Research Archives

Much of the archival material regarding Eiseley's life and work is to be found in the manuscript collections and archives of the universities, museums and publishers in the East, such as the Loren Eiseley Seminar Room at the University of Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, and Charles Scribners & Sons, Publishers, New York.

For a complete current list, consult the bibliography in Gale Christianson's biography of Eiseley, "Fox at the Wood's Edge," published by H. Holt Brown, New York.

• Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors
  Bennett Martin Public Library
  14th & N Street
  Lincoln, NE 68508
  Main Library Phone 402-441-8500
  Heritage Room Phone 402-441-8516
  The Gale E. Christianson collection of Eiseley research materials.
  
  The Heritage Room houses first and autographed editions of Eiseley books, photographs, articles, and essays by and about him in various periodicals. The room also contains information files, letters, newspaper stories, and video tapes of programs sponsored by the Loren Eiseley Society. On display in the room is the Eiseley doll house with its furnishings presented to him by his longtime Research Assistant Caroline Werkeley. Attached to the doll house is a copy of the Eiseley poem "The Doll House." Also on display is a floral painting by Eiseley's mother, Daisey, who he called, "an untaught prairie artist." Programs on Eiseley and his work are presented in the room from time to time. The programs are open to the public.
  
  
• Nebraska State Historical Society Archives
  15th & R Street
  Lincoln, NE 68508
  Phone 402-471-4771 or 800-833-NSHS
  
  Eiseley correspondence with the Historical Society director are stored here along with photographs of Eiseley.
  
  
• Love Library Archives
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  13th & R Street
  Lincoln, NE 68508
  Phone 402-472-9568
  
  Correspondence and miscellaneous material related to Eiseley's ties to the University of Nebraska can be found here. The library also holds audio cassettes of interviews with Eiseley, as well as press conferences and a Memorial Convocation. Numerous newspaper stories and publicity releases are also preserved.
  
  
• Morrill Hall
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  14th & U Street
  Lincoln, NE 68588
  
  Morrill Hall houses the fossil of the cranium of a saber-toothed tiger, the upper canine of which is embedded in the legbone of another cat. The fossil was discovered by Eiseley when excavating in the Badlands of Nebraska. It is the subject of a poem and the title to one of his books of poetry, "The Innocent Assassins."
  
  
• Museum Archives, Nebraska Hall
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  
  Materials housed in Nebraska Hall include Eiseley's field notes and letters regarding his work in the field.