Author Archives: mvzarchguest

Historic Environmentalism

Posted on April 28, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Mary McDonnell is a sophomore majoring in Conservation and Resource Studies.  By being a part of the College of Natural Resources, the majority of my classes entail learning dark details of the world’s declining environmental state. Statistics, graphs, and charts … Continue reading →

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A view from Little Onion Valley

Posted on April 20, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Written by Emily Domanico, fourth year majoring in History of Art and minoring in Chemistry. Sorting through photos in the MVZ archive, Charles David Holliger’s photograph of the landscape of Little Onion Valley stood out for the rhythms of the mountains, the … Continue reading →

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Plains, Trains, and Historic Photo Collections

Posted on March 17, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Mary McDonnell is a sophomore majoring in Conservation and Resource Studies. Growing up in Sacramento, I’ve always had a special place in my heart for trains. That is why this photograph of a railroad stretching the small Plumas county town … Continue reading →

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Sublime Mountain Vista

Posted on March 10, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Tulasi Johnson is a senior in the History of Art department at UC Berkeley. The formal qualities of this photograph taken by Annie Alexander, founder of both the UC Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, recalls the picturesque, … Continue reading →

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From the Archives: Following the bird song

Posted on March 2, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Written by Emily Domanico, fourth year majoring in History of Art and minoring in Chemistry. Following bird songs, naturalist Joseph Grinnell photographed this nest of a black-chinned sparrow while on a collection trip in the San Jacinto Mountains back in May 1908. … Continue reading →

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