Description
This collection consists largely of Correspondence to and from George A. Clark and David Starr Jordan. There are also a number
of articles (manuscript, typescript and printed) by G. A. Clark and others on the fur seal controversy. Also included are
four notebooks on seals and photographs of seals and seal islands. The bulk of the collection dates from 1892 to 1918; there
is one added item dated 1969.
Background
George A. Clark, born in Eden Prairie, Minnesota in 1864, graduated from the University of Minnesota and served as Academic
Secretary of Stanford University from 1891-1918. He was Secretary of the Bering Sea Fur Seal Commission (1896-1898) and was
involved in the special investigation of seal herds for the Bureau of Fisheries in 1909 and 1912. He died 27 April 1918.
Restrictions
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.