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Taxidermy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 181 Collections and/or Records:

Foundation, 1968-1980

 File
Identifier: Box 84: Folder 7
Abstract

This file contains Foundation correspondence regarding Proposition 13, Hancock Park museum development, museum tool replacement, a jaguar collecting expedition to Mexico, budget plans, grant applications, and foundation policies and procedures.

Dates: Other: 1968-1980

Foundation -- budget, 1980-1981

 File
Identifier: Box 86: Folder 12
Abstract

This file contains Foundation budget information regarding transfer of anthropology accounts and funding for habitat groups and includes a Foundation chart of accounts.

Dates: Other: 1980-1981

General correspondence, 1978-1979

 File
Identifier: Box 83: Folder 6
Abstract

This file contains mixed correspondence regarding school tours, museum thefts, paleontological collections, the Old Woman meteorite, and the use of zoo animals in habitat groups.

Dates: Other: 1978-1979

General correspondence -- A, 1923-1924

 File
Identifier: Box 5: Folder 1
Abstract

This file contains correspondence regarding the purchase of glass eyes from Jonas Bros studios in Denver, Colorado as well as plans to help the San Diego Natural History Museum with diorama construction.

Dates: Other: 1923-1924

General correspondence - A, 1931-1932

 File
Identifier: Box 10: Folder 1
Abstract

This file contains mixed correspondence and includes the job application of George N. Adams, museum taxidermist.

Dates: Other: 1931-1932

General correspondence A-Z, 1953

 File
Identifier: Box 34: Folder 2
Abstract

This file contains mixed correspondence and includes a memorandum regarding the world's record Kodiak bear on display in the Kodiak bear habitat group.

Dates: Other: 1953

General correspondence A-Z, 1952-1954

 File
Identifier: Box 34: Folder 18
Abstract

This file contains mixed correspondence and includes a report of recommendations to the Board of Governors relating to the Museum's habitat groups calling for more representative halls and replacement of inferior taxidermy. It includes correspondence regarding a collecting expedition to Alaska, and a permit for MGM studios to photograph gorillas or to receive specimens of gorillas who had been killed in "self defense."

Dates: Other: 1952-1954

General correspondence -- April, 1926

 File
Identifier: Box 11: Folder 5
Abstract

This file contains correspondence regarding a Museum collecting expedition to Alaska, orders for animal glass eyes for the taxidermhy department, and scientific permits to hunt for specimens in Canada.

Dates: Other: 1926

General correspondence -- B, 1929-1930

 File
Identifier: Box 9: Folder 2
Abstract

This file contains correspondence with taxidermist and sculptor Herman T. Beck following the death of former Museum taxidermist John Rowley.

Dates: Other: 1929-1930

General correspondence -- B, 1933-1934

 File
Identifier: Box 14: Folder 2
Abstract

This file contains mixed correspondence as well as an inquiry into the taxidermy mounting of a Great Dane dog.

Dates: Other: 1933-1934