VAUX, William Sansom

VAUX, William Sansom (1811-1882), Philadelphia-born mineralogist who was president of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, and for whom Vaux’s Swift was named by his friend, John K. Townsend. Vaux’ archaeological collection contained materials from both San Miguel and San Nicolas islands, and upon his death his collections went to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia with the provision his minerology and archaeology collections be kept intact and separate from other Academy collections. In the 1980s, Vaux relatives, dissatisfied with the condition of the collections, transferred the Vaux collections, including San Miguel Island materials, to Bryn Mawr College. Original ledger books remain at ANSP, however.

» H. Newell Wardle Stone Implements of Surgery from San Miguel Island, California in American Anthropologist 1913 XV:4 (656-660) October-December.