Carl Akeley Papers

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.047

Scope and Content

Collection of papers relating to Carl Ethan Akeley (1864-1926), a renowned naturalist, taxidermist, sculptor, inventor and explorer who concentrated his work in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). He married Mary L. Jobe, explorer and founder of Camp Mystic, in 1924. Papers include an 1896 patent for an improved horse collar invented by Carl Akeley, a bibliography of articles written by or about Carl Akeley, copies of a letter written to Carl Akeley from Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1914 and the Akeley memorial issue of "Natural History: The Journal of the American Museum" published March 1927 and entirely devoted to Akeley's life and work.

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Magazine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Periodical

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Patent

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Serial

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Record, Executive

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Government Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1896 - 1927

Archive Size/Extent

1 folder

Primary Language

English

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026

Name/Title

Carl Akeley Papers