W.D. Campbell Expedition

Exist Dates

1938 - 1939, 1940

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

To collect materials for Libyan Desert group and Chimpanzee and Mandrill groups, and other groups in the Museum's Akekey Hall.

Summary

Sites visited: Libyan Desert; Guinea coast, West Africa (monkeys)

Personnel: Campbell, W.D., leader; Dickinson, W.V.D., sci.; Tate, G.H.H., sci.; Kane, Robert W., sci.

Department of Mammalogy; Department of Preparation and Installation

Sponsors: Campbell, W. D., Museum Field Representative.

Resources available in AMNH Special Collections: Photo and moving image documentation.

Sources

AMNH Annual Report No. 70, 1938, page 27

AMNH Annual Report No. 71, 1939, page 21

AMNH Annual Report No. 72, 1940, page 19

Natural History magazine, XLII, September, 1938, page 153

Natural History magazine, October, 1938, page 208-211

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

Campbell, W.D.
Leader

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