Scope and Contents These holdings do not include all of Jones's correspondence in the field of biology, since he believed that collections, papers and letters about material from a given region should be deposited and preserved in that area. Other letters have been distributed among various individual correspondents, Boston Museum of Natural History, Society of Natural History of Wilmington, Delaware, and the U. S. National Museum. The Academy's collection contains letters from 166 authors who wrote a total of...

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Linton, a Philadelphia judge, was Academy president from 1951 to 1962. Collection consists of letter to incoming president George Clark dated Oct. 10, 1962; 11p. typescript headed "East African Wildlife Revisited, M. Albert Linton"; and 2 covering notes signed H. R[adclyffe] R[oberts] transmitting items to Academy library.

Transferred to Academy archives in 1962.

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These papers refer to professional matters, in large part, although a few personal and biographical items are included. Texts of articles, both published and unpublished, drawings, charts, bibliographies, mailing lists, collecting data, and records pertaining to the location of Odonata in outside collections in the world are all to be found included in this lot.

Assembled by Calvert and retained in his home office until his death, when they were bequeathed to the Academy.