Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers, Circa 1883-1976
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Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers, circa 1883-1976 Finding aid prepared by Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington, D.C. Contact us at [email protected] Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Historical Note.................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 2 Descriptive Entry.............................................................................................................. 2 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 2 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 4 Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED MATERIALS CONCERNING ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES, CIRCA 1936-1959................................... 4 Series 2: CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES AND RELATED MATERIALS CONCERNING OFFICIAL AND PROFESSIONAL WORK AND PUBLICATIONS, CIRCA 1914-1967.................................................................................................... 5 Series 3: ADD ACQUISITION, CIRCA 1863-1976. (SEE ALSO SERIES 5)............ 7 Series 4: LANTERN SLIDE PLATES OF FIELD TRIPS AND ALASKA, CIRCA 1889-1929................................................................................................................. 8 Series 5: ADD ACQUISITION, CIRCA 1863-1976. (SEE ALSO SERIES 3).......... 12 Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217329 Collection Overview Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., [email protected] Title: Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers Identifier: Record Unit 7172 Date: circa 1883-1976 Extent: 10.34 cu. ft. (19 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 3x5 box) Creator:: Jackson, Hartley H. T. (Hartley Harrad Thompson), 1881-1976 Language: English Administrative Information Prefered Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7172, Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers Historical Note Hartley H. T. Jackson (1881-1976) was a native of Milton, Wisconsin where he started his studies in zoology at age 11. In his early years he became acquainted with Ludwig Kumlien, later his college teacher, and Ned Hollister, then a Wisconsin naturalist. Following his graduation in 1904 from Milton College he taught science in Missouri, Wisconsin and Illinois before taking a graduate scholarship at the University of Wisconsin, where he received his Master's degree in 1909. While at Wisconsin, Jackson taught laboratory zoology and identified, arranged and catalogued the Department's bird collection. During the summers he worked with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. In 1910, the Bureau of Biological Survey offered Jackson a position on its research staff, and he was placed in charge of the Bureau's mammal collection. In 1924 he became chief of the Division of Biological Investigations and in 1936 was placed in charge of the Section of Wildlife Surveys, later Biological Surveys. He remained in that position until 1951 when the Section was merged with that of Distribution and Migration of Birds, and he became mammalogist in the new Section of Distribution of Birds and Mammals. Jackson was one of the founders of the American Society of Mammalogists and served as chairman of its organizing committee in 1919. He has also served the Society as corresponding secretary, 1919-25; editor of the Journal of Mammalogy, 1925-1929; and president; 1938-1940. His primary research interests were the mammalogy of his native state, the life zone concept of Clinton Hart Merriam, and the taxonomy of mammals and mammal distribution. He published extensively, his major work being the Mammals of Wisconsin, 1961. Page 1 of 22 Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217329 Introduction This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee. The papers of Hartley H. T. Jackson were received by the Smithsonian Institution Archives in two accessions. The first accession was transferred from the Bird and Mammal Laboratories, United States Department of Interior, in 1973; an additional collection was donated by Dr. Francis Barkalow in 1981. Descriptive Entry This collection documents the professional career and personal life of Hartley H. T. Jackson. Particularly well represented are materials documenting his career with the Bureau of Biological Survey; his research and publications on mammals; his membership in and work with professional groups and committees; and his family life. Smaller amounts of records concern his early interest in natural history and his education. The papers include correspondence with professional associates, family members, and friends; correspondence, maps, lists, reports, and related materials documenting his government career; correspondence, photographs, awards, and other records concerning his affiliations with professional organizations, especially the American Society of Mammalogists, the Baird Ornithological Club, and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences; photographs of Jackson, his family and friends, professional colleagues, Bureau of Biological Survey field work, and other career related subjects; lantern slides of naturalists, field trips, and Alaska; a set of publications of Jackson, and related records concerning his book Mammals of Wisconsin; a diary written in 1908; biographical information on Jackson; and various materials collected by Jackson, which include pen and ink drawings by Luis Agassiz Fuertes. Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Entomology Mammalogists Mammalogy Natural history Ornithology Types of Materials: Black-and-white photographs Diaries Glass negatives Manuscripts Names: American Society of Mammalogists Baird Ornithological Club of Washington, D.C. Hollister, N. (Ned), 1876-1924 Jackson, Hartley H. T. (Hartley Harrad Thompson), 1881-1976 Page 2 of 22 Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217329 Kumlien, Ludwig, 1853-1902 Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 Milton Academy (Milton, Wis.) United States Civil Service Commission United States. Bureau of Biological Survey United States. Department of Agriculture United States. War Production Board University of Wisconsin Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Page 3 of 22 Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED MATERIALS Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers CONCERNING ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES, CIRCA https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217329 1936-1959. Container Listing Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED MATERIALS CONCERNING ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES, CIRCA 1936-1959. Box 1 Box 1 of 21 Folder 1 Material concerning the American Society of Mammalogists including correspondence concerning meetings, editorial matters for the Journal of Mammalogy and organizational matters. Correspondents include Ira N. Gabrielson, Arno B. Cammerer, George Hines Lowery, Jr., William John Hamilton, Jr., Walter P. Taylor, A. Remington Kellogg, Eugene Raymond Hall, Alfred Brazier Howell, William B. Davis, Viola Shelly Schantz, Edward Alphonso Goldman, Tappan Gregory, Tracy I. Storer, Donald Frederick Hoffmeister and Harold Elmer Anthony, 1936, 1939-1950, 1953. Also includes program for 1959 Annual Meeting giving account of the formation of the group and pictures of the founders and past presidents, minutes of Board of Directors (1943), financial statement (1943) and issuances to members. Jackson was a founder and was president of the Society from 1938 to 1940. Box 1 of 21 Folder 2 Material concerning committees of the War Production Board including the Committee on Conservation and Preservation of Agricultural Products, Food Supplies and Livestock, Committee on Rodent and Predatory Control and the Animal Traps, Cages, Rodent Devices, etc., Simplification, Substitution and Conservation Conference Committee of which Jackson was a member. Includes correspondence with Edwin R. Kalmbach, minutes and reports, 1943. Box 1 of 21 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1946-1947, and material concerning the raising of funds for the Edward Alphonso Goldman Memorial issue of the Journal of Mammalogy. Box 1 of 21 Folder 4 Material concerning the Baird Ornithological Club including notices of meetings, 1948-1949. Box 1 of 21 Folder 5 Correspondence and material concerning the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, 1954-1956. Correspondents include Walter E. Scott. Return to Table of Contents Page 4 of 22 Series 2: CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES AND RELATED Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers MATERIALS CONCERNING OFFICIAL AND PROFESSIONAL https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217329 WORK AND PUBLICATIONS, CIRCA 1914-1967. Series 2: CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES AND RELATED MATERIALS CONCERNING OFFICIAL AND PROFESSIONAL WORK AND PUBLICATIONS, CIRCA 1914-1967. Box 1 Box 1 of 21 Folder 6 Maps of life zones of North America and the United States prepared by Clinton Hart Merriam, Vernon Orlando Bailey, Edward Wilson Nelson and Edward Alexander Preble, 1897, 1910. Box 1 of 21 Folder 7 Material concerning the work