Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Edgar Alexander Mearns papers, 1864-1918 |
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Span Dates | 1864-1918 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1876-1916) |
ID No. | MSS32490 |
Creator | Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 |
Extent | 5,850 items ; 18 containers plus 3 oversize ; 8.4 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Naturalist and U.S. Army surgeon. Correspondence, reports, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material chiefly relating to Mearns's activities as a collector of data on animal and plant life, on his participation in the Smithsonian African Expedition of 1909, and his duties and assignments as an army surgeon. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012101 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78032490 |