Category Archives: URAPs

Plains, Trains, and Historic Photo Collections

Posted on March 17, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Mary McDonnell is a sophomore majoring in Conservation and Resource Studies. Growing up in Sacramento, I’ve always had a special place in my heart for trains. That is why this photograph of a railroad stretching the small Plumas county town … Continue reading →

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Sublime Mountain Vista

Posted on March 10, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Tulasi Johnson is a senior in the History of Art department at UC Berkeley. The formal qualities of this photograph taken by Annie Alexander, founder of both the UC Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, recalls the picturesque, … Continue reading →

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From the Archives: Following the bird song

Posted on March 2, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Written by Emily Domanico, fourth year majoring in History of Art and minoring in Chemistry. Following bird songs, naturalist Joseph Grinnell photographed this nest of a black-chinned sparrow while on a collection trip in the San Jacinto Mountains back in May 1908. … Continue reading →

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From the Field: Western Deserts

Posted on October 9, 2015 by

The archives at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology contribute more to modern research projects than one might originally be led to believe. More than 100 years ago, Joseph Grinnell began his career as the founding Director of the Museum of … Continue reading →

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Historic Events

Posted on April 6, 2015 by cfidler

Written by Ajay Yalamanchi, third year Integrative Biology major After working with the Thaeler collection last semester, I had the opportunity to work with the Joseph Grinnell correspondence, letters and manuscripts written by or to Grinnell over the course of three decades. … Continue reading →

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