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M.L. Bean Museum

 Organization

Administrative History

The M.L. Bean Museum (established 1978) houses the life sciences collections of Brigham Young University.

The Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum was opened to the public in 1978. The museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and maintains membership in the Natural Science Collections Alliance. Research collections of vascular and non vascular plants, invertebrate and vertebrate animals are maintained and made available to research scientists and educators. Public exhibits and educational programs are offered.

Citation:
Perla, 1982-1983: t.p. (M.L. Bean Museum, Brigham Young University)

Res. cent. dir., 1986: v. 1, p. 122 (Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum; f. 1978)

The Great Basin naturalist, Oct. 1999: p. 301 (M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University)

Bean Museum website, Oct. 21, 2011: Description page (research collections of vascular and non-vascular plants, invertebrate and vertebrate animals; available to research scientists and educators; public exhibits and programming offered)

College of Life Sciences, Oct. 3, 2011: Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum (1978, accredited by American Association of Museums, membership in Natural Science Collections Alliance, vascular and non-vascular plants, invertebrate and vertebrate animals, research scientists and educators, public exhibits, educational programs)

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Herbert H. Frost undergraduate and graduate studies, 1939-1946

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3177 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains papers, reports, and homework done by Herbert Frost when he was an undergraduate and also a graduate in college.

Dates: 1939-1946

M.L. Bean Museum library records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233647012]
Identifier: UA 5558
Scope and Contents

Contains meeting minutes, reports, and other materials related to the founding of the Bean Museum library.

Dates: 1977-1992

M.L. Bean Museum records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1132
Scope and Contents

Contains office records from the Monte L. Bean Museum including files relating to the dedication, accounting records, annual progress reports, organizational charts, and correspondence. There are also ten volumes of research diaries of Robert G. Bee in his studies of ornithology mostly in the state of Utah from the years 1924-1962.

Dates: 1924-1983

Wilmer W. Tanner papers on professional organizations, approximately 1950-1980

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7361 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains a variety of records including correspondence, manuscripts submitted for publication, pamphlets and directories, financial records and ledgers, proposals, reports, minutes, all associated with various professional,academic and governmental organizations with which Wilmer W. Tanner worked during the 1950s to the 1970s. Materials dated approximately 1950-1980.

Dates: approximately 1950-1980