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La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:

Hancock Park -- urban beautification grant, 1969-1970

 File
Identifier: Box 54: Folder 11
Abstract

This file contains correspondence, landscaping plans, and an urban beautification grant proposal.

Dates: Other: 1969-1970

Heinze Foundation, 1974

 File
Identifier: Box 51: Folder 12
Abstract

This file contains information regarding Heinze Foundation contributions to the Rancho La Brea Project.

Dates: Other: 1974

Henry Wylde records

 Collection
Identifier: NHM-ARC-0023
Abstract

The Henry Wylde records documents the activities of vertebrate paleontologist and Science Division Chief Henry Anson Wylde (1908-1984).

Dates: 1928-1969

Home Magazine -- Page Museum article, 1977

 File
Identifier: Box 57: Folder 13
Abstract

This file contains an article on the Page Museum printed in a 1977 issue Home Magazine.

Dates: Other: 1977

Ice Age exhibit, 1979-1980

 File
Identifier: Box 27: Folder 29
Abstract

This file contains correspondence, Ice Age exhibition loans, security and theft procedures, and loan receipts.

Dates: Other: 1979-1980

Illustrations -- La Brea fossils

 File
Identifier: Box 4: Folder 8
Abstract

Miscellaneous illustrations, including mammoth and La Brea materials.

Dates: 1928-1969

Internal correspondence, 1980-1981

 File
Identifier: Box 86: Folder 11
Abstract

This file contains mixed correspondence regarding parking policies, closure of the La Brea excavation site, the Page Museum, La Brea funding problems, long term loan of African mammals to the Fort Roosevelt Museum, and a dedication plaque for Maurice A. Machris.

Dates: Other: 1980-1981

La Brea brochure (text), 1969

 File
Identifier: Box 54: Folder 13
Abstract

This file contains text copy for La Brea Tar Pits and Museum brochures.

Dates: Other: 1969

La Brea fossil list

 File
Identifier: Box 2: Folder 28
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection is composed of correspondence, field notes, paleontological illustrations, and monthly reports from the Vertebrate Paleontology department under Henry Anson Wylde, Science Division Chief. It includes exhibit planning materials, collections management and specimen loan information, and excavation reports from Rancho La Brea and Conkling Cavern in New Mexico.

Dates: 1930-1936

La Brea Museum plans, 1971

 File
Identifier: Box 51: Folder 5
Abstract

This file contains correspondence regarding the Sesnon tyrannosaurus specimen and La Brea Museum plans.

Dates: Other: 1971