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The Burden East Indian Expedition

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 20
Scope and Contents Filmed during the AMNH Burden East Indian Expedition to Malaysia, 1926. William Douglas Burden, AMNH trustee, his wife Katharine, and a small expedition team traveled to the East Indies to study the fauna of the region, and especially to film and capture the rare lizards Varanus komodoensis found on Komodo Island, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands. These lizards are commonly known as "Komodo dragons," and can grow to a length of ten feet and weigh up to 250 pounds. The film begins with the...
Dates: 1926
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library

Butterfly Conservatory photographic slides, 1998 - 2000

 Series
Identifier: PSC 662
Abstract

Views of the Butterfly Conservatory exhibition at the AMNH. Images of museum visitors and displays, as well as close up photographs of butterflies. Also includes a set of photographs of tropical butterflies alive in winter credited to Joel Cracraft and AMNH.

Dates: 1998 - 2000
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / AMNH 35mm Photographic Slide collection

C. Coloes photographic slide of an orchid, undated

 Series
Identifier: PSC 175
Abstract

Photograph of an orchid, Cattleya Trianae.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / AMNH 35mm Photographic Slide collection

C. H. Watson photographic slides of tomato worms, undated

 Series
Identifier: PSC 536
Abstract

Three photographs of tomato worms infested by parasites on a leaf on the ground.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / AMNH 35mm Photographic Slide collection

C. Schuberth photographic slide collection, 1959 - 1964

 Series
Identifier: PSC 430
Abstract

Photographs of landscapes, glacial deposits, storm damage, and rock formations in various parts of the United States. Some areas include Bronx Park (New York), Yosemite, Queens (New York), Long Island (New York), Central Park, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, and South Dakota.

Dates: 1959 - 1964
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / AMNH 35mm Photographic Slide collection

C. Sibley photographic slides of birds, 1942

 Series
Identifier: PSC 439
Abstract

Photographs of birds in nature taken by Mrs. C. Sibley.

Dates: 1942
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / AMNH 35mm Photographic Slide collection

Camping Among the Indians

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 22
Scope and Contents Filmed during the AMNH-Woodcraft Indian Trip to the Southwest, 1927. The AMNH Woodcraft Indian trip was led by Ernest Thompson Seton, the author, and George Clyde Fisher (AMNH curator of visual instruction). The film depicts a variety of dances (the buffalo, hood, war, eagle, corn, deer and snowbird) performed by Indians of the Tesuque, Taos, Acoma and Santa Clara Pueblos. Fisher also filmed other activities of the local people during the trip, most notably an intertribal ceremony in Gallup,...
Dates: 1927
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library

Capturing Time: The New York Times Capsule exhibition photographic slides, 1999 - 2000

 Series
Identifier: PSC 660
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Capturing Time: The New York Times Capsule, held at the American Museum of Natural History, December 4, 1999-March 26, 2000.

Dates: 1999 - 2000
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / AMNH 35mm Photographic Slide collection

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

Carthage: A Mosaic of Ancient Tunisia photographic slides, 1987

 Series
Identifier: PSC 102B
Scope and Contents

Slides of ancient ruins in Tunisia and photographs of mosaics and artifacts, including Lady of Carthage, detail of Orpheus chraming the animals, and detail of Dermech Hunt Mosaic. For the temporary exhibition Carthage: A Mosaic of Ancient Tunisia, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1987. The exhibition was a collaboration with Bardo National Museum, Tunis, Carthage National Museum, Tunis, Archeological Museums, El Jem, Sousse, Sfax, Nabeul.

Dates: 1987
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / AMNH 35mm Photographic Slide collection
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