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Wolfson (Fay Henry) Papers, 1967-1969
LA.2018.0501.001
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library
Title: Fay Henry Wolfson Papers, 1967-1969
Creator:
Wolfson, Fay Henry, 1915-1987
Identifier/Call Number: LA.2018.0501.001
Physical Description:
1 Volumes
Date (inclusive): 1967-1969
Container: 300
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.
The collection is open to researchers by appointment. Contact the Research Library Director, San Diego Natural History Museum.
Copyright may be reserved. Consult the San Diego Natural History Museum Research Library Director for more information.
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.
Murphy, Vi. "Fay Wolfson discovered life brimming in Baja's lagoons," San Diego Union, 25 Jul 1976, D1-D2.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Marine biology -- Mexico
California, Gulf of (Mexico)
Mollusks
Field notes
Phillips, Richard P., 1928-