Laurence M. Huey Collection, 1916-1962, 1916-1963

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Summary

Creators:
Huey, Laurence M. (Laurence Markham), 1892-1963
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.
Extent:
3.0 Linear Feet The collection consists of three cartons and two folders of notes, correspondence, field notebooks, photographs, and miscellaneous printed matter.
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Laurence M. Huey Collection, 1916-1962, (LA 1993.1220.01). Research Library, San Diego Natural History Museum.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

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.

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.

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/.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Contact the Research Library Director, San Diego Natural History Museum.

Terms of access:

Copyright may be reserved. Consult the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Director for more information.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Laurence M. Huey Collection, 1916-1962, (LA 1993.1220.01). Research Library, San Diego Natural History Museum.

Location of this collection:
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 255-0225
library@sdnhm.org
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