Abbreviations Index

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Museums & Institutions
  • AMNH = American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024
  • ANSP = The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
  • ASU = Arizona State University
  • BMNH = Natural History Museum at Tring, Akeman Street, Tring, Hertsfordshire, UK HP23 6AP
  • CAS = California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118
  • CHAS = Chicago Academy of Sciences
  • CM = Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
  • CMNH = Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval, University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
  • CUMV = Cornell University Museum of Vertebtates
  • DMNH = Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, Delaware 19807
  • DMNS = Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO
  • FMNH = Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605
  • GH = Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
  • HSU = Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
  • LACM = Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036
  • LSUMZ = Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, LA
  • MCZ = Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
  • MLZ = Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
  • MO = Missouri Botanic Garden, St. Louis, MO
  • MPM = Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
  • MSB = Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • MVZ = Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main Street, Ventura, CA
  • MVZ = Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
  • NMNH = National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013
  • NHMLC = Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007
  • NYSM = New York State Museum, 222 Madison Ave, Albany, NY 12230
  • OMNH = Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
  • OSUM = Ohio State University Museum, Columbus OH
  • PHMA = Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94270
  • PSM = James R. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner Street, Tacoma, WA
  • ROM = Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • SBCM = San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, California 92374
  • SBMNH = Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, California 93105
  • SDET = San Diego Evening Times
  • SDNHM = San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA
  • SMNH = (BE)
  • TCVC = Texas Wildlife Cooperative Collection [Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections], Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
  • UBCBBM = University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum
  • UCLA = Donald R. Dickey Collection of Birds and Mammals, Life Science Building, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
  • UCM = University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO
  • UF = Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL
  • UMCZ = University Museum of Zoology Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • UMMZ = University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, MI
  • USNM = National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • UWBM = University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, 17th Avenue NE and NE 45th Street, Seattle, Washington 98195
  • UWGB = University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54311
  • UWYMV = University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  • VCMHA = Ventura County Museum of History & Art, 100 E. Main Street, Ventura, California 93013 (Now Museum of Ventura County)
  • WFVZ = Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo, California 93012
  • YPM = Peabody Museum, of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06520


Newspapers
  • [AC] = Atlanta Constitution, Georgia
  • [AL] = Amador Leger, CA
  • [AR] = The American Register
  • [BCOC] = Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club
  • [BD] = Banner Democrat, Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, LA
  • [BDA] = Boston Daily Advertiser
  • [BDG] = Boston Daily Globe
  • [BDGZ] = Berkeley Daily Gazette
  • [BDWC] =Bangor Daily Whig and Courier
  • [BG] = Boston Globe
  • [BowersFN] = Reverend Steven Bowers Field Notes
  • [BP]: = Barr Patriot, Barre, Massachusetts
  • [CDA] = Coshocton Daily Age, Coshocton, Ohio
  • [CDC] = Centralia Daily Chronicle
  • [CFJUS] = California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences
  • [CHSQ] = California Historical Society Quarterly
  • [CR] = Cloverdale Reveille, California
  • [CS] = Coconino Sun, Flagstaff, AZ
  • [CT] = Chicago Tribune
  • [CDT] = Chicago Daily Tribune
  • [CDTPA]: Chester Daily Times, Chester, PA
  • [CRG] = Cedar Rapids Gazette
  • [DAC] = Daily Alta California, San Francisco
  • [DASB]= Daily Arizona Silver Belt, Globe, Gila County, AZ
  • [DC] = Daily Constitution, Atlanta, GA
  • [DDR] = Decatur Daily Review, Illinois
  • [DGKJ] = Daily Gleaner, Kingston, Jamaica
  • [DISP] = Daily Iowa State Press
  • [DMN] = Dallas Morning News
  • [DN] = Daily Northwestern, Oshkosh, WI
  • [EI]: = Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Illinois
  • [EH] = Evening Herald, Syracuse, New York
  • [FB] = Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA
  • [FDS] = Fitchburg Daily Sentinel, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
  • [FTWS] = Fort Wayne Sentinel, Indiana
  • [FN] = Field Notes
  • [FR] = Fresno Republican
  • [FWR] = Fresno Weekly Republican
  • [GAB] = Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, PA
  • [HCM] = Hutchings’ California Magazine
  • [HDI] = Helena Daily Independent, Montana
  • [HDR] = Hayward Daily Review, Hayward, CA
  • [HL/BC] = Huntington Library, Banning Collection
  • [HL/SG] = Huntington Library, Abel Stearns Collection
  • [HTI] = Hammond Times, Indiana
  • [HSD] = Harry Sheldon diary, Santa Rosa Island, 1927
  • [IDG] = Ironwood Daily Globe, Michigan
  • [IDS] = Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Idaho
  • [ISN] = Independent Star News, Pasadena, CA
  • [IVP] = Imperial Valley Press, Brawley, CA
  • [JCNT] = Jefferson City News and Tribune, Missouri
  • [KEJI] = Kellogg Enterprise, Jasper County, Iowa
  • [KT] = Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee
  • [LADN] = Los Angeles Daily News
  • [LADT] = Los Angeles Daily Times
  • [LAEE] = Los Angeles Evening Express
  • [LAH] = Los Angeles Herald
  • [LAHE] = Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
  • [LAN] = Los Angeles News
  • [LAS] = Los Angeles Star
  • [LAT] = Los Angeles Times
  • [LAT/A] = Los Angeles Times, Avalon
  • [LAT/Cor] = Los Angeles Times, Coronado
  • [LAT/H] = Los Angeles Times, Hueneme
  • [LAT/HB] = Los Angeles Times, Huntington Beach
  • [LAT/LB] = Los Angeles Times, Long Beach
  • [LAT/OC] = Los Angeles Times, Orange County
  • [LAT/OP] = Los Angeles Times, Ocean Park
  • [LAT/OX] = Los Angeles Times, Oxnard
  • [LAT/P] = Los Angeles Times, Pasadena
  • [LAT/Po] = = Los Angeles Times, Pomona
  • [LAT/Red] = Los Angeles Times, Redondo
  • [LAT/Ri] = Los Angeles Times, Riverside
  • [LAT/SA] = Los Angeles Times, Santa Ana
  • [LAT/SB] = Los Angeles Times, Santa Barbara County
  • [LAT/SBer] = Los Angeles Times, San Bernardino
  • [LAT/SCat] = Los Angeles Times, Santa Catalina Island
  • [LAT/SD] = Los Angeles Times, San Diego
  • [LAT/SF]= Los Angeles Times, San Francisco
  • [LAT/SLO] = Los Angeles Times, San Luis Obispo
  • [LAT/SMa] = Los Angeles Times, Santa Maria
  • [LAT/SM] = Los Angeles Times, Santa Monica
  • [LAT/SP] = Los Angeles Times, San Pedro
  • [LAT/TI] = Los Angeles Times, Terminal Island
  • [LAT/VC] = Los Angeles Times, Ventura County
  • [LAT/Wh] = Los Angeles Times, Whittier
  • [LBP] = Long Beach Press
  • [LOG] = The Log, California’s Boating and Fishing News
  • [LT] = London Times
  • [MDA] = Marysville Daily Appeal, CA
  • [MCH] = Monterey County Herald
  • [MCT]] = Matagorda County Tribune, Texas
  • [MD] = Mountain Democrat, Placerville, CA
  • [MDC] = Milwaukee Daily Centinel
  • [MDN] = Miami Daily News
  • [MS] = Marion Star, Marion, Ohio
  • [MVUS] = Merchant Vessels of the United States
  • [MWCS] = Mendocino West Coast Star
  • [MWD] = Minnie Waters Diary, San Miguel Island, 1888
  • [NALN] = National Archives, Laguna Niguel, California
  • [NHP] = New Hampshire Patriot and News Gazette
  • [NSJ]= Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • [NSJRN] = Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada
  • [NYD] = New York Daily
  • [NYH] = New York Herald
  • [NYDT] = New York Daily Times
  • [NYT] = New York Times (1885-Thursdays)
  • [OC] = Oxnard Courier
  • [OCR]: Orange County Register
  • [OD] = Ohio Democrat
  • [ODNY] = Ocean Democrat, Ocean, New York
  • [ODC] = Oxnard Daily Courier
  • [OM] = Overland Monthly
  • [OPC] = Oxnard Press Courier
  • [OT] = Oakland Tribune
  • [PC] = Post + Courier, Charleston,
  • [PD] = Placerville Democrat, Placerville, CA
  • [PRP] = Pacific Rural Press
  • [PSM] = Popular Science Monthly
  • [PSN] = Pasadena Star News
  • [PST] = Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald, Portland, Oregon
  • [PTO] = Portsmouth Times, Ohio
  • [PUN] = Pacific Underwater News, Newport Beach, CA (1966-1971)
  • [RDF] = Redlands Daily Facts
  • [REG] = Reno Evening Gazette
  • [RWG] = Reno Weekly Gazette
  • [SPT] = San Pedro Times
  • [Samohi] = Santa Monica High School Weekly News
  • [SBG] = Santa Barbara Gazette (May 24, 1855-May 15, 1857) 104 issues
Santa Barbara Gazette
The Santa Barbara Gazette (Santa Barbara, California) was published from May 24, 1855 to May 15, 1857, by W.B. Keep & Co. The first newspaper in Santa Barbara County, the Gazette came out weekly with a section in English and a section in Spanish, from May 24, 1855 to December 20, 1855. The Spanish section was discontinued after 1855. Coverage includes national and international affairs, as well as state and local politics and events in Santa Barbara and the surrounding region, just five years after the incorporation of the city in 1850. In total, 104 issues were published in two volumes, 52 issues each. All 104 issues are reproduced here, from a bound presentation copy to the Santa Barbara Public Library, with the inscription: “Charles Fernald presentation inscription to the Public Library of the City of Santa Barbara this 31st day of Aug. 1891.”
  • [SBH] = Santa Barbara Herald (
  • [SBDI] = Santa Barbara Daily Independent (weekly in 1878; daily 1883-1913)
  • [SBDMT] = Santa Barbara Daily Morning Times
  • [SBDNI] = Santa Barbara Daily News and Independent
  • [SBDP] = Santa Barbara Daily Press (September 9, 1872-
  • [SBH] = Santa Barbara Herald
  • [SBI] = Santa Barbara Independent
  • [SBIndex] = Santa Barbara Index
  • [SBIW] = Santa Barbara Index Weekly
  • [SBMP] = Santa Barbara Morning Press
  • [SBNP] = Santa Barbara News Press (1937-present)
  • [SBP] = Santa Barbara Post
  • [SBPr] = Santa Barbara Press (estab. 1868)
  • [SBSWT] = Santa Barbara Semi-Weekly Times
  • [SBT] = Santa Barbara Times
  • [SBWI] = Santa Barbara Weekly Independent (1876-1883)
  • [SBWP] = Santa Barbara Weekly Press (1869-1880)
  • [SCICo] = Santa Cruz Island Company letter books
  • [SCICO National Diary 1903] = Santa Cruz Island Company
  • [SCIF] = Santa Cruz Island Foundation archives
  • [SDB] = Sacramento Daily Bee
  • [SDDSJ] = Sacramento Daily Democratic State Journal
  • [SDET] = San Diego Evening Tribune
  • [SDI] = Stockton Daily Independent
  • [SDU] = Sacramento Daily Union
  • [SDUT] = San Diego Union Tribune
  • [SDRU] = Sacramento Daily Record-Union]
  • [SRU] = Sacramento Record Union
  • [SanDU] = San Diego Union
  • [SFAC] = San Francisco Alta California
  • [SFCall] = San Francisco Call [same as above?]
  • [SFDEB] = San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin
  • [SFDMC] = San Francisco Daily Morning Call
  • [SFE] = San Francisco Examiner
  • [SFH] = San Francisco Herald
  • [SFMC] = San Francisco Morning Call
  • [SFWC] = San Francisco Weekly Call
  • [SFEB] = San Francisco Evening Bulletin
  • [SPDN]= San Pedro Daily News
  • [SPDJW] = Stevens Point Daily Journal, Wisconsin
  • [SHNY]] = Syracuse Herald, New York
  • [SHR] = Stella Haverland Rouse
  • [SIA] = Smithsonian Institution Archives
  • [SLOT] = San Luis Obispo Tribune
  • [SMT] = San Mateo Times
  • [SN] = Sausalito News
  • [ST] = Seattle Times
  • [SPDN] = San Pedro Daily News
  • [SU] = Sacramento Union
  • [TAC] = The Alta California, San Francisco
  • [TBN] = The Broadway News [where/what. LACM info]
  • [TCPP] = Twin Cities Pioneer Press
  • [TD] = Times Democrat, Lima, Ohio
  • [TDC] = The Daily Californian
  • [TFC] = The Farmers’ Cabinet, Amherst, New Hampshire
  • [The Wireless] = The Wireless, Santa Catalina Island [March 15, 1903- ]
  • [TI] = The Islander, Santa Catalina Island
  • [TT] = The Times, Trenton , New Jersey
  • [TVWT]: The Van Wert Times, Ohio
  • [USNIP] = United States Naval Institute Proceedings
  • [VCR] = Ventura County Reporter
  • [VCY] = Ventura County Yesterdays
  • [VDP] = Ventura Daily Post and Daily Democrat
  • [VDFP] = Ventura Daily Free Press
  • [VD] = Ventura Democrat
  • [VFP] = Ventura Free Press
  • [VNN] = Van Nuys News
  • [VPD] = Ventura Post & Democrat
  • [VS] = Ventura Signal
  • [VSFP] = Ventura Star Free Press
  • [VV] = Ventura Vidette (Founded May 1888 by F. E. Smith; interest purchased by Steven Bowers)
  • [VWP] = Ventura Weekly Post
  • [WFVZ] = Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology files
  • [WC] = Watertown Chronicle, Watertown, Wisconsin
  • [WJ] = Wilmington Journal
  • [WDD] = Woodland Daily Democrat, Woodland, CA
  • [WODD] = William Oberlin Dawson diary, Santa Cruz Island, 1919
  • [WP] = Washington P

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