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- Exciting updates for the Archives | MVZ Archives on The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Receives an Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America Collections Stewardship Grant!
- “Access to the original record…wherever we now work”: Highlights from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology field notes collection – Biodiversity Heritage Library on In the “Early Days”
- ccicero on MVZ and Stanford
- Barbara Toschi on The Woman Beyond the Portrait: Annie and Samuel Alexander’s 1904 Expedition to East Africa
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MVZ and Stanford
I just finished listening to the podcast, “Who Killed Jane Stanford,” which was produced last year by a history course at Stanford University. It is a fascinating investigation of the events surrounding the death of Jane Stanford, early Stanford culture, … Continue reading →
Dearly Departed: The fascinating lives and letters in the MVZ Correspondence Collection
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 →
The Woman Beyond the Portrait: Annie and Samuel Alexander’s 1904 Expedition to East Africa
by Jackie L. Childers, MVZ graduate student One of the major undertakings of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology’s (MVZ) Archives project is digitizing historical photographs. This includes maps, images of specimens and landscapes, as well as portraits of some of … Continue reading →
Posted in Stories from the Archives, Women in Science
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Tagged Africa, Annie Alexander, MVZ, MVZ Archives, Samuel Alexander
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Looking at the Screech Owl
Written by Masha Paramonova, a 3rd year student participating in URAP for fall 2016 and studying biology. As I’ve already looked through hundreds of archived photos in the MVZ’s collection, it can be hard to pick a couple that stand … Continue reading →
Posted in Stories from the Archives, URAPs
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Tagged Joseph Grinnell, Mariposa County, MVZ, MVZ Archives, owl, screech owl, URAP
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Historic Environmentalism
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 →