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Dearly Departed: Richard M. Eakin
Written by Helen Yang, a fourth year student participating in the IMLS, “Strategic Stewardship for Sustaining the Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology” project. Richard “Dick” Marshall Eakin was a professor in the zoology department at UC Berkeley. He became … Continue reading
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Tagged embryology, herpetology, Richard M. Eakin, zoology
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Dearly Departed: George Gaylord Simpson
Written by Salaam Sbini, a fourth year history student participating in the IMLS, “Strategic Stewardship for Sustaining the Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology” project. One can imagine having an interest in something that tends to move, breathe, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Natural History, Paleontology
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Cold War Exchanges: USSR and UC Berkeley
Written by Salaam Sbini, a fourth year history student participating in the IMLS, “Strategic Stewardship for Sustaining the Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology” project. Every so often I go through a correspondence file that goes beyond the United … Continue reading
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Tagged Mammalogy, USSR
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Dearly Departed: Captain John Bollons
Written by Helen Yang, a fourth year student participating in the IMLS, “Strategic Stewardship for Sustaining the Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology” project. Equally as important as the researchers who study the MVZ’s specimens are the collectors who … Continue reading
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Tagged ethnography, John Bollons, Maori, New Zealand
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“An Unexpected Inquiry: Mosaic from Antioch, Syria 1938”
Written by Salaam Sbini, a fourth year history student participating in the IMLS, “Strategic Stewardship for Sustaining the Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology” project. The brown manila folders filled with correspondence letters and photos I go through are … Continue reading
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Tagged Antioch, Fauna, Grinnell, Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Mosaic, Syria
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