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Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Jobe Akeley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .A342-.A344

American Museum of Natural History Marketing, Merchandise and Visitor Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: Mem 313
Scope and Contents Marketing, Merchandise and Visitor ephemera includes products sold at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)’s Museum Shop and emphera distributed to vistors to the Museum. Most of the items from the Museum Shop are mementos of the Museum and its exhibitions, including mugs, and a tote bag with the Museum logo, dinosaur figurines, a stargazer kit, and a pin from the Hall of Ocean Life. Merchandise related to the Hayden Planetarium is grouped with the Hayden Planetarium memorabilia...
Dates: 1939-2010

American Museum of Natural History War Relations Committee papers, 1917-1919

 Collection
Identifier: DR 054
Scope and Contents This collection represents two years (1917-1919) during which the American Museum Relief Association, composed of women who worked at the American Museum of Natural History, was created, became active and was dissolved. The letters, statements and records reflect financial and fund raising practices, relationships with the Red Cross and activities of the various committees: the Knitting, Sewing, Paper, Soldiers' Aid, Suggestions and Surgical Dressing Committees and the Committee on...
Dates: 1917 - 1919

Albert S. Bickmore papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .B5351- .B5358
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, reports, newspaper clippings and photocopies of journal articles, photographs of Bickmore, and one drawing. The bulk of Bickmore's papers (32 boxes) consists of correspondence, mostly typewritten, relating to his work as superintendent of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and curator of the Dept. of Public Education. Additional material consists of handwritten diaries from Bickmore's travels; the typescript of his...
Dates: 1854-1914; Majority of material found within ( 1865-1903)

Department of Education African Studies Teacher Workshop photographic slides, circa 1974.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 30
Abstract

Slides from the African Studies Teacher Workshop from the AMNH Education Department. Several slides are captioned "Awa Lewa" and "Teacher's Course".

Dates: circa 1974

Department of Education annual reports, 1912-1964

 Collection
Identifier: DR 048
Scope and content

Originals, in folders. Annual Reports. Includes information about the Photography Division. Contains some information about Lantern Slide Library.

Dates: 1912 - 1964

Department of Education booklets and pamphlets, 1918-1968

 Collection
Identifier: DR 050
Scope and content

Public outreach programs and popular lectures.

Dates: 1918 - 1968

Department of Education children's correspondence, 1964-1969

 Collection
Identifier: DR 049
Scope and content

Children's letters and responses.

Dates: 1964 - 1969

Department of Education Natural Science Center program photographs and press clippings, 1954-1974.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 149
Scope and Contents

Photographic and press materials related to Department of Education's Natural Science Center program. Includes scrapbooks of press clippings, albums of black and white photographs of educational exhibits and lab workshops, mounted photographs, some negatives and Kodachrome slides.

Dates: 1954 - 1974

Department of Education oversize scrapbook, 1942-1955

 Collection
Identifier: DR 052
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from children, 1908-1911 and one scrapbook from the 1950s.

Dates: 1942 - 1955