Correspondence Business and personal [1905] | Business and personal [1906] | Business and personal [1907] | Business and personal [1908] | Business and personal [1909] | Business and personal [1910] | Business and personal [1911] | Business and personal [1912] | Business and personal [1913] | Business and personal [1914] | Business and personal [1915] | Business and personal [1916] | Business and personal [1917] | Business and personal [1918] | Business and personal [1919] | Business and personal [1920] | Business and personal [1921] , 1905-1921

File — Box: 16, Folder: 5-21

Identifier: IV

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This correspondence records the beginning of Douglass's employment by Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was also a period of considerable writing by Douglass. His publications and papers were widely circulated and commented on through correspondence to him. There is correspondence from the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Geological Survey, the Museum of Natural History, etc., which were interested in Douglass's findings and in paleontology generally. In 1917 there is correspondence relating to the shipment of fossils from the dinosaur quarry in Jensen, Utah. Douglass taught an extension course for the University of Utah at the quarry in Jensen in 1917. Nineteen students were enrolled. Fd 20 contains a report written in 1920 by Douglass to Douglas Stewart, director of Carnegie Museum, which gives a detailed description of the quarry and the progress of the diggings. He wrote, "We have now by far the largest and best collection of middle mesozoic dinosaurs in the world."

Dates

1905-1921

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.