Central African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1947-1948)

Exist Dates

1948

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

To collect information on remote African tribes and make movies

Summary

Sites visited: Southwest Sudan, French Equatorial Africa

Personnel: Clark, James L., leader, Dept. Prep. And Installation; Wilbur, Brayton, leader; Weber, Neal A., sci. (Swathmore); Densing, Murl, photog. (movies)

Sponsors: Wilbur, Brayton (and son)

Resources available in AMNH Special Collections: Moving image documentation, see AMNH Catalog of the Special Film Collection, pp. 5-6; P.C. 2 Authority File.

Sources

AMNH Annual Report No. 79, 1947-48, unpaged

Natural History magazine, LVII, January, 1948, page 48

Natural History magazine, Sepember. 1948, page 336

New Yorker, 8, 1947

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

Clark, James L.
Leader

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