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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) photographic slide collection, 1939-1945.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 524
Abstract

Photographs of various land use including kudzu, sudan grass, burr clover, white dutch clover, and hairy vetch used as cover crops, windmills, dairy farms, terrace construction, farm ponds and farm land, irrigation structures, and examples of wind erosion.

Dates: 1939-1945

V. Villard photographic slides collection of northern Norway

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 522
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Laplanders in northern Norway including daily life, tee pees, reindeer shelter, domestic reindeer, and landscapes.

Dates: 1956 July

Visitors' Center and Hall of Vertebrate Origins construction photographic slides, 1994-1996.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 69
Abstract

Slides of the AMNH Visitors' Center and Hall of Vertebrate Origins under construction.

Dates: 1994-1996

Visual recording of speech ; Bali

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 67
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Visual Recording of Speech. This segment examines new technological advances in the visual recording of speech. In a remote broadcast from the Haskins Laboratory in New York, Frank Cooper, Alvin Lieberman and Pierre de Lattre demonstrate the simplified common patterns which make it possible to hear and understand the sounds of speech. A sound spectograph and a filmed x-ray of people speaking are displayed. SEGMENT 2: Bali. Dr. Sudjarwo, Indonesian delegate to the United Nations,...
Dates: 1954

Volcano! exhibition photographic slides, 1979.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 82I
Abstract

Slides of the temporary exhibit Volcano!, held at the American Museum of Natural History, April 1979. Possibly stills from the film shown in the exhibit.

Dates: 1979

Voodoo

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 123
Scope and Contents

The origin and history of voodoo is the topic of discussion for this broadcast. Illustrated through a performance by the Haitian dancer Jean Ľon Destine and his dance group with drums and singing dancers, the discussion explores the various meanings of voodoo as a religion and ritual. The word voodoo is derived from the word vodun, a god or spirit in the Fon language of Dahomey (now Benin).

Dates: 1956

W. A. Pleumer photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 404
Abstract

Mostly close up photographs of insects. Includes a few images of flowers and clouds.

Dates: undated

Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 102E
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Akeley Gallery.

Dates: circa 1993

Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 157C
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Waurá: Drawings by the Waurá Indians, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1993-1994. Akeley Gallery.

Dates: 1994 April 20

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Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library 675
Department of Ornithology Archives 8
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Photographic Slide Collection 302
Department Records 156
Film Collection 134
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Archives Microfilm 18
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Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 8
Public relations 8
Development 7
Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York 7
Scientific expeditions -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 7
Animals 6
Flowers 6
Human resources 6
Insects 6
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Birds 5
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Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. 119
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Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 12
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Department of Education 8
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 8
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 7
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 7
Central Asiatic Expeditions Films (1921-1930) 6
Puza, Frank 6
Rose Center for Earth and Space 6
Shackelford, James B. 6
Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 5
Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 5
Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951 5
Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 5
New York State Roosevelt Memorial 5
Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 5
Tyson, Neil deGrasse 5
Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 4
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 4
Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 4
Ekholm, Gordon F. (Gordon Frederick), 1909-1987 4
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 4
Nicholson, Thomas D. 4
Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 4
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 3
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 3
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 3
American Museum of Natural History. Office of Public Affairs 3
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 3
Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill), 1908-1992 3
Boltin, Lee 3
Cazier, Mont A. 3
Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 3
Forrester, Frank H. 3
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 3
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 3
Hyman, Libbie Henrietta, 1888-1969 3
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 3
Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 3
Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 3
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 3
Olsen, George, d. 1939 3
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 3
Pough, Frederick H. 3
RKO Pictures 3
Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 3
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 3
Stiassny, Melanie L. J. 3
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 3
American Association of Museums 2
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Library Services 2
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 2
American Museum of Natural History. Trustees 2
Archbold, Richard 2
Arth, Malcolm, 1939-1992 2
Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition (1st : 1916-1917) 2
Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 2
Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982 2
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 2
Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard), 1927- 2
Central African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1947-1948) 2
Chamberlain, Joseph Miles 2
Clark, Eugenie 2
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 2
Cole, Charles J. 2
Correia, José G., 1881-1954 2
Coxe, James 2
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 2
Davis, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton), 1811-1888 2
Denis, Michaela 2
Department of Anthropology 2
Department of Geology and Paleontology 2
Department of Ichthyology 2
Discovery Tours (Program) 2
Dodge Brothers 2
Eyerdam, Walter J. (Walter Jakob), 1892-1974 2
Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 2
Gardiner, Henry, 1916- 2
Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 2
Grimaldi, David A. 2
Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939 2
Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 2
Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life 2
Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 2
Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948- 2
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957 2
Lanyon, Wesley E. 2
Lecroy, Mary 2
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