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Life Sciences departmental records

 Collection
Identifier: NHM-ARC-0018

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

Contact:
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90007 United States