Corrections, Excerpts, Deleted Materials #4, February 14, 2010
File — Box: 195, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
My chapter on "What is a Naturalist, Anyway?" (Concerning my speech about Grandpa at AMNH in New York on June 15, 1991. In the speech I said Pop and Grandpa had told me in the 1940s or 50s that a hermit thrush was called, in Latin, "Catharus guttatus." Big mistake! Pop wrote letters to the museum, to Copeia Magazine's reprint of my talk, and to Natural History Magazine, saying that Catharus was not added to the hermit thrush until 1983, some 30 years after I indicated that Pop and Grandpa had told me that latin name. Which, in the 40s and 50s was Hylocichla guttatus. His letters making a stink about that are funny. No other scientist, either at my speech, or editing Copeia or Natural History Magazine caught my "horrific" mistake. Pop mentioned this mistake of mine in letters to friends for years afterwards!) An interesting chapter. 29 pages.
Dates
- February 14, 2010
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research, however, researchers must sign consent form prior to gaining access to materials. Calavera drawings, proofs, and etchings as well as "little diaries" (Boxes 14, 125, 126, 129, 142) are housed in high security and may require up to 24 hours for retrieval. Enlarged photocopies and typed transcriptions of "little diaries" in Box 142 are located in Box 184.
Extent
From the Collection: 184 boxes (172 cu. ft.)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451