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Emergency Procedures
In our previous post, we mentioned that Miller’s memo was found in a folder of emergency procedures. We didn’t appreciate immediately how fascinating those procedures were. They were put together in 1942 and they describe the types of gas attacks Americans were expecting and … Continue reading →
MVZ Lunch beginnings
The MVZ brown bag lunch is a must for MVZ students and personnel. It is a graduate level seminar and it is mostly focused on current or recent vertebrate research. In addition to being a seminar, it is a chance … Continue reading →
MVZ Veterans
As is often the case, we came upon a historical document quite by accident. Originally searching for an obituary of Elmer C. Aldrich, we found in his papers, an old MVZ Christmas newsletter from 1943. It contains a list acknowledging … Continue reading →
Elmer Aldrich and a Lesson from Grinnell
Elmer Clare Aldrich (1914 – 2010), an MVZ graduate student under the tutelage of Joseph Grinnell from 1935 to 1938, devoted his life to the study and conservation of nature. After earning a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of … Continue reading →
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Cal Day 2013: Archives on Display
The MVZ opened its doors to the public for yet another successful Cal Day event this past Saturday, and the day presented an excellent opportunity to share some of the history found within the MVZ’s archival collections. The MVZ Archives … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cal Day, fieldwork
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