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Paleontological excavations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

General correspondence -- August-September, 1984

 File
Identifier: Box 64: Folder 6
Abstract

This file contains correspondence regarding paleontological excavations at Fort Irwin, thank you letters, gift and donation records, grant information, gem hall development, and the 1984 Olympics.

Dates: Other: 1984

General correspondence -- N-O, 1986-1987

 File
Identifier: Box 68: Folder 12
Abstract

This file contains mixed correspondence and includes an exchange with Leonard Nimoy regarding fossil excavations.

Dates: Other: 1986-1987

General correspondence -- P, 1986-1987

 File
Identifier: Box 68: Folder 13
Abstract

This file contains mixed correspondence and includes guidelines for paleontological collecting.

Dates: Other: 1986-1987

Hancock Park and the La Brea Tar Pits, 1951-1977

 Series
Scope and Contents

This series contains materials related to Hancock Park, Rancho La Brea, and the George C. Page Museum.

Dates: 1951-1977

Illustrations

 Series
Abstract

This series contains paleontological, paleobotanical, and anthropological illustrations by Henry Wylde.

Dates: 1928-1969

Iranian Museum of Natural History, 1974-1977

 File
Identifier: Box 50: Folder 20
Abstract

This file contains correspondence with the Iranian Museum of Natural History regarding vertebrate paleontology and paleontology expeditions to the Zagros Mountains, Iran and includes newspaper clippings.

Dates: Other: 1974-1977

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 fossil pits, 1914-1919

 File
Identifier: Box 2: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains materials related to Hancock Park, Rancho La Brea, and the George C. Page Museum and includes correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt regarding Hancock Park.

Dates: 1914-1919

Monthly reports and Rancho La Brea diary entries -- photocopies, 1929-1940

 Item
Abstract

Photocopies of Vertebrate Paleontology monthly reports and Rancho La Brea diary entries bound in a three-ring notebook. Photocopies of originals found in Box 1.

Dates: 1929-1940

Paleontological material, 1915-1918

 File
Identifier: Box 2: Folder 16
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains the correspondence of Museum Director Frank S. Daggett.

Dates: 1915-1918