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Outgoing correspondence, letterpress, 3 volumes, 1891-1926. (Second volume indexed.) Includes correspondence to relatives, friends, colleagues, administrators of scientific organizations, publishers, professors, lawyers, medical doctors, banks and trust companies, regarding personal and family matters, financial problems, powers of attorney, administrative reports, magazine subscriptions, journal articles, monographs, genealogy, scientific organization membership candidacies, mollusk collections, and student theses. Material includes the following:

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To Rev. Father A. Orban, Catholic University, regarding the environmental role in the theory of selection, 6/12/1891; To John Wesley Powell, director of the United States Geological Survey, a report on the Division of Cenozoic Paleontology, U.S.G.S., 6/15/1891, 6/15/1894; To George Brown Goode, assistant secretary in charge of the United States National Museum, a report on the operations of the Department of Mollusks and Cenozoic Fossils, 6/30/1891; includes Dall's publications in Appendix B; To Charles D. Walcott, chief paleontologist of the U.S.C.S., a report on the Division of Cenozoic Invertebrate Paleontology, 7/1/1892, 6/30/1893, 5/11/1895; To Walcott, a summary of the operations of the Division of Invertebrate Cenozoic Paleontology, 1884-1892, 10/20/1892; To sister Sarah regarding family problems relating to his mother, 6/4/1897; To the New England Trust Company, Boston, regarding trusteeship over his father's estate, 6/9/1897; To Charles Lowell, Boston, regarding the family trust fund, 6/21/1897; To Rev. William Duncan, Metlakatla, Alaska, regarding possible congressional action to withdraw a good portion of Annette Island as an Alaskan reservation and throw it open to prospectors, 1/25/1898; To the Secretary of the Washington Academy of Sciences asking that his name be dropped from its membership roll, 6/2/1898; To George E. Billings, San Francisco, regarding the suit by Rolofsen against Captain Hall's property, 11/10/1898; To William T. Brigham, director of the B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, in regard to visiting the Hawaiian Islands and identifying mollusca of the area, 3/25/1899; To White and Company regarding family genealogy, Dall's accomplishments and important publications, 4/3/1899; To Eugene Waldemar Hilgard, University of California, Berkeley, regarding the accomplishments of Pritchett, in charge of the U.S.C.S., 4/10/1899; To Edgar A. Smith, British Museum, London, in regard to the Boer War and American reactions to it, 1/30/1900; To H. A. Pilsbry, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, regarding mollusk identifications, the transferring of collections, missing and/or stolen collections and Charles Torrey Simpson's manuscript, 6/18/1901; To Richard Rathbun, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, regarding the growth of the Division of Mollusks since he had taken over, Dall's advancement for purchasing a private collection, the need for a working library, and Dall's willingness to turn his personal library over to the museum which he lists in general terms, 7/5/1902; To Arnold Hague, U.S.G.S., regarding Alexander Agassiz's request to edit Jeffries Wyman's memoir of Augustus A. Gould, 11/19/1902, 11/22/1902; To the United States Civil Service Commission regarding questions to be asked on the special examination for appointment as aid to the director of Mollusks, U. S. National Museum, 1/26/1903; To Grove Karl Gilbert regarding criticism over manuscripts and its bearing on Powell's effectiveness as a leader, 5/1/1903; To Edward Anthony Spitzka regarding Major Powell, 5/20/1903; To Samuel Tobias Wagner, regarding his appointment as honorary professor to the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, 9/19/1903; To Edward J. Nolan, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, regarding his criticism of a manuscript on mollusks, 3/8/1904; To his son Marcus regarding the family, 7/26/1904; To N. M. Butler, President of Columbia University, regarding the background and abilities of William T. Brigham, 2/7/1905; To his son Charles Whitney regarding some of the problems of receiving family inheritances, 3/20/1907; To Charles Schuchert, Sheffield Scientific School, concerning his preoccupation with writing a book on the North Pacific marine faunas and his inability to undertake a general survey, 5/29/1908; To John G. Brady, New York City, about the circumstances regarding his full name and the development of his present signature, 11/23/1909; To the Superintendent of the Anacostia line of street cars concerning the behavior of their conductors, 1/18/1910; To Franz Boas, Columbia University, concerning rumors in regard to Boas' integrity, 1/22/1910; To C. F. Newcombe, Victoria, British Columbia, regarding the question of Kendrick's explorations of the Pacific Northwest and historical evidence for same, 10/17/1910; To John W. Linzee, Boston, on the genealogy of his family, 4/5/1911.
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William Healey Dall Papers / Series 3: MEMORANDA, DEPARTMENT OF MOLLUSKS, 1880-1887. INCOMING AND OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE, BOUND, 1866-1926. / Box 5
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7073, William Healey Dall Papers
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