Inventory to the Papers of Barton Warren Evermann at the California Academy of Sciences Library
Evermann (Barton Warren) PapersNote
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Series 1: Personal and Biographical Materials Bulk, 1877-1933 1877-1982 and undated
Correspondence and notes concerning the Evermann papers. circa 1960s-1970s
Bequest of Evermann's papers to the California Academy of Sciences. 1932
Biographical. 1932, 1981-1982, and undated
75th birthday materials. 1928-1929
Obituaries. 1932-1933
Letters of condolence upon death. 1932
Personal correspondence. 1894-1940
Family correspondence. 1893-1927 and undated
Sale of lots in Brookland, Washington, D.C. 1891-1923
Newspaper clippings. 1898-1924, 1967
Handwritten notes. undated
Notebooks. This file contains an address book, a notebook with notes on physiology, and a notebook including a short manuscript, a list of names of scientists, and a list of words. circa 1920s
Evermann family materials. Assorted material from or relating to Evermann's relatives. 1925, undated
Toxaway Evermann 1905-1915
Correspondence from Toxaway to Barton Evermann. 1914-1915
Architectural correspondence. 1905-1914
School materials. 1890s-1900s
Toxaway Evermann blueprints, architectural drawings, and a watercolor by Eugene Baker. circa 1900-1915
Meadie Evermann Bulk, 1877-1905 1877-1929 and undated
Barton and Meadie Evermann correspondence. 1884-1890
Correspondence from friends and family. 1877-1905 and undated
Handwritten notes. undated
Obituary. 1929
Writings. undated
Notebooks. undated
Membership cards, student certificates, and receipt. circa 1880s-1920s
Meeting programs and announcements. 1889-1917
Collected publications and magazine clippings. 1877-1900, undated
Newspaper clippings. not recorded
Clippings on women. not recorded
Series 2: Education 1881-1932 and undated
Indiana 1881-1932
Manuscripts on science teaching. 1888-1891
Teaching and schools. Includes teaching manuals and other publications for or about teachers and teaching. 1878-1923
Educational publications. 1883-1915
Newspaper clippings on Indiana State Normal School. circa 1893
Indiana State Normal School Publications. 1891-1931
Commemoration of William Wood Parsons' twenty-five years of service as president of the Indiana State Normal School. Includes publications, clippings, and typescript of Evermann's speech. 1910
Materials relating to Evermann's time as a student at Butler College and Indiana University. 1886, 1900
Indiana University publications and clippings. 1881-1931
Indiana University alumni activities. 1904-1932
Clippings related to honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws awarded to Evermann by Indiana University and the University of Utah. 1922, 1928
Meteorological, botanical, and wild life field notes. 1900-1903
Axton, New York fish and pond notes. 1900-1903
Axton, New York ornithological field notes. 1900-1904
Axton, New York botanical field notes. circa 1900-1903
Correspondence. 1899-1905, 1916
Lectures and Axton itineraries. circa 1900-1906
Stenometer tables. circa 1901
Axton and Clinton, New York maps. not recorded
Newspaper clippings. circa 1900-1901
Clippings, bulletins, and advertisement for Vantine House. circa 1903-1904
Expenses and Yale forestry contacts. 1905-1906
Manuscripts for "The Meaning of Life" and "Stream and Lake Protection." undated
Manuscripts for "Natural Reproduction Among Fishes." undated
"Fish Culture" lecture manuscripts. undated
Manuscripts and outlines for "Fish and Game Protection." undated
Correspondence. 1903-1906
Field Notes. 1906
Field notes from forestry excursions. 1904-1906
Research notes. circa 1904-1907
Meeting minutes and school statistics. 1907 and undated
Meeting minutes. 1908-1909
Newspaper clippings. 1897-1908 and undated
Newspaper clippings and letter re: new superintendent, August 12-15, 1906. 1906
Legislation concerning schools in the District of Columbia. 1906 and 1908
Bills in Congress concerning schools in the District of Columbia. 1905, 1906, and 1910
Correspondence and reports. 1907-1908, 1914, 1922
Written defenses against dismissal by the Board of Education submitted by H. M. Joseph and H. J. Cooper on their own behalfs. 1909 and undated
Commencement exercises and ribbons. 1908
Research notes. undated
Newspaper clippings. 1905-1906
Drafts of research findings. undated
Correspondence. 1905-1906
Publications on the "School City" method. 1902-1908 and undated
Notices and announcements. 1893-1920 and undated
Expenses for lectures. 1899, 1907, 1908, and undated
Announcements for lectures on Golden Trout and list of talks given. 1907-1909
Announcements and endorsements for lectures on fur seals. 1893-1895
Data for Bureau of Fisheries lecture. Accompanying photographs in Box 116, Folder 10. undated
Manuscripts for Washington, D.C. Normal School commencement address. 1907
Typescript on John James Audubon. undated
Notes for and drafts of "Modern Natural History Museums and Their Relation to Public Education." 1916
Writings, clippings, and collected publications 1884-1930 and undated
Writings, notes, and correspondence on the relationship between evolution and religion. 1925-1928
Manuscript on evolution. undated
Materials on the anti-vivisection movement, including correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings. 1918-1922
Manuscript and typescript for "Science and Business." circa 1920s
Manuscript of "Draper's Intellectual Development of Europe." undated
Drafts of "The Teaching of Biology in the Public Schools." undated
Collected publications on education. 1884-1930
San Francisco Department of Public Instruction Bulletins. 1925-1926
Newspaper clippings on education. circa 1900s
Series 3: Professional and Civic Organizations Bulk, 1885-1932 1885-1954 and undated
Invitations and memorabilia. 1898-1926
Schoolmaster's clubs. Primarily concerns meetings of the California Schoolmaster's Club, of which Evermann was a member. 1900-1924
Membership materials. circa 1910s-1920s
Copies of "Acts of Incorporation and By-Laws." 1917-1924
Correspondence. 1914-1922
Committee on publicity. 1917
Committee on science and conservation. 1916-1927
Committee on education. 1916-1927
California State Council of Defense, Committee on Scientific Research 1917-1919
Minutes, notes, and clippings. 1917-1918
Typescript of "Mussels as a Source of Food" to be published in "California War Papers." 1918-1919
California Division of Fish and Game 1928-1932
Game refuge advisory committee meeting materials and correspondence primarily regarding birds and tulle elk. 1928-1932
California Development Association and California State Chamber of Commerce. 1926-1932
Correspondence and meeting materials. 1926-1929
Correspondence, reports and meeting materials. 1930-1932
California Economic Research Council 1926-1932
Meeting materials and correspondence. 1926
Meeting materials, reports, and correspondence. 1927-1932
Indiana Academy of Science 1885-1931
Clippings and programs. 1885-1929
Publications and correspondence. 1886-1931
American Association for the Advancement of Science Bulk, 1914-1923 1890-1954
Membership and meeting materials. 1890-1954
Newspaper and magazine clippings. 1922-1924
Pacific Division. Correspondence and meeting materials. 1914
Pacific Division. Committee on Conservation. Correspondence and meeting materials. 1914
Pacific Division. Guidebook. 1914
Pacific Division. Correspondence. 1915-1917
Pacific Division. Committee on Conservation. Correspondence. 1915
Pacific Division. Correspondence, manuscripts, meeting materials, and newspaper clippings. 1919
Pacific Division. Correspondence, reports, and meeting materials. Includes materials relating to the AAAS Pacific Division Committee on Conservation of Marine Life of the Pacific. 1921-1922
Pacific Division. Committee on Conservation of Marine Life of the Pacific. Papers, reports, resolutions, meeting materials, and correspondence. 1921-1922
Pacific Division. Correspondence, papers, and resolutions. Folder also contains materials relating to the National Research Council Committee on Pacific Investigations. 1919-1922
Pacific Division. Correspondence. Folder also contains materials relating to the National Research Council Committee on Pacific Investigations. 1923
National Research Council 1919-1932
Committee on Pacific Investigations. Correspondence, papers, and resolutions. Folder also contains materials relating to the AAAS Pacific Division. 1919-1922
Committee on Pacific Investigations. Correspondence. Folder also contains materials relating to the AAAS Pacific Division. 1923
Committee on Pacific Investigations. Correspondence and memoranda. 1924-1932
Pan Pacific Union 1920-1930 and undated
Evermann's journal of trip to Hawaii for the Pan Pacific Scientific Conference. 1920 July 28 - September 8
Two copies of transcripts of Evermann's journal of trip to Hawaii for the Pan Pacific Scientific Conference. 1920 July 28 - September 8
Scientific conference. Correspondence. 1920-1921
Scientific conference. Official publications and committee materials. 1920
Scientific conference. Notes and Resolutions. 1920-1921
Scientific conference. Notes on Hawaiian fish. 1920-1921
Scientific conference. Newspaper clippings. 1920
Scientific conference. Invitations and memorabilia. 1920
Educational conference. Invitation, clippings, and correspondence. Evermann did not attend. 1921
Evermann's journal of trip to Hawaii for the Pan Pacific Commercial Conference. 1922 October 18 - November 15
Commercial conference. Correspondence, draft of manuscript on conservation of marine life, resolutions on international fishery treaty. 1922-1923
Commercial conference. Clippings, publications, reports, and programs. 1922
Correspondence and newspaper clippings. 1923
Evermann's journal of trip to Hawaii for the Pan Pacific Food Conservation Conference. 1924 July 23 - August 26
Food conservation conference. Publications, clippings, draft manuscript, reports, planning materials. Evermann was chairman of fisheries section. 1924-1925
Food conservation conference. Manuscript and resolutions. circa 1924
Correspondence. 1924-1932
Evermann's journal of his 1925 trip to Hawaii to participate in planning for the Pan Pacific Research Institution. 1925 September 15 - October 20
Memoranda, drafts of policies, and reports for proposed Pan Pacific Research Institution. circa 1925
Clippings and publications relating to the 1925 Pan Pacific Fisheries Conference and the Pan Pacific Research Institution. 1925
Notes, address lists, personal correspondence, souvenirs, and clippings related to Evermann's trip to Hawaii in 1925. 1925-1926
Notes on Hawaiian fish and copy of March 1926 issue of "Aloha," containing Evermann's article, "Wonders From the Deep: Honolulu's Fish Markets." ca. 1925-1926
Map of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. 1923
Hawaii Tourist Bureau map of the island of Hawaii. Contains some annotations. undated
Brochure showing "Steamer Cabin Plans" for the S.S. Maui. By the Matson Navigation Company. undated
Two notebooks of unknown provenance relating to commercial agriculture on Tahiti. Dated 1922 June 3 - July 24 and 1922 July 25 - September 14. 1922
Miscellaneous publications mentioning Evermann or his work. 1888-1931 and undated
Lake Maxinkuckee circa 1899-1921
Manuscript.
Manuscript of introduction.
Manuscript of Volume I and Volume II.
Birds.
Miscellaneous.
Biology.
Biology - ferns.
Reptiles and amphibians.
Correspondence.
Meteorology.
Turtles and amphibians.
Notebooks
Notebooks. Contains "Angling Notes" and "Fletcher Lake Notes." 1899-1900
Notes and notebooks on fish and seining. 1899
Notes and notebooks on water temperatures. 1899-1900
Notebooks on temperatures. One notebook also includes plankton notes. 1899-1901, 1907
Field notes on fish and seining. Also includes address list. 1900 July 17 - November 28
"U.S.F.C." field notebooks. 1900-1901
Millard Knowlton notebook containing dredging notes. 1900
"Max Plant Notes" 1902
Untitled field notebooks 1900, 1906, 1907
"Record of meteorological observations at Lake Maxinkuckee, Ind., etc." Books 1-3. 1898, 1900-1905
Birds 1870s-1930s and undated
Indiana. circa 1870s-1910s
Correspondence and notes related to birds in Indiana and California. Materials were found inside large notebook on Indiana, Kansas, and California birds in Box 115, Folder 36. circa 1884-1891
Manuscripts and clippings on California birds. circa 1890s to 1910s
Manuscripts of "Lopho, the Plumed Knight of Xazmin" on the California Quail. undated
Notes on collecting trips in California. Locations include Bell Springs, Tassajara, Cloverdale, and Vancouver Pinnacles. 1918
Notes and memo related to the California condor. circa 1916-1917
Notes, journals, and journal transcripts from trips to Pyramid Lake, Nevada. Photographs available in Box 117, Folder 7. 1921
Correspondence, notes, data, manuscripts, and clippings on bird mortality and bird migration. 1890s-1910s
Manuscripts of "Federal Protection of Migratory Birds" and "Game Birds." undated
Manuscripts, notes and correspondence on birds and migration. circa 1890s-1930s
Memos on collecting birds' nests and eggs. Includes material relating to California Academy of Sciences collecting trips. circa 1910s-1920s
Catalogues of birds' nests and eggs. not recorded
Notes and notebooks
Indiana bird notebook. 1883-1884
Indiana bird notecards. circa 1880s-1901
Indiana bird notebooks. Contains bird field notebook from 1889-1890 and notebook containing notes on grammar, notes on astronomy, and records of "oological transactions."
Note pages from trips to locations in California, Oregon, Nevada, and New Mexico. circa 1880s-1910s
Notebook for trips in California and Nevada. Locations include Ventura County, Santa Paula, Truckee, and Angels Camp, California, and Pyramid Lake, Nevada. Also includes notes from 1917 condor trip. 1917-1923
Notebook for collecting trip to northeastern California and southeastern Oregon. 1918
Notecards with bird, nest, and egg records, primarily relating to California. circa 1880s, 1910s
Notecards with bird, nest, and egg records relating to Ventura County, California. circa 1880s
Notecards with nest and egg records from California. circa 1880s, 1910s
Indiana, Kansas, California notebook. circa 1880s
Correspondence Bulk, 1880-1914 circa 1880-1927
A-C. 1893-1914
George Archibald Clark and others, re: fur seals. 1911-1913
D. 1894-1912
Doubleday, Page, and Co., re: book on food and game fishes. Correspondents include A. Radcliffe Dugmore and Henry W. Lanier. 1901-1914
E-G. 1880-1927
Charles Henry Gilbert. 1899-1911
H. 1895-1913
J. 1896-1914
K-M. 1899-1913
Seth Eugene Meek. 1904-1910
Seth Eugene Meek and others re: Bureau of Fisheries investigations in Guatemala from 1906-1907. Includes transmittal letter for file from U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. 1906-1910, 1928
N-T. 1894-1914
Letters re: United States National Museum and Evermann's position as Curator of Fishes. 1905-1914
W-Z. 1895-1912
Letters indicating receipt of Evermann article in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Annotation indicates that letters were found inside copy of the article. 1908
Writings circa 1912-1932 and undated
Manuscripts on books. Includes drafts of a description of Audubon's "The Birds of America"; a draft of Evermann's introduction to Edward Lee Greene, "Carolous Linnaeus" (1912); and draft book reviews of Alfred O. Kinsey, "An Introduction to Biology" (1926). circa 1912-1926
Manuscripts of "Nature Fakirs." undated
Manuscripts for "Blaine and Beaconsfield" and "President Wilson's Scientific Appointments." undated
Research material and correspondence relating to proposed publication on Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. circa 1915
Manuscripts of writings on David Starr Jordan. Includes "David Starr Jordan, the Man," "David Starr Jordan and His Interest in Birds," and "David Starr Jordan, An Appreciation." circa 1930-1932
Manuscripts of, and correspondence and notes relating to obituary of David Starr Jordan. 1931-1932
Copies of publications by Evermann on David Starr Jordan. Includes "David Starr Jordan, the Man," Copeia, Vol. 1930, No. 4 (Dec. 31, 1930), pp. 93-106; "David Starr Jordan and His Interest in Birds," The Condor, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan. - Feb., 1932), pp. 6-7; and obituary for Jordan in Science, New Series, Vol. 74, No. 1918 (Oct. 2, 1931), pp. 327-329. 1930-1932
Manuscript of obituary for Seth Eugene Meek. undated
Manuscripts: "Skinning a Buck for Mounting" and "Number of Young Produced by the Common Garter Snake." undated
Manuscript of "Nerka, the Blueback Salmon." Includes list of slides needed to accompany story. undated
Manuscripts of "Naub, the Split-Rock Bass." undated
Manuscripts on fish. Includes drafts of writings on golden trout, goldfish, trout in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, fish in the Salton Sea, California, and "The Flyingfishes." undated
Manuscripts of "The Life History of the Common Eel." Revisions prepared for book on "American Food and Game Fishes." undated
Manuscript, newspaper clippings, and correspondence on sharks. Includes draft of "Note on the Basking Shark." circa 1913-1919
Manuscripts of "The Conservation and Proper Utilization of Our Natural Resources." Prepared for the presidential address at the 1922 Salt Lake City meeting fo the AAAS and later published in The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct., 1922), pp. 289-312. 1920s
Two sets of notecards on conservation. One relates to conservation and utilization of natural resources and the other to an international treaty on conservation of marine life of the Pacific Ocean. 1920s
Draft manuscripts of "The Conservation of the Marine Life of the Pacific." Prepared as a paper given at the 1922 Pan Pacific Commercial Conference in Honolulu and later published in The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 16, No. 5 (May, 1923), pp. 521-538. 1920s
Illustrations and drafts of captions to accompany published version of "The Conservation of the Marine Life of the Pacific." circa 1923
Typescript of "Livestock and the National Forests." undated
Manuscript and notes on the history of the Wabash Valley, Indiana. undated
Assorted manuscripts, notes, publications, and clippings. Subjects include the thistle butterfly, the tule elk, trout and snakes. circa 1915-1932
Manuscript of talk on Ventura County geology. circa 1880s.
Trip to Calaveras County to visit Moaning Cave near Vallecita. Includes trip journal and newspaper clipping. 1922
Yosemite fish. Includes manuscript of "The Fishes of the Yosemite National Park" and two letters concerning fish planting in Yosemite. circa 1914-1920
Manuscript of "The Yosemite Valley." undated
Manuscripts of "Yosemite and the Big Trees." Includes list of views. undated
Untitled manuscript on California mountains. undated
California Academy of Sciences Bulk, 1914-1932 1914-1972 and undated
Notes and manuscripts for talks on the history and operations of the California Academy of Sciences. circa 1914
Notebook with list of visitors to the California Academy of Sciences. 1929-1938
Lists of books owned by Evermann and donated to the California Academy of Sciences library. 1921
Accession records from the California Academy of Sciences Library for books received from Evermann. circa 1924-1939
Announcements of incoming collections. Includes descriptions of the G. Frean Morcom and the H. S. Swarth collections of birds and the Jordan-Eigenmann collection of fishes. 1929-1930
Records of 1928 attempt to locate all type specimens of fish and invertebrates held by the California Academy of Science. 1928
"Wass ist?" Description of two specimens collected by J. Rainey for the Steinhart Aquarium in 1937 that had not been identified. Attached to section of manuscript on the arrangement of the California Academy of Science specimen collections. undated
Lists of expenses. 1919-1920
Trip notes and lists of expenses. Includes notes from bird trips to Auburn and Moraga, California. 1919-1930
Small notebooks. Primarily contains lists of expenses. Also includes notes and a list of books. 1912-1915
Two notebooks. Address book and journal. 1914 and undated
Diary pages. 1916-1920
Two notebooks containing notes on California Academy business. Includes notes on exhibits, staffing, and educational activities. circa 1914-1932
Notes on new building. undated
Notebook with notes on publication records, schedules and costs. 1925-1934
Notecards on California Academy business matters. May relate to costs of habitat groups. undated
"Daily Record." Consists of lists of daily activities. 1925-1933
Untitled notebook. Contains records of daily work activities. circa 1921-1924
Miscellaneous publications and correspondence. 1916-1930
Material relating to postcards produced for sale by the California Academy of Sciences. Includes postcards and correspondence. 1924
Pacific exploration. Includes draft statement of goals for the California Academy of Sciences and pamphlet describing the Pacific Scientific Institution based in Honolulu, Hawaii. circa 1920s
Notes from 1918 Channel Islands trip. 1918
Notebooks for 1919 trip to Channel Islands. 1919 May 14 - May 21
Unfinished manuscript by Evermann and Howard Walton Clark: "The Fishes of the Revillagigedo and the Tres Marias Islands, Mexico." Was to be published in the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 1932
Materials relating to the Templeton Crocker Expedition to the Galapagos Islands. Includes reports, meeting minutes, expenses, and resolutions. 1932
Whales 1910s-1930s
Manuscripts and notes. Includes "The California Coast Whale Fishery" and "General Notes on Whales." circa 1920s
Whaling off California and the Pacific coast. circa 1910s-1920s
Notes and notecards. circa 1910s-1920s
Correspondence with the Bureau of Fisheries. 1923-1929
Council for the Conservation of Whales and Other Marine Life materials. 1929-1930
Clippings. circa 1920s-1930s
Notes and data. circa 1919-1926
Whaling reports from the California Sea Products Company. 1919-1926
Charts of data compiled from California Sea Products Company whale reports. 1919-1923
Chart of data on humpback whales. 1919-1926
National Park Service reports on bighorn sheep. 1937, 1939
Manuscripts on the Ano Nuevo Stellar Sea Lion rookery. Includes reports of trips in 1920 and 1924. 1920, 1924
Notes and notebook from trips to Ano Nuevo and the Farallon Islands. 1920, 1924
Notes, manuscripts, and correspondence on marine mammals. Subjects include conservation, fur seals, elephant seals, sea lions, and whales. Locations include Guadalupe and the Farallons. 1920s
Notes and historical data on fur seals, elephant seals, and sea lions along the California coast. 1920s
Newspaper clippings on seals and sea lions. circa 1910s-1920s
"1929 Eastern Trip" notebook pages. 1929
Notebook containing "Record of birds observed and skins preserved, U.S.S. Albatross, April 1916 to August 1916, inclusive" and list of photographic material entitled: "List of electros, cuts, films, etc. property of B.W. Evermann." circa 1916
Tule Elk Bulk, 1914-1933 1914-1972 and undated
Publications. 1915, 1916, 1972
Correspondence. 1911-1933
Correspondence and reports of elk distributed by the California Academy of Sciences. 1916-1918
Correspondence and newspaper clippings. 1914-1919
Newspaper clippings. 1914-1915 and undated
Expenses. 1914-1915
Oakland. 1914
Monterey. 1914-1919
Modesto. 1914-1916
Merced. not recorded
Correspondence with A. L. Bolton at Buttonwillow, California. 1914-1915
Copies of circular letter concerning tule elk sent by Evermann to various individuals. Includes list of recipients. 1914
Blank permits issued to the California Academy of Sciences by the California Fish and Game Commission allowing the Academy to capture and ship tule elk. 1914
Southern Pacific. 1914-1916
Miller and Lux. 1914-1915
John Rowley. Rowley was curator of mammalogy at the California Academy of Sciences. 1911-1914
Locations in California. Includes Paicines Ranch, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, Salinas, Sonoma County, Sequoia National Forest. 1914-1916
Map of Sequoia and General Grant National Parks with annotations showing elk fences. Found attached to letter from G.W. Purdy of 20 April 1914 and filed under Sequoia National Park in Box 61, Folder 1. 1914
Locations in California and Oregon. Includes Antioch, Atascadero, Bakersfield, Yosemite, Willits, Watsonville, Los Banos, Chico, and Gilroy in California and Klamath Falls, Oregon. 1914-1916
Fresno. 1914-1916
Los Angeles. 1914-1916
Big Basin. 1914-1916
Visalia. 1914-1916
Ventura County. 1914-1916
Vancouver Pinnacles. 1914-1916
Santa Cruz. 1914-1915
San Jose. 1914-1916
San Diego. 1914-1916
Sacramento. 1914-1916
Petaluma. 1914-1916
Manuscript of "An Attempt to Save California Elk." undated
"Elk Data." circa 1910-1916
Map of California showing state game refuges, national parks and monuments, and "former water areas." Prepared for the California Fish and Game Commission. undated
Alaska Fur Seals 1892-1930s
Orders regarding Evermann's work with the U.S. steamer Albatross in Alaska. 1892
"Albatross trip." Four notebooks. 1892
Two notebooks. Contains journal and field notes on fur seals and fur seal rookeries. circa 1892
Notebook. Contains notes on fur seals and other animals in Alaska, as well as notes on people met in Alaska. circa 1912
Executive orders establishing bird reservations on Pribilof and Bogoslof islands. 1909
Notes and advertisements relating to the commercial fur trade. circa 1911-1916
"Veniaminoff." Ivan Veniaminov visited Alaska in the first half of the nineteenth century. Includes notes, data, and an English translation of "Veniaminof's Account of the Pribilof Islands' Fur-Seals and the Russian Method of Conducting the Fur-Seal Industry." circa 1913-1914
Copies of manuscripts on fur sealing in the southern hemisphere. Includes J. A. Allen, "Fur-Seal Hunting in the Southern Hemisphere" and Brooke Nicholls, "Seal Life Off Our Coasts." Also includes letter from Nicholls to Evermann. 1896-1897, 1925
Pribilof charts 1891
List of Pribilof charts. undated
Expense accounts. 1892
Handwritten statements by Evermann on the rookeries on Cooper and Behring islands. undated
Notes on Pribilof islands fur seal rookeries. 1892
Lecture tour materials. 1890s
Correspondence, notes, and memoranda. 1903-1919
Correspondence with George M. Bowers. 1912-1922
Notes and typescript on pelagic sealing. undated
Notes and data on fur seals and fur sealing. 1890s-1910s
Transcript of "Conference of the Committee on Game Protective Legislation and Preserves of the Camp-Fire Club." 1910
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries report on fur seals. 1913
Political materials. Includes memoranda to the President, Congressional committee reports, comments on legislation, and other writings relating to fur seals, political appointments, and the administration of the Bureau of Fisheries. circa 1910s
Notes and typescripts concerning fur seal treaty. circa 1910s
Materials regarding Henry W. Elliot. Evermann and Elliot took opposing positions regarding fur seal legislation. circa 1910s
Government documents and publications. Includes copies of legislation. 1882-1926
Excerpts from Congressional Record. 1912
Congressional hearings on the fur seal industry. 1914
Publications. 1894-1923
Clippings and manuscript found inside Evermann's copy of book by Charles Townsend on fur seals. circa 1910s
Newspaper clippings on fur seals and the Behring Sea. 1890s
Newspaper clippings on fur seals and Alaska foxes. 1910s
Newspaper clippings. 1890s-1930s
Editions of "The Lance," published in Victoria, British Columbia. 1925
Department of Commerce press releases. 1911
Manuscripts on fur seals during the period of Russian control of Alaska. undated
Notes for and drafts of manuscript on fur seal pups. circa 1910-1911
Sections from Alaska journal. 1912-1913
Manuscripts and notes. Includes "An Experiment in Fur-Seal Conservation" and "Alaska + the Fur Seal". undated
Manuscripts of "The Northern Fur-Seal Problem as a Type of Many Problems of Marine Zoology." circa 1910s
Drafts of manuscript, variously titled "Some Phases of the Fur-Seal Question" or "Some Sidelights on the Fur-Seal Question." circa 1910s
Plant specimens from St. Paul Island found inside book owned by Evermann. undated
Notes and Manuscripts 1883-1920s and undated
Fish notes, lists and clippings. circa 1890s-1910s
Untitled notebook with notes and lists of fish drawn from various publications. undated
Notebook labeled "Distribution" with notes and lists of fish drawn from various publications. undated
Notebook with lists of fish and citations. Arranged by scientific classification. undated
Note pages with list of animals held by an unidentified institution's Department of Natural History. undated
Manuscript of "Fishes that Protect Their Young." undated
Manuscripts of "Curious Facts About Fish." undated
Notes and correspondence with David Starr Jordan regarding revisions to "American Food and Game Fishes." circa 1920s
Manuscripts and research material on private fish ponds. undated
Material relating to Barton Warren Evermann and H. Walton Clark, "Descriptions of Two New Species of Fishes From Off Cape San Lucas, Lower California," Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XVI, No. 22, pp. 685-688 (1928). See also photographs in Box 117, Folder 21. circa 1928
Fish lists and notes. undated
Fish notes and notecards. Contains three folders of unsorted notes and fifteen envelopes of notes, primarily relating to fish in the Pacific Northwest. undated
Manuscripts on fisheries of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. undated
List entitled: "Introduced Species." undated
Manuscript of Evermann and Seth E. Meek, "A Review of the Species of Gerres Found in American Waters." Later published in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 35, (1883), pp. 116-124. circa 1883
Manuscripts of "Halibut Fishery." circa 1896
Bibliographical notes on fish. undated
Illustrations 1901-1924 and undated
Collected material, primarily illustrations, relating to fish named by or for Evermann. undated
Illustration of Scorpaena Nuttingi Evermann & Seale by W. S. Atkinson. 1924
"Engraver's Proofs of Jenkins' Hawaiian Fishes. Jan 14, 1901." Relates to 1901 U.S. Fish Commission investigation in Hawaii. 1901
U.S. Fish Commission plates. Primarily tropical fish. circa 1901
Illustrations, chiefly plates. Organized primarily by taxonomic name. Includes some notes. not recorded
Files by Taxonomic Name or Common Name 1880s-1911 and undated
"Family Catostomidae: The Suckers." Notes and manuscripts. Also includes material on mullet. circa 1895-1911
"Family Cyprinidae. The Minnows." undated
Atlantic and Pacific cod. Reference material and data. undated
Shad. circa 1897-1898
Pickerel, pike, and mascalonge. circa 1880s-1900s
Centrarchidae, black bass. circa 1898-1904
Characidae. undated
Clupeidae, shad. circa 1890s-1910
Elopidae, Tarpon. circa 1901
Anguillidae, eels. undated
Carangidae. 1906
Acipenseridae, sturgeon. circa 1890s-1910
Lobotidae, triple tails. undated
Lobsters. 1880s-1910
Oysters, shrimp, terrapin, clams. undated
Mentacirridae, bull croaker. undated
Fish descriptions, pereidae. undated
Reference files. Contains folders with notes on fish, organized primarily by taxonomic names. not recorded
Lampreys. See photo in Box 118, Folder 1. 1909 and undated
Paddlefish. undated
Clippings and correspondence relating to salmon and mackerel. circa 1905-1910
Ichthyological nomenclature 1910s
Correspondence, notes, reports, and drafts of portions of "The Genera of Fishes." 1910s
Draft manuscript sections of "The Genera of Fishes." circa 1917
Salmon and salmon fisheries of Alaska. Notes and manuscripts for lectures. undated
Portions of a manuscript on fish of North America. Title not indicated. Found in box with "Salmonidae" material. undated
Correspondence with C.H. Gilbert and Cloudsley Rutter in relation to Columbia River investigation. 1893
Notes found in envelope labeled: "F + S Distribution." Appear to be citations. undated
Notes and newspaper clipping. circa 1909
Reports on salmon in Alaska and the Pacific coast. circa 1890s-1910
Copies of manuscript of Eug. Juillerat, "Study of the Salmon of California in closed water and a view of its culture." undated
Manuscript of "The Story of a Salmon." Includes editorial correspondence. circa 1897
Manuscript of "The Cisco of Lake Tippecanoe." undated
Notes and correspondence. circa 1900s
Lists of species. Note indicates it may be a check-list for proposed monograph on Salmonidae. undated
Typed copies of Leonhard Stejneger, "The Char and the Scottish-Norwegian Land-bridge" translated from Naturen (February 1909) and John J. Boyce, "Exhausting Our Salmon Supply," letter to the Daily Commercial News (January 3, 1920). 1909, 1920
Manuscripts on trout and salmon. Includes material on California trout, steelhead and rainbow trout, and Pacific salmon. Also includes clippings of versions published in newspapers. circa 1921
Notes on salmon, trout, and whitefish. undated
Correspondence with W. C. Kendall. 1920-1921
Outline of and correspondence relating to proposed monograph on the Salmonidae of the world. circa 1920-1921
Copy of David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann, "A Review of the Giant Mackerel-Like Fishes, Tunnies, Spearfishes, and Swordfishes," Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 12, 1926. 1926
Plates, plate proofs, and drafts of captions. undated
Correspondence, notes, and clippings. 1914-1917, 1925-1928
Illustrations from Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission, 1903. Plates 1-101. 1903
Tuna. Sketches and notes. undated
Golden Trout Bulk, 1892-1932 1892-1975
Publications by Evermann. Includes "The Most Beautiful of All the Trouts," Shields' Magazine, Vol. 1. No. 4 (June 1905); "The Golden Trout of Volcano Creek," The American Fish Culturist, Vol. I, No. 10 (October 1904); and "The Golden Trout of the High Sierras," Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXV (1905). 1904-1905
Newspaper clippings and publications on golden trout and the Sierra mountains. circa 1892-1906, 1975
Manuscripts on golden trout. undated
Manuscripts of "In Quest of the Golden Trout of the High Sierra." undated
Manuscripts of "The Discovery of the Roosevelt Trout." circa 1919
Typescripts. Includes "The Fishes of the Kern River Region," "The Trout of the Sierra Nevada," "On Volcano Creek," and David Starr Jordan, "The Golden Trout of the High Sierra and Their Enemies." undated
"In re: Mt. Whitney accident." Relates to electrical storm on Mt. Whitney in which a member of Evermann's party was struck and killed by lightning. 1904-1932
"Itinerary" notes. undated
Handwritten notes and hand-drawn map of trail between Mineral King and Lone Pine. undated
Plates of illustrations by Charles B. Hudson. Includes golden trout and Kern River trout. undated
Copies of color plate of golden trout painted by Charles B. Hudson. circa 1904
Collected items on golden trout. Includes announcements for lecture, copy of publication by David Starr Jordan, correspondence and reports. Material found fastened together. 1907-1909
Tag numbers and lists of fish, birds, and mammals collected on golden trout expedition. circa 1904
Expenses and vouchers for golden trout investigation. 1904
Proofs for "The Most Beautiful of All the Trouts" to be published in Shields Magazine. Later published in June 1905. circa 1904-1905
Correspondence and memoranda. 1904-1909
Tables and reports on trout transplantation in California covering the period from the 1890s to 1910. undated
Work file for Bruce Funson. Relates to Funson's use of the golden trout section of the Evermann papers. 1970s
Map of Kern River region produced in 1904. Contains later annotations showing locations where fish were planted. Found attached to letter from S. L. M. Ellis to George M. Bowers, 3 March 1910 in correspondence folder. circa 1910
U.S Fish Commission and U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. 1890-1930
Materials related to Evermann's work for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. Includes reports of activities and notes, memos, and lists of expenses related to public lectures given between 1898-1907. circa 1907-1908
Notes, data, and correspondence. circa 1890s-1900s
Manuscripts of report on U.S. Bureau of Fisheries activities in the American South. circa 1900s
Portion of manuscript, reports, newspaper clippings, and publications. circa 1890s-1900s
Manuscripts and typescripts of Bureau of Fisheries reports. 1904, 1910
Manuscripts and notes on ice fishing. Includes "Winter Fishing on Lake Maxinkuckee." circa 1899-1900
"Orders." Contains orders and authorizations for Evermann's work. circa 1890s-1913
"Appointments." Contains records of Evermann's appointments to various job titles and positions. circa 1890-1913
Official appointment of Barton Warren Evermann as a delegate to the International Zoological Congress in Boston, August 19 to 23, 1907. 1907
Correspondence with the U.S. Fish Commission and Bureau of Fisheries. Also includes blank Department of Commerce stationery and forms. 1891-1915
Correspondence with David Starr Jordan and others. 1894-1913
Material listed as "no date" likely relating to Evermann's work with David Starr Jordan. Includes some correspondence, notes and parts of manuscript. undated
Utah. undated
Vermont, Lake Champlain. circa 1894-1895
Virginia, Maryland, Potomac River. circa 1898-1909
James R., Virginia fish list. undated
Washington, Oregon, Columbia River basin. Bulk, 1891-1899 1890s, 1930
Washington. See also photograph of chinook salmon in Box 126, Folder 10. undated
Washington. Copies of Edmond S. Meany, "The Work of a Year in Natural History," a series of articles in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on the work of the U.S. Fish Commission. Mentions Evermann. 1898
West Virginia. 1899
West Indies and Central America. Includes file on Barbados fishes dating from period when Evermann was at the California Academy of Sciences. 1902-1904, 1919-1923 and undated
Wisconsin. See also map of Lake Mendota, Dane Co., Wisconsin in Oversize 4. 1892-1895
Hydrographic map of Lake Mendota, Dane Co., Wisconsin. From Box 104, Folder 10. 1900
Wyoming. For photographs, see Box 126, Folder 11. 1893-1899
Two oversize charts containing fishing records. One chart labeled "Seining Records 1899-1900." circa 1899-1900
Cloudsley Rutter 1894-1903 and undated
Manuscript of "How Fishermen Distinguish Salmon." undated
Manuscript of "The Red Salmon" and copy of Cloudsley Rutter, "Natural History of the Quinnat Salmon," U.S. Fish Commission Bulletin for 1902. 1903 and undated
Note pages. "Red Salmon (Sockeye) Notes." undated
"Methods of Fish Culture on the Pacific Coast." undated
"Bean 80a for Distribution Paper." undated
"Karluk, Alaska work on salmon." 1903
"Karluk Collection." circa 1903
Notes and report on Karluk work. 1903
Two notebooks. "Tin tags and other numbers. Karluk, Alaska 1903." 1903
Note pages. "Karluk Salmon Notes." 1903
"Notes on salmon and other fishes, Karluk, 1903." 1903
"Alaska Salmon Regulations. Data gathered by Mr. Rutter. 1902-1903
Notebook. "June 16." Includes entries from June 16 - July 15. Year not given. undated
Notes in envelopes. Subjects include "Fry, from lake to ocean"; "Miscellaneous"; "Salvelinus malma"; "Fauna"; "Spawning"; "Enemies"; "Hatchery"; "Humpback"; and one untitled envelope. undated
Lake Erie notebooks. Includes "Technical Notes" and notebooks numbered 1-5. Also includes envelope with plant sample found in notebook 2. 1894
Technical descriptions, notes, and metal tags to accompany material in Lake Erie notebooks. circa 1894
Hand-drawn map. Title illegible. circa 1905
Mark Jennings research material. Includes correspondence between Jennings and the library of the California Academy of Sciences and transcripts and copies of documents relating to Cloudsley Rutter. 1987, 1996
Geographical Files 1880s-1931 and undated
Two notebooks containing expenses. 1890, 1908
Five small notebooks. Notes relate primarily to expenses; also included are itinerary lists and observational notes. One notebook is labeled "Albatross." circa 1892-1893
Expenses for trips. circa 1891-1907
Miscellaneous notes from trip to New York and Ohio. undated
Reports to the U.S. Fish Commission on interior waters. 1892-1894
Typewritten itinerary and journal of "Trip to Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia." 1897
Reports on investigations in South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon. 1893
Reports: "Trip to Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina" and "Lower Wabash and Northwestern Indiana Trip." 1888
Missouri River Basin Fishes. circa 1893
"Investigations Carried on in 1898." Includes "Old Point Comfort, Virginia"; "Ohio Shad Investigations"; "Lake Chelan, Kootenay Lakes, etc."; "Wabash Basin." 1898
Kansas. 1901, 1913
Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee. 1892-1913
Illinois. 1892, 1902 and undated
Notebook. Includes investigations in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas by Evermann, Chamberlain, and Center, April 13 - May 5, 1897; in Georgia by Evermann, May 1897; and Point Reyes Station Trip on May 6, 1919. 1897, 1919
Mississippi. 1901
Three notebooks with notes on investigations. 1892-1893
Montana, Wyoming. 1891-1909
Montana and Wyoming. Notebook labeled "2." Relates to work in Montana and Wyoming by Evermann, Jenkins, and Clapham July 7 to September 8, 1891. 1891
Montana. "Montana Notes 1891." 1891
New Mexico. 1900 and undated
New Jersey. 1901 and undated
New Hampshire. 1906-1910, 1915
Nevada. 1909
"Fish lists Nevada 1901." 1901
Nebraska. 1903 and undated
Minnesota, North Dakota. See photos in Box 118, Folder 6. 1892, 1895, 1907
Michigan. 1894-1895, 1913.
Arizona. See photos in Box 118, Folder 2. circa 1890s-1916
Arkansas and Indian Territory. 1892-1897
Colorado, Utah, Kansas. circa 1900s
Connecticut. 1896, 1905
Cuba. 1904
District of Columbia and Potomac. 1895-1906
Florida. circa 1890s
Massachusetts. 1893, 1900s
Maine. 1900s, 1916
Maryland. 1901
Pennsylvania, New Jersey. undated
Ohio. 1891-1904
Interior waters, Michigan, Maine. 1893-1894
North Dakota. circa 1905
North Carolina, South Carolina. 1890-1891, 1900
North Carolina. "Lumbee River, North Carolina." Includes reports, map, and publications. circa 1913
North Carolina. Beaufort fish notes. 1878
North Carolina. Trips to Beaufort, North Carolina in 1904 and 1905. See also photographs in Box 119, Folder 10. 1904, 1905
New York. 1899-1903
New York. Tracing of large black bass caught in the Susquehanna River near Oswego, New York. Includes attached letter of transmittal and affidavit. For photograph see Box 120, Folder 2. 1902-1903
Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming. 1892-1912
Louisiana. 1892-1893, 1897
Georgia. Savannah fish list. undated
Alaska. Notebook labeled: "Alaska 1903. June 5 - Sept 25." 1903
Alaska. 1904-1912
Alaska. Reports, notes, sketches, and data. circa 1903-1922
Alaska. Report: "Alaska Salmon Investigation. Expedition of U.S. Fish Commission Str. Albatross." 1903
Alaska. Correspondence, research material, and manuscript of "Artificial Propagation of the Sockeye Salmon in Alaska." circa 1920
Alaska. Notes for and draft manuscripts of "Can the Alaska Salmon Fisheries Be Saved?" circa 1920
Alaska. U.S. Senate hearings on Alaska fisheries. 1912-1913
Alaska. Newspaper clipping from Alaska Dispatch concerning report on conservation of Alaska fisheries. 1919 November 21
Alaska. "Fox clippings" on Alaska foxes. circa 1913
Alaska. Oversize chart labeled "Approximate extent of the herring fisheries of Alaska, 1878 to 1910." circa 1910
Peru. Correspondence, notes, and manuscripts of "The Fishes of Peru." circa 1907-1917
Puerto Rico. circa 1898-1899
Puerto Rico. Manuscript of "Porto Rico and its People." May have been for a lecture. Includes material related to lecture of the same title. circa 1900
Puerto Rico. Newspaper clippings. not recorded
Puerto Rico. Notebooks. 1898-1899
Tennessee, Iowa, Minnesota. 1893-1894
"Black Hills Trip--South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa, 1892." 1892
South Dakota. See also photographs in Box 120, Folder 9. 1893-1894, 1901
South Carolina. undated
Manuscripts on "The Conservation of the Fishery Resources of the Pacific." circa 1920s
Drafts of writings on birds and mammals of the north Pacific. undated
Manuscript of "Some Strange Ocean Fishes." undated
New Zealand. 1906 and undated
Manuscript of trip to South America. undated
Ecuador. 1904-1909
Mexico. circa 1899-1919
Mexico. Plates for publication by Evermann and Jenkins on fishes of Mexico. undated
Mexico. Plates. Label reads: "Mexican Fishes - Meek's Paper." undated
Mexico. "Engraver's proofs of fishes figured in Jordan Snyder's Mexican paper, 1900." 1900
Mexico. Notebook with "Notes on the fishes of Guaymas." undated
Mexico. Guaymas notebook. 1887
Mexico. Guaymas notebook from 1887. Includes notes and 1921 letter forwarded to Evermann by Oliver P. Jenkins concerning specimens collected on Guaymas trip. 1887, 1921
"Note-book #3." Includes Guaymas fish bottle list. Also includes manuscript on "Recent Progress in Zoology, list of "Books Wanted, 1890," and notes on Kyphosus Analogus. circa 1890
Oregon. circa 1895-1905
Oregon. Notebook. Includes investigations in southern Oregon by Evermann, Hay, T. B. Evermann, Rowe, and Butler, July 15 - August 15, 1897; and at Baker Lake, Oregon, by Evermann, August 20-22, 1897. 1897
Idaho. Notebooks. "Salmon Investigation" by Evermann and Scovell, September 2 - October 11, 1894. Includes books 1-3 along with a small expense notebook labeled "1894." 1894
Idaho. Notes on Idaho lakes. Includes Sawtooth, Alturas, Pettit, and Redfish lakes. circa 1890s
Idaho. Manuscript of Evermann, "A Preliminary Report Upon Salmon Investigations in 1894." 1895
Idaho. Notes and correspondence. circa 1890s-1901
Idaho. "Trip to Sawtooth Lakes, Idaho." Typed itinerary and notes. 1896
Idaho. Map of Boise National Forest. Attached to printed statement on proposed Sawtooth National Park entitled, "Idaho's claim for a national park in the Red Fish Lake country." Statement signed by Evermann and three others. 1910
Idaho, Oregon, Lower Columbia River. Notebook. "Salmon investigations" by Meek and Maddren and Evermann and Meek. 1896
Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Notebook and notebook pages for investigations in Idaho, along the Columbia River, and at Crater Lake, Oregon by Evermann, Hubbard, Cox, and Meek. 1896
Washington, Idaho. Notebook dated 1898 and notebook pages dated 1895. Found tied together. 1895, 1898
California, Mississippi. Notebook. 1901, 1916, 1917
California. 1899-1920 and undated
California. Trip expenses and itinerary notes. Locations include Santa Paula, San Diego, and Los Angeles. 1893-1894, 1922
California. "Chamberlain, F. M. Salmon, Sacramento River." See also photographs in Box 125, Folder 6 and maps in Oversize 4. 1901
Two maps. One of the copper region of Shasta County, California and the other Spring Creek Canyon and vicinity. Found "Chamberlain, F. M." folder in Box 91, Folder 9. 1901
California. Notes in envelope labeled "References to FW fishes used in paper." undated
California. Notes for, and manuscripts and copy of published version of Barton Warren Evermann and Howard Walton Clark, "A Distributional List of the Species of Freshwater Fishes Known to Occur in California" (1931). circa 1931
Canada. circa 1898-1907
Canada. Three untitled notebooks with notes taken from publications and notes on the distribution of fishes. undated
Oversize chart entitled "Canadian Fishes Given in Gunther's Catalogue." undated
Texas. Notes, memo, and manuscript of "Texas Fishes." undated
Texas. Typescripts of "Fish-Cultural Investigations in Texas in 1891." 1891
Texas. Notebooks. Notebook on Texas investigations by Evermann, Scovell, and Gurley in November and December, 1891. Also includes small notebook with expenses and loose notebook pages with notes and expenses. 1891
Florida. 1897-1909
Florida. "My Cruise on a Fishing Smack" manuscript. circa 1910
Florida. Investigations carried out in 1896. Copies of itinerary and journal. 1896
Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas. circa 1890s-1910s
Florida. List of Florida fishes prepared for World's Fair. 1892
Florida collecting records. 1896, 1904
Florida notebooks and notebook pages. 1896 and undated
Kentucky and Tennessee. Reference notes. undated
Kentucky and Tennessee. Manuscripts of "The Fishes of Kentucky and Tennessee: A Distributional Catalogue of the Known Species." circa 1916
Kentucky and Tennessee. Sections of manuscript marked: "Tennessee River," "Cumberland R.," and "Ohio, etc." undated
Kentucky and Tennessee. "New Species" notes. undated
Tennessee. Notes and manuscripts of "Tennessee Fishes." undated
Tennessee. Tennessee River Basin fish list. undated
Tennessee. Cumberland River fish list. undated
Tennessee. circa 1890s-1910s
Tennessee. Manuscripts of "Notes on the Fishes of East Tennessee." undated
Tennessee. Manuscripts of "On a Collection of Fishes from the Cumberland and Tennessee River Basin." undated
Tennessee. Notebooks. Includes transcripts. 1893
Indiana. Notes and untitled manuscript. undated
Indiana. Notebooks. 1886-1888
Indiana. "C. Kennedy" notebook with notes on fish catches. undated
Indiana. Wabash River. Mussels. 1907
Indiana. Reports by J. T. Scovell. circa 1907
Indiana. "Wild Cat Creek." See also Wild Cat Creek notebooks in Box 113, Folder 3. circa 1899
Indiana. Wild Cat Creek notebooks. See also folder on Wildcat Creek, Box 97, Folder 4. 1899
Indiana. "Wabash River Mussel Work. 1907. U. O. Cox." 1907
Indiana. "Tippecanoe River. Scovell." circa 1899
Indiana. "Yellow River Ind." circa 1899-1906
Indiana. "Eagle Lake, Ind." circa 1899-1906
Indiana. "Indiana Lakes. Scovell." undated
Indiana. "Wild Cat Creek. Ord Evermann. Dupl." circa 1899
Indiana. "Twin Lakes and other small lakes of Northern Indiana. By J. T. Scovell." circa 1907
Indiana. "Round Lake or Bryans Lake, Ind." undated
Indiana. Notebook with list of "B. W. Evermann's Fishes." undated
Indiana. Notes, memoranda, and correspondence. circa 1890s-1900s
Indiana. Trip notes and expenses. 1888-1907
Indiana. "Indiana General." See also Millard Knowlton notebook in Box 113, Folder 5. circa 1890s-1900s
Indiana. Notebook with "General notes on observations made in Madison Co., Ind. by Millard Knowlton." Also includes tag numbers for specimens taken. See also Box 98, Folder 3. 1900
Indiana. "Bruce Lake, Ind." See also Bruce Lake notebook in Box 113, Folder 6. circa 1890s-1910
Indiana. Notebook. "Bruce Lake. General Notes. August 21-23, 1899." See also Bruce Lake folder in Box 98, Folder 4. 1899
Indiana. Hand-drawn map of lake. Taken from Bruce Lake folder in Box 98, Folder 4. 1908
Indiana. "Bass Lake." See also Bass lake notebook in Box 113, Folder 7. circa 1910
Indiana. Notebook. "Bass Lake, etc. 1899. August 26-29, 1900." Includes Evermann memorandum on Bass and Round Lakes found inside notebook. See also Bass Lake folder in Box 98, Folder 5. 1899-1900
Indiana. Large notebook with lists of fish. 1880s
Indiana. Miscellaneous items found in notebook in Box 111, Folder 1. circa 1880s
Indiana. Notes, correspondence, and manuscript found inside notebooks in Box 111, Folder 1. circa 1880s
Indiana. Manuscript report on Indiana fish found in Box 111, Folder 1. circa 1890
Great Lakes. Lake Erie and Lake Huron fish data. circa 1910
Great Lakes. Manuscript of David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann, "A Review of the Salmonid Fishes of the Great Lakes Region of North America, with Notes on other Food-fishes." circa 1910-1911
Great Lakes. Notes, lists, and papers. 1893-1911
Great Lakes. "Lake Erie Basin Fishes." 1894
Great Lakes. "List of fishes collected in Lake Huron in 1894 by Dr. J. T. Scovell and identified by Dr. W. C. Kendall." circa 1894
Great Lakes. Newspaper clippings on Lake Ontario fish. 1890s
Great Lakes. "Trip to northern New York, Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, and Vermont." 1894
Great Lakes. St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain. 1894
Great Lakes. Two notebooks. 1894
Hawaii. 1900-1904
Rhode Island. Note indicates "Krumlin's Reports on Palmer and Warren River of new species of shad." Includes material on Taunton River. 1881
Fish Check List 1882-1930 and undated
"Evermann and Clark Check-list Addenda." undated
Colorado and Texas. undated
Oversize charts with fish lists, labeled "Rio Grande and Texas." Taken from Box 115, Folder 2. undated
Mexico, Central, and South America. undated
"West Coast of U.S." undated
Oversize charts containing fish lists for the Pacific coast, the Great Basin, and the Colorado and Columbia River basins. Taken from Box 115, Folder 4. undated
"The Great Lakes". undated
"Ohio Basin". undated
"Wabash Basin," Indiana. undated
Delaware River. undated
Apalachicola. undated
Arkansas River. undated
Alabama. undated
Dismal Swamp. undated
Florida. undated
Illinois River. undated
Susquehanna. undated
Escambia River. undated
Santee River. undated
Roanoke River. undated
Cape Fear. undated
"Great Peder, Yadkin, etc." undated
"Pamlico, Tar, etc." undated
Potomac River. undated
Manuscript of R. E. Earle, "The White or Gray Trout Fisheries of Chesapeake Bay." 1882
"New York Streams." undated
New England. undated
Neuse River. undated
Upper and Lower Missouri Basins. undated
Upper Mississippi. undated
Red River and Lower Mississippi. undated
Altamaha River, Georgia. undated
Rio Grande. undated
Notes. undated
Colorado River. List of fishes. undated
Correspondence and notes. circa 1924-1929
Correspondence and notes relating to David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann, and Howard Walton Clark, "Check-List of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America" (1930). circa 1930
Fish listed by scientific classification. May be material for fish checklist. undated
Portions of manuscript of fish checklist. 1928
Geographical charts of fish distribution. Hand-marked. undated
"Publications by Barton W. Evermann." undated
"Other Evermann bibliographies." undated
File cards on: fish and other species of the Galapagos, Cocos Island, Lower California, the Revillagigedos, and Clipperton Island, and on "Rivers, Lakes, etc. studied by B.W. Evermann." Includes references to Gilbert, Snod and Hill, and Snod and Heller. undated
"Evermann References copied by Miss Phillips from Galley Proof JEC Checklist. Completed 6/10/29." Contains citations to work authored or co-authored by Evermann. May refer to Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, "Check-list of Fish." 1929
"References to original descriptions of new species, genera, etc. of Salmonidae." undated
"Families, Genera, and Species described by B.W. Evermann alone or with others to Oct 1, 1917." circa 1917
Unlabeled box. May contain references to fish named by or for Evermann. undated
Manuscript copy of Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, "Check List of the Fishes and Fishlike vertebrates of North and Middle America." circa 1930
Copies of Evermann's bibliography as of 1905. Taken from Indiana University Bulletin. 1905
Bibliographical notes and lists. Includes lists of Evermann's publications and lists of research material. Found filed under bibliography. circa 1900s-1920s
Bibliography of Evermann's publications taken from the California Academy of Sciences correspondence. Includes information on Evermann's bequest of papers to the California Academy. 1933
Evermann's personal copy of the Bulletin of the United State Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, For 1903. Contains annotations. 1905
Ten boxes of publications. Primarily contains reprints of works authored or co-authored by Evermann. not recorded
Administrative materials. Contains original envelopes for nitrate negatives and separation records for glass negatives that have been re-housed. undated
Prints
Personal
Portraits and Group Portraits. undated
Family photographs. undated
Tintypes from Meadie Evermann's possessions. undated
Unidentified portraits. circa 1902
Miscellaneous Washington, D.C. photographs and cyanotypes. undated
Cyanotypes of David Starr Jordan and Stanford University. undated
Hunting and bird photos. undated
Four oversized Toxaway Evermann photographs. undated
Photograph N22308: Evermann in Steinhart Aquarium 1924
Photographs N21239-N21243: Pribilof Island animals and people including fur seal hunting. undated
Education
Yale University Forest School. circa 1904
Cornell University School of Forestry. undated
Photographs to accompany Bureau of Fisheries lecture material in Box 15, Folder 6. undated
Professional and Civic Organizations
Photographs of museums in Oakland and Los Angeles. Attached to material in AAAS Pacific Division Guidebook folder, Box 20, Folder 7. 1914-1915
Photographs from trip to Hawaii for the Pan Pacific Scientific Conference. Includes photo list. 1920
Photographs from 1925 trip to Hawaii. Some negatives available in Box 127. 1925
Professional Work
Lake Maxinkuckee
Photos removed from Box 25 Manuscript. not recorded
Photos removed from Box 43 Correspondence. not recorded
Photos removed from Box 44 Correspondence. not recorded
Box of photographs. Also includes photos and plates of the Culver Military Academy. undated
Birds
Indiana. From Box 52. 1898
Photos from Yellowstone National Park by J. Touchet; photos of hummingbirds attached to notes and typescript; and unidentified photographs. Found in Box 52. not recorded
Photograph of Water Ouzel and photographs from Pyramid Lake, Nevada. Found in Box 52. 1921 and undated
Correspondence
Photograph of Mabel Remsberg. From letter in Box 56, Folder 5. 1894
Writings
Illustrations for "David Starr Jordan, the Man." 1909-1923
Illustrations for "Naub, the Split-Rock Bass." not recorded
California Academy of Sciences
Portrait of Tsen-Hwang Shaw and photograph of unidentified person. 1928 and undated
Photos of California locations. Includes San Benito County, the Salton Sea, and Santa Barbara and San Clemente Islands. 1898, 1916 and undated
Photos of Los Coronados Group. 1922
Photos of 1922 Guadalupe expedition. By G. Dallas Hanna. 1922
Box of photographs labeled "Galapagos." Primarily consists of photographs from the Templeton Crocker Expedition to the Galapagos of 1932. Also includes work by Toshio Asaeda, photos of Mexico, and cyanotypes from San Francisco. circa 1932
Tule Elk. Some negatives available in Box 127. 1914
Whales. Sulphur bottom whale from United States National Museum. undated
Whales. Sperm whale on beach in Wilmington, North Carolina. Includes description. 1928
Alaska Fur Seals circa 1892-1918
Alaska. Locations include the Pribilof Islands, the Aleutian Islands, Cook Inlet, and Unalaska. Subjects include people, villages, fur seals, reindeer, and the U.S. Steamer "Albatross." 1892-1911 and undated
"No. 23. 17 Fur Seal photographs (Sleeping Bachelor). Taken by B.W.E. 1892." 1892
"Pribilof Island photographs from the collection of B.W. Evermann taken in 1892." 1892
St. George and St. Paul Island by G. Dallas Hanna, July 17, 1917. 1917
St. Paul Island. 1901-1916 and undated
Fish
Whitefish. Found attached to clippings on whitefish, with "Salmonidae" material in Box 71. undated
Swordfish specimens found with material on giant mackerels in Box 70. undated
"Fish Misc Pictures." Appear to be photos of fish catches. Found with material in Box 77. 1906, undated
Illustrations for Barton Warren Evermann and H. Walton Clark, "Descriptions of Two New Species of Fishes From Off Cape San Lucas, Lower California," Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XVI, No. 22, pp. 685-688 (1928). See Box 77, Folder 5. Some negatives and glass negatives also available. circa 1928
Photographs removed from Box 81. Primarily of fish, but also including photographs of reptiles and one of a porpoise. undated
Lamprey climbing a waterfall. Attached to letter in Box 81, Folder 1. 1909
Arizona. From Box 83, Folder 14. undated
Arkansas. From Box 83, Folder 15. 1897
Connecticut. "No. 2. 11 Photographs. State Fish Commission Ponds. Joshuatown, Conn. May 9, 1896." 1896
Nebraska. Creighton and Fort Robinson. 1893
Normal School in Mankato, Minnesota. From Box 83, Folder 12. undated
Minnesota. Photographs by U. O. Cox. Found in stack with label: "No. 12. 27 Photographs. Lake of the Woods. Taken by U. O. Cox. 1895." 1895
Montana and Yellowstone. Includes some cyanotypes. Found in stack with label: "No. 1. 29 photographs + blue prints taken in Montana and 3 prints and 14 Yellowstone Park. Taken by B.W.E. 1891." Many photos by F. Jay Haynes. 1891
Montana and Wyoming. 1893
Montana. 1891
Mississippi. 1897
Mississippi and Louisiana. 1897
Photo of sigillaria reniformis. Only item found in folder labeled "Missouri." 1888
Iowa. 1893
"Cottonwood trees. Louilla, Iowa. 1893." 1893
Pennsylvania. "No. 9. 7 Fishery photographs. Erie, Pa. P. H. Hartman. July 11, 1910." 1910
North Carolina. "Photographs Beaufort." See "Trips to Beaufort" folder in Box 112, Folder 17. circa 1904,1905
North Carolina. Near Pinebluff. undated
Louisiana. 1897
New York. circa 1880s-1902
Florida. 1896
"Hawaiian photos." undated
Alaska. Includes one photograph found with negatives labeled "No. 86" in Box 128. circa 1890s-1900s
Chamberlain's photographs of Alaska fisheries. 1903
"No. 7. 6 photographs. Georgia and Tennessee. Taken by B.W.E. October, 1893." 1893
South Dakota. From Box 89, Folder 6.
South Dakota. Bureau of Fisheries photographs. 1892 and undated
Puerto Rico. 1899
Folders and plates of deep sea fishes. undated
Peru. 1908
Mexico. Includes some cyanotypes. Locations include Cape San Lucas, Guaymas, La Paz, Acapulco, San Juan, Gulf of California. undated
Oregon. "No. 15. 56 Photographs. Southern Oregon. Taken by B.W.E. 1897." 1897
Oregon. Set of southern Oregon photographs. 1897
Oregon. 1895-1897, 1925
Idaho. "No. 4." Photographs by B.W.E. of Alturas Lake region. 1894, 1895
Idaho. Locations include Pettit Lake, Redfish Lake, Ice Lake, Alturas Lake, Lake Meade. 1895
Idaho. Cyanotypes of Sawtooth Mountains. 1893
Idaho. Sawtooth Mountains and Region. 1895
Idaho. Alturas Lake region. 1896
Idaho. Two sets of photographs. 1893 and undated
Idaho. "No. 14. 12 4" x 5" photographs. Idaho?" undated
Idaho. Large print of Stanley Lake, Idaho by William Loule. undated
Idaho and Washington. 1893
Washington. 1893, 1918 and undated
Columbia River. Photos of Columbia River and Little White Salmon River. undated
Columbia River. "Photos of salmon, etc. taken on Columbia R. in 1908 by J. T. Nichols." 1908
Washington and Oregon. "No. 22. 42 Washington and Oregon photographs. Taken by U.O. Cox. 1896." 1896
Washington. "No. 20 9 photographs of Lake Pend d'Oreille, etc. Taken by U.O. Cox. 1896." 1896
Idaho, Washington, Nebraska, Wyoming. "No. 17. 56 photographs." Taken by B.W.E. Found attached to Columbia River basin photo list in Box 109, Folder 1. 1893
Photo list. "Photos Taken in Columbia River Basin." Attached to photos labeled "No. 17." See Box 125, Folders 1-2. 1893
Washington. Lake Chelan. 1898
Washington. Snoqualmie. Cyanotypes. 1892
California. Photos of aquatic life taken in Monterey, California. Found in folder labeled "Misc Fish."
California. Photos from "Chamberlain, F. M." folder. See Box 91, Folder 9. Includes cyanotypes.
Canada. circa 1890s-1910s
Texas. "Full set views taken in Texas, Nov - Dec 1891." 1891
Texas. "No. 10. 35 photographs. 20 blueprints. Texas. Taken by B.W.E., 1891." Includes cyanotypes. 1891
Texas. 1891
Florida. 1896 and undated
Florida. "No. 21. 25 Florida photographs. 1896. Contains photographs showing - W. A. Wilcox, B. A. Bean, A. D. Madden." 1896
Indiana. "Polyodon spathula caught in Manitou Lake, Rochester, Ind." undated
Indiana. Tippecanoe River near Delong, Indiana. 1899
Indiana. Lake Manitou. undated
U.S. Fish Commission. Portraits. Includes Spencer Fullerton Baird, G. Brown Goode, and George Meade Bowers. undated
Natural Bridge, Virginia. Found with Fish Commission material in Box 104. undated
Washington. Photo of chinook salmon. Found with Fish Commission material in Washington folder in Box 104, Folder 6. undated
Wyoming. Photos by U.O. Cox. Found with Fish Commission material in Wyoming folder, Box 104, Folder 11. 1893
Golden Trout and the Sierra Nevada 1904
Photo album: "Golden Trout Expedition 1904 & Mt. Whitney."
Sierra Nevada photos. May have been meant to be used for plates. Locations include Onyx, California and Volcano Creek. Many locations not indicated. circa 1904
"Photograph memoranda." Includes "List of photographs taken by R. L. Green"; list of "Films"; and copy of notes by R. L. Green. 1904
Photographs from golden trout expedition. Partial list of locations includes Kern Canyon, Kern Lake, Mt. Whitney, Whitney Creek, Coyote Creek, Volcano Creek, Siberian Outpost, Crabtree Meadows, Redstone Park and others. Includes captions. 1904
Photographs of Sierra Nevada locations. Partial list of locations include Kern Canyon, Kern Lake, Mt. Whitney, Whitney Creek, Coyote Creek, and Volcano Creek. May be for plates for Bureau of Fisheries publication. Includes captions. circa 1904
Nitrate negatives
Small box with portraits of Evermann. undated
May be pictures of artifacts from Hawaii. Found alongside prints in box with material related to Evermann's 1925 trip to Hawaii. circa 1925
"Dr. Meek." Found near folders of correspondence with Seth Eugene Meek (see boxes 55 and 56). undated
Note on envelope reads: "Photos by Rene, Radio operator." Removed from Galapagos photo box. undated
Negatives list for fur seal work with the U.S. steamer Albatross. "Negatives taken by N. B. Miller." 1892
Pyramid Lake, Nevada. Removed from Box 52, Folder 9. Negatives have been individually sleeved. 1921
Columbia River. "9 films." No number indicated on envelope. 1896
Sawtooth mountains. Found in envelope with note: "Presumably by B. W. Evermann." 1895
Found in envelope with note: "Enclosed items were found tucked under the string that tied up ms copy of Evermann's Fishes of Peru." undated
Fish. Illustrations for article by Evermann and Clark in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series, Vol. XVI, No. 22. Painted negatives. See also Box 77, Folder 5. circa 1928
Fish. Found with illustrations for article by Evermann and Clark in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series, Vol. XVI, No. 22, 1928. Found in envelope with glass negatives. See also Box 77, Folder 5. circa 1928
"No. 57. 4 Negatives, family." In envelope.
"No. 58. 43 Negatives. Iowa, Nebraska, Lake Erie, Tennessee, etc." 1893
"No. 60. 30 Alaska? negatives." May be the individually-sleeved and labeled negatives found near the envelope. Envelope was found empty at time of processing. undated
"No. 61." Alaska. "74 films." In original envelope. 1892
"No. 63." Idaho. "53 films." 1895
"No. 64." Idaho. "4 films." 1896
"No. 68." Montana. "6 films." Label also reads "Dr. Jenkins" on the "remarks" line. 1896
"No. 69." Southern Oregon. Found alongside attached photo list. "49 films." 1897
"No. 70. Pend d'Oreille. 2 films." undated
"No. 72. Sawtooth Lakes." undated
"No. 72." Idaho and Oregon. 5 negatives. 1896
"No. 73." Texas. "4 films." 1891
"No. 74." Puerto Rico. "53 films." 1898-1899
"No. 76." Alturas Lake. "11 films." Found with Fish- Idaho material. undated
"No. 78." Indian River. "27 films." Found with Fish - Florida materials. 1896
"No. 80." Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. "6 films." undated
"No. 81." Sawtooth mountains. "4 films." 1895
"No. 83." Seattle and Snoqualmie Falls. "11 films." 1892
"No. 84." Snake River. "1 film." 1894
"No. 85." Tule Elk. Individually-sleeved. Many are numbered and have matching prints. undated
"No. 86. Fur seal + blue fox. H.D. Chichester, Ma. 17 films." Found in envelope with one photographic print from Box 120, Folder 6. undated
"No. 87. 6 Negatives Films. Dr. Evermann." Rolled up in small tube. undated
Glass negatives undated
Glass negatives, 5x7. For separation records with descriptions, see Box 126, Folder 12. undated
Glass negatives undated
Lantern slides undated