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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

 Organization

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Edgar A. Mearns correspondence, 1883-1915

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .M43
Scope and Contents

The collection consists entirely of photocopies of handwritten letters. The first letter, dated May 17, 1883, is from Albert S. Bickmore, founder and superintendent of the AMNH, concerning Mearns's proposed donation of a collection of birds. The second letter is from curator J.A. Allen, discussing details of the specimens. Other correspondents include James P. Chapin, Frank M. Chapman, L.P. Gratacap, C. Hart Merriam, Jenness Richardson and Anthony Woodward.

Dates: 1883-1915

Phipps-Bradley Expedition catalog

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn81
Scope and Contents

Catalog of collection of species collected on Phipps-Bradley Expedition

Dates: 1933

Sage West China Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn94
Scope and Contents

List of birds, notes and maps, letter from Dean Sage, catalogs of species, notes by Hugh Birckhead

Dates: 1934-1935

Steere Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn106
Scope and Contents

List of birds and mammals collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines, with localities, and brief preliminary descriptions of supposed new species; list of syntypes in AMNH collection, Philippines, compiled by Richard Sloss in 1985

Dates: 1887-1888, 1985

Taylor Sudan Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn110
Scope and Contents

Letter to Dr. Chapman from H.E. Anthony and a field catalog with packing list. Specimen numbers, 1-462. Possible catalog numbers 260102-260561.

Dates: 1927

Uruguay Expedition list of birds

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn115
Scope and Contents

List of birds received from Mammology, September 1963

Dates: 1959-1963

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Birds -- Catalogs and collections 15
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives. 14
Field notes 2
Archives Microfilm 1
Birds -- Anatomy 1