Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- California Academy of Sciences. Ornithology and Mammalogy Dept..
- Extent:
- 11.4 Cubic feet 56 boxes and items (several oversize)
- Language:
- Materials are in English. and Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
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MSS. 362, Ornithology and Mammalogy Department field note collection, California Academy of Sciences Archives, San Francisco, CA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of the research field notes created and assembled by the Ornithology and Mammalogy Department of the California Academy of Sciences. The field notes are arranged in folders by last name and are housed in 55 archival boxes. Some field notes are bound while others are only copies of the originals. The collection spans from 1880-2010 with most decades being well represented. The collection is not a comprehensive collection of staff field notes from the Ornithology and Mammalogy department. Other field notes exist in the personal papers of some of the staff represented in this collection as well as in the Ornithology and Mammalogy department records.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged alphabetically by last name of author of notes.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Access is unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
- Preferred citation:
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MSS. 362, Ornithology and Mammalogy Department field note collection, California Academy of Sciences Archives, San Francisco, CA.
- Location of this collection:
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55 Music Concourse DriveGolden Gate ParkSan Francisco, CA 94118, US
- Contact:
- (415) 379-5487