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Abyssinian Guinea Fowl / LR "J. Wolf"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1126

ACA textile photographic slides, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 4
Abstract

ACA Collection. Textiles, 15th to 18th century textiles from various countries.

Dates: undated

Aceros Cassidix / LL "JG Keulemans"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 134
Scope and Contents

Three birds: one male, two females, on branches in the jungle. Inscription: MC "2/5" on reverse "Hornbills/Aceros/cassidix/celebres/early draft of plate 16?".

Dates: 1881

Admiralty Islands

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 63
Scope and Contents

Margaret Mead, AMNH anthropologist, discusses the sociological, economic, cultural, and political changes that have taken place on Manus in the Admiralty Islands in the twenty-five years between her first and second visits. Photographs and artifacts from the first trip are shown, along with a film taken in 1953 which includes newsreels of American troops landing on the island.

Dates: 1954

Adventure

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 109
Scope and Contents The topic of discussion for this broadcast is the concept of adventure. After a brief examination of the various meanings of the word, three feature films are shown to illustrate different types of adventure. Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist, joins host Charles Romine to narrate the program. The first film shows carnivorous plants indigenous to bogs and marshes, especially the Venus's fly trap and pitcher plant, devouring insects. This film was made by Dr. Harlow of the New York...
Dates: 1955

Adventures on the Upper Nile

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 2
Scope and Contents Charles Oliver O'Donnell (AMNH fellow) and James Lippitt Clark (AMNH vice-director of preparation and exhibition) traveled by steamer, in 1931, up the Nile from Khartoum to Shambe in the Sudan to collect giant eland for the AMNH Hall of African Mammals. Most of the footage was taken from the steamer, and consists of panoramic views of life along the Nile, and of the activities of the expedition staff and the shikaris (native hunters) on board ship. Expedition staff appearing in the film are:...
Dates: 1931

A.E. Purple.

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 951

Afghan Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History field photographs, 1950-1951

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .A38
Scope and Contents

Field photographs from the Afghan Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History.

Dates: 1950-1951

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Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 24
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 23
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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 22
Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 18
CBS/AMNH Adventure Series (1953-1956) 17
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Hope, John William, 1889-1982 17
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Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 16
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Root, Nina J. 6
Rose Center for Earth and Space 6
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Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 6
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Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) 5
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American Museum of Natural History. Office of Public Affairs 5
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Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 5
Department of Animal Behavior 5
Ekholm, Gordon F. (Gordon Frederick), 1909-1987 5
Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life 5
Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 5
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 5
Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 5
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 5
Nicholson, Thomas D. 5
Pallenberg, Josef, 1882-1946 5
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