American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Field and Expedition Equipment
Collection
Identifier: Mem 305
Scope and Contents
Since 1887, the American Museum of Natural History has been conducting field expeditions in every continent. This is one of the main resources for the Museum’s scientific research and collection development activities throughout all its disciplines. This grouping holds the equipment that were used during expeditions from around 1877 to 1996. Most of these expeditions required direct interaction with the natural habitat of the subject of study, which usually involves being out in the...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1877-1990s
Peru, Ecuador, Chile Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn83
Scope and Contents
Includes an expense account and a photograph of the camp taken during the Peru, Ecuador, Chile Expedition, 1916.
Dates:
1916
Santa Marta Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn98
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, contract proposal, memoranda
Dates:
1898-1899
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- Subject: Scientific expeditions -- South America X
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American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192