Taylor (Walter P.) papers, 1904-1915

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Summary

Title:
Walter P. Taylor papers
Dates:
1904-1915
Creators:
Taylor, Walter P. (Walter Penn), 1888-1972
Abstract:
The Walter P. Taylor papers include field notes, manuscripts, and photographs. These materials offer insight into the work done by Taylor between 1904-1915.
Extent:
0.1 Cubic feet
Language:
Preferred citation:

Walter P. Taylor papers, MVZA.MSS.0139, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Walter P. Taylor papers consist of eleven standard-bound volumes of field notes, including specimen and habitat sketches. The volumes span the years 1908-1915, with localities in California and Nevada. In addition to the eleven volumes, a manuscripts folder focuses on an MVZ expedition to Humboldt Co., Nevada in 1909, with specimen data, specimen measurements, and maps. A photographs folder contains landscape images from Humboldt Co., Nevada; these photographs accompanied an article titled "Field notes on amphibians, reptiles and birds of northern Humboldt County, Nevada, with a discussion of some of the faunal features of the region", published in University of California Publications in Zoology, Volume 7, Number 10 (1912). A third folder holds non-standard bound field notes from 1907-1909 that includes descriptions of a field encounter with Joseph Grinnell.

Biographical / historical:

Walter P. Taylor (1888-1972), a biologist and educator, was a significant contributor to ornithology in the Northwestern United States. He received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 1914, and served as Assistant Curator of Mammals at MVZ from 1909-1911 and Curator of Mammals from 1911-1916. He began his role as Assistant Biologist in 1916 with the Biological Survey (USDA), and retired as Senior Biologist in 1951 with the Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (USDI). He also was a professor with numerous U.S. colleges and universities. Additionally, he contributed over 300 short papers, bulletins, and technical publications in the fields of systematic zoology, ecology and conservation.

Sources Consulted:

Alcorn, Gordon D. "In Memoriam: Walter Penn Taylor." The Murrelet, 53, 3 (1972): 41. Accessed June 12, 2013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3535229/.

Lehmann, Valgene W. "Obituaries: Walter P. Taylor, 1888-1972." The Journal of Wildlife Management, 36, 4 (1972): 1379-1380. Accessed June 12, 2013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3799296/.

Arrangement:

The collection has been arranged in the following series: Field notes, Manuscripts, and Photographs. Within Field notes, there are two subseries: MVZ standard binding and MVZ non-standard binding.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Greg Borman and Darren Lu
Sponsor:
The processing of this collection was made possible through funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.
Date Prepared:
July 2013
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-07-15T15:37-0700

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:

Walter P. Taylor papers, MVZA.MSS.0139, 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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