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Earl Douglass obituaries from XX (1931); 13 January 1931; and 73 (8 May 1931).

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Pearl Douglass outlined the Douglass genealogy from 1871 to 1906. Commercial items are also included from an organization called the Douglass Genealogy or the Douglass Family.

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Photocopy of a chapter in the book about Douglass and his discovery of the dinosaur bones in Jensen, Utah, 1909. The chapter is titled "Notes on a Life Spent Pecking at a Sandstone Cliff."

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Obituary of 28 March 1916 in an Owatonna, Minnesota newspaper. This obituary was based on a life sketch written by Douglass which is included.

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Personal materials including teaching records from Alder, Montana, where Pearl taught in 1905. Also included are brief records of the Goetschius family genealogy. Pearl's death on 15 June 1955 is announced by telegram from Gawin Douglass to G. C. Goetschius, Alder, Montana.

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Alumni notices from the South Dakota Agricultural College, State University of Montana, and Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

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Teacher training, notes on teaching, and a teaching contract.

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Honorary societies--Pi Gamma Mu, The Luther Burbank Society, and the Cliosophic Society of Princeton University.

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Huntington Beach, California, Union High School.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Earl Douglass papers (1879-1953) consist of the family and business records of Earl Douglass (1862-1931), a paleontologist from Minnesota, including the records of the discovery, history, and development of Dinosaur National Monument. Click here to view the digitized materials from the collection or the links below. Douglass worked for the Carnegie Museum...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Earl Douglass papers (1879-1953) consist of the family and business records of Earl Douglass (1862-1931), a paleontologist from Minnesota, including the records of the discovery, history, and development of Dinosaur National Monument. Click here to view the digitized materials from the collection or the links below. Douglass worked for the Carnegie Museum...

Scope and Contents In a short essay of nine pages dated 20 August 1926, Douglass commented on his "Personality." The text ranged from poetic self-analysis to lists of favorite books. Also included are comments on "hunting instincts" and "Geology," a description of his childhood to age nineteen, and his "Personality Principles" including "We do best what we love best." In a "Personality Sketch" on three separate pages Douglass looked at his birth and death from a philosophical point of view. He commented...

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The biography of Earl Douglass is in outline form dating from birth through young adulthood. Another chronology lists events in Douglass's life from his birth in 1862 to 1907. His days as a school teacher in Minnesota and Montana are well described, as is his initial employment with the Carnegie Museum in 1902.

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In forty handwritten pages Douglass wrote an account of his life. He attempted to "picture the thoughts and feelings of a real living human being." The text was written in third person and related Douglass's own life story from a detached perspective. This text appears to have been written while he was a student at South Dakota Agricultural College, 1894.