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Found in 687 Collections and/or Records:

Navajo Indians

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 46
Scope and Contents The cultural conflict resulting from differences in the basic way of life of the Navajo Indian and the white man in America, is discussed in detail on this program. Hosted by Charles Collingwood and Adventure science reporter, Robert Northshield, the program is enhanced by the expertise of Clyde Kluckhorn, chairman of Harvard University's Department of Anthropology and a leading authority on the Navajos. Paul Curtis and the American Mime Theatre act out pantomime interpretations of the...
Dates: 1953
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Navajo Indians

Neil deGrasse Tyson documents on U.S. space exploration policies and other related policies, early 2000s.

 Collection
Identifier: DR-H 21
Scope and Contents

Includes letterhead, Future of Aerospace Industry related documents and binders, Aerospace Commission minutes, documents on commercialization of space (Commission on Moon, Mars, and Beyond), Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry and documents on U.S. Space Exploration Policy.

Dates: 2000 - 2005
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Neil deGrasse Tyson documents on U.S. space exploration policies and other related policies, early 2000s.

Neil deGrasse Tyson office papers, 1998-2007.

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Identifier: DR-H 40
Scope and Contents

Documents on Phipps Board Meeting, office related information, documents for NASA Advisory Council, news articles bound personally by Neil deGrasse Tyson, scientific books, payroll information, correspondence, proposals for supercomputing.

Dates: 1998 - 2007
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Neil deGrasse Tyson office papers, 1998-2007.

Neil deGrasse Tyson papers, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: DR-H 17
Scope and Contents

Various papers from Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Neil deGrasse Tyson papers, undated.

New Mexican descendants of conquistadores

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 106
Scope and Contents This broadcast discusses the inhabitants of Truchas, New Mexico, who were direct descendants of the Spanish conquerors who opened the North American continent to colonization and development. The Spanish conquerors were searching for the seven golden cities of Cibola, but found only Indians, pueblos and mud huts instead of gold. The Spanish government commissioned the Cortes and Velazquez expeditions after receiving reports of gold. Bernard De Voto, a noted lecturer and Pulitzer Prize...
Dates: 1955
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / New Mexican descendants of conquistadores

Niagara Falls ; Navajo

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 78
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Niagara Falls. This remote broadcast from Niagara Falls features Bobb Schaeffer, AMNH paleontologist, and Dr. Anderson, Niagara Park official, discussing a disaster which occured six weeks earlier when Prospect Point broke away from the Falls. The forces of nature are dramatically observed through films of the point at Niagara Falls breaking away and plunging into the gorge. SEGMENT 2: Navajo. The second segment of the season's premiere describes the Adventure crew's three-week...
Dates: 1954
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Niagara Falls ; Navajo

Nigeria: Art and Everyday Life photographic slides, 1978.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 82B
Abstract

Slides of artifacts displayed in the temporary exhibition Nigeria: Art and Everyday Life, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1978. Studio images of 7 different objects including Yoruba twins (Ibejis), pair of Edan Ogbani cult staffs, leopard hip mask, Yoruba headdress among others. Images possibly used for publications and press articles.

Dates: 1978
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Nigeria: Art and Everyday Life photographic slides, 1978.

Norman Dennis Newell Collection, 1909-2005 (bulk 1973-2003)

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Identifier: Mss .N495
Scope and Contents These papers consist of Newell’s scientific work at the American Museum of Natural History from 1973-2005, and Columbia University from 1945-1997; and his contributions mentioned below in the individual Series. They also include some personal and family papers dating from his childhood in Kansas through his education at the University of Kansas at Lawrence and Yale University, to his death in 2005. Series I: Correspondence with Individuals (includes some institutions, where...
Dates: 1909-2005 (bulk 1973-2003)
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Norman Dennis Newell Collection, 1909-2005 (bulk 1973-2003)

North American Indian Halls photographic slides, circa 1966.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 59
Abstract

Models and views of old hall architecture for the AMNH Halls of North American Indians. Includes the Great Canoe exhibited with models and exhibits in the Hall of Eastern Woodland Indians.

Dates: circa 1966
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / North American Indian Halls photographic slides, circa 1966.

Northwest Coast Indians

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 98
Scope and Contents The story of the Northwest Coast Indians and the loss of their culture is the subject examined. Harry Tschopik, AMNH ethnologist, discusses the recent disappearance of the Coast Indians' culture as a result of an obsession with a tribal institution called potlatch. A ceremony in which tribal members try to outdo each other by giving away their most prized possessions, this practice eventually undermined their economic and traditional value system. Some of the artifacts, such as carvings,...
Dates: 1955
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Northwest Coast Indians
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