STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
This addenda is composed of two accessions. The first accession, received in August of 1991 by Carol Perkins, includes publications, awards, notebooks, and the correspondence of Marlin Perkins. The second accession, donated by Gaye Buzbee Jacobs on February 15, 2005, includes a photo album and additional photographs.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Marlin Perkins Papers document the career and activities of Dr. R. Marlin
Perkins. Perkins served as director of the St. Louis Zoo from 1962 to 1970.
For more information, please visit the Marlin
Perkins Papers description on the WHMC website. This addenda includes publications,
awards, notebooks, of Marlin Perkins, as well as photographs from an ablum created
by Perkins' parents, Judge and Mrs. J.D. Perkins.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
SERIES 1. PUBLICATIONS, AWARDS, NOTEBOOKS, AND CORRESPONDENCE, 1947-1987. FOLDERS
2 THROUGH 4.
This series contains awards earned by Marlin Perkins, as well as a Time Magazine
article and related correspondence. In addition, it contains one personal notebook,
one photograph, one lecture program, and one audio recording of Perkins’s
book.
SERIES 2. FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS, 1901-1912. FOLDERS 1 AND 5
This series consists of an empty but ornate family photo album with loose photographs
on the side. The photo album belongs to Judge and Mrs. J.D. Perkins, the parents
of Marlin Perkins.
FOLDER LIST
BOX 1
1. Awards, 1976-1987
2 . Time Magazine article and related correspondence, 1947-1948
3 . Personal notebook and lecture program, 1984
4 . Cassette, Carol Perkins reading Marlin's book, n.d.
5 . Photographs, 721.1 - 721.12. Photograph number 721.12 is from the 1991 Carol
Perkins accession. All other photographs were removed from the antique photo
album that was donated by Gay Buzbee Jacobs and placed in the folder. The antique
photo album is located at the back of the box.
INDEX
Creighton University
Alpha Sigma Nu Lecture
Time Magazine
Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri House of Representatives
St. Louis Zoo
Perkins, R. Marlin
World Bird Sanctuary
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