Museum Archives
The Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History were established in 1982 by the Board of Trustees as the repository of recorded information by and about the Museum. Institutional records housed in the Archives include administrative files of former directors and trustees; inactive departmental records, professional papers and correspondence of former Museum scientists, curators and honorary associates; field notebooks, scrapbooks and clippings; files of Museum publications; and some memorabilia.
The Archives also houses special collections concerning events or people loosely associated with the Museum. Material of this type includes the Henry Wood Elliott Fur Seal Controversy papers; records of the Blossom South Atlantic and Crile-White African expeditions, among others. It also includes biographical information on former directors, trustees, staff, and students; an autograph collection of explorers and scientists; correspondence of a circle of 19
th century botanists; daily sighting records kept by an amateur naturalist from Painesville; and the records of the Lake County Wildflower Club. Upon the Museum's merger with HealthSpace Cleveland and Eco-City Cleveland in 2007 and 2008, respectively, the archives of those institutions were added to the Museum Archives.
Museum Publications
The Museum is creating digital archives on an ongoing basis of its own publications. These include:
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Kirtlandia, the scientific publication of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, is available online through the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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Tracks/Explore, the member magazine of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
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Annual Report
Staff
Joe Tait
Librarian & Archivist
216-231-4600 x3212
[email protected]