. Please don't show it around. t^ p^<^^, CVu>^^»-^^2t^ %k.uU^ ^ ^ j— ^ cZ/c (^X^LhJi / c^^ /. c^tof*^ ^ • -^^^Ce^lyi^ ^^-eJ) ,ylA^U-^i'£<,^^ / ^ 2t^ -^a^ r^.<-^„^ -^^VJL Q xT^*-^^^ dX^J^^-^/^^ f ^ru.*^-W^c::==^ <^^Ljl>j^ ^' ^ (^^--^ • ^i^^ ^xcok n.^^ / ''-?^(L. 0^-^>v.c5f ^^ ,.^.....^:^ <=-^-/ ^o— .^y /€S2J^^ a.^ert '.Jt^< ?^ 6 ^/Uji . ^-k c Q ^<^^>^^M--e^^ 4. ^-/L /^CJ>- /T' cj^:. "" ^ ('^' c^^2-^ e^xt^ 9^ Uu2yiitt. ,3^ £^-^/.^^^/A i>^ _^ <;J^>u-L^ ^.o^_Q^ ^^-«^^>6^^^ . 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C^C^l/yC^ ^ C / ^Z^, jtiZjscyn.. Qa . ''2^^-^-eyi^i^c d/ t^ J^ Ji^<^t^ ^zX^iA^- CU- ^tY c^- ! ^ O^^xCx^ ^^f-t.-^-^^ ^^ "Ua/^ .^i--^^- ^. L ^irt/) f? C-Ca/xyi ^' "Jt^.^^ 0^ .'?/' / -M ^ 'k.^^d ^^ ^ .^i^c^-'-^ t-^'t'^i^*^..^ y< -Ttf <^-t / <^ H / ^^p .4^ / / 7 y / ^ / ^ ^w C.i CUc-^-t^ /- ^^r^ «^ ^^ ><^ r/. t<^'^^f^ j iX-1-<^ t-t- ^ ^ 1^ '-^i \ ^ .^. z^ ■4 / .^lA'-^-€-^€^ -e/ -». ^ /- ? ' ' /- *■ -^ 4 -C X y- ^ ^ 1 /) ^ -^ ^/l^^-^ r^^^iP-v^u^ ^P^ -♦ > c V^-v* /^ ,^^ y '-f -e-^-r f /* ^ ^ "^ /■ / .^ <:^^ -A /• ^ J' ^/ / ■* r / ^ %^ / /^ /^ / / ' ■? y V I / r A /.. ^/^^^; I ^ ■ -^ / a-u-^^^ CC.^c{\ ^>CH^>*jP\ f ^< A ■D t^i-^-^ \ /^r-^-'-A^x,/' ^t^-^' V^ ^\^ nejeytk^ A ^'^ (^^-«^<^ ^< <£-^jC<2, -^-^ /- /L> (2./^-. C^ / # ^ 4 ^V -y ^. r-? -< -^ ^f2p t^^cc^ ^2^^Ci.^rtnr^ I K ^^ '-N ,-- / / / \^: W. H. CROCKER. Preudent Board of TniMcM W. W. SARGEANT. Secretary Board of Trutteea California Academy of Sciences GOLDEN GATE PARK C. E. GRUNSKY. Presideot of the Acai , ^ BARTON WARREN EVERM>i^N • /^ Director of the Museum \ , ^/q SAN FRANCISCO. CAL }ttrz^ / ^f"^/ 7^ ^T'U.e^y^u p^^ ,^i^4 %^^uJ^^^^7EB ,ptyUi/, Ate'2-*<- /^ CSstc^ j^rtM ^.^^a^ ^ cc/ ^ 4i9^^^^^y ^^se^ c^^ ^ ^ \ /Ui^ /Pt'^^A W. B. CROCKER, Preaideot Board of TruaUM W. W. SARGEANT. Secretary Board of Tnuteaa Caufornia Academy of Sciences C. E. GRUNSKY. Preaideot ol the Academy BARTON VAKREN EVERMANN Director of ibe Museum GOLDEN GATE PARK '^ f SA N FRANCISCO. CAL (^^''^'V^^-^^ ^' J r ^^ ^^ '^^ ^iMu cCcM- ^^ T^C^^yu^^c^^ ' ^ /4^w^ ci:,.^^ ^ -^^^e><^^ .S'S? £t0 ^'a6<:<^ W. H. CROCKER. Preaident Board of Tru»t«e« W. W. SARGEANT, SecreUry Board of Trustee* Caufornia Academy of Sciemces C. E. GRUNSKY. Preudaot ut tlie Academy BARTON WARREN EVERMANN Director of lh<> Muscnoi OOLDKV OATE PARK N FHANCiaCO, CAt y^^^^^^^^^^ ^ /" ^^ '1AJ^\ fj(~ W. U. CROCKER. Preaident Board of Tnutees W. W. SARGEANT. SecreUiy Board of Tnuteas California Academy of Sciences C. £. GRUNSKY. Preaident ut the AcadMny BARTON WAHREN EVERMANN Director of the Moseam GOLDKN GATE PARK SAN FwANCiaco, Cau f^^X^ ' ^\. ?^ / ^r ^C. ^y at^^t/^ '0^ . (^}^i0^yi-t^'^^^ /_ 4X (Ha^ WM. H. CBOCKEK, President Board ot TnuteM W. W. SABQEANT. SecreUry Board of TnisteM California Academy of Sciences GOLDEN GATE PARK C. E. OBUNSKT. President of the Academy BAATON WAKREN EYERldANN Director of the Museum Sak FtANCisco. Calipmnia. (y^"^*^^^^ Z' WfcL H. CROCK EE. President Board of TnisteM W. W. SABGEANT. Secretary Board of TnutflM California Academy of Sciences GOLDEN gate PARK ^ 4^ *>" t San Francisco. Califoknia, ^fc^fii/? o^v (^^t<^^>/i.\nENrE '^^'i Z^> ^ -^^ ^'^^^^^^ ^^ ^ f ^ PO /H¥f OUa '^'^ /f/f /it^'-^ ^^fft'^'^ptAA^^^r^ »;-'^#^'- **0D littlr place lulicrc frtrnhd hull cumc (LUc tau^lcb luurlb to flee; ^rabe little itctofe (uliere peace twill bihe ^txh hospitality." WM. H. CBOCKEa. President Board of TnutMS W. W. SABGEANT, HMTetary Itoard of Trusteea California Academy of Sciences GOLDEN GATE PARK C. B. OBUNSKT. President of the Ac^fc^my ^ Y BARTON WABRBN EVERllANN Director of the Museum Sam Fiancisco. Calipoinia. ^i^;^^^ ^. {^^CeS^U'^ f/-(yU>C^ <=^ ^M^ ^ £^ a ^^^, WM. H. CROCKER. President Board of TnuUcs W. W. 8ABGEANT. Secretary Board of TnutoM California Academy of Sciences golden gate park C. E. ORUN8KT. President of the Academjr BARTON WARREN EVERMANN IMrector of the Muaeum San Fkancisgo, California. /^/;j ^^-^3 ti^^ (^' ^^fije^i/iJ^.'usy^. r)^ If "^ d WM. EL CnOCKEB. Pnaident Board of Tniifw W. W. 8ABOEANT, a»craUry Board of TrustoM California Academy of Sciences GOLDEN GATE PARK C. E. ORUN8KT. Preaident of the Academy BABTON WABREN EVERMANN EMrector of the Museum San Fiancuco. Calitoinia. ^ e^'^, /^^ y /)^ c&zpc^ 0^^ ^^ftJ^^i^Upt.*^^^ ^^&fi^^ (2iC^^ &f' ^U f^^ /^W^**^^ t"^ {^ 'hrTT'<^^^C^^Z'J^^ <^t^r^ {/^rflt O^^^^^ieJ^ /^^ jf^2^iJ^<^^^6^^^ . ^Zlu^ ^ ayr s» ct>L6e/l 60^. <^^^i<^«^t^<>v ^ n<.^>c^r y-^^^ ^t^^ ^ 'H ^/ f% (j^^iM '^ccut • ^ Siiiju.^,^jc^sL^ f, ^ ? ^ r^jz.f' Vrnrif prrsrntrb to ttie Cftar&rii of ^iiakraprarr'a yiotorr*, tit O&albrii 0&.it» |3ark. b\i tl}t Califurnia Votaniral (Ciub, ill l\onor of ^Itrr ■Ea»ttaoob. tiir urigiiiatpr d( tl]r <6arbrit "Cl^erc IB a mystic borbcrlanb tliat lies Just past tl|c limit of our toork-bay toorlb, ^i\b it is ppopleb toitl] fricubs twc met Anb lolich a ^rar, a moutl], a faieek or bay, ^i\h partr^ from foitli arising l]earts, yet knofo ^t|at tbrougli i\]v bistaurc foe must losp tl]e l]oIb (Df l|aub tuitli haub, aub only clasp tl]e tl]reab of memory. **^ut still so close foe feel tl^is lanb, ^o sure hie are tl|at these same l]earts are true, d]at inl|en in Inaking breams tl^ere comes a call d|at sets tl]e tl^reab of memory aglofo, 3ffie knofo tl]at just by stretcliing out tl]e l]anb 3n Written foorb of lotie, or book, or floloer, Cl^e foaiting l]anb twill clasp our otun once more, Across tl]e silence, in tl]e same olb htay." — iHrs. ^roltining. cQiiJLK^. ^'^^9 Vriirli prr«rntrb to th» (lj>Ilr^rll of J!»l{atir»)irarr'e JFloivtru. ill O&olbrn ifnite |Jarl<, by tl^r Califuriiin Vutniiiral (Tlub, in tioiipr of JKIirr 'Cnstlnoob. tt;r iiri«iiuator of tlir OMir&rn "dirrc 19 a mystic borberlanb tl|at Urs Just past tlic limit nf our foork-ba^ tiiorlh, Anh it is peoplch lititli fricubs tnc met JKiib lubeb a yrar, a month, a hifrk or bay, i^ ^>HW' ^fU;^K£ta^ Mi^OL, ^^^ii^Jc.i.iaV'^i' ^C4»^ WM. H. CSOCKES, Pnddent Board of Tniatact SUSIE U. PEERS, J, 8*^tar7 Board of TnuftMt California Academy of Sciences GOLDBN GATE PAKE TujcpBOinc BAtvsw 5100 C. E. GRUNSKY, Pnaldent of tha Academy BAKTON WARREN EVERMANN, Director of tha Moaaaa and of tha Steinbart Aqaariaa San Francisco ^y "^M^ (^^(^^^ ^ • ^y'^tc^y>a^i>eA^ y CjPt^yi^^ ^:>i<^ ^T^ty^iAT- p^ €^^ ^:^^cf>g^i^ 9n>z^^ i ''-^ jp<> ^ PUL ^T^C'O^r^ ^Cid^ WM. H. CBOCKSB, PrMldaot BoArd of Tnutow BUSED If. PBEB8, SmtcUit Board of TriutoM California Academy of Sceencbs C. B. GBUNSKT, BNQ. D. Prwident of the Academy and AetlBr Director of the MuMum sad of the Steinbart AqoAriam GOLDBN GATB PABK San Fbancuboo, California TsLSTHONK BAttiew 5100 Q^t^'i^^^v^ ^^ /f-J^^ cU/>u^ ^ • ^T'^'^^J^^^^*-**^ 4^ o^v-M{ fii^Hjpy ^(/^ n^j< »^^"^z^^^<-^ (X^^^ ^^^w- ^:%5^^^^ti^2^^^< y "Wv^M ctay^^ S-:*^. M*^ ^'^^ *^ ^*"^'^ ^Vw- ^,,,a,^>^^ ^w^ ^4.>.....*^-^^^^^-^"^ ''^3:!:g!c:^t;:^^g-»u^. WM. H. CBOCKEB, Prwidant Bo&rd of TrintiM BUBEB If. PEERS, BoArd of TniitoM California Academy of Sciences C. ■. QRUNSKT, ENQ. D. PiMidaat of th« Aeadany and Acttar DiTcetor of the MoMum mad of tho GOLDEN GATE PABK Sam Fmakciboo, Caufobmia Tmjotone BAttiew 6100 (yK/VcSH * ^ P^ - C f ^ ^ ^ yX^ A -^-^^ ^ai^e/ « ^ /il.^^-ui^ ^ O^t^r-yv— ^T^'UA/^tJSCAAA^ ^2V^ '^e^-^^t^ ^ pc-f^.^^^ .f^ ^^ California Academy of Sciences GOLDEN GATE PABK Sam Feamciboo, Caufoknia Telkphone BAttiew 5100 C. B. GBXJNSKT, ENG. D. Piwld«nt of th* Aeadrav m»* Actiiic DIrwtor of th« Muiwin •»* of the Stoiabart Aquariom (5^-^ • //, /-T^-^C. WM. H. CROCKER. Preaidrnt Hoard of Truftcva SUSIE M. PEERS. 8«cTetmry Roarit vt Truvtees California Academy of Sciences F. M. mac FARLAND. Proaidcat of the Acadcnjr asd Actinia Ofraetor of the Muacnin and of Um fliainhart A^uartma GOLDEN GATE PARK San Framcisoo. Caufornia Th^bphone BAyvikw 5100 ^t ./^, /^3^ ^}P^ a^^ ^, cn^ 9^- ,0^ ^i^n^u^c^^Y^^-^ ^ <2/Vu*<-^^^ (£2-/^ ^^ V (ytAP^^iscL f-^^ ^k 7^$hu\ .^yJ^^^^^^ifTy*^^^ /^/^^ 1^ is-t^ti^^ ^ ^ -'^ J)AyL 9' .^f/H^ <^v€iAJ^ al^.y^y^^ ^'C^A..^^ <::::::<_ -t't^^^ l-CA. '^-t. ^:i^ /^ j^Lii^^'6ev^^^l .^ ,^;.^::i^ ^:^^<,^ ^i!!Ce> ^7^t ^t:^ f<^ 2:^^ Z^^^;^ .^=«^.<->^ ^.oN^V" r6" 7 ^^^{^ n.^iX<<,Cc^ ^^f^r^ ^ -r <==< X/^t5>-«^ ^^^ ^*'-^=^^^^4te^\ '^Cc^i^r^ A> ■.'f ■\,^^2< ^^^-^ \Z^ 4::^^^'<-^^^ ^V^^SS-jyy '^Ai^i-^ '^--f-'^ ^1 aj2pu...Jtji.^ ^i!^2^cjcy €loL^ *d^*4^ >^^C2.< ^ /tji^ *-'A-H^a^ ^at. CJl^ / 61S IG i2-20UM yadi of xOu) THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY TELEGRAM The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and condittons printed on the back of this blank Received at Lagunltas S«pt, 18 (WHBRB ANY REPLY SHOULD San FranclBOo Sept. 12 Dr. C. Hart Iferriam, «^ Lagiinitas ^al. 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