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Field notes, observations related to fish, expense reports, and taxonomic/bibliographic information.

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Typed field notes from May 1913 to July 1914. Zoological expedition to collect and capture specimens of wild species at Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino and Tehama County, California (“North Coast Counties”), San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties, California, East base Turtle Mountains, San Bernardino California, Arizona, Kern County California. Maps depicting geographic area, possible range of species represented, and “workings” of animal behavior included.

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Typed field notes from April 1920 to July 1920. Zoological expeditions to trap and observe amphibian and reptile adults, tadpoles and larvae at Englewood, New Jersey; Plainfield and Watchung Mountains, New Jersey; Schunemunk Mountains, New York; Lakehurst, New Jersey; Palisades, New Jersey; and Garrison, New York.

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Handwritten field notes from two separate expeditions. One outing around California (San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach) speaking with people about historical events, taking notes on their names and writing down their oral histories about specific events. Historical research in California. Other handwritten field notes from collection expedition in Northeast Arizona, near Adamana, Arizona, June 7- July 5, 1921. Triassic Chinle Formation. Includes stratigraphic drawings.

Scope and Contents Original field notes from a paleontological expedition to southern Nevada, Utah and Arizona, March 18 - August 11, 1923. Prospecting for fossils at several localities, including a Pleistocene playa, Permian limestone, Triassic sandstone, Cretaceous sandstone, Jurassic sandstone, Chinle and Shinarump Formations. Camp notes local fauna and describes their behavior and habitats. Local species are also collected as zoological specimens. Notes include stratigraphic drawings, specimen sketches...

Scope and Contents Original field notes from a paleontological expedition to Arizona and New Mexico, April 12 - June 13, 1924. Prospecting for fossils in the Late Triassic Chinle Formation and Jurassic sandstones. Camp notes local fauna and describes their behavior and habitats. Local species are also collected as zoological specimens. Notes include stratigraphic drawings, specimen sketches and fossil location maps. Camp also recorded stories he heard regarding local people and historical data of the...

Scope and Contents Original field notes from an expedition to Sonora, Mexico (Alamo Muerto, West Caborca), returning by way of Spur Lake, New Mexico, and St. John’s, Arizona, May 15 - July 13, 1926. Folder also contains typed copies of the May 26 - June 3, 1926, field notes. Expedition involved prospecting for, and excavation of, vertebrate and invertebrate fossils. Localities were found in Pleistocene and Mesozoic rocks; the Late Triassic Chinle Formation. Camp notes local fauna and describes their...

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Record of items, primarily paleontological specimen, borrowed from the Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vetebrate Zoology between 1902 and 1917. Includes date of loan an date of return, receiving institution or person, and description of the item.