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Audubon family correspondence, 1846 Nov. 17-1942 Jan. 28
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Identifier: Mss .A93
Dates:
(bulk 1898-1914).
Augusta Schenck Kalbfleisch photographs
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Identifier: PPC .K351
Scope and Contents
Tintypes of portraits of Kalbfliesch family and view of Blyweek Farm, Dix Hills, Huntington, Long Island.
Dates:
undated
Australian aborigines
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 43
Scope and Contents
This program closely examines Australian aborigines, first through a pantomime by the American Mime Theatre acting out racial migration from Asia, then through discussion and film. Harry L. Shapiro, AMNH anthropologist, discusses the physical anthropology of aborigines and points to their culture as one of the most primitive on earth. He also shows aboriginal weapons and artifacts. The uncredited film footage of central Australian aborigines is narrated by Shapiro. The people are seen in...
Dates:
1953
Australian fauna ; How to build an igloo
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 40
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Australian Fauna. Armand Denis, noted wildlife photographer and filmmaker and leader of the 1952 New Guinea Expedition for the AMNH, and his wife, Michaela, discuss the origins of the Australian continent and the subsequent evolution of wildlife there. Also shown is an Armand Denis RKO film depicting the Australian bush country, with views of wallaroos, wallabies, and some unusual reptiles. SEGMENT 2: How to Build an Igloo. The second segment presents the film How to Build an...
Dates:
1953
A.W. Cott Mt. Roraima Indian Mission of SDA photograph
Collection
Identifier: PPC .C685
Scope and Contents
Mt. Roraima Indian Mission of SDA; Potaro Landing British Guyana-Mr./Mrs. A.W. Cott with daughter Joyce.
Dates:
1927
Babes in the woods
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 233
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Pack-Finley Expedition to the Pacific Northwest, 1927. The film opens in William L. and Irene Finleys' camp, with an amusing scene showing chipmunks invading the Finleys' toiletry chest. A series of behavioral experiments with chipmunks follows. The series involves tying nuts to strings in various ways to test whether the chipmunks would be discouraged by the complex task of getting to the nuts. The chipmunks succeed in obtaining the nuts in every attempt. Following the...
Dates:
1927
Baganda music
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 258
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Queeny African Expedition, 1950. The music of the Baganda (i.e. Ganda) people is recorded in this film, shot in Uganda by Edgar Monsanto Queeny and sound-man Jack J. Clink. As the Baganda demonstrate a dance, the madinda (a form of the xylophone), the bosoga harp, the sanza (a hand piano), and various types of drums accompany them. Both the music and dance feature complex rhythmic patterns. The narrator discusses the historical importance of the madinda, the favorite...
Dates:
1950
Bali
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 201
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Lerner Australia-New Zealand Expedition, 1939. During a sidetrip to Bali, with Michael Lerner and his wife Helen, photographer James Barnes Shackelford made a film of the life and customs of the Balinese. The film opens with maps of Bali and the Lesser Sunda Islands and scenes of the Balinese engaged in everyday activities. Extensive footage is devoted to the growing and cultivation of rice on hillside terraces. The Balinese custom of imprinting ducks on humans is...
Dates:
1939
Barnum Brown Ethiopia field photographs, undated
Collection
Identifier: PPC .B761
Scope and Contents
Field photographs of Ethiopia; African prints.
Dates:
undated
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