Series 1: Field diaries, 1891-1998

Series

Identifier: VPA 101

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Consist of diaries, lists of specimens found, locations of finds, records of day to day activities, and step by step findings. Individual lists can be found with both the Charles H. Falkenbach and Ted Galusha Papers. The diaries are arranged by date and filed as nearly as possible in chronological order. Notable names in the field diaries include H. F. Osborn, Walter Granger, Barnum Brown, and G. G. Simpson.

Dates

1891-1998

Creator

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology (Creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed in the Division of Paleontology. Please contact the collection manager for access; materials are sometimes restricted. https://www.amnh.org/research/paleontology/collections/vertebrate-paleontology-archives

Extent

13.5 Linear Feet (30 boxes and 2 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The diaries are arranged by date and person, as nearly as possible, in chronological order.

Box 1: Brown; Gidley; Granger; Martin; Matthew; Osborn; Wortman - 1891-1899
Box 2: Brown; Granger; Matthew, Miller; Olsen; Thomson - 1900-1926
Box 3: Brown; Cooper; Granger; Olsen; Osborn; Sinclair; Stein - 1907-1910
Box 4: Blakesley; Brown; Granger; Gregory; Olsen; Osborn; Sinclair - 1908-1912
Box 5: Brown; Granger; Ingraham; Martin; Olsen; Sinclair; Stein; Turner - 1912-1920
Box 6: Brown; Falkenbach; Matthew; Simpson - 1921-1924
Box 7: Brown; Falkenbach; Kaisen; Mook; Robertson; Sawtelle; Simpson - 1925-1929
Box 8: Delacour; Falkenbach; Simpson; Williams - 1929-1931
Box 9: Brown; Galusha; Silberling; Simpson - 1930-1935
Box 10: Aujengar; Bird; Brown; Chaffee; Galusha; Guadagni; Lewis; Schlaikjer; Simpson; Stucker - 1935-1937
Box 11: Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson - 1937-1938
Box 12: Falkenbach; Galusha; Schlaikjer; Simpson - 1939-1940
Box 13: Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson - 1938-1939
Box 14: Falkenbach; Galusha - 1941-1943
Box 15: Falkenbach; Galusha; Klaus; Simpson; Whitaker - 1944-1947
Box 16: Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson; Sorensen; Whitaker - 1946-1948
Box 17: Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson; Whitaker - 1948-1950
Box 18: Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson; Whitaker - 1949-1951
Box 19: Falkenbach; Galusha; Whitaker - 1950-1952
Box 20: Falkenbach; Galusha; Robinson; Tiffany; Whitaker - 1952-1954
Box 21: Brown; Falkenbach; Galusha; Robinson - 1953-1955
Box 22: Chamberlain; Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson - 1955-1957
Box 23: Galusha; Hough; Simpson; Stucker; Whitaker - 1957-1959
Box 24: Emory; Galusha; Stucker - 1958-1963
Box 25: Galusha - 1963-1968
Box 26: Brown, Roland; Galusha - 1969-1974
Box 27: Alexander; Colbert; Galusha; 1975-2000; Edwin H. Colbert Diary and Field Notes (Books 1-8) - 1946-1955
Box 28: Edwin H. Colbert Diary and Field Notes (Books 9-14) - 1959-1970; Bob Shaeffer Field Diaries (Books 1-5) - 1946-1952
Box 29: Bobb Shaeffer Field Diaries (Books 6-9) - 1954-1974; Robert L. Evander - 1994-1998
Box 30: Eugene Gaffney Field Diaries Lord Howe Island 1980, 1982; Grizzly Butte 1983, 1984, 1988
Box 31: Malcolm C. McKenna Field Diaries Mongolia 1990-1991, 1995, 1997