Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929
Person
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Budget, 1917-1924
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents
Primarily correspondence among E. O. Hovey, Chester Reeds, and museum administrators regarding budgets for the Department of Geology. Also includes handwritten budgets and notes.
Central Asiatic Expeditions records
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C446
Scope and Contents
This collection is a record of the Museum’s explorations undertaken during the 1920s in the Gobi Desert under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews. A list of the men who participated in the CAE can be culled from the expeditions’ letterheads used by museum personnel in New York. All but three of the men cited on these letterheads are represented here. Those not found are Mont Reid, a physician, James Wang, an interpreter and G. Horwath of motor transport. The variety of other correspondents...
American Museum of Natural History, Department of Preparation and Installation: Diorama and Hall construction
Collection
Identifier: DR 104
Scope and Content Note
This collection spans the planning and development of the Department of Preparations for the dioramas of the various halls. These folders detail the requests and expenditures for the efforts made in travel, models, and sketches. The majority of the correspondence is directed from or to James L. Clark, the Director of the Department of Preparations between the 1930’s-1940’s. Much of the correspondence from James Lippit Clark, is directed to trackers, guides, taxidermists, donors, and designers. ...
George Newbold Lawrence correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Mss .L39
Scope and Contents
The George Newbold Lawrence Correspondence collection consists almost completely of handwritten, signed letters received by Lawrence from other ornithologists and naturalists from the United States and Europe discussing the classification of birds and the exchange of bird skins. Some of the folders contain drafts or copies of Lawrence's replies. While there is a small number of official letters from institutions, almost all of the letters are from individuals. In addition to 228 documents from...
Frederic A. Lucas collection of journals correspondence, and photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .L832
Scope and Contents
Journals, collected writings, correspondence, and photographs of F.A. Lucas. Some images used in museum publication in collection.
Frederic A. Lucas photographic print collection of American Museum of Natural History exhibits, other museums, and scientists
Collection
Identifier: PPC .L833
Scope and Contents
Portraits, photographs of institutions, including Dept. of Comparative Anatomy, and Ward taxidermy studio illustrations.
Frederic A. Lucas photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .L83
Scope and Contents
Photographs of a Manta Ray that was caught by R. J. Coles in Punta Gorda, Florida. Signed on front, "Dr. F.A.Lucas, Compliments of R.J. Coles."; penguins possibly in South America; and a portrait photo of Lucas taken in 1868.
Frederic A. Lucas photograph collection of portraits, and personal biographies of scientific staff
Collection
Identifier: PPC .L831
Scope and Contents
This collection houses forms which were mailed out by F. A. Lucas of the U.S. National Museum containing biographical information on individual scientists as well as newspaper articles on same for the Johnnon's Universal Cyclopedia. The second folder contains portrait photographs of same..
Matters relating to library, 1906-1918
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents
Primarily correspondence from E. O. Hovey to R. W. Tower and others, regarding requests for materials from the AMNH library and suggesting titles for acquisition by the library.
Museum matters, 1909-1913
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents
Primarily correspondence between E. O. Hovey and museum administrators or staff. Also contains sketches of museum floor plans, meeting minutes, departmental reports, financial statements, photographs of geological formations, and "Index to Letters."
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