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Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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 booklets and pamphlets, 1918-1968

 Collection
Identifier: DR 050
Scope and content

Public outreach programs and popular lectures.

Dates: 1918 - 1968

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 photographic album, 1961-1963

 Collection
Identifier: DR 053
Scope and content

Color photographs in three-ring binder documenting Hospital and Special Schools Program visits. Includes 35mm slides in sleeves.

Dates: 1961 - 1963

Department of Education photographic slides of special events

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 619
Scope and Contents

Photographs taken of various activities and events sponsored by the AMNH Department of Education. Includes trash can toys and games, Westside Day (September 27, 1973), and Steve Quinn's Animal Drawing (October 1988) among others.

Dates: circa 1970s-1980s

Department of Education programs photographic slides, 1949-1993

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 77
Abstract

AMNH Department of Education programs, including West Side Day (1970), Margaret Mead Film Festival (September 1978), African arts & crafts class (1974), Natural Science Center (1974), Discovery Room (1977), Moveable Museum (1993) and other miscellaneous events and images. Two glass mounted slides show an art class sketching from a diorama in the Akeley Hall of African Mammals (1949).

Dates: 1949-1993

Education Service Materials

 Collection
Identifier: Mem 310
Scope and Contents The Department of Education at the American Museum of Natural History takes Museum research and scientific data and makes it accessible to teachers and students. In 1903, the Museum partnered with schools to create a system of circulating natural history collections, developed and designed by the Museum to provide teachers with teaching materials, specimens, and artifacts to support specially designed educational readings and lesson plans on a variety of subjects in the natural sciences....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1903-circa 1970; 1895-circa1970

Malcolm Arth collection, 1939-1965

 Collection
Identifier: DR 051
Scope and content

Flyers, programs for Museum public programs and lectures, education publications. Children's thank-you notes and drawings.

Dates: 1939 - 1965

National Center for Science Literacy, Education and Technology (NCSLET) retired Curriculum Collections

 Collection
Identifier: MA2022-004
Scope and Contents

This collection contains curriculum material that has been retired from the AMNH website. The curricula were designed for educators, students and families and includes activities, readings, and other content related to varied science subjects. They are arranged in their original subject groupings as curriculum sets.

Dates: Existence: 1998-2015