New York State Museum Paleontology Curator's Correspondence Files B1770

New York State Museum Paleontology Curator's Correspondence Files

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

Most correspondence in this series consists of requests for loans of fossil specimens. Also included is correspondence regarding the identification, classification, and donation of fossil specimens; requests for publications and photographs; inter-agency memorandums; an alphabetical author index to State Museum bulletins; and a compilation of the tables of contents and indices to authors, subjects, and new genera and species contained in reports and bulletins.

Creator:

New York State Museum

Title:

State Museum Paleontology Curator's correspondence files

Quantity:

1 cubic foot

Inclusive Dates:

1941-1968

Series Number:

B1770

Arrangement

Chronological.

Administrative History

Clinton F. Kilfoyle served as Curator of Paleontology for the New York State Geological Survey from 1926 to 1969.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of the correspondence files of Clinton F. Kilfoyle, Associate Paleontology Curator within the State Museum. The bulk of the correspondence pertains to requests from scientists, curators, teachers, students, and private citizens for loans of fossil specimens. The requests originate from a wide variety of public and private institutions including government agencies, educational institutions, and museums. Correspondence regarding the identification, classification, and donation of fossil specimens is also included as well as requests for publications and photographs. A small portion of the correspondence pertains specifically to the Gilboa Plants and contains several sketches. A small amount of inter-agency memoranda is also included in the series.

The series includes an alphabetical author index of New York State Museum bulletins that lists the title and number of each publication. An eighty-three-page compilation of the tables of contents and indices to authors, subjects, and new genera and species contained in State Museum Paleontologist's reports, Director's reports, and miscellaneous bulletins on paleontology and geology published since 1902 is also included.