Author Archives: Michelle Koo

Cal Day History Displays, Part 2: Horse Down

Decades before GPS units, cell phones and SUVs with 4-wheel drive, collectors valiantly journeyed into difficult terrain and remote, never-before-collected locations to bring valuable specimens back to the MVZ. With roads and settlements in these localities not yet constructed, such … Continue reading

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The Archives Project and a Trip to Hastings

My name is Kira Dodd and I am the Archival Project Coordinator at the MVZ. In January 2012, we were awarded a three-year grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources to catalog and make more accessible the Museum’s hidden … Continue reading

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Cal Day History Displays, Part 1: Snowbound

Decades before GPS units, cell phones and SUVs with 4-wheel drive, collectors valiantly journeyed into difficult terrain and remote, never-before-collected locations to bring valuable specimens back to the MVZ. With roads and settlements in these localities not yet constructed, such … Continue reading

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