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Found in 687 Collections and/or Records:

James Arthur Oliver administrative papers, 1960-1968.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 127
Abstract Correspondence and administrative papers during the directorship of James A. Oliver. Majority of papers are correspondence from the Director regarding applications and administration of research grants for AMNH projects from organizations such as the National Science Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, NASA and various U.S. government agencies. Contains extensive records on active grant-funded projects regarding budgeting and planning, such as progress reports for funders,...
Dates: 1960 - 1968
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / James Arthur Oliver administrative papers, 1960-1968.

James Chapin photographic slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 321
Scope and Contents

Photographs from the Chapin Collection taken mostly in Africa, including Senegal, Belgian Congo, Rwanda, and a few photographs from the United States, including Carl Akeley's grave. Images of birds, birds' nests, flowering trees, indigenous people, colleagues, and family.

Dates: 1953-1958
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / James Chapin photographic slide collection

James H. Turner photographic slides of marine animal specimens, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 507
Abstract

Photographs of specimens collected in Western Australia coastal waters. Includes a blowfish, starfish, and sea slugs.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / James H. Turner photographic slides of marine animal specimens, undated.

James Perry Wilson at Devil's Tower and miscellaneous expeditions

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 55
Scope and Contents

One slide of James Perry Wilson painting at Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Other miscellaneous expeditions images include the Yangtze River, excavating the skeleton of a brontosaurus, a Blue Giant Anole lizard, and a Greta Cubana butterfly.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / James Perry Wilson at Devil's Tower and miscellaneous expeditions

Jane Singer photographic slide collection, circa 1960s-1970s.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 443
Abstract

Nature photographs of Grand Teton National Park, geyser in Yellowstone National Park, and Lake Louise in Banff National Park. Also includes two photographs of a pond lily.

Dates: circa 1960s-1970s
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Jane Singer photographic slide collection, circa 1960s-1970s.

Jean B. Thorpe photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 518
Abstract

Travel photographs taken mostly of animals in Africa including lions, hyena, African buffalo, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, a hippopotamus, crocodiles, zebras, and a black rhinoceros. Also includes a few images of women spinning silk in Cyprus and one slide taken in Kashgai, Pakistan, of a donkey with two riders and their possessions.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Jean B. Thorpe photographic slide collection, undated.

Jean Shor photographic slide collection, 1951-1952.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 437
Abstract

Photographs depicting daily life and work in Cyprus and of Kashgai tribe in Iran. Includes images of street markets and farm work in East Pakistan.

Dates: 1951-1952
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Jean Shor photographic slide collection, 1951-1952.

American Museum of Natural History, Jesup Wood Hall papers

 Collection
Identifier: DR 091
Scope and Content Note The Jesup Wood Hall Papers consist of departmental correspondence regarding the acquisition, preparation, exhibition, and research of North American woods. Also present are department records of maintenance scheduled and conducted, plans for future acquisitions, and financial records including pricing on wood specimens obtained, departmental salaries, artistic services, exhibit budgets and estimates. The majority of material is correspondence, but advertisements and brochures, handwritten...
Dates: 1880-1953; Majority of material found within 1880-1920, 1938-1951
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History, Jesup Wood Hall papers

Joanne Mirabile photographic slides of zoo animals, 1963.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 357
Abstract

Two photographs of an otter and pygmy hippopotamus at the New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo).

Dates: 1963
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Joanne Mirabile photographic slides of zoo animals, 1963.

John James Audubon: Science Into Art photographic slides, 1985.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 89B
Abstract

Slides of prints displayed in the temporary exhibition John James Audubon: Science Into Art, held at the American Museum of Natural History, April-July 1985 in the Naturemax Gallery. Includes photographs of an individual hand pressing an original copper plate and applying color to "Wild Turkey, Male.".

Dates: 1985
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / John James Audubon: Science Into Art photographic slides, 1985.
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