[Nhcoll-l] Shipping recommendations

Cody Thompson cwthomp at umich.edu
Thu Jun 19 08:00:00 EDT 2025


Hi, Julian!  I recommend you contact Dan Burke (dburke at palmermoving.com)
from Palmer Moving.  They are based out of the Detroit area, but they are
an agent of Atlas Van Lines.  Dan organized our collections (15+ million
specimens) move across town, as well the move of a large herpetology
collection (50,000+ specimens) from Oregon State to Michigan.  If he cannot
coordinate directly, he can work with a local agent that can.

I hope that helps!

Take care,
Cody

Cody W. Thompson, PhD
Mammal Collections Manager
& Associate Research Scientist
University of Michigan
Museum of Zoology
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
Office: (734) 615-2810
Fax: (734) 763-4080
Email: cwthomp at umich.edu
Website: codythompson.org

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On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM Daniel Gluesenkamp <combined at calalive.org>
wrote:

> Hi Julian
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> Hopefully you have resolved this already.  But, if not then the
> collection rescue team (cc’ed) may be able to help you.
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> Take care
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Julian
> Alexander Birnbach
> *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2025 4:34 PM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Shipping recommendations
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> Hello all,
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> I am currently working on shipping some secondhand specimen cabinets
> across the state of California. (San Deigo to San Francisco) and I am
> working on a very tight budget. Does anyone have any cheap methods or
> company recommendations for shipping items like this? I have only ever
> shipped small specimens before so this is new territory for me, and I don't
> really have any idea on what to look for so any tips, tricks or things to
> look out for would be appreciated.
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> Thank you all,
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> Julian B.
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> Julian Birnbach
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> Natural History Collections Specialist
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> SF Zoo
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> julianb at sfzoo.org
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