Description
This collection contains 124 pieces of correspondence to and from American naturalist George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) and
his associates involved in wild life and national park conservation, use of water resources on public lands for irrigation,
national parks, and the publishing of books and articles related to those activities.
Background
George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), editor, author, explorer and conservationist, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September
20, 1849. He studied at Yale University, where he took his doctorate in 1880, and was attached to the Peabody Museum from
1874 to 1880. In 1874 he served as naturalist with General Custer's expedition to the Black Hills, and in 1875 with Ludlow's
expedition to Yellowstone Park. He accompanied the Harriman Alaska Expedition in 1899 in a similar capacity. An active member
in a number of scientific and special interest organizations, he was especially interested in the New York Zoological Society,
the American Ornithologists Union, the Audubon Society, the National Parks Association, and was a member of the Explorers'
Club, the Authors' Club, and the Boone and Crockett Club. He was editor of Forest and stream from 1876 to 1911, author of
a number of books and articles on hunting, Indians, frontier life, camping and scouting, wild life, etc., and was editor and
reviewer of many other publications. Grinnell died on April 11, 1938.
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