Schlaikjer, Erich M. (Erich Maren), 1905-1972

Scope and Contents Consist of field diaries, lists of specimens found, locations of finds, records of day to day activities. All of the expeditions listed were conducted under the auspicies of AMNH (some jointly with other organizations), with the exception of early field diaries of Richard Tedford. Teford joined the museum in 1966, however the archive has his field diaries prior to that date.Most of the diaries from the Central Asiatic Expedition were transferred to the main museum archive in the...

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The field correspondence was written by field workers relaying events during excavations and expeditions. The collection includes department field communications from 1891 to 1969. The years 1960, 1962-1968 are missing.

Notable names in the field correspondence include Henry Fairfield Osborn, Walter Granger, Barnum Brown, Ted Galusha, Charles Falkenbach, and G. G. Simpson.

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This series consist of 2 sub-series. The first contains writing about Barnum Brown and the second contains writing by Barnum Brown.