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Paleontological excavations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, 1928-1969

 Series
Abstract

This series contains correspondence, budget reports, exhibitions planning materials, press releases, and press clippings related to Henry Wylde and the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Dates: 1928-1969

Department of Vertebrate Paleontology -- reports, 1928-1940

 Series
Abstract

This file contains monthly and annual reports of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology and includes excavations reports from Rancho La Brea and the Tar Pits.

Dates: 1928-1940

Emma Lou Davis -- China Lake Project, 1970

 File
Identifier: Box 49: Folder 9
Abstract

This file contains correspondence and photographs related to archaeological and paleontological excavations at the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and includes antiquities act permits, and a progress report titled "Extinct Fauna and Early Man in the Mojave Desert."

Dates: Other: 1970

Emma Lou Davis -- China Lake Project, 1971

 File
Identifier: Box 49: Folder 10
Abstract

This file contains correspondence and photographs related to archaeological and paleontological excavations at the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and includes academic papers by the Nevada State Museum Department of Anthropology

Dates: Other: 1971

Emma Lou Davis -- China Lake Project, 1972

 File
Identifier: Box 49: Folder 11
Abstract

This file contains correspondence and photographs related to archaeological and paleontological excavations at the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and includes project proposals, progress reports, and applications for excavation permits under the Antiquities Act.

Dates: Other: 1972

Emma Lou Davis -- China Lake Project, 1973

 File
Identifier: Box 49: Folder 12
Abstract

This file contains correspondence and photographs related to archaeological and paleontological excavations at the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and includes dig permit renewals, permit applications, and a progress report titled "People of the Old Stone Age at China Lake."

Dates: Other: 1973

Emma Lou Davis -- China Lake Project, 1974-1975

 File
Identifier: Box 49: Folder 13
Abstract

This file contains correspondence and photographs related to archaeological and paleontological excavations at the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and includes NSF grant reports and progress reports.

Dates: Other: 1974-1975

Emma Lou Davis -- China Lake Project, 1976

 File
Identifier: Box 49: Folder 14
Abstract

This file contains correspondence and photographs related to archaeological and paleontological excavations at the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and includes press releases, antiquities act permits, newspaper clippings, grant applications, and Friends of the Pleistocene meeting notes.

Dates: Other: 1976

Field expense receipt books, 1929-1931

 File
Identifier: Box 3: Folder 12
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: Other: 1929-1931

Field notes -- Bishop's Cap Cave (Conkling Cavern), 1929

 Series
Abstract

This file contains field notes and excavation maps from Bishop's Cap Cave (Conkling Cavern).

Dates: 1929