Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries A. Japan offers documentation of the years Morse resided in Japan as Professor of Zoology at the Imperial University of Tokyo, and his 1882 ethnological expedition funded by the Trustees of the Peabody Museum of Salem. Documentation of his university tenure is sparse. Included are student papers and his teaching contract. Morse's sketches and notes reflect his eclectic curiosity. They include examples of shop signs, fireworks, hairpins, agricultural tools, and views of Noritane...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Natural History includes notebooks of Morse’s boyhood shell cabinet, school essays, lecture notes from Harvard College, illustrations produced for conchologist William G. Binney, extensive notes and sketches relating to mollusca, and research for a proposed textbook entitled Zoology of New England. Included are secondary research materials collected by Morse and filled with his notes. Of interest is a memorandum dated January 14, 1871, in which...