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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

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Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

Preparation Molds for Exhibits

 Collection
Identifier: Mem 306
Scope and Contents Molds for exhibits were created and used to prepare the models that compose the exhibits of the American Museum of Natural history, approximately from 1889 to the 1990s, first by the science departments and then by the Department of Exhibition and its different iterations. Models were meant to reproduce existing and extinct animal specimens, humans and cultural artifacts, insects and plant life. The types of mold that can be found in this grouping provide insight on the methods employed to...
Dates: Usage: circa 1889-1990s

Rollo Beck Expedition to New Guinea collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn72
Scope and Contents

Field catalog, journal and field notes, with notes by Mayr and Gilliard. Also includes correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 1928-1929

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

Santa Marta Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn98
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, contract proposal, memoranda

Dates: 1898-1899

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

Tanganyika Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn109
Scope and Contents

Field catalog, letter to L.C. Sanford, 1980 article from Audubon magazine regarding expedition

Dates: 1928-1929, 1980

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

Timor and Sumba Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn111
Scope and Contents

List of birds, correspondence, agreement

Dates: 1932-1956

Tyler-Duida Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn113
Scope and Contents

Field catalog, correspondence, birds collected at tropical stations (2700 feet and under) in Venezuela by Tyler-Duida Expedition of AMNH

Dates: 1928-1930

Type card file for published lists on bird families

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn11
Scope and Contents

Cards containing information on 19th and 20th-century published titles about various bird families. The publications referenced here are by the American Museum of Natural History as well as outside authors.

Dates: circa mid to late 20th century

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives. 73
Birds -- Catalogs and collections 14
Field notes 13
Birds -- Exhibitions 3
Scientific expeditions 3