American Museum of Natural History

Organization

Staff Only

Found in 156 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Preparation and Installation exhibition accession records

Collection

Identifier: DR 135

Abstract

Contains accession records, inventory lists, correspondence related to accession of art works and expedition memorabilia for AMNH exhibitions, such as Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, Admiral Byrd collection (including list of Antarctic Expedition equipment and correspondence between Byrd and curator), John Burroughs exhibit, Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar expedition. Also contains accession records book, correspondence, and master sheet from defunct Department of Geography.

Dates: 1927-1962

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Department of Preparation and Installation exhibition accession records

Documents and photographs relating to space missions and astrological events

Collection

Identifier: DR-H 32

Abstract

Files and photographs relating to astronomical events such as the Apollo missions. Slides of the planetarium also included, as well as several cardboard backed photos.

Dates: circa 1948-2000

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Documents and photographs relating to space missions and astrological events

Employee Benefits Association records, circa 1920-1979

Collection

Identifier: DR 036

Scope and content

Bank statements, checkbooks, correspondence, minutes, membership certificates, and cash ledgers (1947-1969, 1970-1975) relating to the operations of the Employee Benefits Association. Approximately 10 bound volumes.

Dates: 1920 - 1979

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Employee Benefits Association records, circa 1920-1979

Financial Office contributions records, 1950-1969

Collection

Identifier: DR 028A

Scope and contents

Contribution records from the Financial Office.

Dates: 1950 - 1969

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Financial Office contributions records, 1950-1969

Forestry Hall invoice books, 1881-1889.

Collection

Identifier: DR 092

Abstract

Three bound letter and invoice books, with indices at the back. Invoice bills, correspondence, shipping and other receipts pertaining to collection. Inventoried.

Dates: 1881 - 1889

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Forestry Hall invoice books, 1881-1889.

Fortune Magazine and American Museum of Natural History reprints,

Collection

Identifier: DR 005A

Dates: April 1937.

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Fortune Magazine and American Museum of Natural History reprints,

Fourth Floor Fossil Hall Renovation, Final Documentation of the Interpretive System

Collection

Identifier: DR 033

Scope and content Consists of eleven oversize binders and three spiral bound volumes for the final documentation of the museum's fourth floor renovation completed in the 1990s, prepared by Ralph Appelbaum Associates Incorporated (RAA). The final documentation of the interpretive system covers all fossil exhibitions: The Halls of Saurischian and Ornithischian Dinosaurs, the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives, which includes the Hall of Primitive Mammals and the Paul and Irma...

Dates: 1992-1996

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Fourth Floor Fossil Hall Renovation, Final Documentation of the Interpretive System

Government Relations records,

Collection

Identifier: DR 118B

Dates: circa 1990-2000.

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Government Relations records,

Grapevine newsletters

Collection

Identifier: DR 007

Scope and content

Grapevine. The Employees benefit Association of American Museum of Natural History newsletter.

Dates: 1942-1992; Majority of material found in 1942-1966, 1983-1992

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Grapevine newsletters