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Batty was hired in 1902 by the American Museum of Natural History to collect in Lower California, Southern New Mexico and the mountains of Northern Mexico. In 1905, under the auspices of the museum, Batty traveled back to Mexico and continued to journey down to southern Mexico. The expedition was directed by J. A. Allen of the Department of Mammalogy and Frank Chapman of the Department of Ornithology. Batty and his assistants, M. S. Goodknight and later Sterling Rohlfs, collected and prepared specimens mainly from the States of Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco, and Chiapas, Mexico, and included mammals and birds collected in lower California. (2)(3, p. 151)
The expedition contributed many specimens to both Mammalogy and Ornithology, some of which were used in the creation of the Collared Peccary group in the historic Allen Hall of North American Mammals (now the Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals). (3, p. 151)(4, p. 72)
Batty was heading south to continue collecting across Guatemala and the Cauca region of southwestern Colombia when he died in the field at Pijijiapa, Chiapas, Mexico in May of 1906. (4, p. 117)
Directed the expedition for the Department of Mammalogy, published many scientific papers on the specimens Batty collected for the museum.
Leader of the expedition.
Directed the expedition for the Department of Ornithology.
Traveled with Batty as an assistant to aid in the collecting and preparation of specimens and took many of the photographs documenting the expedition. Batty states in a letter to Bumpus that Goodknight was the nephew of Charles Goodknight of Texas, known for building and maintaining one of the last Buffalo herds in the south. (5)
Batty collected specimens and accessories near Escuinapa in southern Sinaloa, Mexico, for the Collared Peccary group in the historic Allen Hall of North American Mammals (now the Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals). (3, p. 151) (4, p. 72) The group was prepared at the Museum by Herbert Lang and Dr. D.E. Dahlgren.
Worked as an assistant to Batty from 1905 on. Rohlfs was the son of Anna Katharine Rohlfs (Green), a noted 19th century mystery author and Charles Rohlfs, a well-known furniture maker. He went on to settle in the west as a mine engineer with a degree from the Colorado School of Mines, in Denver he eventually followed his wife’s family business and managed ranches. (5)(6)(7)
Creator: Joseph Batty, M.S. Goodknight
Extent: approximately 350 images
Repository and Call Number: Photocards
Creator: American Museum of Natural History
Extent: 1 bound volume (circa 150 prints)
Repository: AMNH Library Special Collections
Description: Museum Scrapbook with 150 prints and some captions
Creator: American Museum of Natural History
Extent: 0.21 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Repository: AMNH Ornithology Archives, ORN 203
Description: Consists of map and listing of collection localities.