Manuscript Collection
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Distinguishes collections in the Library that are part of the Manuscript (Mss) data set.
Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:
Jacob Green's additional essays on the American trilobites : : holograph manuscript
Collection
Identifier: Mss .G742
Dates:
[between 1837 and 1850]
James Paul Chapin correspondence, 1953
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C4537
Scope and content
The collection consists of letters, handwritten and typwritten, to and from Chapin, mostly concerning his upcoming trip and work. The letters are arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent. Seven letters are from Henri Schouteden and nine are from Robert W. Storer. Other correspondents (one letter each, except where noted) include Rudyerd Boulten; L.D. Branch, discussing the lyre-tailed honeyguide; Herbert Friedmann, discussing honeyguide nesting, including the species Indicator minor;...
Dates:
1953 - 1953
Francis Lee Jaques field diaries and sketchbooks
Collection
Identifier: Mss .J37
Summary
Francis Lee Jaques (28 September 1887-24 July 1969), also known as Lee Jaques, is celebrated for his diorama paintings at the American Museum of Natural History, executed during the early and mid-twentieth century. A frequent collaborator with Museum curator and ornithologist Frank M. Chapman (1864-1945), the artist is especially associated with the Whitney Memorial Hall of Pacific Bird Life (that was co-designed with Robert Cushman Murphy, Museum curator and ornithologist). This collection...
Dates:
1925-1935
J.M. Aldrich correspondence, 1925 March 31-1925 December 30.
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A43
Dates:
1925 - 1925
John Hunter collection[not before 1783-not after 1821]
Collection
Identifier: Mss .H85
Dates:
1783 - 1821
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
Journal of the representative from the American Museum of Natural History : holograph / C.M. Breder, Jr.
Item
Identifier: Mss .B74-1924
Scope and content
Field notes and itinerary of the 1924 Marsh Darien Expedition. The first entry is Jan. 16; the last entry is July 6. Breder collected specimens of fishes, amphibians and reptiles.
Dates:
1924
Kaiser Otto des Grosse Schaedel papers, 1869.
Collection
Identifier: Mss .S333
Abstract
Zwei Photographen in nat. Gross nach Zeichnungen von Moler Ochs dabeiszwei Original briefe der Archiv-directors con Magdeburg von Jahre 1869. Written MSS note. With illustrations. In German.
Dates:
1869
Kalbfleisch Field Research Station collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss .K35
Scope and Content note
This collection contains a wide variety of documents related to the Museum’s acquisition and operation of the Kalbfleisch Field Research Station in Huntington, Long Island, which span from 1937, when Ms. Kalbfleisch began pursuing her wish to bequeath the estate, through 1982 when the Museum finally sold the property. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the Station by featuring information related to all aspects of its existence, including: correspondence, memos, legal...
Dates:
1937-1982
Alfred C. Kinsey Entomological papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .K56
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Kinsey’s scientific work on gall wasps. It covers the whole range of research and scientific study from notes and observations made in the field in his notebooks and research notes to publications made by Kinsey on gall wasps. Subjects include taxonomic names such as Amphibolips and Xystoteras as well as broad categories like Research notes and Worksheets. Geographic notations of distribution and other subject matters consist of numbers or bar charts written in ink...
Dates:
circa 1917-1941; Majority of material found within 1917-1938
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192