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Found in 687 Collections and/or Records:

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) photographic slide collection, 1939-1945.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 524
Abstract

Photographs of various land use including kudzu, sudan grass, burr clover, white dutch clover, and hairy vetch used as cover crops, windmills, dairy farms, terrace construction, farm ponds and farm land, irrigation structures, and examples of wind erosion.

Dates: 1939-1945
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) photographic slide collection, 1939-1945.

V. Villard photographic slides collection of northern Norway

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 522
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Laplanders in northern Norway including daily life, tee pees, reindeer shelter, domestic reindeer, and landscapes.

Dates: 1956 July
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / V. Villard photographic slides collection of northern Norway

Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Samlung aufgestellt im Jahr 1865 : [microform]

 Item
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #51
Dates: 1865
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Samlung aufgestellt im Jahr 1865 : [microform]

Visitors' Center and Hall of Vertebrate Origins construction photographic slides, 1994-1996.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 69
Abstract

Slides of the AMNH Visitors' Center and Hall of Vertebrate Origins under construction.

Dates: 1994-1996
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Visitors' Center and Hall of Vertebrate Origins construction photographic slides, 1994-1996.

Visual recording of speech ; Bali

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 67
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Visual Recording of Speech. This segment examines new technological advances in the visual recording of speech. In a remote broadcast from the Haskins Laboratory in New York, Frank Cooper, Alvin Lieberman and Pierre de Lattre demonstrate the simplified common patterns which make it possible to hear and understand the sounds of speech. A sound spectograph and a filmed x-ray of people speaking are displayed. SEGMENT 2: Bali. Dr. Sudjarwo, Indonesian delegate to the United Nations,...
Dates: 1954
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Visual recording of speech ; Bali

Volcano! exhibition photographic slides, 1979.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 82I
Abstract

Slides of the temporary exhibit Volcano!, held at the American Museum of Natural History, April 1979. Possibly stills from the film shown in the exhibit.

Dates: 1979
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Volcano! exhibition photographic slides, 1979.

Voodoo

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 123
Scope and Contents

The origin and history of voodoo is the topic of discussion for this broadcast. Illustrated through a performance by the Haitian dancer Jean Ľon Destine and his dance group with drums and singing dancers, the discussion explores the various meanings of voodoo as a religion and ritual. The word voodoo is derived from the word vodun, a god or spirit in the Fon language of Dahomey (now Benin).

Dates: 1956
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Voodoo

W. A. Pleumer photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 404
Abstract

Mostly close up photographs of insects. Includes a few images of flowers and clouds.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / W. A. Pleumer photographic slide collection, undated.

Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 102E
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Akeley Gallery.

Dates: circa 1993
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides

Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 157C
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1993-1994. Akeley Gallery.

Dates: 1994 April 20
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides
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