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In a letter to Henry Fairfield Osborn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt criticizes the taxonomical work of C. Hart Merriam. Roosevelt specifically notes Merriam’s taxonomical splitting of various groups of wapiti, wolves, and coyotes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-18
Report on the work of the Pennsylvania Industrial Commission classification.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912
C. Hart Merriam examines whether the system of classifying species is satisfactory or not. It will be years before it can be said with certainty that forms “do or do not intergrade.” A fixed nomenclature will be impossible until that point. Merriam concludes his argument by urging museums, sportsmen, and naturalists “to secure and preserve specimens of our larger mammals from remote parts of their ranges.” A handwritten note dated May 13 from the editor of Science asks whether the recipient would like to discuss Merriam’s position further.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-14