Scientific expeditions -- South America
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Elsie M.B. Naumburg notes
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn71
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes created by Naumburg on various expeditions in South America
Dates:
1912-1917
Field and Expedition Equipment
Collection
Identifier: Mem 305
Scope and Contents
Since 1887, the American Museum of Natural History has been conducting field expeditions in every continent. This is one of the main resources for the Museum’s scientific research and collection development activities throughout all its disciplines. This grouping holds the equipment that were used during expeditions from around 1877 to 1996. Most of these expeditions required direct interaction with the natural habitat of the subject of study, which usually involves being out in the...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1877-1990s
Miller-Boyle Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn207
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, field catalog, and an compact disc copy of Howarth Boyle letters.
Dates:
1914-1916, 2003
Peru, Ecuador, Chile Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn83
Scope and Contents
Includes an expense account and a photograph of the camp taken during the Peru, Ecuador, Chile Expedition, 1916.
Dates:
1916
Santa Marta Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn98
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, contract proposal, memoranda
Dates:
1898-1899
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192