Skip to main content

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Archives collections belonging to and managed by the Museum's Department of Ornithology.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Charles and Chester Reed collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn255
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, various printed published matter including guides on taxidermy, plant and bird field guides, image cards and card games, pocket libraries, newspaper clippings, and journals. Also includes a set of Wild Flowers of America (volumes 1-18)



Dates: 1890s-

E. Thomas Gilliard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn190
Scope and Contents Expedition records including equipment lists, field notes, catalogs and journals for travel in New Guinea, British Guiana, New Britain, Venezuela, Nepal, Little Tobago, West Indies, Colorado, Canada, the Philippines and Colombia; manuscripts and notes for published and unpublished work; biographical and educational information and honors; press clippings; photographs, negatives and lantern slides; correspondence; newspaper clippings; personal papers; 8 volumes; bird lists; lecture notes;...
Dates: 1936-circa 1970s

Ecuador Expeditions collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn161
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and list of birds, departmental meeting minutes, summary of expenditures

Dates: 1912-1922

Frank M. Chapman collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn149
Scope and Contents

Field notes, catalogs and note books from locations including Colorado, Florida, Chile, the Caribbean, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Cuba, Princes Town, Dominica, Yucatan, Bahamas, England, South Carolina, Canada, New Hampshire, Mexico, Colombia, Texas, and Trinidad, correspondence, notebook of Edith Van Buren Chapman, manuscripts, photographs, scrapbooks, monographs, biographical material and diplomas, publications, including signed issues.

Dates: 1872-1938, 1973-1977

Leo E. Miller collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn144
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, field notes, memoranda related to expeditions to South America largely with F.M. Chapman, includes maps and photo of Miller.

Dates: 1911-1916, 1988

Thomas Ring Columbia Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn253
Scope and Contents

Collection three field books, photographs, sketches, correspondence about the collection

Dates: 1913

Watkins collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn122
Scope and Contents

One box correspondence, reports on collecting locales, lists of skins, keys to photos, and account sheets. Remaining enclosures contain numbered prints from South American travels mounted on board, including 15 mounted panoramic prints.

Dates: 1916-1920s