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title
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Letter, Robert Wolcott to Frank H. Shoemaker, 1906, Feb. 11
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description
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Handwritten letter, 2 pages, from Robert H. Wolcott to Frank H. Shoemaker, "I have these beetles unlabeleed awaiting that formality and give me your the list:"
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transcription
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The College Of Medicine
The University of Nebraska
(the Omaha Medical College)
Henry B. Ward, Deam, Lincoln
Harold Gifford, Associate Dean, Omaha
Anatomu
Robery H. Wolcott
C.W M. Poynter
Lincoln Nebr.
Feby , 1906
Dear Shoemaker,
I have these beetles unlabled awaiting that formality and give you the list:
Sandusky, O.
July 1905
R.H. Wolcott
75
Columbia, Mo
June 190
R.H. Wolcott
100
Same July
150
Same Aug
50
Omaha, Nebr.
Oct 190
45
Miami, Fla 4/20/05 16
Salt Lake, Utah 8/27/05 15
Ohama, Neb 4/15/05 6
Council Bluffs 5/7/05 18
" " 5/20/05 5
" " 6/9/05 3
" " 6/11/05 59
Council Bluffs 6/18/05 11
" " 6/25/05 4
" " 10/8/05 4
Omaha 9/18/04 14
These all take your labels
} all these I owe to you.
As standard labes for me I suggest:
Lincoln, Nebr.
March 19
R H Wolcott
Same Apr
Same May
Same June
Same July
Same Aug
Same Sept
Same Oct
Same Nov
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R H Wolcott Collector (to be added to your Omaha labels when I come up there collecting)
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Mar 19
R.H Wolcott
Same Apr
Same May
Same June
Same July
Same Aug
Same Sept
Same Oct
Same Nov
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Now instead of your pub-localities wouldn't it be better to use four lines? As -
Lincoln, Nebr.
(Salt Sasin)
Mar 19
R.H. Wolcott
Same Apr
Same May
Same June
Same July
Same Aug
Same Sept
Same Oct
Same Nov
And then make a [ineligible] complete set for each of these, substituting
and then for other localities only one form-
Lincoln, Nebr
(Roca)
190
R. H Wolcott
Same (Havelock)
Same (Waverly)
Same (Saltillo)
Same (Woodlawn)
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I also suggest
Collected in sandy culti-vated field
Collected in clay-pit
Collected in sand-pit
Collected on alkaline mud-flats
Collected under bark in woods
Collected in paths in woods along creek
Collected under logs, tc. in woods
Collected under bark in woods
Collected under object in open field
Collected under dung
Collected under dead
Collected on sand-bar
Collected along bank of river
Collected at electric light
Collected in railroad cut or on banks
Flying in Woods
Flying in Meadows
Flying along edge of woods
Collected under dead leaves [added in pencil]
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Cherry Co., Nebr.
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190
R.H. Wolcott
Collected in blow-outs in sand-hills
Collected in nests of formica rufa (the ant rufa)
Collected in open hills in sandhills
Collected on laks shores in sandhills
Collected on sides of canyon
Forest Reserves
Halsey, Nebr.
190
R.H. Wocott
(over)
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date
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2/11/1906
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subject
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Shoemaker, Frank H., 1875-1948
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tablecontents/boxes/folders
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Box 6
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source/RG#/MS#
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RG 32-13-01
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isPartOf/Collection
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Frank H. Shoemaker, Papers and Photographs
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creator/photographer
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Frank Shoemaker
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rights
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For copyright information, please contact the repository.
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publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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language
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English
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media
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