Overview of the Collection
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Washington, D.C.,
osiaref@si.edu
United States. Bureau of Biological Survey
Personal Papers
Big Game Estimates and Inventories
1928-1940
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Record Unit 7168
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7168, United States, Bureau of Biological Survey, Big Game Estimates and Inventories
Historical Note
By letter of September 26, 1923, the Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey requested from the National Park Service yearly "information as to the number of the different
kinds of big game animals in the various national parks, for use in reissuance of lists of national and state game and bird refuges." In 1937, the Biological Survey began
annual inventories of big game throughout the country, compiling these statistics from estimates of the National Park Service, Forest Service, and its own field agents and
cooperative units.
Descriptive Entry
These papers include correspondence, statistics, and material generated and collected by the Biological Survey in its administration of the inventory from 1928 to 1940.
For similar records, see Record Unit 7146.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
United States. National Park Service
United States. Bureau of Biological Survey
United States. Department of the Interior
Subject
Mammalogy
Ornithology
Series 1
Correspondence, Statistics and Materials Concerning Big-Game Estimates and Surveys, 1929-1940.
Box 1
Box 1 of 1
Folders 1-8 Correspondence, statistics and material concerning the estimates of big game, particularly on the national parks and forests, 1928 (folder 1), 1929 (folder 2), 1930 (folder 3), 1931-1932 (folder 4), 1933 (folder 5), 1934 (folder 6), 1935 (folder 7) and 1936 (folder 8)
Box 1 of 1
Folders 9-12 Correspondence, statistics and material concerning the big game inventories for the entire United States undertaken by the Bureau of Biological Survey, 1937 (folder 9), 1938 (folder 10), 1939 (folder 11), and 1940 (folder 12)