W.L. McAtee papers, 1803-1963 (original) (raw)

Collection Summary

Title W.L. McAtee papers, 1803-1963
Inclusive Dates 1803-1963
Bulk Dates 1900-1960
ID No. MSS31849
Creator McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
Extent 40,000 items
Extent 116 containers
Extent 46.4 linear feet
Language Collection material in English
Location Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011035
LCCN Permalink LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82031849
Summary Biologist and ornithologist. Correspondence, research and writings, field notes and notebooks, poetry, prose, reviews, and other avocational writings, calendars, diaries, memorabilia, scrapbook, wills, and printed matter chiefly documenting McAtee's career as a biologist and ornithologist at the United States Bureau of Biological Survey and its successor, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and as curator of Hemiptera at the Smithsonian Institution.