The Rainey Asiatic Expedition began in July of 1918 and lasted until the
end of World War I in 1919. It traversed Siberia to the Ural Mountains by
railway. Nominally sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, the
expedition was entirely funded by philanthropist, hunter, explorer and
photographer Paul J. Rainey. Rainey acted as leader and requested Edmund Heller
to join him as scientist and naturalist. (1)
To collect accessories for the Buffalo group (99 specimens) in the Indian Territory, Panhandle of Texas. Also collected more than an additional 200 other specimens for the Department of Mammals and Birds.
To make an ornithological, anthropological and zoological survey of the Andean region of South America and to collect zoological specimens. Also includes Miller and Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition in 1913-1914.