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Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

A. Miller photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 355
Abstract

Photographs of animals and flowers in nature. Two photographs of a giant panda and giraffe at the New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo).

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / A. Miller photographic slide collection, undated.

Alousie Boker photographic slide collection of African animals and birds, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 170
Abstract

Photographs of East Africa including game parks in Kenya and Tanzania. Amboseli, Murchison River, Ngorongoro. Birds and safari animals, hippopotamus, lion, elephant, eland, warthog, gerenuk and flamingo among others. Some slides taken in Nairobi.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Alousie Boker photographic slide collection of African animals and birds, undated.

American Museum Congo Expedition correspondence, 1917-1920.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .C661
Dates: 1917 - 1920
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum Congo Expedition correspondence, 1917-1920.

American Museum of Natural History photographic slide collection of mammals , undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 351
Abstract

Photographs of mammals taken by various photographers. Animals include dogs, cats, raccoons, bears, gorillas, sheep, anteater, squirrels, bison, camels, beavers, a shrew, and a fox.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History photographic slide collection of mammals , undated.

American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of the old Dinosaur and Fossil Mammal Halls, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 380
Abstract

Mostly images of old dinosaur models and mammal fossils on exhibit. Includes photographs of exhibition wall panels. Some slides stamped with "Digging Up the Dinosaur".

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of the old Dinosaur and Fossil Mammal Halls, undated.

Australian fauna ; How to build an igloo

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 40
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Australian Fauna. Armand Denis, noted wildlife photographer and filmmaker and leader of the 1952 New Guinea Expedition for the AMNH, and his wife, Michaela, discuss the origins of the Australian continent and the subsequent evolution of wildlife there. Also shown is an Armand Denis RKO film depicting the Australian bush country, with views of wallaroos, wallabies, and some unusual reptiles. SEGMENT 2: How to Build an Igloo. The second segment presents the film How to Build an...
Dates: 1953
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Australian fauna ; How to build an igloo

Carl and Mary in Africa

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 24
Scope and Contents Filmed during the AMNH Eastman-Pomeroy-Akeley East African Expedition, 1926. In the opening sequence, Carl Ethan Akeley (associate in the AMNH Department of Mammalogy, and associate curator and adviser in the AMNH Department of Preparation) watches artist William R. Leigh painting habitat studies for the background of the klipspringer group, one of the dioramas now in the museum's Akeley Hall of African Mammals. At the campsite, located in the Lukenia Hills 40 miles east of Nairobi, Leigh...
Dates: 1926
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Carl and Mary in Africa

Charles R. Knight mural restoration project photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 40
Scope and Contents

35mm slides and medium format color transparencies of murals before restoration. Unknown location of murals. Animals depicted include moose, elephants and beavers.

Dates: 1993
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Charles R. Knight mural restoration project photographic slides

Elizabeth Morton photographic slide collection of Africa, circa 1951-1953.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 368
Abstract

Photographs taken in Africa: Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, Cape Point, Victoria Falls, Pondo, Masai, Mombasa, and Livingston Reserve. Includes images of safari animals, landscapes, and monuments as well as scenes with a native healer.

Dates: circa 1951-1953
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Elizabeth Morton photographic slide collection of Africa, circa 1951-1953.

Endangered! : exploring a world at risk

 Collection
Identifier: EXH.028
Dates: 1990-1997
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Endangered! : exploring a world at risk
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