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Brief notes on a two months' African safari : Collecting the Desert Group for the American Museum of Natural History : typescripts [1935?, 1938?] / by William D. Campbell
Item
Identifier: Mss .C36
Scope and content
Typescripts recount two of Campbell's expeditions: to East Africa, Dec. 1934-Jan. 1935; and to the Dunqulah region of Sudan, Dec. 1937-1938(?); primarily to collect specimens for the AMNH. Both reports are undated, and the account for the Sudan expedition appears to be unfinished. The reports mention Campbell's associates and co-leaders: hunter and photographer Alfred J. Klein in East Africa, and hunter Major W.V.D. Dickinson in Sudan. The appendix to the report on the East African...
Dates:
1935 - 1938
William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)
Collection
Identifier: Mss .G7441
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of administrative, scientific, academic and personal papers, and correspondence. Papers include Gregory's general correspondence with universities, colleges and scientists about his research topics and publications; correspondence with museums about purchasing replicas of fossils; and with students seeking employement. Other papers include lecture notes prepared for zoology classes emphasizing evolution, 1925-1926 and 1939; and manuscripts and notes for his...
Dates:
1889-1948; Majority of material found within 1906-1948
[Letter] : New York [N.Y.], to Francis Nathan
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Identifier: Mss .D88
Scope and content
The letter is one handwritten, signed sheet, addressed to "My dear friend Francis.". The subject is personal, accepting Nathan's invitation to visit, and referring to himself as "your friend from the gorilla country." Included with the letter is a fragment, signed by du Chaillu, addressed to "My dear old friend Francis Nathan" and dated Aug. 30, 1900.
Dates:
1896 March 17
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- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
- Campbell, William Durant, 1907-1995 1
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
- Department of Education 1
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- Department of Ichthyology 1
- Dickinson, W. V. D. (William Vicris Digby), 1889-1948 1
- Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 1
- Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 1
- Klein, Alfred J. 1
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
- Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 1
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- Martin Johnson African Expedition (2nd : 1924-1928) 1
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 1
- Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
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- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 1
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
- William D. Campbell East African Expedition (1934-1935) 1
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