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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 198 Collections and/or Records:

Australia-Butler Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn257
Scope and Contents

Contains field notes and reports, correspondence, publications, relating to collector Butler's work in Australia for the American Museum of Natural History. Field specimen numbers 1-936.

Dates: 1969-1973

Australia-Macmillan Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn200
Scope and Contents

Field notes, catalogs, specimen tags, lists of specimens and photographs. Field specimen numbers Q1 to 254B.

Dates: 1940

Australia-Raven Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn201
Scope and Contents

1 field notebook.

Dates: 1921-1922

Belgian Congo species card file I, II, III, IV

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn40
Scope and Contents

These are published records and notes that were accummulated subsequent to the publication of the relevant volumes of "Birds of the Belgian Congo." There are also records of bordering regions.

Dates: 1920s-1960s, undated

Biology of Birds Hall panels photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn31
Scope and Contents

Photograph collection in binders documenting the Biology of Birds Hall, negative numbers referenced for each print, documents Biology of Birds Hall, panel numbers 1-125 referenced, pre-1983

Dates: undated

Bird slides and photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn22
Scope and Contents

A collection of slides and photographs of bird species, primarily arranged by bird family and also by geographic location.

Dates: 1940s-1970s

Birdseye Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn205
Scope and Contents

Field notes from Peru. notes, and correspondence.

Dates: 1950-1970s

Bolivia-Anderson Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn206
Scope and Contents

Photocopy and typed catalogs and lists of birds collected by Anderson in Bolivia.

Dates: 1983

Bolivia-Tate Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn208
Scope and Contents

Field notebook and list of biological collecting stations. Specimen numbers 1001-1061

Dates: 1926

Borneo-Menden collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn209
Scope and Contents

Field notes, correspondence and bibliography of Borneo birds (1915-1933).

Dates: 1936-1937