Showing Names: 1391 - 1400 of 16460
Bell, L. Neil. University of Miami
File — Box: 78, Folder: 22
Identifier: Mss .C667
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, monographs, maps, articles, personal papers and oil paintings.Roger Conant (1909-2003) was a herpetologist whose specimen collection resides in the herpetology department of this museum. The author of the “Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern and Central North America,” he served as the director of two Zoos, in Toledo and Philadelphia, and for many years was on the faculty of the University of New Mexico as an adjunct professor.Conant...
Dates:
1904-2003; Majority of material found within 1930-1995
Belmore Brown. Correspondence., 1939-1946
File — Box: 4, Folder: 14
Identifier: DR 104
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
This collection spans the planning and development of the Department of Preparations for the dioramas of the various halls. These folders detail the requests and expenditures for the efforts made in travel, models, and sketches. The majority of the correspondence is directed from or to James L. Clark, the Director of the Department of Preparations between the 1930’s-1940’s. Much of the correspondence from James Lippit Clark, is directed to trackers, guides, taxidermists, donors, and...
Dates:
1939-1946
Beltz, Ellin. Chicago Herpetological Society
File — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Identifier: Mss .C667
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, monographs, maps, articles, personal papers and oil paintings.Roger Conant (1909-2003) was a herpetologist whose specimen collection resides in the herpetology department of this museum. The author of the “Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern and Central North America,” he served as the director of two Zoos, in Toledo and Philadelphia, and for many years was on the faculty of the University of New Mexico as an adjunct professor.Conant...
Dates:
1904-2003; Majority of material found within 1930-1995
Benchley, Belle J. Zoological Society of San Diego
File — Box: 46, Folder: 16
Identifier: Mss .C667
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, monographs, maps, articles, personal papers and oil paintings.Roger Conant (1909-2003) was a herpetologist whose specimen collection resides in the herpetology department of this museum. The author of the “Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern and Central North America,” he served as the director of two Zoos, in Toledo and Philadelphia, and for many years was on the faculty of the University of New Mexico as an adjunct professor.Conant...
Dates:
1904-2003; Majority of material found within 1930-1995
Benchmark showing latitude, longitude and altitude of museum, 1911-1913
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents
Primarily correspondence between E. O. Hovey and museum administrators, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, U. S. Geological Survey, and New York City Board of Estimate and Apportionment, regarding design of a benchmark indicating latitude, longitude, and elevation of a point on museum grounds. Also contains sketches of proposed benchmark. Contains "Index to Letters" (1 p.).
Dates:
1911-1913
Bendire, Charles E. Correspondence., 1884-1886
File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
Identifier: Mss .L39
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The George Newbold Lawrence Correspondence collection consists almost completely of handwritten, signed letters received by Lawrence from other ornithologists and naturalists from the United States and Europe discussing the classification of birds and the exchange of bird skins. Some of the folders contain drafts or copies of Lawrence's replies. While there is a small number of official letters from institutions, almost all of the letters are from individuals. In addition to 228 documents...
Dates:
1884-1886
Benjamin Friedman, Jr., 1948-1977
File — Box: 6-10
Identifier: DR 088-089
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The following is a listing of all the files in this category in alphabetical order. All of the files contain general correspondence relating to donations, such as solicitation letters and information about the lab that is sent to contributors. The years of the correspondence are in parenthesis after the file's name. Files that contain additional materials are noted. Whenever possible to obtain, the occupation of the contributor was provided. Note: These files have been completely...
Dates:
1948-1977
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 13413
- Collection 2878
- Digital Record 159
- Record Group 4
- Repository 4
- Unprocessed Material 2 ∧ less
- Subject
- Art Survey 943
- Photographic Slide Collection 527
- Photographic Print Collection 345
- Film Collection 274
- Moving Images 273
- Birds 272
- Department Records 239
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives. 198
- Vertebrates, Fossil 155
- Manuscript Collection 142
- Museum exhibits -- Photographs 121
- Portraits 111
- Anthropology 93
- Mammals 91
- Exhibition Videorecording 75
- Travel photography 66
- Field notes 58
- Fishes 53
- Pheasants -- Pictorial works 49
- Archives Microfilm 48
- Scientific expeditions 48
- Administrative 47
- Birds -- Catalogs and collections 29
- Museum finance 21
- Mammals -- Art. 20
- Nature photography 16
- Mixed 15
- Birds -- Pictorial works 13
- Insects 13
- Mexico 13
- Museum exhibits 13
- Correspondence 12
- Entomologists -- United States -- Correspondence 12
- Expedition Tracker 12
- Public relations 12
- Museum publications 11
- Natural history museum curators -- Correspondence 11
- Scientific expeditions -- Oceania 11
- Annual reports 10
- Birds -- Art 10
- Dinosaurs -- Exhibitions 10
- Flowers 10
- Fossils 10
- Papua New Guinea 10
- Africa 9
- Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 9
- Oceania -- Description and travel 9
- Scientific expeditions -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 9
- Animals 8
- Development 8
- Mammals, Fossil -- Pictorial works 8
- Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence 8
- Paleontologists -- United States -- Correspondence 8
- Scientific 8
- Vertebrates, Fossil -- Specimens 8
- Born-digital 7
- Education 7
- Education -- Museums 7
- Indians of North America 7
- Invertebrates 7
- Museum construction 7
- Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York 7
- North America 7
- Publications 7
- Zoo animals 7
- Animals -- Africa 6
- Birds -- Exhibitions 6
- Dinosaurs -- Art 6
- Fossils -- Photographs 6
- Human resources 6
- Marine invertebrates 6
- Natural history museums -- Educational aspects 6
- Ornithologists -- United States -- Correspondence 6
- Ornithology -- United States 6
- Paleontology 6
- Reptiles 6
- Snakes 6
- Wildlife photography 6
- Zoologists -- United States -- Correspondence 6
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology. Archives. 5
- Arizona 5
- Bimini Islands (Bahamas) 5
- Birds -- Classification 5
- Black-and-white photographs 5
- Construction 5
- Dinosaurs 5
- Egypt 5
- Fishes -- Art 5
- Geologists -- United States -- Correspondence. 5
- Greece 5
- Ichthyologists -- United States -- Correspondence 5
- India 5
- Kwakiutl art 5
- Library 5
- Mammals -- Collection and preservation 5
- Mammals -- Exhibitions 5
- Meteorites 5
- Museum visitors 5
- National parks and reserves -- North America 5
- Natural history museum curators 5 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192