Chester E. Blacow field notes, 1900-1907

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Summary

Creators:
Blacow, Chester E.
Abstract:
The collection consists of the field notes taken by Blacow between the years of 1900 and 1907.
Extent:
1.0 Folder
Language:
and Materials primarily in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item],Chester E. Blacow field notes, MVZA.MSS.0140, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Chester E. Blacow field notes consist of four notebooks and two loose pages. The first notebook details Blacow's bee keeping activities and it also includes a catalog of specimens collected in Hawaii. The second, third, and fourth volumes contain notes on birds observed in Hawaii.

Biographical / historical:

Chester E. Blacow is best known for his Hawaiian bird collections. In 1911, Annie M. Alexander purchased a bird collection from Barclow. Accession numbers associated with the Blacow collection include, nos. 4419, 3815, and 3916.

Blacow learned how to prepare bird skins as a student of Loye Miller.

Stein, Barbara. On Her Own Terms: Annie Montague Alexander and the Rise of Science in the American West. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright restrictions may apply. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted to the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives in writing for approval. Please contact the Museum Archivist for further information.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item],Chester E. Blacow field notes, MVZA.MSS.0140, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
3101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, #3160
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3160, US
Contact:
(510) 642-3567
mvzarchives@berkeley.EDU
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