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American Museum of Natural History

 Organization

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Diaries: [microform]

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #15-23
Dates: Majority of material found within 1907-1948

Expedition: Treasures From 125 Years of Discovery exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 102H
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Expedition: Treasures From 125 Years of Discovery, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1995. Includes display cases with specimens and artifacts.

Dates: circa 1995

Expedition: Treasures From 125 Years of Discovery exhibition photographic slides, circa 1995.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 157A
Abstract

Views of the temporary exhibition Expedition: Treasures From 125 Years of Discovery, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1995.

Dates: circa 1995

Frontiers of a forbidden land

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 151
Scope and Contents Filmed during the AMNH First Asiatic Zoological Expedition to Yunnan and Fukien, China, 1916-1917. This is the record of the AMNH First Asiatic Zoological Expedition to eastern and southwestern China (Fukien and Yunnan provinces), the purpose of which was to collect zoological specimens and visual ethnographic records. Roy Chapman Andrews, was accompanied by his wife, Yvette Borup Andrews, who served as photographer, and Edmund Heller, collector and explorer, who served as specimen...
Dates: 1916-1917

William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .G7441
Scope and Contents The collection consists of administrative, scientific, academic and personal papers, and correspondence. Papers include Gregory's general correspondence with universities, colleges and scientists about his research topics and publications; correspondence with museums about purchasing replicas of fossils; and with students seeking employement. Other papers include lecture notes prepared for zoology classes emphasizing evolution, 1925-1926 and 1939; and manuscripts and notes for his...
Dates: 1889-1948; Majority of material found within 1906-1948

Edmund Heller diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .H45
Scope and Contents The diary is dated from October 9, 1917 to January 12, 1918, with undated addenda and address lists. It contains Heller’s personal reflections and daily activities on his solo return trip from the First Asiatic Zoological Expedition. He discusses the sites and architecture, the flora and weather, as well as the culture and his impressions of the people of each country. He writes of goods for sale, with a particular interest in lantern slides and fur-skinned merchandise. Many of his...
Dates: October 9, 1917-January 12, 1918

Magnificent Voyagers: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 exhibition photographic slides, 1988.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 89E
Abstract

Press slides of artifacts, illustrations, specimens and paintings used in the temporary exhibition Magnificent Voyagers: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, held at the American Museum of Natural History, September 1988-January 1989. The exhibition was originally organized by the National Museum of Natural History.

Dates: 1988