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Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926

 Person

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Jobe Akeley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .A342-.A344
Dates: 1859-1940
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Mary Jobe Akeley papers

Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 25
Scope and Contents

Primarily images from the dioramas in the the AMNH Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals with some interior views of the hall. Includes some images of preparator refurbishing Cheetah Group inside the diorama, 1974. Also includes 5 duplicate slides of black and white photographs depicting Carl Akeley in the field, a group photograph and an illustration of the African Mammal Hall.

Dates: 1949,1974, undated
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals photographic slides

Carl and Mary in Africa

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 24
Scope and Contents Filmed during the AMNH Eastman-Pomeroy-Akeley East African Expedition, 1926. In the opening sequence, Carl Ethan Akeley (associate in the AMNH Department of Mammalogy, and associate curator and adviser in the AMNH Department of Preparation) watches artist William R. Leigh painting habitat studies for the background of the klipspringer group, one of the dioramas now in the museum's Akeley Hall of African Mammals. At the campsite, located in the Lukenia Hills 40 miles east of Nairobi, Leigh...
Dates: 1926
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Carl and Mary in Africa

Carl Ethan Akeley photographs, circa 1920s

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .A4251
Scope and Contents

Two portraits of Akeley and two photographs of flamingos in Africa.

Dates: circa 1920s
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Carl Ethan Akeley photographs, circa 1920s

Carl Ethan Akeley portrait

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .A4252
Scope and Contents

Wrapped package containing portrait of Carl Akeley.

Dates: undated
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Carl Ethan Akeley portrait

William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .G7441
Scope and Contents The collection consists of administrative, scientific, academic and personal papers, and correspondence. Papers include Gregory's general correspondence with universities, colleges and scientists about his research topics and publications; correspondence with museums about purchasing replicas of fossils; and with students seeking employement. Other papers include lecture notes prepared for zoology classes emphasizing evolution, 1925-1926 and 1939; and manuscripts and notes for his...
Dates: 1889-1948; Majority of material found within 1906-1948
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)

Mary Jobe Akeley papers: [microform]

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #76
Dates: Majority of material found within 1859-1940
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Mary Jobe Akeley papers: [microform]

Mary Jobe Akeley photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .A426
Scope and Contents

Field photographs taken by Mary Jobe and Carl Akeley which include the Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy and other African expeditions, portraitures, and American Museum of Natural History lab views of Carl Akeley's taxidermy.

Dates: 1896-1930s
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Mary Jobe Akeley photographs

Penelope Bodry-Sanders photographic slides of Carl Akeley's grave restoration

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 583
Scope and Contents

Possibly slides used for a presentation about Carl Akeley's grave restoration. Includes portraits of Carl Akeley, facts about his life, and the grave restoration.

Dates: 1972
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Penelope Bodry-Sanders photographic slides of Carl Akeley's grave restoration

Stereographs of African landscapes, people and culture

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .A382
Scope and Content note This is an unidentified collection of stereographs, the majority of them undated, of African landscape, villages, towns and people. The countries represented are Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. Among the African peoples mentioned are the Buganda, Wanderobo, Kikuya, Taita, Masai, Lumbwa and Nandi.Most of the cards are labeled on the verso in the same hand. They are unsigned but identified by the initials V.S.K. A number of the cards describe interactions...
Dates: 1905-1911
Found in: Research Library Special Collections / Stereographs of African landscapes, people and culture
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