This series consists of correspondence documenting the career and personal life of Edward Alexander Preble. Correspondence is primarily incoming, but includes some
outgoing, and is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and occasionally by subject. Correspondence documents Preble's career and field work with the Bureau of Biological
Survey, his editorship of Nature Magazine, and his activities with many conservation societies. Correspondents include authors, conservationists, family members, hunters,
naturalists, systematic biologists and trappers. Includes biographical information on friends, manuscripts by others, maps, newsclippings, and photographs. Additional correspondence
may be found with manuscripts in series 2.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7252, Edward Alexander Preble Papers
