Wilson, James Perry, 1889-1976
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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...
Dates:
1919-1962
Exhibition Tools and Materials
Collection
Identifier: Mem 308
Scope and Contents
Since its inception in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History had exhibitions related to the natural world, human cultures, and the universe. The habitat dioramas are predominantly featured in the Museum, with the first appearing in the late 1800s. A combination of distinct methods and tools was used to create the background, foreground, and taxidermy specimens that compose these exhibits, which improved with the advancement of technology and new knowledge.The exhibition...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1887-1990s
James Perry Wilson at Devil's Tower and miscellaneous expeditions
Collection
Identifier: PSC 55
Scope and Contents
One slide of James Perry Wilson painting at Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Other miscellaneous expeditions images include the Yangtze River, excavating the skeleton of a brontosaurus, a Blue Giant Anole lizard, and a Greta Cubana butterfly.
Dates:
undated
[Study for Black Bear Group]
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 498
Scope and Contents
Swamp in foreground and trees, coconut trees in background, sky visible above and through the trees.
Dates:
circa 1930s
Sun Eclipse by the Earth as Seen on the Moon / LL "JP Wilson 1940"
Item — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art Survey No. 3
Scope and Contents
Painting of rock landscape in foreground, earth and stars in sky. Conceptualization of the May 14, 1938 eclipse, second version.
Dates:
1940
Sun Eclipse by the Earth as Seen on the Moon / LL "J.P. Wilson/1938."
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1
Scope and Contents
Foreground mountainous, park landscape / middle left sun eclipsed by moon.
Dates:
1938