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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

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Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

New Zealand Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn73
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photographs and photographic slides by Robert Cushman Murphy. New Zealand Expedition.

Dates: 1947-1948

Peru collecting localities

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn82
Scope and Contents

Notes on collecting localities in Peru.

Dates: 1919-1920

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

Peruvian Expedition field catalog

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn85
Scope and Contents

Edmund Heller's field catalog of specimen numbers.

Dates: 1915

Phipps-Bradley Expedition catalog

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn81
Scope and Contents

Catalog of collection of species collected on Phipps-Bradley Expedition

Dates: 1933

Photographs of Peruvian Guano Islands from R. C. Murphy files

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn84a
Scope and Contents

One folder of 84 black and white photographs, unknown photographer.

Dates: undated

Preparation Molds for Exhibits

 Collection
Identifier: Mem 306
Scope and Contents Molds for exhibits were created and used to prepare the models that compose the exhibits of the American Museum of Natural history, approximately from 1889 to the 1990s, first by the science departments and then by the Department of Exhibition and its different iterations. Models were meant to reproduce existing and extinct animal specimens, humans and cultural artifacts, insects and plant life. The types of mold that can be found in this grouping provide insight on the methods employed to...
Dates: Usage: circa 1889-1990s

Rollo Beck Expedition to New Guinea collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn72
Scope and Contents

Field catalog, journal and field notes, with notes by Mayr and Gilliard. Also includes correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 1928-1929

Sage West China Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn94
Scope and Contents

List of birds, notes and maps, letter from Dean Sage, catalogs of species, notes by Hugh Birckhead

Dates: 1934-1935

Santa Marta Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn98
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, contract proposal, memoranda

Dates: 1898-1899

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives. 73
Birds -- Catalogs and collections 15
Field notes 13
Manuscript Collection 6
Ornithologists -- United States -- Correspondence 4
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Birds -- Exhibitions 3
Scientific expeditions 3
Scientific expeditions -- South America 3
Birds -- Classification 2
Naturalists -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Ornithologists -- Correspondence. 2
Zoologists -- United States -- Correspondence 2
AMNH Expeditions 1
Amphibians 1
Anthropology 1
Archives Microfilm 1
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration 1
Birds -- Anatomy 1
Birds -- Australia 1
Birds -- Catalogs and collections -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
Birds -- Collection and preservation 1
Birds -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Birds -- Peru 1
Birds -- Photography 1
Birdsongs 1
Botany 1
Conservationists -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Conservationists -- United States 1
Dinosaurs -- Models 1
Diorama 1
Education -- Museums 1
Exhibitions 1
Fishes 1
Flags 1
Game protection -- United States 1
Herpetology 1
Honeyguides. 1
Hunting -- United States -- Public opinion 1
Hunting guns 1
Ichthyology 1
Invertebrates 1
Lantern slides 1
Mammals -- Classification 1
Mammals -- Collection and preservation 1
Mammals -- Exhibitions 1
Mammals -- North America. 1
Mongolia -- Discovery and exploration. 1
Museum curators 1
Museum techniques 1
Natural history -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Natural history museum curators -- Correspondence 1
Ornithologists -- United States 1
Ornithology 1
Ornithology -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Ornithology -- United States 1
Paleontology -- Exhibitions 1
Peru -- Photographs 1
Research -- Museums 1
Scientific expeditions -- Arctic regions 1
Scientific expeditions -- Asia. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Ecuador 1
Scientific expeditions -- Indochina 1
Scientific expeditions -- New Zealand 1
Scientific expeditions -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia 1
Scientific expeditions -- United States 1
Scientific expeditions -- Venezuela 1
Sipán (Peru) -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions 1
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