Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Paul Elias field notes
- Dates:
- 1974-1977
- Creators:
- Elias, Paul
- Abstract:
- This guide describes the Paul Elias field note volumes bound at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
- Extent:
- 2.0 Volumes
- Language:
- and Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Paul Elias field notes, MVZA.MSS.0048, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Paul Elias field note collection consists of two bound volumes. The first volume contains the journal of a 1974 trip to Guatemala and retains its original binding. The second volume contains catalogues and journal entries from Guatemala and Mexico between 1975 and 1977, originally maintained by the author in three-ring field note binders and later bound per Museum of Vertebrate Zoology standards.
- Biographical / historical:
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In 1974, as an undergraduate working at the University of California’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Paul Elias traveled to Finca Chiblac in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. While there, he discovered two new genera of salamander, later named Nyctanolis pernix and Bradytriton silus. Elias would continue on to receive a Master of Arts degree in zoology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1979 with his thesis, "The Salamanders of Northwestern Guatemala." He then earned a second Master of Arts degree in biology from Harvard University in 1982.
Sources Consulted:
Rhodin, Anders G.J. and Kenneth Miyata, eds. Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology: Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology,1983. Biodiversity Heritage Library PDF.
Papenfuss, Theodore J, Carlos Vásquez-Almazán, and Sean M. Rovito. “Rediscovery of the Endangered and Critically Endangered endemic Guatemalan salamanders.” Froglog 93 (2010): 1-4. http://www.amphibians.org/resources/publications/froglog/.
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Kira Dodd, November 2012
Encoded by: Christina V. Fidler, December 2012
- Arrangement:
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The arrangement of the collection is listed chronologically and in its original form. The sections are bound in the order presented in this guide.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Herpetology
Field notes - Places:
- Central America, Guatemala
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2012 November 19
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-12-14T11:18-0800
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Paul Elias field notes, MVZA.MSS.0048, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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3101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, #3160University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA 94720-3160, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-3567