Paleonet: [External] Re: Pleistocene mammal collections

[Barlow, Karen]

Cory,

Thank you for your interest. The collection was found in southwestern Pennsylvania by a professor associated with Penn State. She has since retired and is looking to downsize and find a good home for the collection. Fortunately, I have found a good, albeit temporary, home for the collection that will eventually see it come to the State Museum. I have been working on this solution for several weeks now and have only learned of the feasibility of it today.

Hopefully we will be able to have it available for research in the next year or two after it is properly sorted and cataloged.

Thank you again for reaching out,
Karen

Karen Barlow
Museum Curator History I
Paleontology and Geology Section
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
717 214-8647
300 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0024
www.statemuseumpa.org<http://www.statemuseumpa.org/>

From: Paleonet <paleonet-bounces+kbarlow=pa.gov at paleonet.org> On Behalf Of Cory Redman
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 10:07 AM
To: PaleoNet <paleonet at paleonet.org>
Subject: [External] Re: Paleonet: Pleistocene mammal collections


ATTENTION: This email message is from an external sender. Do not open links or attachments from unknown senders. To report suspicious email, use the Report Phishing button in Outlook. <https://www.oa.pa.gov/Documents/Cofense-Report-Phishing-User-Guide.pdf>
Karen,

I would be interested in learning more about the collection and potentially taking the collection, if it comes down to that.

Cheers,
Cory

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 9:38 AM Barlow, Karen <kbarlow at pa.gov<mailto:kbarlow at pa.gov>> wrote:
Paleonetters,

I am having a difficult time convincing my ED to accept a collection of Pleistocene mammal specimens, small rodent to deer/elk size, so am trying to locate museums with similar collections and where those collections hail from. Basically, I’m trying to justify taking in an underrepresented group of animals. Collections with Pennsylvania localities preferred, but it would be good to know if this is a neglected group nationwide, or just in my museum. We do have a few out-of-state specimens, but if it’s not a Mammut/Mammuthus it’s not from PA.

As a last resort, I’m also looking for any museums, preferably east coast, willing to take in the collection. The donor is trying to downsize and I want the collection to be safe and cared for.

Thanks,
Karen

Karen Barlow
Museum Curator History I
Paleontology and Geology Section
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
717 214-8647
300 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0024
www.statemuseumpa.org<http://www.statemuseumpa.org/>

_______________________________________________
Paleonet mailing list
Paleonet at paleonet.org<mailto:Paleonet at paleonet.org>
http://lists.paleonet.org/mailman/listinfo/paleonet


--
Cory M. Redman (BSc; MSc; PhD)
Science Curator
Grand Rapids Public Museum

272 Pearl Street NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
www.grpm.org<http://www.grpm.org/>

office: 616:929:1766
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.paleonet.org/pipermail/paleonet/attachments/20231011/26e4b85b/attachment.htm>