Diary

Description

Title: Diary
Creator: Skinner, Milton P. (Milton Philo), b. 1879
Contributor: American Society of Mammalogists
Skinner, Eva
Skinner, Milton P. (Milton Philo), b. 1879
Published / Created: 1928
Abstract: Typescript diary of Milton P. Skinner for 1928, bound with string. Brief daily entries from January to July describe Skinner's work on various manuscripts, local weather, auto trips, and outings with his wife Eva, including a trip to Washington in April for the annual meeting of the Society of Mammalogists and a trip from the Skinner home in Jamestown, New York to Crater Lake in Oregon. Entries omitted from August through November. December entries relate Skinner's life in Long Beach, California and note arrangement of lecture engagements at high schools and social clubs in Southern California. Typescript and manuscript financial accounts for house and automobile expenses, as well as expenses for clothes, books, amusements, and personal items are appended. Typescript calculation of personal assets dated 1928 Jan 1 also bound with diary.
Description: Milton P. Skinner, naturalist and author. In 1920, appointed Yellowstone National Park's first park naturalist.
Purchased from Ron Lerner on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 2004.
Extent: 1 v. ([37 p.]) ; 17 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Typescripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): California, Southern--Social life and customs
Crater Lake National Park (Or.)
Jamestown (N.Y.)
Long Beach (Calif.)
Subject (Name): American Society of Mammalogists
Skinner, Eva
Skinner, Milton P. (Milton Philo), b. 1879
Subject (Topic): Naturalists, American

Access: Public
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Citation: Milton P. Skinner, Diary. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.