Terry-Holden Expedition (1937)

Exist Dates

1937 - 1938

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

To study and collect representative flora and fauna of regions, study diseases and study Indian tribes

Summary

Sites visited: British Guiana, Brazil

Personnel: Holden, Dr William Hall, Staff Surgeon of the AMNH, leader; Snedigar, Robert, sci. (Herpetology). Also Smith, A. C. of the NYBotanical Garden, and Hassler, William G., a motion picture photographer (formerly of the AMNH), McMillan, Neil, field assistant, and Hungerford, Orison, radio-engineer of the National Broadcasting Company.

Department of Herpetology. At the Museum specimens were later studied by Noble, G. Kingsley, of the Department of Experimental Biology.

Sponsors: Terry, Lillian E. (Mrs. Franklin S. Terry)

Resources available in AMNH Special Collections: Moving image documentation (Hassler, Wm.)

Sources

AMNH Annual Report No. 69, 1937, page 59

AMNH Annual Report No. 70, 1938, page 26

Natural History magazine, XL, October, 1937, page 616

Natural History magazine, XLI, May, 1938, page 392

Natural History magazine, XLII, December, 1938, page 328-337

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

Holden, William Hall
Leader

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