Chester E. Blacow field notes MVZA.MSS.0141
Finding aid prepared by Christina V. Fidler
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives
01/23/2013
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California
Berkeley
mvzarchives@berkeley.edu
Title: Chester E. Blacow field notes
Identifier/Call Number: MVZA.MSS.0141
Contributing Institution:
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Date (inclusive): 1900-1907
Abstract: The collection consists of the field notes taken by Blacow between the years of 1900 and 1907.
Creator:
Blacow, Chester E.
The Chester E. Blacow field notes consist of four notebooks and two loose pages. The first notebook details Blacow's bee keeping
activities and it also includes a catalog of specimens collected in Hawaii. The second, third, and fourth volumes contain
notes on birds observed in Hawaii.
[Identification of item],Chester E. Blacow field notes, MVZA.MSS.0140, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of
California, Berkeley.
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The collection is open for research.
Chester E. Blacow is best known for his Hawaiian bird collections. In 1911, Annie M. Alexander purchased a bird collection
from Barclow. Accession numbers associated with the Blacow collection include, nos. 4419, 3815, and 3916.
Blacow learned how to prepare bird skins as a student of Loye Miller.
Stein, Barbara.
On Her Own Terms: Annie Montague Alexander and the Rise of Science in the American West. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
Visit
Arctos , the MVZ specimen database to view specimens collected by Blacow.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Biological specimens--Identification
Cataloging--Specimens.
Field notes
Pacific Ocean, United States, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii
Pacific Ocean, United States, Hawaii, Honolulu County, Hawaiian Islands, Oahu
Pacific Ocean, United States, Hawaii, Maui County, Hawaiian Islands, Maui
Box 1, Folder 1
Bee keeping activities and field catalog of birds collected in Hawaii 1900-1903
Box 1, Folder 1
Notes on the birds of Hawaii 1903
Box 1, Folder 1
Notes on the birds of Oahu 1903
Box 1, Folder 1
Notes on the birds of Maui 1903