Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Roy Chapman Andrews papers, 1987 Accession
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A54
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of Andrews' correspondence, manuscripts, and transcripts of Andrews' broadcasts and talks from 1934 to1944. It also contains one folder of family and biographical documents and newspaper clippings received from Charles Gallenkamp, Andrews' biographer, in 1990. The majority of the administrative papers' correspondence concerns requests for speaking engagements about Andrews' explorations, requests for articles, and letters from the public and from companies...
Dates:
1920-1947; Majority of material found within 1934-1944
Department of Invertebrate Zoology correspondence and administrative records, 1917-1989.
Collection
Identifier: DR 138
Department of Ornithology Accession Records, Gifts and Purchases
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn30
Scope and Contents
Files pertain to expeditions, including Whitney South Sea Expedition (1926-1947)
Dates:
1920s-1990s
American Museum of Natural History, Department of Preparation and Installation: Diorama and Hall construction
Collection
Identifier: DR 104
Scope and Content Note
This collection spans the planning and development of the Department of Preparations for the dioramas of the various halls. These folders detail the requests and expenditures for the efforts made in travel, models, and sketches. The majority of the correspondence is directed from or to James L. Clark, the Director of the Department of Preparations between the 1930’s-1940’s. Much of the correspondence from James Lippit Clark, is directed to trackers, guides, taxidermists, donors, and...
Dates:
1919-1962
Whitney South Sea Expedition field photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .W45
Scope and Contents
Field photographs of the Whitney South Seas Expedition.
Dates:
1929
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History Collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn60
Scope and Contents
This collection contains bound volumes, notes, correspondence, photographs, log books and journals. The material has been arranged into three series. The collection is largely comprised of thirty-three Bound Volumes (Series I) that contain letters and journal entries written by the field researchers that participated in the Whitney South Sea Expedition. Many of these bound volumes store additional material including hand-drawn maps, specimen sketches, photographs and a few handwritten...
Dates:
1920-2007
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History : extracts from the journal of Ernest H. Quayle, assistant field naturalist. [microform]
Item
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #54
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192