Finding Aid to the Anthony Wayne Vogdes Collection LA.1994.0411
Finding aid prepared by Katherine Kolthoff
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
2016-05-02; revised 2019-05-08
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
library@sdnhm.org
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
Title: Anthony Wayne Vogdes Collection
Creator:
Vogdes, Anthony Wayne, 1843-1923
Identifier/Call Number: LA.1994.0411
Physical Description:
11.5 Linear Feet
The collection consists of 11.5 boxes of printed material and realia (rolls, prints, and an album) relating to Vogdes' collections
and interests in geology, paleontology, and bookbinding.
Date (inclusive): 1865-1923
Language of Material: English
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Anthony Wayne Vogdes Collection (Archives collection LA 1994.0411). Research Library, San Diego
Natural History Museum.
Related Materials
Vogdes Family Papers, 1832-1923. U.S. Military Academy Library at West Point, Highlands, NY 10996.
Letter : Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, to James Hall, Albany, N.Y., 1889 Apr. 14. (Anthony Wayne Vogdes). Special Collections
Research Center, The University of Chicago Library, 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637.
Scope and Contents
The Anthony Wayne Vogdes Collection consists of printed material and realia related to Vogdes's research in geology and paleontology
and his tenure as a research associate with and president of the San Diego Society of Natural History (1904-1920). It contains
correspondence, notes, survey documents, papers, and notebooks. In addition, the collection contains a roll of handwritten
notes, an album, prints, and portraits.
Biographical / Historical
General Anthony Wayne Vogdes (1843-1923) was a U.S. army officer and self-taught geologist and paleontologist. A descendant
of Revolutionary War General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, Vogdes was born on April 23, 1843 at West Point, New York. His father, General
Israel Vogdes, was a professor of mathematics at the Military Academy; his mother, Georgiana Welch Berard, was the daughter
of the Academy's professor of French. Vogdes served in the American Civil War, receiving his commission as Second Lieutenant
in the 100th New York Infantry. He participated in the seige of Fort Sumter in 1861, served with the First U.S. Artillery,
and was present at the Confederate surrender at Appomattox in 1865. At the end of the war, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant
of the 4th U.S. Infantry. He married Ada Adelaide Adams in December 1867 in New York and continued his service, first at Fort
Laramie and Fort Fetterman, Wyoming and later in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War (1898). Vogdes retired from the
U.S. Army as a brigadier general in 1904. He served as president of the San Diego Society of Natural History from 1904 to
1923; with Frank Stephens, he established the Society's scientific publications series, the Transactions. He was a fellow
of the American Geological Society and a member of the New York, Phildadelphia, Chicago, and California Academies of Science.
Vogdes died on February 8, 1923 in San Diego. The Vogdes trilobite collection is a small collection of fossils, but diverse
in terms of global coverage. His 40,000-volume scientific library is divided between the San Diego Natural History Museum
Research Library and the Huntington Library.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Contact the Research Library Director, San Diego Natural History Museum.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may be reserved. Consult the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Director for more information.
Processing Information
This is an in-process collection in the archives of the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library; not all of the
contents of this collection have been fully arranged and described.
Box lists prepared by Anne Bullard (April 1994); photographs and miscellaneous inventory prepared by Bridgette Byrd (December
1998). Correspondence inventory prepared by Katherine Kolthoff (May 2019).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Geology
Paleontology
Trilobites -- Collectors and collecting -- United States
Natural history museum directors
Manuscripts
Bookbinding
Vogdes, Ada Adams, (Ada Adelaide), 1842-1919
Series I - Correspondence and personal papers
Box 370, Folder 1
Correspondence - Family
1865-1884
Scope and Contents
One file of Adams family correspondence including letters of Ada Adams Vogdes, Dr. Samuel Adams, and Henry Hawkes. The Hawkes
letter includes an account of an 1875 Osage Indian wedding. Includes two letters of Lucy Audubon, an Adams acquaintance and
the widow of John James Audubon.
- Adams, Ada Adelaide (Vogdes, Ada Adelaide Adams 1842-1919)
- Adams, Samuel, c. 1839-1967
- Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell, 1788-1874
- Hawkes, Henry F.
Box 370, Folder 2-7
Correspondence - Alphabetical
1873-1923
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to A.W. Vogdes, alphabetized by sender. Seven files. Includes letters found loose within his books. Does not
include familial correspondence.
Box 370, Folder 2
Vogdes Correspondence: A-D
1877-1922
Scope and Contents
Correspondence alphabetized by sender.
Surnames A - D
- Aldrich, T.H. (Truman Heminway), 1848-1932
- Ami, Henry M. (Henry Marc), 1858-1931
- Ashley, Geo. H. (George Hall), 1866-1951
- Aubury, Lewis E.
- Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell, 1788-1874
- Bainbridge, E.C.
- Barrett, Edward
- Bassler, Ray S. (Ray Smith), 1878-1961
- Björck & Börjesson (booksellers)
- Blake, William P. (William Phipps), 1826-1910
- Bownocker, J.A. (John Adams), 1865-1928
- Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
- Britnell, Albert
- Britnell, John
- Broadhead, Garland C. (Garland Carr), 1827-1912
- Calvin, S. (Samuel), 1840-1911
- Casey, T.L. (Thomas Lincoln), 1831-1896
- Chapman, Frederick, 1864-1943
- Clark, William Bullock, 1860-1917
- Clarke, John Mason, 1857-1925
- Clayton, James A. (James Atkins), 1831-1896
- Cox, E.T. (Edward Travers), 1821-1907
- Cragin, Francis Whittemore, 1858-1937
- Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
- Dana, Edward Salisbury, 1849-1935
- Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
- Davis, Arthur Powell, 1861-1933
- Delgado, J.F. N. (Joaquim Filippe Nery), 1835-1908
- DeWolf, F.W. (Frank Walbridge), 1881-1957
- Dunbar, Carl O. (Carl Owen), 1891-1979
Box 370, Folder 3
Vogdes Correspondence: E-H
1873-1921
Scope and Contents
Correspondence alphabetized by sender.
Surnames E - H
- Egan, W.C. (William Constantine), 1841-1930
- Etheridge, Robert, Junior, 1846-1920
- Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman), 1860-
- Fellmer, E.A.
- Finkelnburg, W.A.
- Fontaine, William Morris, 1835-1913
- Ford, S.W. (Silas Watson), 1848-1895
- Friedländer, R. & Sohn (booksellers)
- Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen, 1854-1931
- Gerhard, William J.
- Girty, George Herbert, 1869-1939
- Grönwall, Karl Anders Axel, 1869-1944
- Gurley, Wm. F.E. (William Frank Eugene Reed), 1854-
- Hall, James, 1811-1898
- Hall, Newton Marshall, 1865-1926
- Hannibal, Harold
- Harper, J.R.
- Haworth, Erasmus, 1855-1932
- Hay, Robert, 1835-1895
- Hayden, F.V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887
- Heilprin, Angelo, 1853-1907
- Herrick, C.L. (Clarence Luther), 1858-1904
- Hicks, L.E. (Lewis Ezra), 1839-1921
- Hill, Robert Thomas, 1858-1941
- Hitchcock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1836-1919
- Hoeing, J.B. (Joseph Bernard), 1855-1941
- Hoffmann, G. Christian (George Christian), 1837-1917
- Holmes Co. (bookseller)
- How, Henry
- Hurlbut, W.B.
Box 370, Folder 4
Vogdes Correspondence: I-L
1875-1916
Scope and Contents
Correspondence alphabetized by sender.
Surnames I - L
- Irving, Roland Duer, 1847-1888
- Jackson, Robert Tracy, 1861-1948
- Jahn, J.J. (envelope only)
- Jamison, C.E.
- Kemp, James Furman, 1859-1926
- Kümmel, Henry Barnard, 1867-1945
- Landes, Henry, 1867-1936
- Lawson, Andrew C. (Andrew Cowper), 1861-1952
- Lesley, J.P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903
- Lesquereux, Léo, 1806-1889
- Levette, G.M. (Gilbert M.)
- Lindahl, Josua, 1844-1912
- Lindström, Gustaf, 1829-1901
- Lowe, E.N. (Ephraim Noble), 1864-1933
Box 370, Folder 5
Vogdes Correspondence: M-S
1884-1923
Scope and Contents
Correspondence alphabetized by sender.
Surnames M - S
- Malcolm, Wyatt, 1860-
- Marcou, Jules, 1824-1898
- Martin, D.S.
- Mathews, Edward Bennett, 1869-1944
- Matthew, G.F. (George Frederick), 1837-1923
- Mayer, W.
- Merivale, Herman, 1806-1874
- Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929
- Mitchell, John, 1848–1928
- Mitchell, N.H.
- Moelling, Edith
- Moore, Clarence B. (Clarence Bloomfield), 1852-1936
- Mulligan, J.H.
- Murray, David, 1842-1928
- Neuman, John C.
- O'Harra, Cleophas C. (Cleophas Cisney), 1866-1935
- Orton, Edward, 1829-1899
- Packard, A.S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905
- Perkins, F.B.
- Peter, Robert
- Phillips, W.B. (William Battle), 1857-1918
- Pohlman, Julius, 1848-
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
- Rathbun, Richard, 1852-1918
- Raymond, Percy E. (Percy Edward), 1879-1952
- Reece, J.A.
- Resser, Charles Elmer, 1889-1943
- Rhoads, Samuel N. (Samuel Nicholson), 1862-1952
- Richter, Rudolf, 1881-1957
- Ruedemann, Rudolf, 1864-1956
- Sahlström, K.E., 1884-1964
- Schuchert, Charles, 1858-1942
- Sellards, E.H. (Elias Howard), 1875-1961
- Simmonds, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1819-1896
- Skinner, John, 1851-1925
- Smith, Eugene Allen, 1841-1927
- Smith, James Perrin, 1864-1931
- Snelling, Payot, Upham & Company (booksellers)
- Spencer, J.W. (Joseph William), 1851-1921
- Stoddart, F. Wallis (Frederick Wallis), 1859-1916
- Straelen, Victor Émile van, 1889-1964
Box 370, Folder 6
Vogdes Correspondence: T-Z
1886-1920
Scope and Contents
Correspondence alphabetized by sender.
Surnames T - Z
- Thomas, Ivor, 1877-1918
- Tillinghast, Caleb Benjamin, 1843-1909
- Törnqvist, Sv. Leonh. (Sven Leonhard), 1840-1920
- Todd, J.E. (James Edward), 1846-1922
- Udden, Johan August, 1859-1932
- Van Deloo, Jacob
- Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
- Weg, Max (bookseller)
- Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905
- White, C.A.
- Whitfield, R.P. (Robert Parr), 1828-1910
- Whitney, J.D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896
- Wiman, Carl, 1867-1944
- Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891
- Winchell, N.H. (Newton Horace), 1839-1914
- Yeates, W.S.
Box 370, Folder 7
Vogdes Correspondence: Senders unidentified
1879-1895
Scope and Contents
Three letters to Vogdes; senders signatures are illegible.
Box 370, Folder 8
Photographs
Scope and Contents
Photos of Vogdes and family. Includes original marriage certificate of Vogdes and Ada Adams (1867), and news clipping of wedding
between Vogdes's brother Charles Bayard Vogdes and Harriet "Hallie" Hawks [sic] (1886). The photographs have been digitized.
A. W. Vogdes photographs (digitized)
- AWV-005: Anthony Wayne Vogdes and Ada Adelaide Adams, Bride and Groom, 1867; tintype, 5.25 x 8.5 in.
- AWV-006: A. W. Vogdes outside his home, San Diego; 3.5 x 4 in.
- AWV-007: A. W. Vogdes, seated outside with books; 4 x 5 in.
- AWV-008: General A. W. Vogdes, portrait; cardstock; 3.5 x 4.75 in.
- AWV-009: A. W. Vogdes in his attic study, San Diego; 5 x 7 in.
- AWV-010: A. W. Vogdes, portrait; tintype; 2.5 x 3.5 in.
- AWV-011: A. W. Vogdes, frontispiece portrait; page 7.5 x 12 in.
- AWV-012: Ada Adelaide Vogdes; cardstock 4 x 6.5 in.
- AWV-013: View of Alcatraz (military post), 4 x 6 in.; verso: photo of Blanche Vogdes as a small child.
- AWV-014: Blanche B. Vogdes (A. W.'s niece), as a small child in a baby carriage (later Mrs. Stewart C. Kendall), 4 x 5.5 in.;
verso View of Alcatraz (military post).
- AWV-015: Ada Adelaide Adams Vogdes; 2.5 x 4.25 in.
- AWV-016: General A. W. Vogdes, Mrs. Ada A. Vogdes, and other military families; stereo view, 3.5 x 7 in. (Photographer: W.
H. Jackson, U.S. Survey of the Territories)
- AWV-017: Portrait of a man; subject not identified.
Box 370, Folder 9-10
News Clippings and ephemera
Scope and Contents
News clippings, pamphlets, and assorted material from Vogdes correspondence and books. Includes newspaper feature "Captain
Vodges [sic] Library on Geology,"
San Francisco Bulletin (11 January 1896).
Box 370, Folder 10
Ephemera
1878-1908
Scope and Contents
Various pamphlets from Vogdes files. Includes publication reprints on topics including silkworms and the Chicken Tick; includes
one copy of the San Diego Society of Natural History Charter, Constitution and By-laws (1878); includes program of memorial
service for Francis Huntington Snow (1908).
Box 371
Autographs
Scope and Contents
Autographs of naturalists, various fields; clipped from correspondence.
Correspondence signatures
- Anthony, A.W.
- Anthony, H.E.
- Batchelder, C.F.
- Benthram, Chas. E. (?)
- Blaisdell, F.E.
- Brewster, William
- Brown, W.W.
- Burnett, W.L.
- Clay, C.J.
- Cooke, Wells W.
- Dalgleish, John J.
- Dawson, W. Leon
- Dickey, D.R.
- Evermann, Barton W.
- Fisher, A.K.
- Grant, Ulysses S. 4th
- Grinnell, Fordyce, Jr.
- Grinnell, Hilda Wood
- Grinnell, J.
- Hardy, O.N. (?)
- Holland, W.J. (Director, Carnegie Inst)
- Howell, A.B.
- Kelsey, F.W.
- Law, J.E.
- Louderback, Geo. W.
- Mathew, Chas. K.
- Merriam, C. Hart
- Morcom, G. Frean
- Palmer, T.S.
- Parish, S.B.
- Pringle, C.G.
- Rathbun, R. (National Museum)
- Rothschild, N. Charles
- Shreve, Forrest
- Shufeldt, R.W.
- Stejneger, Leonhard
- Swarth, Harry S.
- Thompson, J.C.
- True, F.W.
- Warren, E.R. (?)
- Widmann, Otto
Series II - Research Materials
Box 370, Folder 11
Doctrina Cristiana de Antonio San Miguel
Scope and Contents
Small booklet, Roman Catholic catechism. Nineteenth century printing of Spanish language translation.
Box 370, Folder 12
Notes and Manuscripts
1858-1904
Scope and Contents
Writings found in Vogdes files, not correspondence. Includes transcriptions, papers, manuscripts, drafts, research material,
and bibliographies. Includes manuscript copy of
Darwinity (1878) by Herman C. Merivale. Mostly undated.
Box 371
Album (Bookbinding)
Physical Description: Mother of Pearl Album (binding in poor condition). Bookmaking.
Box 371
Notebooks and printed matter
Scope and Contents
Includes geology field notes and manuscripts. Includes reprint of Peach, B. N. "Scottish Paleontology during the last twenty
years" (1900); includes two plates, "Paleographic Map of Onondaga Time" and "Paleographic Map of Hamilton Time," from
American Geologist XXXII (1903).
Item Unboxed bundle
Research notes
Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet Handwritten notes in a roll. Possibly notes about paleontology. Paper is very brittle.