For long years the fishes, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles were a joint responsibility of the vertebrate department and of one curator, Witmer Stone. Our records include accession books, annual reports of the curator, papers about various collections, personnel, history, and techniques for handling skins, crania, eggs, and nests. Witmer Stone's descriptive report of the department and Scalter's remarks about the collections round out the papers. Archived with Witmer Stone's papers.