Vernay, Arthur Stannard, 1877-1960

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Negatives and interpositives of Africa, possibly from the Vernay Angola Expedition of 1925

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List of birds collected by Vernay in Burma.

Scope and Contents Field photographs from the Cutting-Vernay Expedition to Tibet.Expedition. The Cutting-Vernay Expedition to Tibet collected ethnological objects for the American Museum of Natural History and botanical specimens for the Kew Gardens in England.The expedition was co-led by Charles Suydam Cutting and Arthur Stannard Vernay, another AMNH trustee. Cutting worked many years to plan and make connections in order to gain permits to journey to the expeditions locations in...

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...

Scope and Contents The items in this collection reflect much of Henry Cushier Raven’s species data research from approximately 1920-1944. The collection consists of handwritten and typed notes and research; hand-drawn illustrations of animals and their dissections; photographs of specimens and expedition sites; and manuscript drafts associated with his various essays, articles, and scholarly publications. Research and illustrations on various whale species, land mammals, and Raven’s data from his Australia/...

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Field photographs of the capture of specimens, limestone cliffs and other landscape photographs

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Register of birds, notes by E. Mayr for manuscript

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Correspondence, notes by E. Mayr

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914 images taken by Henry Raven durning the Vernay Hopwood Chindwin Expedition 1934-1935.