American Museum of Natural History. Library

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Views of AMNH Library under construction, mostly the 4th floor. Also includes blue prints, interior and exterior library photographs and images of the old Rare Book Room taken by Don Soucy.

Abstract Photographs taken for library lectures of books, archives, images, and artifacts. Also includes miscellaneous photographs of the library, staff, conservation projects, and grant documentation. 379. Lectures include: The Museum and the Magic Lantern October 1990; Rare Book Lecture November 17,1982; Rare Book Lecture Monsters: Myth or Reality February 1991; Caravans and Collecting: Asia on Film October 1989; Rare Photos Lecture: Seconds, October 1983 and November 17, 1982. 386. Lectures...

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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.

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Microfilm copies of archives and manuscripts from central archives and other Science departments.

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Selected objects from the AMNH Library Memorabilia collection. Includes a field book, cameras, binoculars, microscope, scale, safari hat, and medals.

Scope and Contents These materials have been loosely grouped based on their nature and function. Their description ma be further refined in the future as more is learned about them. The American Museum of Natural History's Library, established in 1869, aims to foster intellectual growth and support the research, teaching, and educational activities of the Museum. The tools and materials in this grouping were used in the Library's day to day functions that carried this activitie from aproximately...

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Copy photographs taken for Nina Root's lecture: Discovery Tour to Egypt. Photographs taken from the Rare Book Room, AMNH Library.

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Administrative papers from Nina J. Root's time as Director of the Library at the American Museum of Natural History.