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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

 Organization

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Ornithology unframed prints collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn58
Scope and Contents

Archaeopteryx (1), engraved copperplates, paintings, engraved prints, drawings, membership certificates to scientific and academic institutions, oil sketches, lithographic portrait of D.G. Elliot. Works, mostly prints, by other artists include Janet Marshall, Siedel, Jaques, Joseph Wolf, Roger Tory Peterson, an oil sketch by Toshio Asaeda, two bound sets of the Cockatoo portfolio plates by William T. Cooper and limited edition color prints from Mill Pond Press, Florida.

Dates: undated

Dwight collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn160
Scope and Contents

List of specimens, duplicates, collecting localities and source of accession

Dates: 1920s

Dwight collection card file

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn188
Scope and Contents

Card catalog for M.T. Dwight collection.

Dates: undated

Ecuador Expeditions collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn161
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and list of birds, departmental meeting minutes, summary of expenditures

Dates: 1912-1922

Expeditions, collectors, collections, catalogs, field notes card file

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn32
Scope and Contents

Detailed typed card catalog index, includes field notes, geographic cross-references and AMNH catalog numbers for various collections arranged by collector. Catalogs for collections now owned by AMNH. Unpublished manuscripts and data on deposit at AMNH.

Dates: 1870s-1970s

Fahnestock South Sea Expedition correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn185
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding expedition, expense accounts, shipping receipts, news clippings

Dates: 1939-1941, 1996

Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn184
Scope and Contents

Typed catalog of birds in the Vernay Collection from Siam, Tenasserim list of birds by species and quantity, photograph of Vernay in India.

Dates: 1923-1924

Great Plains and Rocky Mountian Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn124
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence and memoranda, field notes

Dates: 1871-1872

Greenway master bibliography

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn36
Scope and Contents

Bibliographic notes for master bibliography, sorted alphabetically by author.

Dates: 1830s-1970s

Gulf of Guinea Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn125
Scope and Contents

Journal and notes, lists of specimens, correspondence, photographs, list of finances

Dates: 1928-1930

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives. 73
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Field notes 13
Birds -- Exhibitions 3
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