Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Contents note
Biographical note
Descriptive Summary
Title: Hepburn James field notes
Identifier/Call Number: MVZA.MSS.0138
Contributing Institution:
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives
Language of Material:
English
Container: 1
Physical Description:
2.0 Volumes
Date (inclusive): 1852-1868
Creator:
Hepburn, James E., 1811-1869
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Inventory to the James Hepburn field notes at the University of California, Berkeley, MVZA.MSS.0138,
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Scope and Contents note
The James Hepburn field note collection consists of two bound volumes, a field journal and a catalog, spanning the years 1852-1868.
The notes detail Hepburn's collecting activities from localities within California, Washington, and British Columbia.
Biographical note
James Edward Hepburn was born in 1811 in London. He attended Trinity College Cambridge and was educated as a barrister prior
to immigrating to the United States. He took up residence in San Francisco and Victoria and collected extensively in the Pacific
Northwest. Hepburn's sole publication was in Ibis (1869 pp. 126-127). The majority of his specimen collection can be found
at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.
References Swarth, Harry S. “James Hepburn, a Little Known Californian Ornithologist.”
The Condor, 28, 6 (1926): 249-253. 2013-03-13. DOI:10.2307/1363067.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Biological specimens--Collection and preservation.
Biological specimens--Identification
Biology Fieldwork
Birds--California--Identification
Birds--Canada, Western--Identification
Birds--Washington (State)--Identification.
Field notes