Scope and Contents These letters describe Douglass's activities in Jensen, Utah, while looking for dinosaur fossils. By way of instruction Holland related to Douglass what Carnegie Museum had in mind for him to do. Many of the letters are concerned with finances. Douglass was always short of money for his work, and the museum was always hesitant about sending more. This financial dialogue is throughout the correspondence. A letter to Holland from Douglass dated December 1907 outlined the exploration of the...

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Boxcars of fossils were shipped from Jensen, Utah, to Carnegie Museum. There are detailed accounts of this process in these letters. A letter (9 June 1915) described a trip Holland made to the quarry to visit Douglass. A good description of the site is included.

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Correspondence between the United States Department of the Interior and Carnegie Museum for continued exploration after the quarry was designated Dinosaur National Monument in 1915. Holland frequently chided Douglass for not following the museum staff's instructions. It was the "housekeeping" chores Douglass was slow to accomplish.

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Douglass and Holland maintained a friendly but formal relationship as demonstrated in this correspondence. Comments in these letters shed light on the personalities of these men. During the latter years, Douglass kept copies of his letters to Holland which are included. These furnish a good description of Douglass's activities at the quarry at this time. A letter of 17 May 1922 describes the discovery of a full skeleton.