Wolfson (Fay Henry) Papers, 1967-1969, 1967-1969

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Scope and content:: One folder of material relating to Wolfson's field trips to Bahía de los Angeles and the Vermilion Sea Field Station. The collection includes field notes, reports, correspondence, memos and other and notes of research conducted from 1967 to 1969 by marine biologist Fay Wolfson for the San Diego Natural History Museum as part of a survey of Bahía de los Angeles mollusks.
Biographical / historical:: Born on December 22, 1915 in Iowa, Wolfson studied zoology (A.B.) and marine biology (M.A.) at San Diego State University. She was a research associate with the Marine Invertebrate Department of the San Diego Natural History Museum, leading excursions to Baja California in the 1960s and 1970s, and she consulted with San Diego area researchers at the Naval Undersea Center, the University of San Diego, and at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her research interests included mollusks of the Baja California lagoons and later, whale migration in the Gulf of California. Wolfson died on January 24, 1987 in Santa Cruz, California.
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Bibliography:: Murphy, Vi. "Fay Wolfson discovered life brimming in Baja's lagoons," San Diego Union, 25 Jul 1976, D1-D2.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Marie Myers
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-10-23 16:01:39 -0700 .

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

1788 El Prado, Balboa Park

San Diego, CA 92101, US