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C. Hart Merriam sends Professor Brewer’s record of a case when a cougar attacked a child. Merriam is “delighted” that Edith Roosevelt is willing to keep the skulls out of their skins. Merriam answers Theodore Roosevelt’s question about an incident when Merriam heard a panther cry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-05-08
C. Hart Merriam is pleased with the skulls and cat skins that Theodore Roosevelt sent. One of the skulls is the largest of the Felis concolor group that Merriam has ever seen. Roosevelt’s series of skulls from Colorado is “incomparably the largest, most complete, and most valuable series ever brought together.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-05-03
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