Professional Correspondence, 1925
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: 1925
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. 14: Letter from Charles B. Davenport to R.H. (Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
Jan. 16: Letter from D. E. Minnich to R.H. re his membership in the American Society of Zoologists (Minneapolis, MN)
Jan.: Letter from P. Matthias to R.H. (Paris, France)
Feb. 3: Letter from J. H. Stickler to R.H. (Haverford, PA)
Feb. 5: Letter from Grover A. Nissler to Arthur W. Page (Butte, MT)
Feb. 16: Letter from Miss Mae Sensing to R.H. (Fayetteville, AR)
Feb. 25: Letter from Miss May B. Wood to R.H. (Farmingdale, NY)
Mar. 2: Letter from Thomas Barbour (Institute for Research in Tropical America) to R.H. (Ancon, Canal Zone)
Mar. 3: Copy of a letter from W.C.C. to the Board of Fellowships in Biological Sciences; marked to the attention of R.H. (S.l.)
Mar. 6: Letter from W. C. Coker to Charles B. Davenport
Mar. 7: Letter from Natalie B. Bigelow to Catherine Brown (New York, NY)
Mar. 20: Letter from Howard Serrell to R.H. (Hanover, NH)
Mar. 23: Letter from Ida Sitler to R.H. (Hollins, VA)
Mar. 23: Letter from Natalie B. Bigelow to R.H. (New York, NY)
Mar. 24: Letter from W. F. Wenner to R.H. (New Haven, CT)
Mar. 27: Carbon of letter to Gentlemen (Chase National Bank) from R.H.
Apr. 6: Letter from W. F. Wenner to R.H. (New Haven, CT)
Apr. 13: Postcard from Robt. B. Sewell to R.H. and Mrs. Harris (Venice, Italy)
Apr. 16: Postcard from N. Caullery to R.H. (Paris, France)
Apr. 16: Letter from H. R. Hunt to Charles B. Davenport (East Lansing, MI)
Apr. 16: Letter from S. C. Whitlock to Charles B. Davenport (East Lansing, MI)
Apr. 17: Letter from Emily B. Aldrich, Brown University, to R.H. (Providence, RI)
May 1: Letter from J. R. T. Bueno, writing for W. H. Nichols, to Charles B. Davenport; marked to the attention of R.H. by C.B.D. (New York, NY)
May 4: Letter from C. D. Williams to R.H. (Buckhannon, WV)
May 20: Letter from Alfred Emerson to R.H. (Pittsburgh, PA)
June 3: Letter from Mrs. Clarence White to R.H. (Charlottesville, VA)
June 5: Letter from John V. Watkins to R.H. (Pittsburgh, PA)
June 9: Letter from W. F. Wenner to R.H. (New Haven, CT)
June 11: Letter from J. N. Couch to R.H. (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 12: Letter from J. N. Couch to The Biological Laboratory (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 22: Letter from Lacy Van Wagenen to The Biological Laboratory (New York, NY)
June 24: Letter from Agnes M. H. Byron to The Biological Laboratory (New York, NY)
June 24: Letter from Henry Hicks to R.H. (Westbury, Long Island, NY)
July 1: Letter from Charles D. Atkins, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, to R.H. (Brooklyn, NY)
July 5: Letter from Edith W. White to Catherine Brown (Lake George, NY)
July 9: Letter from Edith W. White to R.H. (Lake George, NY)
Sept. 11: Letter from Morris Steggerda to R.H. (Holland, MI)
Sept. 28: Letter from Morris Steggerda to R.H. (Champaign, IL)
Sept.: Letter from Morris Steggerda to R.H. (Champaign, IL)
Oct. 5: Letter from Charles D. Atkins to R.H. (Brooklyn, NY)
Oct. 23: Letter of introduction for R.H. from Olmedo Alfaro to Minor C. Keith (Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
Nov. 2: Letter from Henry Hicks to R.H. (Westbury, Long Island, NY)
Nov. 30: Letter from H. H. York to R.H. (Albany, NY)
Dec. 7: Letter from H. H. York to R.H. (Albany, NY)
Dec. 17: Letter from Wilton Lloyd-Smith to R.H. (New York, NY)
Dec. 22: Letter from Florence A. McAnaney, Eastman Kodak, to R.H. (Rochester, NY)
Ca. 1925: Inscribed business card from Louis Carra (Algiers)
Repository Details
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