Life Sciences departmental records
Scope and Contents
This series consists of correspondence, division reports and meeting notes, accessions records, grant applications, travel requests, exhibitions planning documents, collection management records, and publications spanning from 1930-1993.
Dates
- 1930-1993
Biographical / Historical
The Life Sciences Division was organized into seven sub-sections: Ornithology-Mammalogy, Habitat Groups, Anthropology, Botany, Entomology, Marine Zoology, and invertebrate zoology.
Extent
18 Linear Feet (35 Full Hollinger Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Life Sciences departmental records collection documents the activities of the Life Sciences Division of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County from 1930 to 1993 and consists of correspondence, division reports and meeting notes, accessions records, grant applications, travel requests, exhibitions planning documents, collection management records, and publications.
Arrangement
Arranged in 13 series:
Series 1. Budget records and financial information, 1963-1988.
Series 2. Collections Management, 1942-1987.
Series 3. Building Projects and Construction, 1960-1978.
Series 4. Correspondence, 1957-1993.
Series 5. Exhibitions, 1930-1993.
Series 6. Expeditions and field work, 1930-1983.
Series 7. Grants, 1959-1988.
Series 8. Hancock Park and the La Brea Tar Pits, 1951-1977.
Series 9. Publications, 1959-1983.
Series 10. Reports and Meeting Notes, 1940-1993.
Series 11. Science Lecture Series, 1963-1982.
Series 12. Travel Requests, 1965-1990.
Series 13. Work Orders, 1978-1990.
- Title
- [Life Sciences departmental records collection], 1930-1993
- Subtitle
- A collection in the NHMLAC Archives.
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Cyrene Cruz
- Date
- ©2022. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. All rights reserved.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Museum Archives Repository