Box 365, folder 1
Bancroft Egg Collection Papers
1940-1970
1940-1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, copies of legal documents and other materials between 1940-1970 regarding the agreement between Bancroft and
Harrison whereby Harrison would take possession and provide care for the Bancroft Egg Collection until and after Bancroft's
death.
Box 365, Folder 2
Bancroft Egg Collection, Transfer to WFVZ
1969-1971
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, and inventories regarding the Bancroft Egg Collection between 1969-1971, which document the negotiation
of its transfer to Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology. Correspondence is primarily to and from Joseph R. Jehl, curator
of Birds and Mammals at the San Diego Natural History Museum; Lloyd F. Kiff, of the Wester Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology;
and Ed N. Harrison. Also included are several inventories drawn up of the collection, including a liss of items requested
for return from WFVZ as part of a representative sample of the collection. One list includes handwritten notes on the inventory,
probably by Dr. Jehl.
Box 365, Folder 3
Bancroft Egg Collection Documents
1931-1976
1931-1951
Scope and Contents
Copies of correspondence, reports and meeting minutes collected from various sources by the business administrator of the
San Diego Natural History Museum and provided to an attorney with Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps. The papers pertain
to Bancroft's donation of the Egg Collection to the San Diego Natural History Museum, and the subsequent agreement between
Bancroft and Harrison that Harrison would take possession of the collection and make provisions for its care until and after
Bancroft's death. Includes copied correspondence to and from Clinton G. Abbott and J.W. Sefton, Jr., both directors of the
San Diego Natural History Museum; Griffing Bancroft; and Ed N. Harrison. Also includes copies of minutes of the Director's
meetings of the San Diego Natural History Museum between 1931-1951 pertaining to the board's deliberations and decisions about
the Bancroft Egg Collection.
Box 365, Folder 4
Inquiry Into Bancroft Egg Collection Transfer
1943-2004
2004
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and documents regarding the status of the 1969-1971 transfer of the Harrison Egg Collection to Western Foundation
of Vertebrate Zoology. Correspondence is predominantly from 2004 between Michael W. Hager, President of the San Diego Natural
History Museum; and Linnea S. Hall, Executive Director of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology. Copies of older correspondence
between 1943-1970 are also included, as well as copies of San Diego Natural History Museum Board of Directors' meeting minutes,
a copy of the original 1945 agreement between Bancroft and Harrison, and a statement written in 1976 by Mary H. Clark, a longtime
volunteer of the Natural History Museum, regarding her visit to WFVZ. Other materials include brochures about WFVZ, a brief
biography of Ed N. Harrison printed from WFVZ's website, and a photocopy of a memorial biography, "In Memoriam: Ed Newton
Harrison, 1914-2002" printed in the journal Auk in 2003.
Box 365, Folder 5
Undated Bird and Egg Collection Lists
n.d.
Scope and Contents
This file includes three inventories or lists of birds and eggs. A field check-list of birds of San Diego County, California,
compiled by J.R. Jehl, Jr. and R.G. McCaskie and published by the San Diego Natural History Museum after July, 1968 is included.
The checklist contains checkmarks and other inscriptions and is attached to a hand-written list of birds. A second list itemizes
specimens that should be returned to the museum by Harrison. Two other lists, displaying different information, are each titled
"Rough Inventory of Egg Collection." One is 11 pages and is inscribed "sent to Harrison." The other is 36 pages long and is
organized by display case numbers.
Box 365, Folder 6
Animal Specimen Catalogs
1883-1941
Scope and Contents
Catalogs and price lists of animal specimens, including mammals, bird eggs and bird skins, from North America and Manchuria.
Includes an 1883 catalog of birds' skins and eggs from the Natural History Store of Southwick and Jencks, Providence, Rhode
Island; an 1885 catalog of American Birds' Eggs for sale by F.T. Pember of New York; a 1913 price list of British birds' eggs
and skins sold by Charles Jefferys of Bath, Engliand; a 1905 Standard Catalogue of North American Birds' Eggs, inscribed with
L.M. Huey's name. The folder also contains an 1887 list of oologists and ornithologists of the United States and Canada, compiled
by Henry K. Coale. A checking list of North American birds used by A.C. Bent after 1883 is also included. Two catalogues are
accompanied by brief correspondence to Charles R. Orcutt, 1889, regarding potential purchases by Orcutt. Lists of mammals,
birds, bird eggs and other plant and mineral specimens from Manchuria include one from Compagnie Orientale Francaise, Ltd.,
1938; and four from Michael A. Weymarn between 1937-1940. The file also contains other undated catalogs and lists from North
America.
Box 365, Folder 7
A.M. Ingersoll Papers
1923-1935
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other materials of Albert M. Ingersoll between 1923-1935. Includes materials regarding his contribution
to "The Birds of California" publication, and correspondence pertaining to his election as a Patron of the San Diego Society
of Natural History.
Box 365, Folder 8
Correspondence Regarding Bancroft Egg Collection
1944-1951
Scope and Contents
Correspondence among Griffing Bancroft, Bancroft's attorneys, trustee Ed N. Harrison, and San Diego Society of Natural History
president Arthur F. Fischer.
Box 365, Folder 9
Bancroft Egg Collection Documents
1941-1970
Scope and Contents
Includes agreements and related correspondence regarding the disposition the Bancroft Egg Collection. Includes rough inventory,
list of requested subcollection. Correspondents include Griffing Bancroft, Clinton G. Abbott, Joseph Sefton, Jr., Ed N. Harrison,
and Joseph R. Jehl Jr.
Item Artifact Shelf, Drawer Shelf 5
Albert M. Ingersoll Portrait Plaque
After 1954
Physical Description: 1 ItemPortrait of Albert Mills Ingersoll (1857-1954).Colored photograph, 3 x 4 in., matted and framed for use as a display plaque.Typescript on mat describes his life and contributions
to the San Diego Natural History's bird egg collection.9.75 x 12.75 in.
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