Finding Aid for the Donald Ryder Dickey Field Notes 1909-1948
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Donald Ryder Dickey Field Notes,
Date (inclusive): 1909-1948
Collection number: 110
Creator: Dickey, Donald R. with
associates and students 1887-1932
Extent:
6 linear feet
( 4 document boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections
Division
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: The field notes consist of bound notebooks, and their
13-reel microfilm copy, of observations made about birds and mammals found in
various locations in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Latin America, and
a few in Michigan, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. Some additional notes,
carbons, typescripts, drawings, and a very few photographs and maps were also
contributed by Dickey and others. The notebook entries (with time range of
coverage) were made by: Donald R. Dickey (1909-29), A.J. van Rossem (1911-48),
W.H. Burt (1928-31), H.H. Sheldon (1928-30), R.A. Stirton (1925-26), G.A.
Stirton (1925) and L.M. Huey (1915-33). Van Rossem's notes are mostly related to
the work published in 1938 under his and Dickey's names, "The Birds of El
Salvador".
Physical location: History and Special Collections Division,
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los
Angeles
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
The collection is open for research. Contact the History and Special
Collections Division, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA, for
information.
Publication Rights
Property rights in the physical objects belong to the UCLA Biomedical
Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and
their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission
to publish if the Biomedical Library does not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Donald Ryder Dickey field notes (Manuscript collection 110). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
History and Special Collections Division, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Acquisition Information
In 1940 Mrs. Donald R. Dickey gave the entire "Donald R. Dickey Collection of
Vertebrate Zoology and Library of Vertebrate Zoology" to the University of
California, Los Angeles. After the creation of the Biomedical Library in 1947,
the ca. 10,000 books, almost 8,000 photographs, papers and maps, including the
notebooks and other field material described herein, were transferred to the
Biomedical Library. The approximately 50,000 bird and mammal specimens are
housed by UCLA's Department of Biology. In 2001, Donald R. Dickey Jr. deeded
more family items to the Biomedical Library and has also supported the
collections his father built with funds to the Library and to the Biology
Department for preservation.
Biography
DONALD RYDER DICKEY (March 31, 1887-April 15, 1932) was an adventurous
wildlife photographer as well as an ornithologist and mammalogist. He was well
known in his time for: his photographs (both still and moving) of birds and
mammals; for his lectures on wildlife; and eventually for his substantial
specimen collection of birds and mammals. He was drawn to outdoor life in his
childhood and youth, but considered this nothing more than a hobby. During his
senior year at Yale, having already achieved election to Phi Beta Kappa, he
experienced a serious heart collapse and was sentenced to immediate and complete
bed rest. Allowed to graduate with his class because of his high academic
standing, he returned after graduation to his parents' home in Pasadena for two
years of inactivity. After about a year he began to visit a friend's ranch in
the Ojai Valley and there, from his steamer chair, he began to observe, and
after a time to photograph, local birds and their nests.
As Dickey became stronger he also became more active, taking longer and
longer photographic jaunts and starting to collect small mammals in an amateur
way. When he had finally regained full strength, in about 1916, he found that he
was "too interested by that time in what started as a hobby, to forego it for a
conventional business life." (from an autobiographical note, quoted in "The
Condor", 36(2), p. 62, Mar-Apr 1934). He determined to establish a research
center for vertebrate zoology in Southern California, and to build up a study
collection of specimens with photographs and books to support it.
By 1926 the collection had grown to nearly 30,000 specimens of mammals and
birds (nearly doubled six years later), backed by a sizable working library and
an outstanding group of still and movie photographs. In that year the California
Institute of Technology provided space to house the materials and named Dickey a
Research Associate in Vertebrate Zoology. The collection covers North and
Central America, but focuses mainly on southwestern fauna including the Pacific
slopes of Mexico and Central America, with important pictorial records also of
the birds of Laysan Island, Hawaii, and the moose and caribou of New Brunswick,
Canada. The Dickey photographs were used heavily to illustrate major
ornithological texts, by Dickey himself and others, and formed part of the
records of the Smithsonian Institution's Laysan Island expedition. (Additional
information may be obtained from Dickey's bibliography, obituary, and
remembrances by his colleagues: "The World's Work", v.52: 566-570 and v.52:
557-565, 1926; "Condor", v.36: 59-66, 1934; "Auk", v.49: 517-518, 1932.)
DICKEY'S COLLABORATORS AND ASSISTANTS:
The limitations of his health and the breadth of vision and ambition for his
collection dictated that Dickey had to use others' talents and energy to carry
out much of the work. Eighty percent of the field notes in these papers were
written by men other than Dickey.
A true collaborator and eminent ornithologist in his own right, ADRIAAN
JOSEPH van ROSSEM was co-author of many of Dickey's articles and, after Dickey's
death, completed their major publication, "The Birds of El Salvador". Van Rossem
worked for and with Dickey from 1911 on. He was curator of the collection before
it was transferred to UCLA in 1940 and remained curator after the transfer for 3
years. Van Rossem was born in 1892 and died in 1949.
LAURENCE MARKHAM HUEY collected specimens for Donald R. Dickey from
1915-1932. An expert on the birds and mammals of the Southwestern United States
and Baja California, Mexico, Mr. Huey was entirely self-taught, his formal
education having ended with the eighth grade. He was Curator of Birds and
Mammals at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1924-1962, and a member of
the American Ornithological Union, the Cooper Ornithological Society, the Wilson
Ornithological Society, the American Society of Mammalogists, the Society of
Systematic Zoology and the Biological Society of Washington. Mr. Huey published
164 articles describing 84 species and sub-species of birds and mammals. He was
born in the Tiajuana Valley of San Diego County on the 6th of September, 1892,
and died in San Diego, California on the 11th of June, 1963.
RUBEN ARTHUR STIRTON went to El Salvador in 1925 and again in 1927 on the
Donald R. Dickey expeditions. He was a zoologist specializing in mammalogy and
ornithology. R. A. "Stirt" Stirton was born on August 20, 1901 near Muscotah,
KA, and died on June 14, 1966. GEORGE A. STIRTON may have been his son; no
biographical information was found. In addition to the El Salvador notes, the
Stirtons also provided notes on fieldwork in Michigan and in Kansas.
WILLIAM HENRY BURT assisted Dickey in field surveys of mammal species in
Nevada from 1928-1931, in Arizona in mid-1931 and in Baja California, Mexico in
late 1931. Dr. Burt earned his doctorate from the University of California in
1930, spent six years as a research fellow at the California Institute of
Technology from 1930-1935 and was a professor of Zoology beginning in 1935 at
the University of Michigan until his retirement in 1969. He was born in Haddam,
Kansas, January 22, 1903 and died in 1987.
HENRY HARGRAVE SHELDON collected for Dickey from 1928-1930, and John Zoeger
provided field notes for the collection from 1962 and 1967 trips to Nicaragua
and a 1964 trip to Mexico.
Scope and Content
This part of the larger Dickey Collection consists solely of the field notes
and photo logs written by Dickey and his collaborators from 1909 to 1967, plus
some typescripts, drawings, maps, photos, and letters that pertain to the field
work. Some of the approximately 5900 pages have been transcribed and typed, but
most are handwritten. For long-term preservation, these pages were microfilmed
unto 13 reels.
The notebooks and logs are housed in folders. Folder numbers are the same as
those identified on the thirteen reels of microfilm which are housed in Box 4
and identified as series nine. The beginning and end of each microfilm reel are
noted on the appropriate folder in the finding aid.
Abbreviations Used:
AJvR: Adriaan J. van Rossem; DRD: Donald Ryder Dickey; GAS: George A.
Stinton; HHS: Henry Hargrave Sheldon; KESD: Katharine E. S. Donahue; LMH:
Laurence Markham Huey; RAS: Reuben Arthur Stinton; WHB: William Henry Burt
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Field Notes of Donald Ryder Dickey, 1909-1929. 26 folders
- Series 2. Field Notes of Adriaan Van Rossem, 1911-1948. 59 folders
- Series 3. Field Notes of Laurence Markham Huey, 1915-1922. 23
folders
- Series 4. Field Notes of Ruben Arthur Stirton and George A. Stirton,
1925-1930. 9 folders
- Series 5. Field Notes of Henry Hargrave Sheldon, 1927-1930. 3
folders
- Series 6. Field Notes of William Henry Burt, 1928-1932. 5 folders
- Series 7. Field Notes of John Zoeger, 1954-1967. 1 folder
- Series 8. Miscellany, 1919-1995. 4 folders
- Series 9. Microfilm, 1909-1948. 1 document box
Related Material
UCLA Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, Manuscript
Collection no. 59: "Donald Ryder Dickey Photographic Collection, 1908-1962",
consisting of over 4000 early 20th century photographs of birds, mammals, and
habitat, documenting field work in California, the Southwest, New Brunswick,
Laysan Island, etc. Three-hundred and fifty of these images, from 1911 to 1929,
are viewable online at: http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/biomed/dickey
UCLA Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, Manuscript
Collection #213: "Personal scrapbook belonging to Anna Ryder Dickey" (mother);
includes photos from Sierra Club trip Dickey took at age 16 with the naturalist
John Muir.
UCLA Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, Manuscript
Collection #301: "Personal scrapbook", photos of honeymoon trip of Dickey and
wife and their first home in Pasadena.
UCLA Research Library Department of Special Collections, Manuscript
Collection #707: "Dickey papers and correspondence".
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Burt, William
Henry, 1903-
Huey, Laurence M.
(Laurence Markham), 1892-1963
Stirton, George
A.
Dickey, Donald R.
(Donald Ryder), 1887-1932. Birds of El Salvador.
Sheldon, Henry
Hargrave, b. 1883
Stirton, R. A.
(Ruben Arthur), 1901-1966
Van Rossem, A. J.
(Adriaan Joseph), 1892-1949
Birds--Central America
Birds--North America.
Mammals--North America
Series 1.
Field Notes of Donald Ryder Dickey
1909-1929
Physical Description: 26 folders
Scope and Content Note
Dates and locations are indicated for each folder. Start and end for each
microfilm reel are noted.
Box 1, Folder 1
Diary.
22 Aug-28 Sep 1909
Scope and Content Note
text begins on p. 16 of notebooks and runs to p. 56, resumes on p. 1 and ends
on p. 15
Note
start of Reel 1
Box 1, Folder 2
Photographic log and field notes.
4 Jan-9 Apr 1912
Scope and Content Note
So. California and vicinity
Note
the notebook has "The 'Wellcome' photographic exposure record and
diary, 1911" on the cover; several such notebooks are to be found in subsequent
folders
Box 1, Folder 3
Field notes.
23 Apr-27 May 1912
Physical Description: loose-leaf sheets
Scope and Content Note
Lakeside, San Diego County, So. California
Box 1, Folder 4
Photographic log and field notes.
12 Apr-22 Jun 1912
Scope and Content Note
So. California and vicinity
Box 1, Folder 5
Photographic log and field notes.
Jun 1912-Jan 1913
Scope and Content Note
So. California and vicinity
Box 1, Folder 6
Photographic log and field notes.
Feb-Jun 1913
Scope and Content Note
So. California and vicinity
Box 1, Folder 7
Photographic logs and field notes, postcard.
Jun-Nov 1913
Physical Description: notebook and loose sheet
Scope and Content Note
New Brunswick, Canada, 9 Aug-7 Nov 1913; Tobique, New Brunswick, Canada, 2
Aug-26 Sep 1913; Postcard from Chas. A. Parsons to Mr. Dickey, 22 Jun 1913
Box 1, Folder 8
Photographic log and field notes.
27 Sep-16 Nov 1913
Physical Description: notebook and 1 loose sheet, insert between pp. 62 and 63
Scope and Content Note
Tobique, New Brunswick, Canada
Box 1, Folder 9
Photographic log and notes.
11 Apr-20 Jun 1914
Scope and Content Note
So. California and vicinity
Note
miscellaneous notes (not all about So. California), n.d.; notes on
European hotels, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 10
Photographic logs and field notes.
5 Apr 1915-5 Jun 1915
Physical Description: notebook and two separate pages
Scope and Content Note
Penobscot, Maine, and Nictau Lake and Bathhurst, Canada, 5 Jul-20 Sep 1914;
Coachella, San Diego County, and San Clemente Island, So. California, 11 Feb-5
Apr 1915
Note
end of Reel 1, cont'd. on Reel 2
Box 1, Folder 11
Field notes.
10-19 Oct 1914
Scope and Content Note
Little Rapids, Adirondack Mountains, 10-17 Oct 1914; Newfoundland, Canada,
18-19 Oct 1914
Box 1, Folder 12
Field notes.
17-24 May 1916
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages numbered 22-124
Scope and Content Note
Potholes, Imperial County, So. California
Note
for pp. 1-21, see Huey field notes for Yuma, Arizona, 19-22 Mar 1916,
Box 2 : 90
Box 1, Folder 13
Field notes.
23 Jul-17 Oct 1916
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
Michigan, and New Brunswick, Canada
Box 1, Folder 14
Field notes.
18 Oct-14 Nov 1916
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
Newfoundland, Canada
Box 1, Folder 15
Field notes.
15 Mar-2 Apr 1917
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
Palm Springs, So. California
Box 1, Folder 16
Field notes.
24 May-2 Jun 1917
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
Dulzura, San Diego County, California
Box 1, Folder 17
Field notes.
15 Feb-7 Mar 1919
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
Camp Baldy and vicinity, San Bernardino County, California
Note
notes on pp. 21-23 by L. M. Huey; end of Reel 2
Box 1, Folder 18
Field notes.
13-31 Aug 1919
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
New Brunswick, Canada
Note
separate 6 pages of notes on cameras and photographic equipment; begin
Reel 3
Box 1, Folder 19
Field notes.
1 Sep-11 Oct 1919
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" and 4 x 6" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
New Brunswick, Canada
Note
end Reel 3
Box 1, Folder 20
Field notes.
8-31 Jul 1921
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
New Brunswick, Canada; a letter from DRD to A. B. Howell, dated 3/31/21
Note
begin Reel 4
Box 1, Folder 21
Field notes.
1 Aug-9 Sep 1921
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
New Brunswick, Canada
Note
end Reel 4
Box 1, Folder 22
Photographic and field notes.
6 Jun-7 Sep 1922
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
New Brunswick, Canada
Note
Reel 5
Box 1, Folder 23
Field notes.
24 Mar-28 Apr 1923
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
Laysan Island, Hawaii
Note
Related item (not represented on the microfilm reels): Pp. 119-146 "The
Journal of Donald R. Dickey," in: "Laysan Island and Other Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands: Early Science Reports with a Laysan Island Bibliography." Atoll
Research Bulletin, nos. 432-434, issued by the National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1996; begin Reel
6
Box 1, Folder 24
Field notes.
15 Dec 1928-14 Jan 1929
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
El Carrizo Ranch, Tecate, Baja California, Mexico
Box 2, Folder 25
Field notes.
14 May-17 Jun 1928
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
Baja California cruise on the "Goodwill"
Box 2, Folder 26
Field notes.
1 Jun-2 Jul 1929
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages
Scope and Content Note
Baja California cruise on the "Goodwill"
Note
end of Reel 6
Series 2.
Field Notes of Adriaan Van Rossem
1911-1948
Physical Description: 59 folders
Box 2, Folder 27
Descriptions of bird type specimens in European
collections.
1933, 1939
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" notebook pages; 5 3 x 5" photographs and 5 3 x 4"
photographs
Scope and Content Note
bird type specimens, labelled
Note
there are envelopes for negatives, but the negatives are missing; begin
Reel 7
Box 2, Folder 28
Field notes.
May 1911-Dec 1911
Physical Description: loose 5 x 7" sheets
Scope and Content Note
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Box 2, Folder 29
Field notes.
22 Feb-26 Aug 1912
Physical Description: loose 4 x 8" and 7x 8 " pages, some very brittle
Scope and Content Note
El Salvador; includes a list and brief notes of specimens taken
Note
list may have been written by Thomas R. Howell
Box 2, Folder 30
Field notes.
13 Apr-8 Jun 1913
Physical Description: notebook pages, 5 x 7 "plus cover, very brittle
Scope and Content Note
Ojai Valley, Ventura Country, California; includes notes on specimens taken
and their measurements
Box 2, Folder 31
Field notes.
31 Jul-13 Aug 1915
Physical Description: loose pages, 8 x 10", paper torn
Scope and Content Note
Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California
Box 2, Folder 32
Field notes.
14 Jan-7 Feb 1920
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California
Note
includes list of expenses
Box 2, Folder 33
Field notes.
19 Mar-5 Apr 1920
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California
Note
includes list of expenses
Box 2, Folder 34
Field notes.
2-15 May 1920
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Palmdale, California
Box 2, Folder 35
Field notes.
20 May-13 Jul 1920
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, California
Box 2, Folder 36
Field notes.
25 Jun 1920, 29 Jun 1920
Scope and Content Note
Pasadena and Newport Beach, California
Box 2, Folder 37
Field notes.
12 Feb 1921, 23 Feb 1921-28 Feb 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Sunset Beach and Anaheim Landing, Orange County, California
Box 2, Folder 38
Field notes.
16-19 Feb 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California
Box 2, Folder 39
Field notes.
1-4 Apr 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Kern County, California
Box 2, Folder 40
Field notes.
7-13 Apr 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California
Box 2, Folder 41
Field notes.
4-10 May 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Calexico, Imperial County, California
Box 2, Folder 42
Field notes.
26 May-20 Sep 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Buena Vista Lake Kern County, California
Box 2, Folder 43
Field notes.
27 Jul 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Yosemite Valley, California
Box 2, Folder 44
Field notes.
22 Sep-2 Oct 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Victorville, San Bernardino County, California, 22 Sep-2 Oct 1921; Orange
County, California, 3-6 Oct 1921
Box 2, Folder 45
Field notes.
10-16 Oct 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Imperial County, California
Box 2, Folder 46
Field notes.
25 Oct, 16 Nov 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Anaheim Landing, Orange County, California
Box 2, Folder 47
Field notes.
16 Dec 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
San Luis Obispo County, California
Box 2, Folder 48
Field notes.
23 Dec 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Hyperion, Los Angeles County, California
Box 2, Folder 49
Field notes.
28 Dec 1921-Jan 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7";
Scope and Content Note
Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, California
Note
end Reel 7
Box 2, Folder 50
Field notes.
18 Feb-6 Mar 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Oak Glen, San Bernardino Mts., California
Note
begin Reel 8
Box 2, Folder 51
Field notes.
13-15 Mar 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Ventura County, California
Box 2, Folder 52
Field notes.
25 Mar, 15 Apr, 4 May 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
El Monte, Los Angeles County, California
Box 2, Folder 53
Field notes.
26 Mar-2 Apr 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Point Mugu, Ventura County, California
Box 2, Folder 54
Field notes.
6-8 Apr 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California
Box 2, Folder 55
Field notes.
18 Apr-21 Apr 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
mountains near Fillmore, Ventura County, California, 18 Apr 1922; Hog Island,
Anaheim Landing, Orange County, California, 21 Apr 1922
Box 2, Folder 56
Field notes.
15-16 May 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California, 15 May 1922; Fillmore, Ventura
County, California, 16 May 1922
Box 2, Folder 57
Field notes.
18-31 May 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Kern County, California
Box 2, Folder 58
Field notes.
10 Jun-22 Oct 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, California
Box 2, Folder 59
Field notes.
18-21 Aug 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California
Box 2, Folder 60
Field notes.
22-23 Aug 1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
sea coast near Oxnard, Ventura County, California
Box 2, Folder 61
Field notes.
15-18 Sep1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Victorville, San Bernardino County, California
Box 2, Folder 62
Field notes.
14 Apr-6 May 1923
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, California
Box 2, Folder 63
Field notes.
7 Jul-14 Sep 1923
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Mono County, California, 7 Jul-1 Aug 1923 and 3-6 Aug 1923; Lake Audrain, El
Dorado County, California, 14 Aug-14 Sep 1923
Box 2, Folder 64
Field notes.
26 Dec 1924-2 Jan 1925
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Kane Spring, Bard, Laguna Dam, Imperial County, California
Box 2, Folder 65
Field notes.
9-23 Apr 1925
Physical Description: photocopy of typescript, 8 x 11"
Scope and Content Note
Gulf of California, Mexico
Box 2, Folder 66
Field notes.
27 Jul-30 Dec 1925
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
El Salvador, Central America
Box 2, Folder 67
Field notes.
28 Jan-30 Apr 1926
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
El Salvador, Central America
Box 2, Folder 68
Field notes.
14 Jan-20 Jul 1927
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
El Salvador, Central America
Box 2, Folder 69
Illustrations for "The Birds of El Salvador", by Donald R. Dickey and
A. J. van Rossem. Chicago: Natural History Museum, 1938
1925-1927
Physical Description: 24 photographs and 27 pen-and-ink maps and diagrams
Scope and Content Note
El Salvador, Central America
Note
end of Reel 8
Box 2, Folder 70
Field notes.
10-27 Sep 1930
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8";
Scope and Content Note
Clark County, Nevada
Note
begin Reel 9
Box 2, Folder 71
Field notes.
27-29 Dec 1930
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
San Miguel Island, California
Box 2, Folder 72
Field notes.
22 Apr-3 May 1931
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Continental Ranch, Continental, Arizona
Box 2, Folder 73
Field notes.
18-22 May 1931
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Atasco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Box 2, Folder 74
Birds of the Charleston Mountains, Nevada, by A. J. van Rossem.
Berkeley: The Club. (Pacific Coast Avifauna, #24)
1936
Physical Description: 13 photographs
Scope and Content Note
typescript of 90 pages, with editing and printing instructions
Note
photos of habitat plus figure captions for each
Box 2, Folder 75
Field notes.
5-27 Oct 1931
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Charleston Mountains, Clark County, Nevada
Box 2, Folder 76
Field notes.
22 Jul-27 Aug 1932
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Charleston Mountains, Clark County, Nevada
Box 2, Folder 77
Diary of trip to Europe to visit natural history museums.
19 Jun-5 Oct 1933
Box 2, Folder 78
Field notes.
4-9 May 1937
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Rancho La Arizona, near Nogales, Mexico
Box 2, Folder 79
Field notes.
2-18 Oct 1944
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Southern Arizona
Box 2, Folder 80
Field notes.
12-25 Feb 1945
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Southern Arizona
Box 2, Folder 81
Field notes.
4-10 May 1945
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Southern Arizona
Box 2, Folder 82
Field notes.
5 Jul 1945
Physical Description: loose sheet, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Southern Arizona
Box 2, Folder 83
Field notes.
1 Feb-18 Mar 1946
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Sonora, Sinaloa, Mexico
Box 2, Folder 84
Field notes.
31 Jul-5 Aug 1947
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Box 2, Folder 85
Field notes.
14 Feb-8 Mar 1948
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
Note
end of Reel 9
Series 3.
Field Notes of Laurence Markham Huey
1915-1922
Physical Description: 23 folders
Box 2, Folder 86
Field notes and expense report.
7 Feb-29 Jul 1915
Physical Description: loose sheets, 3 x 6" and 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
various locales, San Diego and San Bernardino Counties, California
Note
begin Reel 10
Box 2, Folder 87
Field notes.
1 Aug-23 Oct 1915
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
various locales, Ventura County to Trinity County, California
Box 2, Folder 88
Field notes.
20 Dec 1915-23 Jan 1916
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Tucson, Arizona
Box 2, Folder 89
Field notes.
31 Jan-22 Feb 1916
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Sacramento, California
Box 2, Folder 90
Field notes.
23 Mar-16 Apr 1916
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Pot Holes, Imperial County, California and Yuma, Arizona
Note
for page 22 of notes onward, see Box 1 :12
Box 2, Folder 91
Field notes.
13 Jun 1915-26 May 1916
Physical Description: 2 notebooks, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Northern Baja California Islands, Mexico and unknown location
Box 2, Folder 92
Field notes.
18 Jun-15 Nov 1916
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
various locales, California
Box 2, Folder 93
Field notes.
3-20 Jan 1917
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Yuma, Arizona
Box 2, Folder 94
Field notes.
8 Feb-12 Jun 1917
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, California
Box 2, Folder 95
Field notes.
23 Feb-10 Mar 1917
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Pasadena and Mojave Desert, California
Box 3, Folder 96
Field notes.
20 Jun-1 Dec 1917
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Northern California
Box 3, Folder 97
Field notes.
13 Mar-20 May 1919
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
San Diego and Ventura Counties, California
Box 3, Folder 98
Field notes.
8 Jun-13 Nov 1919
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7", and 7 x 11"
Scope and Content Note
Northern California; Central California
Note
end of Reel 10; text continued on Reel 11
Box 3, Folder 99
Field notes.
4 Jan-24 May 1920
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Ojai, Ventura County, California
Box 3, Folder 100
Field notes.
29 May-25 Dec 1920
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
San Bernardino Mts., California
Box 3, Folder 101
Field notes.
25-31 Dec 1920
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
San Diego and vicinity, California
Box 3, Folder 102
Field notes.
4 Mar-5 Apr 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
San Diego County, California
Box 3, Folder 103
Field notes.
15 Apr-13 Jun 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
San Diego County, California
Box 3, Folder 104
Field notes.
19 Jun-25 Jul 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Owens Valley and Mono County, California
Box 3, Folder 105
Field notes.
25 Jul-4 Oct 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
White Mts., Inyo County, California
Box 3, Folder 106
Field notes.
5 Oct-27 Nov 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
White Mts., Inyo and Kern Counties, California
Box 3, Folder 107
Cash account record by LMH
8 Jun 1919-1 Dec 1921
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Box 3, Folder 108
Field notes and photographic log.
1922
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
White Mts., Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California
Note
end of Reel 11
Series 4.
Field Notes of Ruben Arthur Stirton and George A. Stirton
1925-1930
Physical Description: 9 folders
Box 3, Folder 109
Field notes.
28 Jul 1925-7 Mar 1926
Physical Description: typed sheets, 8 x 11"
Scope and Content Note
El Salvador
Note
begin Reel 12
Box 3, Folder 110
Field notes.
21-26 Nov 1925
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
El Salvador
Box 3, Folder 111
Field notes.
22 Jun-3 Aug 1926
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Douglas Lake, Cheboygan County, Michigan
Box 3, Folder 112
Field notes.
22 Aug-18 Oct 1926
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Montgomery, Douglas, Cherokee, Woodson, Jackson, and Atchison Counties,
Kansas
Box 3, Folder 113
Field notes.
6 Dec 1926-29 Jun 1927
Scope and Content Note
El Salvador
Box 3, Folder 114
Field notes by George A. Stirton and catalog of specimens taken by
R.A. or G.A. Stirton
8 Dec 1926-13 May 1927
Physical Description: loose sheets, 8 x 11" and 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
El Salvador
Note
end Reel 12
Series 5.
Field Notes of Henry Hargrave Sheldon
1927-1930
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 3, Folder 115
Field notes.
Sep 1927-4 Mar 1928
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7" and 8 x 11", originals and photocopies
Scope and Content Note
Monterey, California and Channel Islands, California
Note
begin Reel 13
Box 3, Folder 116
Field notes.
9-12 Jun 1929
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Pahrump Ranch, Nevada
Box 3, Folder 117
Field notes.
17 Feb-6 Apr 1930
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
San Benito Islands, Baja California, Mexico
Series 6.
Field Notes of William Henry Burt
1928-1932
Physical Description: 5 folders
Box 3, Folder 118
Field notes.
19 May-31 Jul 1928
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 7"
Scope and Content Note
Charleston Mountains, Clark County, Nevada
Box 3, Folder 119
Field notes.
26 May-9 Aug 1929
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Clark County, Nevada
Box 3, Folder 120
Field notes.
11-26 Sep 1930, 3-8 Feb 1931
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Clark County, Nevada
Box 3, Folder 121
Field notes.
23 Apr-9 Jun 1931
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Southern Arizona
Box 3, Folder 122
Field notes.
30 Nov 1931-23 Jan 1932
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8" and 5 x 7" ; originals and photocopies
Scope and Content Note
various islands off the coast of Baja California, Mexico
Series 7.
Field Notes of John Zoeger
1954-1967
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 3, Folder 125
Field notes.
1954-1967
Physical Description: loose sheets, 5 x 8" plus photocopied map
Scope and Content Note
Nicaragua and Mexico
Series 8.
Miscellany
1919-1995
Physical Description: 4 folders
Scope and Content Note
Copies and locations of Dickey correspondence; Burt correspondence; anonymous
field notebook, Mexico
Box 3, Folder 123
Burt correspondence, mainly concerned with location of mammalian type
specimens
1956, 1966, 1968
Box 3, Folder 124
Anonymous field notebook, questionably attributed to L.M.
Huey
2 Dec 1932-11 Feb 1933
Physical Description: loose sheets, 6 x 8"
Scope and Content Note
Sonora, Mexico
Note
end Reel 13
Box 3, Folder 126
Dickey correspondence at other institutions.
1995
Scope and Content Note
replies from various libraries which hold Dickey letters to an inquiry by
KESD
Box 3, Folder 127
Dickey correspondence.
1919-1933
Scope and Content Note
photocopies (2 sets) from the Blacker-Wood Library of Biology, McGill
University, mostly between DRD and Casey Wood
Series 9.
Microfilm
1909-1948
Physical Description: 1 document box
Scope and Content Note
Both negative and positive reels of 124 folders' contents.
Box 4
Reel 1.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 1, folders 1-10
Box 4
Reel 2.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 1, folders 10-17
Box 4
Reel 3.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 1, folders 18-19
Box 4
Reel 4.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 1, folders 20-21
Box 4
Reel 5.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 1, folder 22
Box 4
Reel 6.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 1, folders 23-24 and Box 2, folders 25-26
Box 4
Reel 7.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 2, folders 27-49
Box 4
Reel 8.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 2, folders 50-69
Box 4
Reel 9.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 2, folders 70-85
Box 4
Reel 10.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 2, folders 86-95 and Box 3, folders 96-98
Box 4
Reel 11.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 3, folders 98-108
Box 12
Reel 12.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 3, folders 109-114
Box 13
Reel 13.
Scope and Content Note
copy of Box 3, folders 115-124