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American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela, and the Amazon, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 8
Abstract

Duplicate slides made from hand-colored lantern slides of field photographs of the Amazon circa 1927.

Dates: undated

Behavior of bees ; The legend of Colonel P.H. Fawcett

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 29
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Behavior of Bees. Bees are examined in the first segment of this program. Theodore C. Schneirla, AMNH entomologist, discusses their behavior, including the dances bees perform which give food location information to other members of the hive. Dances of the Bees, by Wilner Film and Slides, is shown. SEGMENT 2: The Legend of Colonel P. H. Fawcett. The mysterious disappearance in 1925 of Colonel P. H. Fawcett is the next topic of discussion. Fawcett was searching for a lost city in...
Dates: 1953

[Field notes and catalogs] : [microform]

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #50

Gordon Gilbert photographic slide collection of Central and South America

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 237
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Ecuador. Market scenes, Indian families, ancient ruins, and some animals.

Dates: 1968

Harald Schultz photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 431
Abstract

Photographs of Karaja Indians in Araguaia River, Brazil, as well as animals, ceramics, clay figurines, crocodiles, frogs and toads.

Dates: undated

Patanal: Brazil's Forgotten Wilderness exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 157D
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Patanal: Brazil's Forgotten Wilderness, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Akeley Gallery. Featured color photographs documenting rare plant and animal life in Brazil threatened with extinction.

Dates: 1993 July 15

The Captain Marshall Field Brazilian expedition

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 23
Scope and Contents Filmed during the Captain Marshall Field Brazilian Expedition to Brazil, 1926. This film record of the Field Museum of Natural History's 1926 Brazilian expedition, financed and led by Captain Marshall Field, presents expedition life as stylish and romantic. To enhance the mood, colored film stock was used intermittently, especially blue-green for waterways. The perseverance of the scientists in the face of difficulties encountered while collecting in the field is minimized; instead, the...
Dates: 1926

The Chavantes of Mato Grosso ; Field work, snakes ; Meshie

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 38
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: The Chavantes of Mato Grosso. Edward Moffat Weyer, editor of Natural History magazine and the first non-Indian to visit the Chavante (i.e. Shavante) Indians, presents rare photographic images and observations of the Chavantes who live in the Xingu River region of Brazil. Weyer also discusses his visit to the Kamaiura Indians of Mato Grosso. SEGMENT 2: Field Work: Snakes. Robert Northshield, host, observes Charles M. Bogert, chairman of the Department of Amphibians and Reptiles at...
Dates: 1953

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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