Estate documents, 1897 - 1931
Scope and Contents
Contents include:
Will. 1895
Codicil. 1895 [directing that his brain and skeleton be preserved at the Anthropometric Society, and that the remainder of his body be burned and the ashes preserved with those of his friends Joseph Leidy and "Dr. Jno. A, Ryder [sic]"]
Will. 1897 [used to distribute his estate]
Correspondence re sale of Cope bequest paleontological collection to the Academy of Natural Science in Philadelphia. 1897-1902 [most of the letters are to/from John B. Garrett, executor of the estate of E.D.C.]
Essays on death of E.D.C. by the journal he edited (American Naturalist),The Brooklyn Ethical Association, and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1897
Letters from Henry Fairfield Osbourne to Julia Cope Collins. 1905, 1929-1931 [re writing and publication of Cope, Master Naturalist]
Letters to Julia Cope Collins re portraits. 1931
Dates
- Creation: 1897 - 1931
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
25 items
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