Series I: Bound Journals and Letters
Scope and Contents
This series consists of transcribed journals and letters of WSSE participants. The volumes in this series were bound by author and arranged chronologically between 1985 and 1990. Most of the volumes contain additional material interleaved or laid into the front or back covers. The transcripts and additional material include correspondence, relevant period newspaper clippings and obituaries, photographs, postcards, magazine clippings and brochures, color and black and white specimen and habitat drawings, and hand-drawn maps, many of which are attributed to their creator. Subjects largely cover the expedition activities, the localities and the participants.
Dates
- 1920-2007
Language of Material
Some material is in French.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed in the Department of Ornithology. Please contact the collection manager for access; materials are sometimes restricted. https://www.amnh.org/research/vertebrate-zoology/ornithology
Extent
From the Collection: 32 Volumes (4.5 linear feet) : illustrations ; 27 cm
From the Collection: 9.5 Linear Feet (20 boxes)
Creator
- From the Collection: Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) (Organization)
- From the Collection: American Museum of Natural History (Organization)
- From the Collection: Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950 (Person)
- From the Collection: Correia, José G., 1881-1954 (Person)
- From the Collection: Coultas, William F. (Person)
- From the Collection: Curtis, Charles Cutler (Person)
- From the Collection: Bryan, E. H. (Edwin Horace), 1898-1985 (Person)
- From the Collection: Drowne, Frederick P. (Person)
- From the Collection: Eyerdam, Walter J. (Walter Jakob), 1892-1974 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hamlin, Hannibal, 1904-1982 (Person)
- From the Collection: Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 (Person)
- From the Collection: Quayle, Ernest H., 1891-1956 (Person)
- From the Collection: Macmillan, Lindsay (Person)
- From the Collection: Richards, Guy, 1905- (Person)
- From the Collection: Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Department of Ornithology Archives Repository
Division of Vertebrate Zoology
Department of Ornithology
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York NY 10024-5192 US
