Category Archives: MVZ collections

Preserving the Lantern Slide Collection of the MVZ

Posted on May 21, 2014 by mvzarchguest

Written by Alessandra J. Moyer, third year Integrative Biology major. This semester, I’ve been working on a project to preserve a unique photographic resource that most people don’t even know exists: the lantern slide collection in the MVZ archives. Long before … Continue reading →

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An Illustrious Life: The Collections of Wildlife Artist Allan C. Brooks (1869-1946)

Posted on May 13, 2014 by mvzarchguest

Written by Joi Misenti, third year Integrative Biology major. The study of science demands diligence and discipline. This truth stands resolute even in the realm of creative expression. Wildlife artists, though artists at heart, pledge themselves to an oath of … Continue reading →

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Positively Resourceful

Posted on February 11, 2014 by mvzarchguest

Written by John Hickman, MVZ Archives volunteer and graduate student at the San Jose State University’s School of Library and Information Science. Photographs are a valuable part of the MVZ story. But unless they are carefully stored and managed, they … Continue reading →

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Ward C. Russell papers finding aid now available

Posted on February 5, 2014 by mvzarchguest

Here at the MVZ Archives, I’ve just uploaded the finding aid to the Ward C. Russell papers onto the Online Archive of California (OAC). Russell began his employment with the MVZ in 1929 as a temporary fill-in. He would go … Continue reading →

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Working with the Notebooks of Dr. Robert Stebbins

Posted on January 21, 2014 by mvzarchguest

Written by Sharleen Lee, first-year, Applied Mathematics and Classics majors. When you were a child, did you watch countless hours of nature programs on National Geographic, Animal Planet, and Discovery? Well, I did. And I often wondered how these scientists … Continue reading →

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