<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Derek,</div><div><br></div><div>See the stories of
Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, who had been in the British military in
Africa and India and also was an ornithologist. It turned out he also committed much fraud concerning some of his
published <span>bird</span> records -- he'd steal <span>specimens</span> from museum collections and relabel them as his own. I can send some specific literature references if you like.</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div>
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94118</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:green"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:wpoly@calacademy.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">wpoly@calacademy.org</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:green"><span></span></span></b></p>
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</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 9:45 PM Derek Sikes <<a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" target="_blank">dssikes@alaska.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>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 that was deemed controversial, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>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 No need to reply with unpublished accounts!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 were not involved).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Derek<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><br>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>Derek S. Sikes, Curator of Insects<br>Professor of Entomology<br>University of Alaska Museum</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">University of Alaska Fairbanks</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">1962 Yukon Drive<br>Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960<br><br><a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" target="_blank">dssikes@alaska.edu</a><br><br>phone: 907-474-6278</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">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>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br><br>Interested in Alaskan Entomology? Join the Alaska Entomological <br>Society and / or sign up for the email listserv "Alaska Entomological Network" at <br><a href="http://www.akentsoc.org/contact_us" target="_blank">http://www.akentsoc.org/contact_us</a><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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