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George Rabb papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0225

This collection contains a large number of records (66).

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George Rabb papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0225

Assorted materials documenting the career and research of George B. Rabb (1930-2017). Materials include correspondence and files documenting his membership in various biological and conservation organizations worldwide. Research files, including extensive field notebooks, are accompanied by reference files of others' research. Also present are both drafts and final copies of publications he wrote and speeches/presentations he gave over the course of his career. These are accompanied by handwritten notes and by slides and other graphic materials he used in presentations. A number of awards and plaques are present, as are a handful of artifacts. Many files focus on his particular area of interest, amphibian conservation. Missing from the collection are any materials related to his upbringing or private life.

Access Restrictions

This collection has been minimally processed, but is open for research.

Dates
Creation: 1928-2017
Creation: Majority of material found within 1960s-2000s
Extent
33.84 linear feet (27 cartons, 7 document boxes, 2 slim document boxes, 1 flat box, 1 oversized flat box, 1 slide box)
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

This series contains a wide range of records from Rabb's research throughout his career including field notebooks (mostly focused on wolves), handwritten notes and laboratory observations (many relating to amphibians or lizards), some graphic materials, and his thesis manuscript. In addition, there are many files of reference material he collected over the decades on his areas of interest: wolves, amphibians, conservation, and zoo management.

Dates
Creation: 1928-2001
Dates
Creation: 1960-1965
Dates
Creation: undated
Dates
Creation: 1949-1967
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950s-1960s
Dates
Creation: 1955-1956
Dates
Creation: undated
Dates
Creation: 1928-2001
Dates
Creation: 1947-1983
Dates
Creation: 1977-1981
Dates
Creation: approximately 1960s-1990s
Dates
Creation: approximately 1950s
Dates
Creation: 1961-1966
Dates
Creation: 1963-1965
Dates
Creation: 1963-1974
Dates
Creation: 1968-1976
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Creation: 1975-1981
Dates
Creation: 1947-1953
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Creation: 1967-1973
 
Dates
Creation: 1960-1973
Dates
Creation: 1957-1959
Dates
Creation: undated
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Creation: undated

This series consists of documents and graphics related to Rabb's publications and many presentations/speeches. Final copies, drafts, and handwritten notes of his writings are accompanied by many slides he used for presentations as well as a handful of other graphic or audiovisual materials. Of special note is a collection of files related to a presentation he made for then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in 1996 on the topic of wildlife conservation.

Dates
Creation: 1952-2015
Dates
Creation: 1952-2015
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Creation: approximately 1980s-2000s
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Creation: 1952-2015
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Creation: 1989-2016
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Creation: 1996
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Creation: 1993-2003
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Creation: 1990-1996
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Creation: 1971-1994
Dates
Creation: 1971-1990

Presentation slides, 1978

 Box — Box: 31
Dates
Creation: 1978
Dates
Creation: 1986-1995
Dates
Creation: 1961-2000
Dates
Creation: undated
Dates
Creation: 1985-2014
Dates
Creation: 1998
 
 
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