CHAS Oology Collection (Arctos)

Dawn Roberts

doi:10.15468/ejudpa

CHAS Oology Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Roberts D (2023). CHAS Oology Collection (Arctos). Version 14.76. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ejudpa accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-07.

Description

The Chicago Academy of Sciences oology collection includes eggs and nests, including specimens of the extinct passenger pigeon and the first documented nesting of the Kittlitz’s murrelet, collected from Cape Prince of Wales (Alaska). All catalogued specimens are imaged, and images are available upon request. Many specimens are associated with collectors or Academy expeditions that have manuscript and /or audio-visual archival material, which can also be provided to researchers upon request. Notable collectors include William I. Lyon, Harold H. Bailey, H.L. Harllee, Francis S. Dayton, and John B. Hurley.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html Rooted in Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 and was the first science museum in Chicago. Through its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, the Academy connects its community to local environments and inspires life-long relationships with urban nature. The museum collections and archives contain natural history collections in the disciplines of botany, entomology, geology, herpetology, malacology, mammalogy, oology, ornithology, and paleontology, as well as cultural collections, audio visual collections, and archives. These materials range from the 1830s to the present and are predominantly from North America with a focus in the Midwest/Western Great Lakes region.

Taxonomic Coverages

Aves
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Primarily United States: Midwest, Southwest, Appalachia. Some specimens from Canada and South America.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Dawn Roberts
originator
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Dawn Roberts
metadata author
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Erica Krimmel
point of contact
position: Assistant Collections Manager
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5118
email: ekrimmel@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org

Laura Russell
programmer
position: Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Dawn Roberts
administrative point of contact
position: Director of Collections
The Chicago Academy of Sciences
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago
60614
IL
US
Telephone: +01 773-755-5125
email: droberts@naturemuseum.org
homepage: http://www.naturemuseum.org