Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964

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

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)

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.

Dates: 1940s-1960s

Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / Chapin file: people of special interest

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.

Dates: 1930s-1970s, undated

Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / Chapin Kivu notes I, II, III file cards

[Collection of Watercolors and Drawings].

Item

Identifier: Art Survey No. 1308

Dates: 1930 - 1954

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / [Collection of Watercolors and Drawings].

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Alex Seidel and Helen Ziska drawings collection

American Museum Congo expedition photographs

Roy Chapman Andrews papers, 1987 Accession

Belgian Congo species card file I, II, III, IV

Central Asiatic Expeditions records

Chapin file: African Collectors and Travelers

Chapin file: maps and localities (PT)

Chapin file: people of special interest

Chapin Kivu notes I, II, III file cards

[Collection of Watercolors and Drawings].

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