[Nhcoll-l] Question from Nicole VanderMeer

[Peter Rauch]

Is something like this considered a "historical photograph" (perhaps not
before 1930, and perhaps not H. auropunctatus)?
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bridgnorthmuseum.org.uk_index.asp-3Fpage-3Ditem-26mwsquery-3D-257BIdentity-2520number-257D-3D-257BBDNNM-3A1000-2D70-257D&d=DwIFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=S2OLXOFIXlxVp-qI10ouUmqznwPMykfqelk9EN8A1f0&s=2jJ_1EWvSoV2OhiaN1aBOZGBEi6BpnOkNeh-OLzhkbo&e=

Or maybe this supplier, with "period pieces"?
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__curiousscience.com_27_Taxidermy_Stuffed-2DCobra-2Dand-2DMongoose-2DP640.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=S2OLXOFIXlxVp-qI10ouUmqznwPMykfqelk9EN8A1f0&s=xoff4BCTX4-T0S_dGZ8JfLWsEH6VtLyKkOBcLrsM2Wk&e=

Google searching for "photos of stuffed mongoose" and similar phrasing
might produce leads?

Peter

On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:37 PM, McLaren, Suzanne <McLarenS at carnegiemnh.org
> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
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> I recently received the message below via our web portal.  I was not able
> to assist Nicole directly but promised that I would forward her inquiry to
> the list, because I suspect someone out there has a small Indian mongoose
> and can help her.   Please respond directly to Nicole – contact information
> at the bottom of her message:
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> My name is Nicole VanderMeer, and I am a third-year PhD student in the
> history department at UC Santa Cruz in California. My dissertation project
> is focused on the history of the introduction of the small Indian mongoose
> (Herpestes auropunctatus) into a wide variety of ecosystems between the
> 1870s and the 1930s within the context of British and American imperialism.
> Beyond the ecological decision-making and consequences of the mongoose’s
> introduction, I am engaging in analysis of the broader cultural, political,
> scientific, social, and visual dynamics of species acclimatization efforts
> during this period.
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> In working on this project, I have come to the peculiar requirement of a
> taxidermied specimen, and I am hoping you might be able to direct me to
> one, or at least a photographic representation of one. That is to say, I am
> hoping to find either a taxidermied small Indian mongoose from before 1930,
> or, a historical photograph of such a specimen.
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> This would be of enormous benefit to my research, and I would be immensely
> grateful if you could help me in tracking one down. I have had no luck thus
> far. Of course, I would credit both you and your institution in the
> project, and I would happily provide you a copy of the final book.
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> Please let me know how and where I might find such a specimen.
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> Thank you in advance, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
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> Best wishes,
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> Nicole VanderMeer
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> nvanderm at ucsc.edu
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