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Finding aid to the Jean M. Linsdale papers MVZA.MSS.0175
MVZA.MSS.0175  
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Description
The Jean M. Linsdale papers consist of field notes and correspondence. The field notes span the years 1926-1937. The correspondence dates from 1939-1964 and covers topics including the Hastings Reservation, general expenditures, professional societies, his writings, and miscellaneous.
Background
Jean M. Linsdale (1902-1969) was born in Wellsville, Kansas. He majored in Zoology as an undergraduate at the University of Kansas and received his MA from the school in 1925. He moved to California that same year and was a Teaching Fellow at UC Berkeley from 1925-1927, completing his PhD in 1927. Altogether, he served as a Research Associate at the MVZ for 33 years. The first ten years were with the Museum, and the final twenty-three (1938-1960) were as the first resident director of the Hastings Natural History Reservation. His major publications focused on mammals, co-authoring the 1937 monograph Fur-Bearing Mammals of California with Joseph Dixon and Joseph Grinnell. Other writings include The California Ground Squirrel (1946), The Dusky-Footed Woodrat (with Lloyd Tevis, 1951); and a monograph on mule deer (with Quentin Tomich, 1953). He also did editorial work for The Condor, Pacific Coast Avifauna, and American Midland Naturalist and reviewed books, mostly for American Midland Naturalist. He was closely connected to the Cooper Ornithological Society, joining in 1926 and serving as the Northern Division’s president for a term. Health issues led to an early retirement in 1960.
Extent
1.9 Linear feet
Restrictions
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.
Availability
The collection is open for research.