Category Archives: Joseph Grinnell

We are migrating!

Posted on November 14, 2018 by mkoo

Find us at mvzarchives.berkeley.edu! We will continue to share stories and news from the MVZ Archives at our new address. Our principal website at MVZ and Ecoreader for field notebook access remains the same, too.      

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MVZ and Stanford

Posted on December 21, 2017 by mvzarchguest

I just finished listening to the podcast, “Who Killed Jane Stanford,” which was produced last year by a history course at Stanford University. It is a fascinating investigation of the events surrounding the death of Jane Stanford, early Stanford culture, … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens: a Look at Joseph Dixon

Posted on October 31, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Written by Masha Paramonova, a 3rd year student participating in URAP for fall 2016 and studying biology.  Often, I find myself deeply lost in the photographs I have the privilege to handle in my hours at the Museum of Vertebrate … Continue reading →

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A sunny Berkeley morning in 1910

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Christina V. Fidler

  This pastoral, picturesque scene of a sun-dappled oak grove is just one image of the UC Berkeley Campus to be found in the MVZ photographic archives. This particular view was taken from the north entrance at the old museum site by Harry … Continue reading →

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Sublime Mountain Vista

Posted on March 10, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Tulasi Johnson is a senior in the History of Art department at UC Berkeley. The formal qualities of this photograph taken by Annie Alexander, founder of both the UC Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, recalls the picturesque, … Continue reading →

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From the Archives: Following the bird song

Posted on March 2, 2016 by mvzarchguest

Written by Emily Domanico, fourth year majoring in History of Art and minoring in Chemistry. Following bird songs, naturalist Joseph Grinnell photographed this nest of a black-chinned sparrow while on a collection trip in the San Jacinto Mountains back in May 1908. … Continue reading →

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Joseph Grinnell Lecture Series

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Christina V. Fidler

Today, Professor Jim McGuire gave the introductory lecture to IB104. Over 75 years ago, Joseph Grinnell was teaching Zoology 113, the predecessor to IB104. The MVZ Archives has a rich collection surrounding this storied course including Joseph Grinnell’s lecture series for … Continue reading →

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Historic Events

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Christina V. Fidler

Written by Ajay Yalamanchi, third year Integrative Biology major After working with the Thaeler collection last semester, I had the opportunity to work with the Joseph Grinnell correspondence, letters and manuscripts written by or to Grinnell over the course of three decades. … Continue reading →

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The Red Fox Population of the Sacramento Valley: Artifact of Manifest Destiny or Endemic Anomaly? Part III

Posted on August 21, 2014 by mvzarchguest

Written by Alessandra J. Moyer, fourth year, Integrative Biology Part III: Patwin In the 1920s and 30s, when Grinnell, Dixon, and Linsdale in the MVZ were puzzling over the Sacramento Valley red foxes, there was no way to adequately determine the … Continue reading →

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The Red Fox Population of the Sacramento Valley: Artifact of Manifest Destiny or Endemic Anomaly? Part II

Posted on August 12, 2014 by mvzarchguest

Written by Alessandra J. Moyer, fourth year, Integrative Biology Part II: A Wild West hypothesis In November 1923, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology received a red fox specimen from the Sacramento Valley. This specimen represented a population that was previously unknown … Continue reading →

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