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Paleontology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 255 Collections and/or Records:

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

Exhibits, 1929-1955

 Series
Abstract

This series contains exhibition planning materials, label copy, and exhibit hall plans from the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Dates: 1929-1955

Exhibits committee, 1978-1979

 File
Identifier: Box 8: Folder 11
Abstract

This file contains exhibitions correspondence regarding Ice Age fossil exhibits, mineralogy exhibits, a John James Audobon exhibit, a Galapagos exhibit, botany exhibits, and an exhibit on the founding of California.

Dates: Other: 1978-1979

External correspondence, 1979-1980

 File
Identifier: Box 83: Folder 8
Abstract

This file contains correspondence regarding museum programs, Iranian fossil loans, expeditions to Christmas Island and Kiribati and includes a report on crime, class specifications for museum exhibits services, and a Ballona Creek wetland survey agreement.

Dates: Other: 1979-1980

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

Fossil tooth, 1930

 File
Identifier: Box 2: Folder 4
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: 1930

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, 1983-1984

 File
Identifier: Box 62: Folder 3
Abstract

This file contains mixed correspondence regarding the Polish Academy of Science, fossil protection legislation, the Paleontological Resources Conservation Act, and the Antiquities Act of 1906.

Dates: Other: 1983-1984