Pierce (Dwight) Papers, 1896-1953

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Title:: Dwight Pierce(1881-?) Papers, 1896-1953
Dates:: 1896-1953
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Extent:: 1 linear ft.
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Preferred citation:: Dwight Pierce(1881-?) Papers, 1896-1953. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Scope and content:: Photographs, postcards, and ephemera gathered while traveling; clippings; maps; and other materials that belonged to Pierce. Most of the photographs and clippings are glued to annotated notebook pages. Photographic and postcard views are of Mammoth Lakes, the Devil's Post Pile, Rainbow Falls, Bodie, and Redondo Beach in California; Colorado; Hawaii; the Philippines; and Luray caverns in Virginia. There is some correspondence and ephemera from the Pierces' trip to the Orient, as well as photographs of shipboard activities and of China and Japan. Scrapbook pages hold clippings about Pierce and the L.A. County Museum.
Biographical / historical:: Entomologist who worked at the Los Angeles County Museum.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:: 1896-1953
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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Preferred citation:: Dwight Pierce(1881-?) Papers, 1896-1953. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US