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Full-Text Articles in Animal Sciences
North Coast Otters Public Arts Initiative: Commemorative Auction Catalog, J. M. Black
North Coast Otters Public Arts Initiative: Commemorative Auction Catalog, J. M. Black
Archives & Reprint Series (imprint)
In 1999, a citizen science program for submitting river otter observations was created through the Humboldt State University Wildlife department. In 2017, Jeff and Gilly Black from the HSU Wildlife department were inspired by the public arts initiative by The Art of Fundraising project of England's Dartmoor National Park. In 2019, a special partnership with Ink People Center for the Arts, North Coast Open Studios, HSU’s Art Department, Crescent City Art, and the Trinity County Arts Council led to local North Coast artists decorating more than 100 3-foot-tall otter sculptures. The sculptures were displayed at shops, galleries, schools, and other …
Autobiography Of George Washington Owens: First African American Graduate Of Kansas State University, Anthony R. Crawford
Autobiography Of George Washington Owens: First African American Graduate Of Kansas State University, Anthony R. Crawford
Special Publications
George Washington Owens was the son of former slaves who migrated to Kansas in the early 1870s to find free land, finally settling in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, near Alma. It was there that he was born in 1875. In his handwritten autobiography, Owens chronicles the difficulties and successes of working hard growing up on the plains and as a student at District School #3 of Alma, and then at Kansas State Agricultural College. After learning that no African American had graduated from KSAC (now Kansas State University), “he resolved to be the first.” He did so, graduating in 1899. Owens …
Annual Faculty Research Symposium 2022, Oakwood University
Annual Faculty Research Symposium 2022, Oakwood University
Proceedings
No abstract provided.
The Danov Archive, Victor Fet, Alexander Kogan
The Danov Archive, Victor Fet, Alexander Kogan
Books Published by MU Libraries in MDS
This memorial volume compiles materials about Rostislav Dаnov (1941—1993) of St. Petersburg (Russia), a naturalist, artist, and snake-hunter, who worked for many years in Turkmenistan (West Kopetgagh Mts). The book celebrates Dаnov’s 80th birthday. It includes previously unpublished artwork and scientific illustrations by Dаnov as well as his texts, research papers, various memoirs, biographic information, and unique photographs. The book is intended for everyone who is interested in history of science and conservation in Central Asia and the USSR.
Фет В, Коган А, составители. Дановcкий архив. Библиотека Университета Маршалла, Хантингтон, Западная Виргиния, 2021. 494 с. Этот том содержит материалы о …
Бадхызские Архивы. Том 1, Р. И. Горелова, В. Фет
Бадхызские Архивы. Том 1, Р. И. Горелова, В. Фет
Books Published by MU Libraries in MDS
Gorelova, RI, Fet V, editors. The Badkhyz Archives, Vol. 1. Huntington, WV: Marshall University Libraries; 2021. 444 p.
This volume compiles memoirs and research information about the unique Badkhyz Natural Reserve, now in Turkmenistan, formerly at the southernmost point of the USSR. Established in 1941, the Reserve—nicknamed a Serengeti of Central Asia— housed many unique and endangered species, with an iconic wild ass, or kulan, preserved only there. The book is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Reserve and the 90th birthday of Yuri Gorelov (1931—2018), an extraordinary naturalist who worked in Badkhyz in 1956—1978. His own documentary stories, …
The Lives, Lore, And Literature Of Cranes: A Catechism For Crane Lovers, Paul A. Johnsgard, Thomas D. Mangelsen
The Lives, Lore, And Literature Of Cranes: A Catechism For Crane Lovers, Paul A. Johnsgard, Thomas D. Mangelsen
Zea E-Books Collection
This book provides basic information on cranes that should be of interest and importance to crane-loving birders (“craniacs”) as well as to ornithologists and wildlife managers. Primary consideration is given to the sandhill and whooping cranes, but all 13 of the Old World cranes are also discussed. Special consideration is given to the relative abundance and conservation status of all of the world’s species, of which nearly half are declining and a few are in real danger of long-term survival. More than 80 refuges and preserves in the United States and Canada, where the best chances of seeing cranes in …
The Abyssinian Art Of Louis Agassiz Fuertes In The Field Museum, Paul A. Johnsgard
The Abyssinian Art Of Louis Agassiz Fuertes In The Field Museum, Paul A. Johnsgard
Zea E-Books Collection
This book documents the paintings and drawings executed by Louis Agassiz Fuertes during the Field Museum of Natural History’s seven-month expedition to Ethiopia (Abyssinia) in 1926–27. During that time Fuertes completed 70 field watercolors that illustrate 55 species of birds and four species of mammals. He also executed 34 pencil drawings, which illustrate 13 species of mammals and 11 species of birds, plus numerous miscellaneous sketches and small watercolors. This book identifies and describes the biology of all 69 species of birds and mammals illustrated by Fuertes and includes 32 color reproductions of Fuertes’s watercolors that were published as a …
Reynolds (Frank W.) Lobster Account Books, 1929-1932, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Reynolds (Frank W.) Lobster Account Books, 1929-1932, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Finding Aids
Account book of a lobsterman from Addison, Maine. The book lists number of lobsters caught, their weight and price per pound, the gallons of gas used and price, and the number of bushels of bait used and price per bushel.
Fish Dealer's Ledger, 1879-1882, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Fish Dealer's Ledger, 1879-1882, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Finding Aids
Ledger from an unidentified fish dealer in Vinalhaven, Maine, 1879-1882. Records purchases of mackerel and lobster from ships and individual Fishermen but does not appear to record Fish sales. Family names recorded in the ledger include Arey, Littlefield, Burgess, Brown, Corliss, Ames, Stubbs, and others.
Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station (University Of Maine) Records, 1888-1987, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station (University Of Maine) Records, 1888-1987, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Finding Aids
In 1883, the Maine Board of Agriculture called for the establishment of a formal experiment station in Orono. With the support of state funds the Maine Fertilizer Control and Agricultural Experiment Station (later becoming the Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station). Eventually the Station would expand its research into genetics and breeding, entomology, forestry, food, potatoes, blueberries, and dairy. Such studies have been funded by both state and federal agriculture grants.
The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine's Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station. The record series Administrative Records includes: budget reports including …
Robert Edward Tucker, Sr. Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Robert Edward Tucker, Sr. Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Finding Aids
This collection consists of Robert Edward Tucker, Sr.’s ornithology field notes and journals concerning observations in the Chatham County area & the Georgia coastal islands. Most materials are handwritten and include daily observations from 1984-1997.
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Applied Ethics In Animal Research: Philosophy, Regulation, And Laboratory Applications, John P. Gluck, Tony Dipasquale, F. Barbara Orlans
Applied Ethics In Animal Research: Philosophy, Regulation, And Laboratory Applications, John P. Gluck, Tony Dipasquale, F. Barbara Orlans
Purdue University Press Books
This volume is a collection of chapters all contributed by individuals who have presented their ideas at conferences and who take moderate stands with the use of animals in research. Specifically the chapters bear of the issues of: notions of the moral standings of animals, history of the methods of argumentation, knowledge of the animal mind, nature and value of regulatory structures, how respect for animals can be converted from theory to action in the laboratory. The chapters have been tempered by open discussion with individuals with different opinions and not audiences of true believers. It is the hope of …
Hesban 13: Faunal Remains: Taphonomical And Zooarchaeological Studies Of The Animal Remains From Tell Hesban And Vicinity, Oystein Sakala Labianca Editor, Angela Von Den Driesch Editor
Hesban 13: Faunal Remains: Taphonomical And Zooarchaeological Studies Of The Animal Remains From Tell Hesban And Vicinity, Oystein Sakala Labianca Editor, Angela Von Den Driesch Editor
All Books
"This volume is devoted to the presentation of the zooarchaeological analysis of the nearly 100,000 animal bones uncovered in the excavations at Tell Hesban." AU Press catalogue
History Of North American Trapping: How Fur-Trading Developed Our Continent, Daniel E. Mcallister Jr., Shirley A. Merrill
History Of North American Trapping: How Fur-Trading Developed Our Continent, Daniel E. Mcallister Jr., Shirley A. Merrill
Maine Collection
History of North American Trapping: How Fur-Trading Developed Our Continent
by Daniel E. McAllister, Jr. & Shirley A. Merrill
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Augusta, Maine, 1990.
Notes On The 1927 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1927 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
No abstract provided.
1927 Journal, Edith Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1926 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1926 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
No abstract provided.
1926 Journal, Edith Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1913 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1913 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
No abstract provided.
1913 Journal, Martha Murdock Mcmillan
1912 Journal, Martha Murdock Mcmillan
Notes On The 1912 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1912 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
No abstract provided.
1911 Journal, Martha Murdock Mcmillan
Notes On The 1911 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1911 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
No abstract provided.
1910 Journal, Martha Murdock Mcmillan
Notes On The 1910 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1910 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
No abstract provided.
Notes On The 1909 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1909 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
No abstract provided.
1908-1909 Journal, Martha Murdock Mcmillan
1908 Journal, Martha Murdock Mcmillan
Notes On The 1908 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Notes On The 1908 Journal, Rankin Macmillan
Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
No abstract provided.