Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964
Person
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Alex Seidel and Helen Ziska drawings collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn50
Scope and Contents
Maps, diagrams, pen and ink drawings for the "Birds of the Belgian Congo" (Note that volume number is not specified.) Artists: Jas. Chapin, Seidel, Helen Ziska. Also includes Seidel's "Birds of the Southwest Pacifc" drawings.
American Museum Congo expedition photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A47
Scope and Contents
Field photographs of Congo Expeditions from 1909-1915.
Roy Chapman Andrews papers, 1987 Accession
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A54
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of Andrews' correspondence, manuscripts, and transcripts of Andrews' broadcasts and talks from 1934 to1944. It also contains one folder of family and biographical documents and newspaper clippings received from Charles Gallenkamp, Andrews' biographer, in 1990. The majority of the administrative papers' correspondence concerns requests for speaking engagements about Andrews' explorations, requests for articles, and letters from the public and from companies...
Belgian Congo species card file I, II, III, IV
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn40
Scope and Contents
These are published records and notes that were accummulated subsequent to the publication of the relevant volumes of "Birds of the Belgian Congo." There are also records of bordering regions.
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...
Chapin file: African Collectors and Travelers
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn34
Scope and Contents
Collectors of birds, arranged alphabetically by collector's name. Some correspondence and some photographs.
Chapin file: maps and localities (PT)
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn35
Scope and Contents
James Paul Chapin's maps (arranged alphabetically) and bibliography (arranged chronologically) pertianing to Old voyages to Congo.
Chapin file: people of special interest
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn33
Scope and Contents
Hand written notes on people of special interest from American Museum Congo Expedition, Congo Independent State, and Congo Republic. Includes clippings, correspondence, biographical information, some photographs, including one 3-D photo and film.
Chapin Kivu notes I, II, III file cards
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn38
Scope and Contents
Card file notes from James Paul Chapin's sojourn in the highlands west of Lake Kivu.
[Collection of Watercolors and Drawings].
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1308