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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

American Museum of Natural History correspondence regarding acquisition of image negatives, 1895

 Collection
Identifier: DR 140
Abstract

Contains two letters from S.R. Stoddard, publisher of photographs, guide books, and art of the Adirondacks and northern New York State, to A.S. Bickmore. Letters contain lists of images that were requested by Bickmore for which publisher states he will provide negatives. Letters are annotated with locations and numbers. Bickmore may have used these images for lantern slide lectures.

Dates: 1895

American Museum of Natural History miscellaneous correspondence and documents from library, 1895-1994

 Collection
Identifier: DR 141
Abstract

Miscellaneous correspondence and documents from library, including a letter requesting cataloging supplies written by the librarian in 1895, an accession sheet for the transfer of a file cabinet from Membership to AMNH Memorabilia, and other miscellaneous unrelated documents.

Dates: 1895 - 1994

Correspondence and diaries, 1906-1993

 Series
Identifier: VPA 127
Scope and Contents This series is composed of 33 boxes containing the notebooks, diaries, correspondence, photographs, and other personal papers of Morris F. Skinner. It is a consolidation of the old VPA collections 24, 27a, and 27b. Boxes 1 & 1A through 19 (1906 – 1982) contain personal papers, correspondence, administrative documents,, field and study notes, maps, charts, photographs, original plates, drawings, materials for his bison study. Box 13 also contains an oral history interview...
Dates: 1906-1993

Bashford Dean papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .D433-.D434
Abstract

Bashford Dean (1867-1928) was a teacher, ichthyologist, and armor scholar. As curator, he headed emergent departments at the American Museum of Natural History (Reptiles and Fishes, 1903-1910) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (curator, Arms and Armor, 1904-1912) in New York City. The Bashford Dean Papers primarily consists of correspondence and sketchbooks.

Dates: 1888-1961 and unknown; Majority of material found within 1901-1902

Historical Fossil Fish Collection

 Collection
Identifier: VPA 140
Scope and Contents This collection originally belonged to the Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology, and was transferred in 1944 to the Department of Geology and Paleontology when the two were combined. Department of Geology and Paleontology in turn became the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. The Department of Reptiles and Fishes (later Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology) was established in 1903 with Bashford Dean heading it jointly with Miss Mary C. Dickerson, who was the...
Dates: 1862-1980

Papers and records, 1924-1965

 Series
Identifier: VPA 110
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 73 notebooks listing Frick Laboratory specimens. The volume numbers are listed by state and locality within the state. The finding aid includes an abbreviation used on the spines of the various volumes and the state to which the abbreviation refers.

Dates: 1924-1965

Series 1: Childs Frick personal correspondence, 1919 - 1961

 Series
Scope and Contents

The correspondence in this series is of personal nature. It includes correspondence between Henry Clay Frick (Child Frick's father) with architects regarding building of Long Island estate Clayton presented by Henry Frick to Childs Frick and his new wife. There is personal correspondence between Childs Frick and Richard K. Mellon, and miscellaneous personal correspondence.

Dates: 1919 - 1961

Series 1: Personal and family papers, 1877 - 1976

 Series
Scope and Contents

This series contains family photographs, notes on family history, Brown's personal correspondence, and writing by members of his family. It contains transcription of Brown's first wife Marion's diary of the 1904 field trip to Montana. There is also extensive collection of notes by Brown's second wife Lilian documenting their travels in Middle East, India, Burma, and Greece, her travel memorabilia and her correspondence regarding the travel.

Dates: 1877 - 1976