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Collection Summary

Collection Title:
Annie Montague Alexander papers 1904-1949

Collection Number:
BANC MSS C-B 1003

Creator :
Alexander, Annie Montague, 1867-1950

Extent:
Number of containers: 3 boxes and 2 volumes
Linear feet: 1.4

Repository:
The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Abstract:
Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of Annie Montague Alexander, concerning the establishment, work with and gifts to the Museum of Vertebrae Zoology (MVZ) at the University of California, Berkeley. The bulk of the letters are from Joseph Grinnell, the first Director of the MVZ. Other correspondents include Seth Bertram Benson, E. Raymond Hall and Alden H. Miller. Also includes scrapbooks containing photographs and copies of letters written by Alexander and her father, Samuel T. Alexander, while on safari in British East Africa (present-day Kenya) in 1904. Collection does not include correspondence with her companion Louise Kellogg. Papers concerning the establishment and work with the University of California Museum of Paleontology can be found at that museum.

Languages Represented:
Collection materials are in English

Physical Location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

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