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<div class="gmail-a-section gmail-a-spacing-none">Derek,<font size="2"><br></font></div><div class="gmail-a-section gmail-a-spacing-none"><font size="2">"Controversial" insofar as a question about security of (access to) collections. and about ability to detect breaches of security and changes to collection holdings; is "published"; is "detailed"; does directly involve "taking on" specimens, so to speak.</font></div><div class="gmail-a-section gmail-a-spacing-none"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div class="gmail-a-section gmail-a-spacing-none" style="margin-left:40px"><font size="2">The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Paperback – Illustrated, April 23, 2019, by Kirk Wallace Johnson</font><span class="gmail-author gmail-notFaded"><span class="gmail-contribution">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Derek Sikes<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 October 2020 02:45<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ECN-L@listserv.unl.edu" target="_blank">ECN-L@listserv.unl.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">
nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Natural history museum controversies?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do any of you know of any *published* natural history / science controversies in museums that are quite famous? These could range from taking on specimens or collections that are controversial, to research conducted by museums staff/curators
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ideally, I'd like a publication or documentary / video that has the details. No need to reply with unpublished accounts! & These should involve museum specimens (so no need to reply with stories of misbehaviors of museum personnel if specimens
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Derek<u></u><u></u></p>
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Derek S. Sikes, Curator of Insects<br>
Professor of Entomology<br>
University of Alaska Museum</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">University of Alaska Fairbanks</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">1962 Yukon Drive<br>
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960<br>
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<a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" target="_blank">dssikes@alaska.edu</a><br>
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phone: 907-474-6278</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">FAX: 907-474-5469<br>
he/him/his<br>
University of Alaska Museum - search 400,276 digitized arthropod records<br>
<a href="http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/ento/" target="_blank">http://arctos.database.museum/uam_ento_all</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.akentsoc.org/contact_us" target="_blank">http://www.akentsoc.org/contact_us</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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