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The $2,000,000 J.P. Morgan gem collection ; Lampreys ; Antarctic animals

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 32
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: The $2,000,000 J. P. Morgan Gem Collection. Brian Mason, AMNH curator of physical geology and mineralogy, describes the museum's collection of gems, which consists of diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds. Mason discusses how these gems were cut and polished, using films produced by DeBeers Consolidated Mines Ltd. and E. J. Mauther. The reasons why the stones are so valuable are also examined. SEGMENT 2: Lampreys. Lampreys and their detrimental effect on the fishing industry in...
Dates: 1953

A. A. Allen photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 5
Scope and Contents

Field photographs of North American birds in nature.

Dates: undated

A Natural Collection photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 191
Scope and Contents

Nature photographs by Steven Wilson and Karen Hayden for the book "A Natural Collection." Taken on the Gulf Coast of Texas in 1979. The book was published in 1981.

Dates: undetermined

AG Southwest Native Americans photographic slides, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 6
Abstract

Field photographs of Southwestern Native Americans.

Dates: undated

Albert J. and Kevin Copley photographic slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 641-648
Scope and Contents Travel and nature photography taken mostly in the United States and some in Mexico. Includes images of landscapes, aerial photographs, nature scenes, and animals. 641. California vistas, Death Valley. 642. Yosemite, Hawaii. 643. Washington, San Juan Islands, Seattle and Oregon coast. 644. Utah National Parks, Colorado River, Nevada. 645. Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, New Mexico, Four Corners. 646. Yellowstone, SAC Museum, Omaha, Edmonton after a tornado, Wichita Mountains, Iowa, Missouri,...
Dates: 1979-1989

American Museum of Natural History North American Mammal Hall photographic slides, undated.

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Identifier: PSC 63
Abstract

Dioramas and close up views of mammals displayed in the AMNH North American Mammals Hall.

Dates: undated

American Museum of Natural History photographic slide collection of North American National Parks, circa 1970s-1980s.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 612
Abstract

Photographs of various National Parks in North America, mostly United States and Canada. Professional quality photographs.

Dates: circa 1970s-1980s

B. J. Kaston photographic slide collection, 1951-1962.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 510
Abstract

Photography of animals and plants, mostly in North America and a few in Botswana. Many close up images of various animals in nature including birds, insects, and reptiles as well as some photographs of elephants.

Dates: 1951-1962

Blackfoot & Apache Repatriation objects photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 653
Scope and Contents

Repatriation items photographed for Elaine Guthrie. Mostly Blackfoot Sun Dance objects, one San Carlos Apache cap.

Dates: 1999

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Abbott, R. E. 1
Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964 1
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Audubon 1
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 1
Audubon, M. Eliza (Mary Eliza) 1
Audubon, Maria R. (Maria Rebecca), 1843-1925 1
Banks, Nathan, 1868-1953 1
Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
Bauer, O. 1
Beals, Jessie Tarbox 1
Beutenmüller, William, 1864-1934 1
Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill), 1908-1992 1
Bogoras, Waldemar, 1865-1936 1
Breed, Jack 1
Brown, F. Martin (Frederick Martin), 1903-1993 1
CBS/AMNH Adventure Series (1953-1956) 1
Carnegie Institute 1
Chambers, Kenneth A. 1
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
Chapman, Clark R. 1
Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch (Exhibition) 1
Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. 1
Comer, George 1
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 1
Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 1
Crummett, Michael, 1948- 1
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952 1
DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. 1
Department of Exhibition 1
Dos Passos, Cyril F. (Cyril Franklin), 1887-1986 1
E. J. Mauther 1
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Fisher, Clyde, 1878-1949 1
Foss, Glenn 1
Friese, Heinrich, 1860-1948 1
Glass, Aaron 1
Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938 1
Gunder, Jeane Daniel, 1899- 1
Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929- 1
Hassler, William G. 1
Hayden, Karen C. 1
Hyde Exploring Expedition 1
Hyde, B. T. B. (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt), d. 1933 1
Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 1
Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937 1
Jochelson-Brodsky, Dina 1
Jonaitis, Aldona, 1948- 1
K. Perkins 1
Kaston, B. J. (Benjamin Julian), 1906-1985 1
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 1
Klots, Alexander B. (Alexander Barrett), 1903-1989 1
Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
Lennon, R. E. (Robert E.) 1
Lincoln, Thomas, 1812-1883 1
Lumholtz, Carl, 1851-1922 1
Mason, Brian (Brian Harold), 1917-2009 1
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
Natural History Museum (London, England) 1
Newcombe, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1851-1924 1
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 1
Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924 1
Puza, Frank 1
Rabito-Wyppensenwah, Philip 1
Remington, Charles Lee 1
Schuberth, Christopher J. 1
Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 1
Seymour, Samuel, active 1797-1822 1
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
Simons, Amory Coffin (1869-1959) 1
Smithsonian Institution 1
Stevens, Orin Alva, 1885-1979 1
Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922 1
Thayer, John Eliot, 1862- 1
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1
Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929 1
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers 1
University of Kansas 1
Vaurie, Charles 1
Wetherill, Richard, 1858-1910 1
Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 1
Wilson, Steven C. 1
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