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Charles Kerr Sibley papers, 1913-1937

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 37-5-3722

Scope and content

Letters written by Charles Sibley to his father at a variety of addresses in California and Arizona during the teens and 1920s, and to Connecticut in the 1930s. 1913 letters include letters from his sister and his mother. Letters from Charles are fairly complete from the fall of 1916 to the end of 1917. The 1916 letters discuss food and money, while the 1917 ones include mentions of war and SATC military maneuvers.

Dates

1913 - 1927
Undated

Creator

Sibley, Charles Kerr. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Entomologist. Charles Kerr Sibley grew up in Kingston, N.Y. and graduated from Cornell in 1920, receiving Ph.D. in 1925. Around 1913, Sibley's father Robert left the family and never returned. He taught science at John Burroughs School, a private school in St. Louis. Class of 1920, Agriculture.