American Museum of Natural History, Division of Paleontology records of expeditions, collections, purchases, gifts, and specimen lists
Scope and Contents
The Harold James Cook Memorial Collection of Fossil Mammals consists of photocopies of the Barbour-Cook correspondence from the letters at the University of Nebraska Archives and original correspondence and shipping lists with Morris F. Skinner who prepared the collection for shipping to AMNH. Also includes the John Collins Warren papers. Listings were made of various collections in the AMNH which were acquired through purchase or on expeditions of the Museum itself. The lists give dates, collector, field numbers and museum numbers. However not all this information is available on each list. Includes field notes and preliminary report from the 1968-1970 Yale-AMNH joint expedition to Como Bluff, Wyoming, led by Thomas H. Rich. Expedition was to collect mammal fossils. Includes collection of materials form the Western Asiatic Expedition (Iran) 1928, including Eugene Callaghan's photographs, field notebooks, and journal.
Dates
- 1831-1963; 1968-1970
Creator
- American Museum of Natural History. Division of Paleontology (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
3 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 4 binders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Harold James Cook Memorial Collection donated by widow, Margaret Cook.
Condition
Good
Other Identifiers
originally 4:7; 4:8; 5:8 later 5:4; 7:5; 9:3
VPA 43
Creator
- American Museum of Natural History. Division of Paleontology (Organization)
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology (Organization)
- Cook, Harold J. (Harold James), 1887-1962 (Person)
- Skinner, Morris F. (Person)
- Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856 (Person)
- Callaghan, Eugene, 1904-1990 (Person)
- Title
- American Museum of Natural History, Division of Paleontology records of expeditions, collections, purchases, gifts, and specimen lists, 1831-1963; 1968-1970
- Date
- 2021 February
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology Archives Repository
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024-5192
