Borell (Adrey E.) field notes, 1924-1926

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Summary

Title:
Adrey E. Borell field notes
Dates:
1924-1926
Creators:
Borell, Adrey E.
Abstract:
The Adrey E. Borell field notes collection consists of field notes and specimen records completed in California and Mexico between 1924-1926.
Extent:
0.2 Linear feet
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Adrey E. Borell papers, MVZA.MSS.0034, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Adrey E. Borell field notes include two standard-bound volumes of field notes with habitat and specimen sketches. These volumes cover the years 1924-1926 and feature localities in California and Mexico. Also included are an MVZ Census Sheet and a folded map, along with sections containing notes and specimens collected.

Biographical / historical:

Adrey E. Borell completed his Graduate work through the MVZ at Berkeley, also serving on the MVZ staff as Assistant Curator of Mammals. He accompanied Joseph Grinnell on a field trip of the Mt. Lassen Survey, and during 1927-1929 he took part in the first comprehensive mammal survey in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. Borell’s Berkeley dissertation was titled Mammals of the Ruby Mountain Region of Eastern Nevada. His best-known publication is a book titled Mammals of the Big Bend Area of Texas, published in 1942 and co-authored with Monroe David Bryant. Following his association with the MVZ, Borell worked as a Wildlife Technician for Grand Canyon National Park and the Soil Conservation Service in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Denver, Colorado.

Sources Consulted:

Adrey E. Borell 1916-1930 folder, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology historical correspondence, MVZA.MSS.0117, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Museum Correspondence, Adrey E. Borell, 1931-1966, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Rickart, Eric A., et al. "Shrews of the Ruby Mountains, Northeastern Nevada." The Southwestern Naturalist 56, 1 (2011): 95-102. Accessed January 12, 2015. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23028118

Arrangement:

The arrangement of the collection is chronological and in its original form. The sections are bound in the order presented in this guide.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Greg Borman
Sponsor:
The processing of this collection was made possible through funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.
Date Prepared:
January 2015
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-01-27T12:41-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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], Adrey E. Borell papers, MVZA.MSS.0034, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
3101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, #3160
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3160, US
Contact:
(510) 642-3567
mvzarchives@berkeley.EDU
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