Preferred Citation
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Processing Information
Related Materials
Digitization
Biographical / Historical
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
Title: Laurence M. Huey Collection, 1916-1962
creator:
Huey, Laurence M. (Laurence Markham), 1892-1963
Identifier/Call Number: LA.1993.1220.01
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear Feet
The collection consists of three cartons and two folders of notes, correspondence, field notebooks, photographs, and miscellaneous
printed matter.
Date (inclusive): 1916-1963
Language of Material: English
Abstract: The Laurence M. Huey Collection consists of materials related to Huey's field research and career as Curator of Birds and
Mammals at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Laurence M. Huey Collection, 1916-1962, (LA 1993.1220.01). Research Library, San Diego Natural History
Museum.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of five series, comprised of three archival cartons and two folder series. Series 1 contains notes
and field notes relating to collecting trips and expeditions; also contains correspondence. Series 2 contains miscellaneous
materials, photograph, and photocopied materials assembled by Huey and other Museum staff. Series 3 contains Bard notebooks
(1916-1923) and manuscripts relating to bird censuses 1922-1924. Series 4 consists of a folder of photographs of Huey. Series
5 contains assorted field notes, clippings, lists (books, mammals of San Diego county), and other material.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Contact the Research Library Director, San Diego Natural History Museum.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may be reserved. Consult the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Director for more information.
Processing Information
This is an unprocessed collection in the archives of the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library; not all of the
contents of this collection have been fully inventoried.
Related Materials
Laurence M. Huey Field Notes, 1916 1954 - Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/LaurenceMHueyFieldNotes19161954
"Field Notes of Laurence Markham Huey 1915-1922," Donald Ryder Dickey Field Notes (Manuscript collection 110). Louise M. Darling
Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt509nc7nb
San Diego Natural History Museum Collection 1974.019, San Diego Museum of Man, 1350 El Prado, Balboa Park San Diego, 92101.
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ns0w4w
Photographs of Laurence M. Huey, 1922 to 1962 (MS 241). Special Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries. (Collection
Guide), Arizona Archives Online. http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/collections/photographs-laurence-m-huey
Digitization
Field notes from the collection have been digitized. These notes document Huey's field work during the period 1916 to 1954.
Locales include Baja California, Arizona, the Coronados Islands, Mexico, and the Trinidad Whaling Station in Humboldt county,
California. See http://sdnhm.org/about-us/history/trinidad/field-notes-july-14-19/.
Biographical / Historical
Laurence Markham Huey (1892–1963) was the Curator of Birds and Mammals at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1923 to
1961. Born September 6, 1892 on a farm in San Diego County, he exhibited an early interest in the natural world, collecting
birds eggs as a small child. He left school early, continuing his education in the field with local naturalist W. S. Wright
and mammalogist Frank Stephens; in 1908 he was a student in Kate Stephens's naturalist class at the San Diego Natural History
Museum, and he joined the San Diego Society of Natural History in 1914. Prior to his appointment at the Museum, Huey worked
with ornithologist, mammalogist, and nature photographer Donald Ryder Dickey from 1913 to 1923. His main research was the
study of mammals and birds of California (especially Imperial Valley) and Baja California, Mexico. He also did field work
on mammals and birds in Utah and Arizona, in particular at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Huey published extensively
on birds and mammals, describing over 80 species and subspecies. He died on June 11, 1963 in San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Baja California (Mexico: Peninsula)
Bard, Imperial County, California
Los Coronados, Islas (Coronado Islands), Baja California, Mexico
Trinidad Whaling Station (Trinidad, Humboldt County, California)
Abbott, Clinton G. (Clinton Gilbert), 1881-1946
Aldrich, John W. (John Warren), 1906-1995
Bancroft, Griffing, 1879-1955
Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932
Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond), 1902-1986
Hubbs, Carl L. (Carl Leavitt), 1894-1979
Klauber, Laurence Monroe, 1883-1968
Quayle, Ernest H. (Ernest Harrison), 1891-1956
Sefton, Joseph W., Jr., 1881-1966
Slevin, Joseph Richard, 1881-1957
Stephens, Frank, 1849-1937