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Correspondence from back of two ZRS call sheets for salesmen, c.1940: operations

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dc.contributor.author Grimmer, J. Lear
dc.coverage.temporal c.1930s - c.1940s
dc.creator Grimmer, J. Lear
dc.date.accessioned 2010-05-14T16:45:48Z
dc.date.available 2010-05-14T16:45:48Z
dc.date.created c.1940
dc.date.issued 1940
dc.identifier.other bl1219
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2075/1765
dc.description 2. p., 8.5 x 11 in. This letter comes from the back of two call sheets, bl1217 and bl1218. en
dc.description.abstract This item is part of a series of operational records from the Zoological Research Supply Company, including reports from sales representatives on meetings with customers and related records, such as correspondence. The ZRS served as the profit-making subsidiary of the Bass Biological Laboratory, and operated in the mid to late 1930s and early 1940s. This letter to Stewart Springer discusses details of J. Lear Grimmer's travels for the ZRS, the success of latex in dissections, and his impressions on Anderson, a small scale reptile supplier and apprentice salesman. en
dc.format.extent 5363367 bytes
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso en_US en
dc.relation.ispartofseries ZRS Papers en
dc.relation.ispartofseries 1B.6b en
dc.rights Property of Mote Marine Laboratory; see copyright information on Bass Biological Laboratory community page.
dc.source Bass Biological Laboratory Collection
dc.subject latex en
dc.subject bullfrogs en
dc.subject salamanders en
dc.subject cats en
dc.subject Fraser, Morris en
dc.subject Bass, Else en
dc.subject University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
dc.subject University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
dc.title Correspondence from back of two ZRS call sheets for salesmen, c.1940: operations en
dc.type Other en


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  • Zoological Research Supply Company Papers
    The Zoological Research Supply Company was the profit-making subsidiary of the Bass Biological Laboratory. The activities of both the Laboratory and the Zoological Research Supply Company were closely intertwined. The records in this collection derive from the operations of the ZRS, which supplied specimens to schools and laboratories throughout the country.

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