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Found in 687 Collections and/or Records:

Mohammedanism

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 101
Scope and Contents

Walter Ashlin Fairservis, AMNH anthropologist, examines Mohammedanism. The first in a three-part series on Oriental religions, this program traces the beginnings of Mohammedanism to about 600 A.D., when Mohammed preached. The history and role of Mohammedanism in the daily lives of its followers is discussed. Film footage shown includes a pilgrimage to Mecca, produced by the Arabian American Oil Company.

Dates: 1955
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Mohammedanism

Mongolia Observed: Photographs Present and Past exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 665
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Mongolia Observed: Photographs Present and Past, held at the American Museum of Natural History, May 6-September 4, 2000.

Dates: 2000
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Mongolia Observed: Photographs Present and Past exhibition photographic slides

Mont A. Cazier photographic slide collection of the Expedition to Mexico, 1947.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 161
Abstract

Field photographs taken in Mexico including images of beetles and other insects, plants and trees, and general landscape. Also includes some portraits and photographs of a cathedral.

Dates: 1947
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Mont A. Cazier photographic slide collection of the Expedition to Mexico, 1947.

Mont A. Cazier photographic slides of wasps (Polistes), undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 162
Abstract

Field photographs of wasps (Polistes) nests.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Mont A. Cazier photographic slides of wasps (Polistes), undated.

Moon rock exhibition photographic slides, 1970.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 81C
Abstract

Slides of the moon rock sample displayed temporarily in 1970 at the American Museum of Natural History. Includes details and images of the display case. The specimen was found on the moon's Oceanus Procellarum and was held in place by stainless steel prongs and kept in a lucite-domed, pneumatically sealed container filled with nitrogen. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, second floor.

Dates: 1970
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Moon rock exhibition photographic slides, 1970.

William J. Morden papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .M671-.M674
Scope and Contents This collection is concerned with Morden’s expeditions to Alaska, Central Asia, and Southwest Africa and contains detailed field notes written by both William and Irene. The field notes include details of their travels, supply lists, budgets, and descriptions of artifacts and specimens gathered. There are also a number of drafts of articles and books written by both Morden and Irene about their experiences abroad. The William J. Morden papers also include correspondences which are...
Dates: 1922-1957
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / William J. Morden papers

Mountain climbing

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 52
Scope and Contents William O. Douglas, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and Maurice Herzog, author of the best-seller Annapurna (an account of his expedition to the Himalayas), are the celebrated guests of this program. Douglas, an avid mountain climber, wrote several books on his travel experiences including Beyond the High Himalayas, Of Men and Mountains, and Strange Lands and Friendly People. The two men speak of the dangers, rewards, memorable experiences, and the physical equipment...
Dates: 1953
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Mountain climbing

Mountain climbing with native guides

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 112
Scope and Contents A discussion of the need for native guides in mountain climbing expeditions is the subject of this broadcast. Sherpa and Hunza men, for example, greatly aided the German expedition ascending Nanga Parbat, in the Himalayas. Author-lecturer James Ramsey Ullman and Charles Collingwood discuss the two-fold problem of native guides on mountain climbing expeditions, which first involve the actual physical dangers and secondly include cultural fears of gods and demons of the mountains. In film...
Dates: 1955
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Mountain climbing with native guides

Moving a Museum: The Rothschild Bird Collection exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 99B
Scope and Contents

Views of the display case for the temporary exhibition Moving a Museum: The Rothschild Bird Collection, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1985.

Dates: 1985
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Moving a Museum: The Rothschild Bird Collection exhibition photographic slides

Mrs George Meyers photographic slide of skate egg case, 1958.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 353
Abstract

One photograph of an egg case of skate.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Mrs George Meyers photographic slide of skate egg case, 1958.
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