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1. Visual materials from the Daniel Carter Beard papers

   ca. 2,917 photographs, stereograph cards, postcards, prints, and tintypes. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Daniel Carter Beard was an American book illustrator and art instructor who specialized in the drawing of outdoor life and wildlife in the United States and Canada. He was very involved in outdoor activities and was an important figure in the formation of the Boy Scouts of America. This group of photographic and graphic materials probably served as his personal study collection.

2. Daniel Carter Beard papers, 1798-1941

   72,000 items. 261 containers plus 2 oversize. 105 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist, author, editor, and cofounder of the Boy Scouts of America. Correspondence, diaries, family papers, speeches, articles, collected source material for writings and speeches, school composition books, address books, sketch books, illustrations, photographs, memorabilia, and printed matter relating chiefly to Beard's activities at the Culver Military Academy, Dan Beard Outdoor School, and with the Boy Scouts of America.

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