Correspondence, 1925

File — Box: 17, Folder: 7

Identifier: IV

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From December 1924 until May 1925 Douglass was in California where Pearl was regaining her health and Gawin was in school. While in California he tried to make contacts with oil companies hoping to secure investment capital for oil exploration in the Uinta Basin.

Douglass had commitments to assist in the dinosaur laboratory at the request of Dr. George Thomas, president of the University of Utah, and to assist a paleontological team from the University of Michigan in excavations at dinosaur quarry.

Dates

Creation: 1925

Creator

From the Collection: Douglass, Earl, 1862-1931 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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