This file contains correspondence with the American Museum of Natural history regarding Museum collecting expeditions to Alaska and Africa, Museum patron Leslie Simson, and a pamphlet for the AMNH lecture with Theodore Roosevelt titled "Through Africa with Roosevelt."

This collection is composed primarily of correspondence, as well as budget records, newspaper clippings, press relases, and scientific collecting permits. The collection documents the activities of Director of the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art, Frank S. Daggett from 1911-1920 and incldues correspondence regarding Hancock Park and Rancho La Brea, collecting expeditions to Alaska and Africa, and includes correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt.