Scope and Contents Douglass's correspondence took on a more professional tone as he began to have contact with paleontologist S. A. Miller, Cincinnati, Ohio, who wrote on 26 April "Three species of crinoids you sent me are new. The drawings are made and descriptions are written. Two species bear your name and they will appear in Bulletin No. 10 of the Illinois Survey . . . . printed in June or July." Other letters from Miller and geologists and botanists are included. Luther Foster, a friend from...

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Douglass was paid $87.50 per month to teach in Virginia City, Montana, as reported in a letter of acceptance by the Board of Education to Douglass 21 June. Correspondence with the United States Geological Survey accepted Douglass's fossils from Yellowstone National Park and encouraged more contact with them.

Scope and Contents Letters from September to December from M. J. Elrod, Department of Biology, University of Montana, Missoula, accepting specimens which Douglass collected. Elrod expressed gratitude for the fossils and assured Douglass of their interest in his work.19 October--Fred D. Smith, Chemistry and Geology Department, University of Montana, wrote that the university would accept his offer to deposit the fossils he was collecting. In return the university would have the fossils packed...

Scope and Contents 13 February--Princeton University wrote Douglass offering him a scholarship of $100 on his tuition of $150. They could not promise him employment, though further aid might be available after he arrived.Douglass was in the field all summer.6 July--Elrod proposed that Douglass work part time at the University of Montana on the collection, and part time to support himself. He thought the university might be able to find money for this...

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16 September--Douglass sent his letter of resignation to the University of Montana after he accepted a Fellowship at Princeton University. The position at the University of Montana ended under unhappy circumstances connected with money and the fossils collected in the summer of 1900.

Scope and Contents Letters from Douglass's good friend M. J. Elrod and others from the University of Montana, from contacts in Montana in connection with his fossil hunting, and from friends. Much of the correspondence is from Oscar J. Craig, president of the University of Montana, relating to fossils Douglass collected in the summer of 1900 which caused considerable controversy. However, Craig expressed the hope Douglass would still be able to obtain a position at the University of...

Scope and Contents 8 February--Oscar J. Craig, president of the University of Montana, wrote of a planned expedition for June and asked Douglass, "What inducement will it be necessary to offer in order to secure your services for the expedition?"18 February--The first correspondence with Carnegie Museum. J. B. Hatcher, curator, questioned one of Douglass's theories. 21 February--Craig wrote he had reconsidered and would be using university staff because of finances and would...