Papers, 1896-1953.

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Papers, 1896-1953.

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Photographs, postcards, and ephemera gathered while traveling; clippings, maps and other material that belonged to Pierce. Most of the photographs and clippings are glued to annotated notebook pages. Photographic and postcard views of California are of Mammoth Lakes, the Devil's Post Pile, Rainbow Falls, Bodie, and Redondo Beach. There are also views of Colorado, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Luray caverns in Virginia. There is some correspondence and ephemera from the Pierces' trip to the Orient, as well as photographs of shipboard activities and of China and Japan. Scrapbook pages hold clippings about Pierce and the Los Angeles County Museum.

.8 linear ft. (letter size boxes) and 1 ov box.

Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Foundation, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Natural History Museum Los Angeles County Foundation, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Pierce, W. Dwight (William Dwight), 1881-1967

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Pierce was an entomologist at the Los Angeles County Museum (now the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County). From the description of Papers, 1896-1953. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 24037626 William Dwight Pierce, born in 1881, was one of the earliest students to graduate from the University of Nebraska's Department of Entomology and Ornithology. From 1904-1931, Pierce produced several works on in...