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Blacker-Wood Correspondence Collection
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CA RBD MSG BW006
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1800-1979 (Creation)
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45 containers
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Custodial history
The majority of the collection was amassed through purchase and donation by Dr. Casey Wood in the 1920s-1930s. After Wood’s death in 1942, the collection continued to be curated by Blacker Wood librarians and expanded through donations.
Scope and content
The collection consists primarily of correspondence on natural history topics between scientists and natural historians. Letters are sometimes accompanied by journal articles.
Figures with significant correspondence within the collection include: Casey Albert Wood, Henry Mousley, Robert Ridgway, and Bowdler Sharpe.
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Files are arranged alphabetically by letter-writer.
Language of material
- English
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Blacker Wood Collection
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- Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942 (Collector)