American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates
Organization
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
F. A. Constable papers, 1872-1924
Collection
Identifier: DR 185
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of loose handwritten lists of species, accessions records, and bound COPE collection index.
Dates:
1872 - 1924
Field and Expedition Equipment
Collection
Identifier: Mem 305
Scope and Contents
Since 1887, the American Museum of Natural History has been conducting field expeditions in every continent. This is one of the main resources for the Museum’s scientific research and collection development activities throughout all its disciplines. This grouping holds the equipment that were used during expeditions from around 1877 to 1996. Most of these expeditions required direct interaction with the natural habitat of the subject of study, which usually involves being out in the...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1877-1990s
Horace W. Stunkard papers, 1919-1984
Collection
Identifier: DR 187
Scope and Contents
Collection consists mostly of correspondence, personal and general. There is also a set of publication reprints.
Dates:
1919 - 1984
Department of Invertebrate Zoology wasp nest image collection
Collection
Identifier: DR 195
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of 25 disks that were generated to document the wasp nest collection of the Division of Invertebrate Zoology. This collection received funding under National Science Foundation Grant DBI-0446968: “Curation of the wasp nest collection of the American Museum of Natural History”, 2005-2007 to re-house the collection and create a digital database with photographs that would be available to both researchers and the general public. The disks include photographs...
Dates:
2005-2007
Preparation Molds for Exhibits
Collection
Identifier: Mem 306
Scope and Contents
Molds for exhibits were created and used to prepare the models that compose the exhibits of the American Museum of Natural history, approximately from 1889 to the 1990s, first by the science departments and then by the Department of Exhibition and its different iterations. Models were meant to reproduce existing and extinct animal specimens, humans and cultural artifacts, insects and plant life. The types of mold that can be found in this grouping provide insight on the methods employed to...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1889-1990s
Vema expeditions papers, 1955-1969
Collection
Identifier: DR 189
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of: Research proposals; collections schedules and expenses; ship logs; collection progress reports; specimen lists; miscellaneous scientists research reports; correspondence.
Dates:
1955 - 1969
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192