Guide to the George A. Clark Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0229
Creator:
Clark, George A. (George Archibald), 1865-1918.
Title: George A. Clark papers
Dates: 1897-1917
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, articles, clippings and other materials pertaining to Clark's controversial study of sealing in the Pribilof
Islands, Alaska. These papers primarily concern the studies done between 1909-1913 and focus on Clark's dispute with Henry
Wood Elliott's findings. Correspondents include A. H. Proctor, Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, Barton W. Evermann, Henry W. Elliott,
David Starr Jordan, Mary C. Dickerson, Charles K. Field, and Bird McGuire. Other subjects include administrative issues, Clark's
attempts to have his reports and articles published, and analysis of problems resulting from the government's actions. Collection
also includes "The Fur Seals of the Pribilof Islands: Report of the Special Investigation, 1912"; a translation by Marie de
Koroleff of a portion of Bishop Veniaminov's account of the Russian method of conducting the fur-seal industry (1840); and
a transcript of the Treasury Hearing with Henry W. Elliott, April 15, 1897.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Philip C. Clark, 1980.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
George A. Clark Papers (SC0229). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
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.
Description of the Collection
Correspondence, articles, clippings and other materials pertaining to Clark's controversial study of sealing in the Pribilof
Islands, Alaska. These papers primarily concern the studies done between 1909-1913 and focus on Clark's dispute with Henry
Wood Elliott's findings. Correspondents include A. H. Proctor, Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, Barton W. Evermann, Henry W. Elliott,
David Starr Jordan, Mary C. Dickerson, Charles K. Field, and Bird McGuire. Other subjects include administrative issues, Clark's
attempts to have his reports and articles published, and analysis of problems resulting from the government's actions. Collection
also includes "The Fur Seals of the Pribilof Islands: Report of the Special Investigation, 1912"; a translation by Marie de
Koroleff of a portion of Bishop Veniaminov's account of the Russian method of conducting the fur-seal industry (1840); and
a transcript of the Treasury Hearing with Henry W. Elliott, April 15, 1897.
Access Terms
Clark, George A. (George Archibald), 1865-1918.
Dickerson, Mary Cynthia, 1866-
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930.
Evermann, Barton Warren, 1853-1932.
Field, Charles K., (Charles Kellogg), 1873-1948.
Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 1865-1932.
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
McGuire, Bird Segle, 1865-1930.
Proctor, A. H.
Pribilof Islands (Alaska)
Sealing --Alaska.
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence
May-July 1913
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence
Aug.-Sept. 1913
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence
October 1913
Box 1, Folder 6
Letter in response to Elliott’s report [missing pages after p. 35]
Oct. 16, 1913
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence
November 1913
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence
December 1913
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence
January 1914
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence
Feb.-March 1914
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence
April-May 1914
Box 1, Folder 12
Correspondence
June 1-13, 1914
Box 1, Folder 13
Correspondence
June 15-30, 1914
Box 1, Folder 15
Unsigned correspondence to Prof. Slonaker
Sept. 1914
Box 1, Folder 16
Correspondence
Sept.-Oct. 1914
Box 2, Folder 2
Clark, “Law Versus Common Sense as Applied to the Fur Seals”
circa June 1914
Box 2, Folder 3
“The Deadly Parallel” [presumably by Elliott]
1913
Box 2, Folder 4
“Governmental Mismanagement of Fur Seals” [presumably by Clark]
Box 2, Folder 5
Miscellaneous covers to letters
Box 2, Folder 6
Publications and clippings
Box 2, Folder 7
Publications not on fur seals
Box 2, Folder 8
The Fur Seals of the Pribilof Islands—Report of Special Investigation 1912. Section I-III
Box 2, Folder 12
Russian method of conducting the fur-seal industry 1805-1840, translated by Miss Marie de Koroleff [found with January 1914
correspondence]
Box 2, Folder 14
Treasury Hearing [transcript], Henry W. Elliott
April 15, 1897
