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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Albert M. Reese (1872-1965) Papers, A&M 1852, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Correspondence of A.M. Reese, former professor of Zoology at West Virginia University dealing with venom of snakes, lethal
doses, and some antidotes. Most of the letters regard the swallowing of young snakes by their mother for protection. Other
subjects include an experiment with rats and traps and unusual animal foods of man. There is also a reprint of "Habits of
the Menopoma."
Correspondents include: Col. M. L. Crimmins, Richard W. Westwood, R. K. Stewart-Hay, Clarence H. Kennedy, D. S. Spence M.
B., Charles M. Bogert, John F. McCloskey, F. A. Hanawalt and J. Kalin.
There are lecture and speech notes, references to controversy over evolution and inheritance of acquired characteristics,
and assorted newspaper and magazine clippings of interest to a zoologist.
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Harriet Osborne; Places: New York; Subjects: Venom in young snakes
1926 June 22
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Godfrey L. Cabot; Places: Boston, Mass.; Subjects: The use of potassium permanganate for
snake bite
1932 October 22
Form: Typescript carbon; Persons: A.M. Reese to Godfrey; Places: Morgantown; Subjects: The effect of rattlesnake venom
1932 October 28
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: M.L. Crimmins, Curator of Anthropology; Places: San Antonio, Texas; Subjects: Snake
venom (includes copy of excerpt from the Indian Journal of Medical Research)
1932 September 22
Form: Typescript; Persons: A.M. Reese to Crimmins; Places: Morgantown; Subjects: Lethal dose of snake venom
1932 September 26
Form: Article, "Do Snakes Swallow Their Young?"; Persons: A.M. Reese
undated
Form: Typescript letter; Persons: Richard W. Westwood, Editor, Nature Magazine; Places: Washington, D.C.; Subjects: Comments
on "Do Snakes Swallow Their Young?" by A.M. Reese [article]
1948 September 24
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: R.K. Stewart-Hay Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba; Places: Winnipeg, Canada;
Subjects: Quotes Norman Criddle who says some snakes do swallow young
1949 September 2
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Clarence H. Kennedy; Places: Ohio State University; Subjects: Comments on snakes
swallowing young
1949 September 4
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: D.S. Spence, M.B. The Meadip Hospital; Places: Wells, Somerset, England; Subjects: Cites
"Hardwick's Science Gossip" regarding snakes swallowing young
1949 September 19
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: W.F. Bardeleben, Miners Teachers College; Places: Washington, D.C.; Subjects: Eyewitness
to snake swallowing young, article in Turtox News
1949 September 29
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Charles M. Bogert, The American Museum of Natural History; Places: New York; Subjects:
Comment on article in Turtox News
1949 October 5
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: F.A. Hanawalt, Otterbein College; Places: Westerville, Ohio; Subjects: Comment on snake
swallowing young, believes it myth
1949 December 28
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Mrs. J.H. Stevens; Places: Morgantown; Subjects: Eyewitness to snake swallowing
young, also hoop snake
1950 May 30
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: F.A. Powelson; Places: Columbus, Ohio; Subjects: Eyewitness to snake swallowing young
1950 July 29
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Mrs. R.V. Dickinson; Places: Pueblo, California; Subjects: Eyewitness to snake swallowing
young