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Stephens (Kate) Papers
LA.1994.0411.003
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
Title: Kate Stephens Papers
creator:
Stephens, Kate (Kate Brown), ca. 1853-1954
Identifier/Call Number: LA.1994.0411.003
Physical Description:
.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): ca. 1898-1952
Abstract: The Kate Stephens Papers consists of 12 folders of material relating to her work for the San Diego Society of Natural History.
The collection includes original field notes, diaries, and logs of her work as Curator of Collections for the Society and
as Curator of Mollusks and Marine Invertebrates for the San Diego Natural History Museum.
The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Contact the Research Library Director, San Diego Natural History Museum.
Kate Stephens (née Brown) was born in London circa 1853; she immigrated to the United States between 1888 and 1890, settling
in the east San Diego County community of Witch Creek. She married naturalist Frank Stephens in 1898 and traveled with him
on many collecting trips throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties in the early 1900s. She participated in the 1902 Colorado
Desert expedition for the U. S. Biological Survey and the 1907 University of California Alexander expedition to southeastern
Alaska. An authority on terrestrial and marine mollusks including fossils, she was first hired by the San Diego Society of
Natural History as Curator of Collections in 1908 and served as Curator of Mollusks and Marine Invertebrates at the San Diego
Natural History Museum from 1910 until 1936; she continued her conchology work into her mid-90s. She died in 1954.
[Identification of item], Kate Stephens Papers, ca. 1898-1952. Research Library, San Diego Natural History Museum.
The collection consists of field and work diaries of naturalist Kate Stephens.
Copyright may be reserved. Consult the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Director for more information.
Frank Stephens Field Notes Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Field notes
Diaries
Women naturalists -- United States
Natural history--California.
Mollusks
Marine invertebrates
Paleontology -- California -- San Diego
Stephens, Frank, 1849-1937
Brandegee, Townshend Stith, 1843-1925
San Diego Society of Natural History
Stephens, Kate (Kate Brown), ca. 1853-1954
Baker, Frederick, 1854-1938
Fischer, Arthur F., (Arthur Frederick), 1888-1962
Grant, U. S., IV (Ulysses S.), 1893-1977