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Chairman
Robert Cushman Murphy, an ornithologist, conservationist, author and museum curator, spent 35 years with the American Museum of Natural History, retiring as chairman of the Dept. of Ornithology and Lamont Curator of Birds in 1955. Murphy's interests in oceanic birds and conservation were established during his first expedition for the AMNH, the 1912-1913 South Georgia Island Expedition. After working for several years at the Brooklyn Museum, Murphy was appointed associate curator of birds at the AMNH in 1921. He eventually went on 13 expeditions, to Peru, the Mediterranean Sea, New Zealand and other Pacific Islands, Bermuda, Venezuela, and islands in the Caribbean, often accompanied by his wife, Grace, a naturalist, conservationist and author. During the 1920-1941 Whitney South Sea Expedition, Murphy's expertise kept him out of the field so that specimens could be processed, studied and classified as soon as they arrived. In 1932, Murphy faced the daunting task of cataloging the 280,000 birds acquired by the AMNH when it purchased Lord Rothschild's Tring collection. With the help of Grace Murphy and Ernst Mayr, the work was completed in 4 months, producing a manuscript of 740 pages. Murphy published five books, including Birds of Peru (1925) and Oceanic birds of South America (2 v., 1936, 1948). In addition, he was co-author or contributor to five others, and wrote between 500 and 600 articles, both scientific and popular. Murphy died in 1973. (source: Robert Cushman Murphy collection, 1913-1973 (bulk 1930-1973). Mss .M87)
Worked at the American Museum of Natural History in American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology.
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Arctic. To collect Sea Elephants and Sea Leopards and a series of young kind penguins. (1) Murphy was the leader of the expedition (while working for the Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences). amnhc_2000107
Murphy did not go on the expedition. He acted as a scientific researcher back in New York. Published a paper based on the collection entitled “A Study of the Atlantic Oceanites” Published in the Bulletin. (2) amnhc_2000108
Leader of the expedition (6).
Murphy was the leader of the expedition (while working for the Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences).
Murphy acted as AMNH coordinator in New York for the WSSE. Was in charge of choosing all five men who led the expedition. (3, p144) amnhc_2000164
Leader. Made ornithological and oceanic investigations. Gone 4 months.
January-March 1926
Collected birds and fishes from around the Mediterranean as a guest on Mr. Jesse Metcalf's yacht "Wawaloam". (4, pg. 69) amnhc_2000212
In charge of bringing over the collection of bird skins from the Rothschild's collection at the Zoological Museum at Tring, that was sold to the AMNH. (5, pg. 13)
Leader of the expedition. Researched ornithology and oceanography. (6)
Leader of the expedition. (6)
Conducted oceanic investigations and scientific collecting. January-May 1941
Leader of the expedition from February to May of 1941 (7). Traveled to Panama, Columbia, and Ecuador. Was used to acquire new information rather than amass specimens.
Leader of the expedition. Used to study of collections there and of sea birds in the field. Excavation of the moa and other extinct birds (6).
Leader of the expedition (6).
Leader of the expedition. Focused on the excavation of the moa skeletons in Pyramid Valley Swamp. (6)
Reported the survival of the Cahow, a petrel from Bermuda once thought to be extinct (6).
December-January.
Invited by Lars-Eric Linblad on his motor ship "Linblad Explorer". Accompanied by his wife Grace to observe whales feeding habits (6).
Repository: AMNH Special Collections, Mss .M87