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A Brief History of the Human Brain: 92nd annual James Arthur Lecture on the Evolution of the Human Brain, 2023-05-12, 2023-05-12

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

Audio and video recordings and digital invitations for the James Arthur Lecture Series on the Evolution of the Human Brain. Recordings for 2009-2013, 2018-2019, 2021. Lectures prior to 2008 were printed and are available in the AMNH Research Library's Digital Repository.

Dates: 2023-05-12

A Case of Matricide in the Opossum (Didelphys virginiana), 1929

 File — Box: 2, Object: 16
Identifier: Mss .R38
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in this collection reflect much of Henry Cushier Raven’s species data research from approximately 1920-1944. The collection consists of handwritten and typed notes and research; hand-drawn illustrations of animals and their dissections; photographs of specimens and expedition sites; and manuscript drafts associated with his various essays, articles, and scholarly publications. Research and illustrations on various whale species, land mammals, and Raven’s data from his Australia/...
Dates: 1929

A catalogue of the specimens of Mammalia and birds collected by the South Sea Surveying and Exploring Expedition, undated

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Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains 27 handwritten manuscripts collected by Titian R Peale. Most are his own notes on various flora and fauna, including opossum, buffalo, and the sand-hill crane. There are also letters from friends to Peale and handwritten notes by other explorers, such as John Franklin and William McClure. Those that are dated are from the first half of the 19th century.

Dates: undated

A Celebrated Chief, Delaware

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Identifier: Art Survey No. 1008
Description

Oil painting depicting three full length portraits, center man wearing decorated coat carrying rifle, man on right wearing decorated coat, single feather and rifle, woman on right wering decorated robe.

Dates: 1853-1870

A Celebration of Birds: Louis Agassiz Fuertes and His Art photographic slides, 1983.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 89C
Abstract

Slides of artwork displayed in the temporary exhibition A Celebration of Birds: Louis Agassiz Fuertes and His Art, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1983.

Dates: 1983

A - Companies, Organizations and Publications with no separate folder

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: Mss .B5354
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, reports, newspaper clippings and photocopies of journal articles, photographs of Bickmore, and one drawing. The bulk of Bickmore's papers (32 boxes) consists of correspondence, mostly typewritten, relating to his work as superintendent of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and curator of the Dept. of Public Education. Additional material consists of handwritten diaries from Bickmore's travels; the typescript of his...
Dates: 1865-1903

“A Crab's Clock,” parts 1 and 2. Junior Natural History., March and April 1962

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Identifier: Mss .B55
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In the case of this collection, Scope and Content are virtually synonymous. Both words encompass Dr. Bliss's single-minded, detailed study of crustaceans in general and the land crab gecarcinus lateralis in particular. There is nothing in these papers that refers to her teaching positions or the other outside interests cited in the biographical sketch. It must be assumed that she was always careful to compartmentalize her various activities. The scope of the material starts in...
Dates: March and April 1962

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