Category Archives: Dearly Departed

Dearly Departed: Hilda Hempl Heller

Posted on February 21, 2017 by mvzarchguest

Written by Ashley Lucckesi, a third year student studying Public Health and Molecular &  Cell Biology, participating in the IMLS, “Strategic Stewardship for Sustaining the Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology” project. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had … Continue reading →

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Dearly Departed: Isabella Abbott, Algae Taxonomist and Kelp Chef Extraordinaire

Posted on February 14, 2017 by mvzarchguest

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. Over the last few weeks, I’ve gotten to know hundreds of vibrant personalities through only … Continue reading →

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Dearly Departed: The fascinating lives and letters in the MVZ Correspondence Collection

Posted on February 7, 2017 by cfidler

The MVZ Archives has three new undergraduate students working on the IMLS funded project, “Strategic Stewardship for Sustaining the Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.” Our students are working on the MVZ’s active correspondence collection and identifying correspondents who are deceased. … Continue reading →

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Charles Aiken

Posted on August 4, 2015 by mvzarchguest

Written by Steve Ruskin, a Colorado-based historian and writer. Steve holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Notre Dame. In July of 2014 I had the pleasure of corresponding with Christina Fidler of the … Continue reading →

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Frank C. Clarke

Posted on April 22, 2015 by mvzarchguest

Written by Chris Gordon Graduate Intern at Simmons College Master’s in Library and Information Science/Archives This semester I had the privilege of working with the Frank C. Clarke field notes and correspondence spanning a relationship with Grinnell and the MVZ … Continue reading →

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