Descriptive Summary
Related materials
Reproduction
Arrangement note
Conditions governing access
Scope and content
Preferred citation
Descriptive Summary
Title: Ornithology and Mammalogy Department field note collection
Collection number: MSS.362
Repository:
California Academy of Sciences Archives
55 Music Concourse Drive
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
Languages: Materials are in English.
Physical Description:
11.4 Cubic feet
56 boxes and items (several oversize)
Date (inclusive): 1880-2010
Language of materials: Materials are in English.
Creator:
California Academy of Sciences. Ornithology and Mammalogy Dept..
Related materials
See also manuscript collections of individuals whose field notes are included in this collection.
Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by last name of author of notes.
Conditions governing access
Access is unrestricted.
Scope and content
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.
Preferred citation
MSS. 362, Ornithology and Mammalogy Department field note collection, California Academy of Sciences Archives, San Francisco,
CA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Birds
California Academy of Sciences--Employees
California Academy of Sciences--Scientists
Field notes
Mammalogists
Mammalogy
Ornithologists
Ornithology