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Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964

 Person

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

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

Field and Expedition Equipment

 Collection
Identifier: Mem 305
Scope and Contents Since 1887, the American Museum of Natural History has been conducting field expeditions in every continent. This is one of the main resources for the Museum’s scientific research and collection development activities throughout all its disciplines. This grouping holds the equipment that were used during expeditions from around 1877 to 1996. Most of these expeditions required direct interaction with the natural habitat of the subject of study, which usually involves being out in the...
Dates: Usage: circa 1877-1990s
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Field and Expedition Equipment

William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .G7441
Scope and Contents The collection consists of administrative, scientific, academic and personal papers, and correspondence. Papers include Gregory's general correspondence with universities, colleges and scientists about his research topics and publications; correspondence with museums about purchasing replicas of fossils; and with students seeking employement. Other papers include lecture notes prepared for zoology classes emphasizing evolution, 1925-1926 and 1939; and manuscripts and notes for his...
Dates: 1889-1948; Majority of material found within 1906-1948
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)

James Chapin photographic slide collection, 1953 - 1958

 Series
Identifier: PSC 321
Scope and Contents

Photographs from the Chapin Collection taken mostly in Africa, including Senegal, Belgian Congo, Rwanda, and a few photographs from the United States, including Carl Akeley's grave. Images of birds, birds' nests, flowering trees, indigenous people, colleagues, and family.

Dates: 1953 - 1958
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / PSC 1-679, 35mm Photographic Slide collection

James Chapin photographic slide collection, 1953 to 1961

 Series
Identifier: PSC 165-166
Scope and Contents

Mostly consists of field photographs from the Belgian Congo including birds, nests, large mammals, lakes, general landscape and buildings. Also includes pictures of colleagues and/or family, Pygmies and a Pygmy dance, Watusi dance and some images showing the preparation for the Ross Expedition (1957). A few slides taken in the United States, primarily California.

Dates: 1953 to 1961
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / PSC 1-679, 35mm Photographic Slide collection

James P. Chapin African bibliography

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn14
Scope and Contents

Files on James Paul Chapin's bibliography on Africa. Titles referenced in the files are from the 18th through 20th centuries.

Dates: 1930s-1950s
Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / James P. Chapin African bibliography

James P. Chapin collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn47
Scope and Contents

Collection of Christmas cards from and to James Paul Chapin, watercolors, drawings, "colophons" (referenced as colophons but are actually hand drawn illustrations and considered a device), bookplates, cartoons, envelopes with Chapin illustrations. Subject matter mostly birds, also images of fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and plants. Includes watercolors done by Chapin for the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915).

Dates: 1900 -1960s, undated
Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / James P. Chapin collection

James P. Chapin collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn221
Scope and Contents James Chapin's personal and professional correspondence, expedition records including field notes and catalogs, photographs, negatives and personal diaries (1918-1964). Includes collected newsclippings, "Birds of the Belgian Congo" Ph.D. thesis and published works, reel to reel tape recordings with transcriptions, address books, date books, lists of Congo birds, original manuscripts, published reviews, articles, talks, papers, notes. Also includes Biographical information, photographs and...
Dates: 1908-1964
Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / James P. Chapin collection

James P. Chapin Congo bibliography

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn15
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of James Paul Chapin's bibliography files on the Democratic Republic of Congo. One drawer contains files on books solely about Kivu, a region of the Congo. Titles referenced in the files are from the 20th century.

Dates: 1930s-1950s
Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / James P. Chapin Congo bibliography
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