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Found in 687 Collections and/or Records:

Gorillas and apes

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 122
Scope and Contents The program on gorillas and other apes begins with a film entitled Gorilla Bill, which is about Bill Said's methods of capturing a gorilla (shown previously on March 27, 1955). After this film material is presented, a remote broadcast from the Bronx Zoo (i.e. New York Zoological Park) features Charles Collingwood interviewing Richard Mandel, curator of mammals, about the lives of gorillas and other apes in the wild and in captivity. Chimpanzees perform tricks as Mandel discusses their...
Dates: 1956
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Gorillas and apes

Gorillas ; From the neck up

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 35
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Gorillas. This segment opens with footage from the 1949 movie Mighty Joe Young (RKO Pictures), which is presented as an example of the traditional portrayal of gorillas as ferocious. At the CBS studio, James Howard McGregor, research associate at the AMNH and a noted expert on gorillas, discusses historical and characteristic aspects of gorillas. At the Baltimore Zoo by remote broadcast, Arthur Watson and host Robert Northshield play with Robert, a rambunctious...
Dates: 1953
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Gorillas ; From the neck up

Government Relations records,

 Collection
Identifier: DR 118B
Dates: circa 1990-2000.
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Government Relations records,

Grapevine newsletters

 Collection
Identifier: DR 007
Scope and content

Grapevine. The Employees benefit Association of American Museum of Natural History newsletter.

Dates: 1942-1992; Majority of material found in 1942-1966, 1983-1992
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Grapevine newsletters

Great Barrier Reef Expedition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 250
Abstract

Field photographs of marine life and mammals in Australia, Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1962. Includes birds, kangaroos, koalas, and underwater photographs of invertebrates and fish.

Dates: 1962-1965
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Great Barrier Reef Expedition photographic slides

William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .G7441
Scope and Contents The collection consists of administrative, scientific, academic and personal papers, and correspondence. Papers include Gregory's general correspondence with universities, colleges and scientists about his research topics and publications; correspondence with museums about purchasing replicas of fossils; and with students seeking employement. Other papers include lecture notes prepared for zoology classes emphasizing evolution, 1925-1926 and 1939; and manuscripts and notes for his...
Dates: 1889-1948; Majority of material found within 1906-1948
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)

Guy St. Clair photographic slides of Central Park, 1978.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 418
Abstract

Scenic photographs of Central Park (New York) taken in Fall 1978.

Dates: 1978
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Guy St. Clair photographic slides of Central Park, 1978.

Hall of Asian Mammals and Hall of Primates photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 10
Scope and Contents

Details of dioramas in the Hall of Asian Mammals, including Siberian Tiger, Giant Panda, Indian Leopard and Bengal Tiger Group. Details of exhibit case in the Hall of Primates.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Hall of Asian Mammals and Hall of Primates photographic slides

Hall of Biodiversity habitat photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 672
Scope and Contents

Habitat photographs taken by Willard Whitson of animals and plants on location. Places include Botswana, Central African Republic, Pribilof Islands, and Olympic Rain Forest.

Dates: 1996-1997
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Hall of Biodiversity habitat photographic slides

Hall of Biodiversity photographic slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 624-626
Scope and Contents

Photographs of models and exhibitions in the AMNH Hall of Biodiversity, mostly of the Rain Forest diorama. Studio photographs of the individual animals and views of the installation and construction of the diorama. Also includes installation of the giant squid model.

Dates: 1997-1998
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Hall of Biodiversity photographic slide collection
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