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Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964

 Person

Found in 27 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.

Dates: undated
Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / Alex Seidel and Helen Ziska drawings collection

American Museum Congo expedition photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .A47
Scope and Contents

Field photographs of Congo Expeditions from 1909-1915.

Dates: 1909-1915
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum Congo expedition photographs

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...
Dates: 1920-1947; Majority of material found within 1934-1944
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Roy Chapman Andrews papers, 1987 Accession

Art Survey No. 1019: James Chapin (1890-1964) / Back "H 1925", 1925

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1019
Scope and Contents

Portrait bust of James Chapin, AMNH ornithologist and explorer.

Dates: 1925
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 1308: [Collection of Watercolors and Drawings]., 1930 - 1954

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1308
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. Additional research on artworks in the Museum is in progress.

Dates: 1930 - 1954
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 1309: [Illustrations for "Birds of the Belgian Congo"]., 1930 - 1954

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1309
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. Additional research on artworks in the Museum is in progress.

Dates: 1930 - 1954
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

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.

Dates: 1920s-1960s, undated
Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / Belgian Congo species card file I, II, III, IV

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...
Dates: 1916-1940; Majority of material found within 1921-1933
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Central Asiatic Expeditions records

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.

Dates: mid-1800s-1970s
Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / Chapin file: African Collectors and Travelers

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.

Dates: 1904-1966
Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / Chapin file: maps and localities (PT)
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