Professional Correspondence, 1924
Scope and Content
The Reginald Harris Collection consists of biographical documents, professional correspondence, and records of biological research expeditions spanning Central and South America and North Africa. It is divided into three series: Series I: Photographs, 1912-1933; Serires II:
Personal Papers, 1892-1998; Series III: Professional Papers, 1909-1940. Of note, the administrative records of the Long Island Biological Association contain information that relates to this collection.
The collection includes documents, college essays, research notebooks, scrapbooks, and photographs. Most of Harris's personal correspondence is to and from his family, with his brother, Rev. Malcolm Harris, being a major correspondent. Other personal correspondence is with scientists including J. Chester Bradley, and geneticists William E. Castle, George W. Corner, Thomas Hunt Morgan, and H. M. Parshley. There are two years (1924-1925) of Harris's correspondence for the Life Extension Institute, an agency founded to counsel prospective marriage partners on their genetic suitability for marriage.
Harris's professional correspondence is chiefly (though not exclusively) administrative after 1924; it has not been broken out into sent and received, as most of his letters are carbon copies.
The collection contains most of Harris's published writings both in manuscript form and as printed copies, as well as research that was not published. The large number of negatives and loose photographs from the Cornell Entomological Expedition to South America have been identified in this finding aid by markings on the envelopes in which they were held by Harris (numbered A1-D22).
The material from the Second Marsh-Darien Expedition in this collection is extensive. Among other things it includes hair clippings, glass lantern slides, a sheet of picture writing, a research notebook, and many photographs. The photographs, negatives, and lantern slides that are captioned are those that were seen and described by anthropologist James Howe. Howe's captions have been retained because of his knowledge of the Kuna and their history. There is no evidence in Howe's inventory (that accompanied his letter-of-gift) that he saw the Glenn Gift material that relates to this expedition before his donation.
Dates
- Creation: 1924
Creator
- From the Collection: Harris, Reginald G. (Reginald Gordon), 1898-1936 (Person)
- From the Collection: Harris de Tomasi, Jane Davenport, 1897-1984 (Person)
Language of Materials
Bulk of materials in English.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions apply. Access is given only by appointment, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Extent
From the Sub-Series: 31 folders
General
Letters in this folder include:
Jan. 4: Carbon of letter from Catherine W. Koch to Henry Hicks (S.l.)
Jan. 29: Letter from J. P. Baumberger to R.H. (Stanford University, CA)
Feb. 14: Letter from Carl C. Brigham to R.H. (Princeton, NJ)
Feb. 26: Letter from Nat Tischler to Dr. Pratt (Urbana, IL)
Feb. 26: Letter from Carl C. Brigham to R.H.
Mar. 3: Carbon of letter from R.H. to Tower Mfg. Co.
Mar. 5: Letter from Tower Mfg. Co. to Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (New York, NY)
Mar. 7: Letter from C. T. Brues to R.H. (Forest Hills, Boston, Ma)
Mar. 12: Letter from [illegible] to R.H. (New York, NY)
Mar. 13: Letter from J. Chester Bradley to R.H. (Ithaca, NY)
Mar. 16: Postcard from Louis Carra to R.H. and wife (S.l.)
Mar. 17: Carbon of letter from Henry Hicks to Eugene Swope (Westbury, Long Island, NY)
Mar. 18: Letter from C. T. Brues to R.H. (Forest Hills, Boston, MA)
Apr. 8: Letter from C. T. Brues to R.H. (Forest Hills, Boston, MA)
Apr. 11: Letter from Walter H. Snell to R.H.
Apr. 14: Letter from H. B. Witter to R.H. (Providence, RI)
May 12: Letter from Carl Barus to R.H. (Providence, RI)
May 12: Unsigned letter from F. T. Guild to R.H. (Providence, RI)
May 17: Letter from [illegible] E. H. Willets (Mrs. Joseph Hewlett Willets) to R.H. (Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
May 20: Letter from Gatelliery to R.H. (Paris, France)
June 5: Letter from Paul B. Yeats to R.H. (Lexington, VA)
June 16: Letter from Isabel H. Tuthill to R.H. (Rocky Point, NY)
June 17: Letter from Bashford Dean, Metropolitan Museum of Art, to R.H. (New York, NY)
June 17: Letter from Horace Stunkard to R.H. (University Heights, NY)
June 19: Letter from Dorothy M. Swan to R.H. (Duck Island, Newport, NY)
Aug. 23: Letter from C. Buck, Advertising Dept., Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences to Charles B. Davenport, notated “Refer to R. G. Harris”. (Brooklyn, NY)
Aug. 26: Letter from George F. Sykes to R.H. (Boston, MA)
Aug. 29: Letter from T. E. Tuthill to R.H. (Ocean Beach, NY)
Aug. 29: Letter from E. A. Andrews to R.H. (Baltimore, MD)
Sept. 18: Letter from Doublas Quinn to R.H. (Danville, KY)
Sept. 28: Letter from Paul B. Yates to R.H. (Lexington, KY)
Oct. 16: Letter from Emily B. Albuik to R.H. (Providence, RI)
Oct. 23: Letter from Lorande Loss Woodruff to R.H. (New Haven, CT)
Oct. 24: Letter from Ross G. Harrison to R.G. (New Haven, CT)
Nov. 6: Letter from F. R. Lillie to R.H. (Chicago, IL)
Nov. 12: Letter from Edward J. West to R.H. (Boston, MA)
Nov. 15: Letter from Edward J. West to R.H. (Boston, MA)
Nov. 29: Letter from George F. Sykes to R.H. (Boston, MA)
Dec. 1: Letter from R. O. Marsh to R.H. (New York, NY)
Dec. 3: Letter from William Seifriz to R.H. (Philadelphia, PA)
Dec. 3: Letter from Thomas Barbour to R.H. (Cambridge, MA)
Repository Details
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