Donald R. Dickey Papers, 1914-1920

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Donald R. Dickey Papers, 1914-1920

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Donald R. Dickey (1887-1932) was a zoologist, specializing in the mammals and birds of North and Central America. The collection consists chiefly of personal and family letters and a copy of Dickey's will.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932

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Donald Ryder Dickey (1887-1932) was an adventurous, pioneer wildlife photographer as well as an ornithologist and mammalogist. He was well known in his time for: his photographs (both still and moving) of birds and mammals; his lectures on wildlife; and eventually, for his substantial specimen collection of birds and mammals. Drawn to outdoor life in his childhood and youth, he considered this nothing more than a hobby until he experienced a serious heart attack in his senior year at Yale and wa...