Dearl Edward Adams (1916-1992)

Scope and Contents Collection consists chiefly of 35 mm slide collection documenting Dearl Adams efforts to establish a rookery for the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle on South Padre Island. Images show turtles at different life cycle stages, including nests, eggs, hatchlings, adolescents and adults.Dearl Adams and his family (brother Thearl and wife Ethel) were citizen conservationists from Brownsville, Texas. The Adames led efforts to gather eggs from the sole Kemp's ridley sea turtle rookery in Playa...

Scope and Contents Series of 35 mm color photographic slides of Dearl Adam's and Project Ridley. Images show Kemp's ridley sea turtles at various stages of their life cycle, including nesting, eggs, hatchlings, adolescent and adult turtles. Photographs also document Dearl Adams and his families trips to Playa Rancho Nuevo, Mexico to obtain eggs and their subsequent return and sea turtle releases on South Padre Island, Texas. The Turtle Lady, Ila Loetscher, is photographed.The original handwritten...

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Series contains two publications, including The International Turtle and Tortoise Society Journal (Sept/Oct 1966) and The Valley Sportsmen (July 11, 1967).