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001 ocm86118190
003 OCoLC
005 20120508111248.0
008 921007i17981972cau a eng d
040 $aCUY$cCUY$dOCLCG$dOCLCA
035 $a(OCoLC)86118190
100 1 $aMerriam, C. Hart$q(Clinton Hart),$d1855-1942.
245 10 $aC. Hart Merriam papers :$bincluding correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey,$f1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942).
300 $3Originals :$a52 boxes, 24 cartons, 33 volumes, 1 oversize folder.
300 $3Copies :$a216 microfilm reels.
351 $aSeries 1: Correspondence, 1865-1942. Series 2: Writings, 1872-1942. Series 3: Expeditions and surveys, 1832-1936 (bulk 1872-1936). Series 4: Subject files, ca. 1798-1941. Series 5: Personal and financial papers; family correspondence and papers, 1856-1972.
500 $aIncluded in: History of Science and Technology Collection.
520 $aCorrespondence, letterpress copybooks, manuscripts, notes, clippings, pamphlets, printed matter, scrapbooks, notebooks, certificates and financial papers documenting this naturalist's long and varied career. The papers cover a wide range of topics including natural history, zoology, ornithology, geography, geographic distribution, botany and wildlife conservation. The extensive correspondence files include prominent individuals from many of the fields noted above, including Merriam's sister Florence Bailey, Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Vernon Bailey, to name just a few. The papers document Dr. Merriam's long association with the United States Biological Survey and other surveys beginning with the Hayden Survey of the Rocky Mountain West in 1872 through the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. Also included are papers on his involvement, beginning in 1891, in the Bering Sea controversy over seal hunting. Among the subject files are a large group of files on bears of North America and files on geographical distribution and the development of Dr. Merriam's Life Zone Theory.
544 $aPhotographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.023).
544 $aStereoviews of Yellowstone, Utah, and the Snake River transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.078--STER).
544 $aStereoviews from the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.081--STER).
544 $aStereoviews of Indians and the Colorado River from the J.W. Powell survey transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.082--STER).
544 $aHetch Hetchy and Yosemite views transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.103--PIC).
544 $aRelated collections: C. Hart Merriam papers (BANC MSS 80/18 c); C. Hart Merriam collection of Native American photographs (BANC PIC 1978.008--PIC) ; Florence Merriam Bailey papers (BANC MSS 79/139 c and BANC MSS 82/46 z).
544 $aLantern slides transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1979.086).
544 $aC. Hart Merriam papers, including personal journals from 1873-1938;$eAlso located at:$aLibrary of Congress Manuscript Division.
545 $aNaturalist and founder of the U.S. Biological Survey (1885-1910). Studied California Indians, recording their languages (ca. 1898-1938).
555 $aFinding aid available in Library. Electronic version available on the Internet.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDivision of Ornithology and Mammalogy.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDivision of Biological Survey.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bBiological Survey.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bBureau of Biological Survey.
610 20 $aGeological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
611 20 $aHarriman Alaska Expedition$d(1899)
650 0 $aBering Sea controversy.
650 0 $aBears$zUnited States.
650 0 $aBiogeography$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNatural history$zUnited States.
650 0 $aOrnithology$zUnited States.
650 0 $aBotany$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLife zones$zNorth America.
650 0 $aWildlife conservation$zUnited States.
655 7 $aLetterpress copybooks.$2aat
655 7 $aManuscripts for publication.$2aat
655 7 $aNotes.$2aat
655 7 $aClippings.$2rbgenr
655 7 $aScrapbooks.$2rbgenr
655 7 $aNotebooks.$2rbgenr
700 1 $aBailey, Florence Merriam,$d1863-1948.
700 1 $aBailey, Vernon,$d1864-1942.
700 1 $aMuir, John,$d1838-1914.$4crp
700 1 $aRoosevelt, Theodore,$d1858-1919.$4crp
710 2 $aOnline Archive of California.
730 0 $aHistory of science and technology collection.
856 42 $3Finding aid:$uhttp://www.oac.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/oac/berkeley/bancroft/merria83
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 0 OTHER HOLDINGS