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 Organization

Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Van Gelder photographic slide collection of Africa, 1960-1981.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 551-553
Abstract

Photographs taken in Africa of animals in nature, mostly mammals. Includes lions, cheetahs, elephants, hippopotamuses, wildebeests, baboons, giraffes, zebras, impala, hyenas, buffalo, elephant shrews, and jackals among others. Some photographs of colleagues, native people, and city buildings. Areas include Botswana, Serengeti, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. 551. Photographs taken 1960-1975. 552. Photographs taken 1976-1979. 553. Photographs taken 1981 and undated.

Dates: 1960-1981

Richard Zweifel photographic slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 557
Scope and Contents

Close up photographs mostly of reptiles, including snakes, frogs, and lizards. Also includes images of insects and birds.

Dates: circa 1970s

Roaches Are Here to Stay exhibition photographic slides, 1973.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 81D
Abstract

Views of the temporary exhibition Roaches Are Here To Stay, held at the American Museum of Natural History, September 1973. Images of the display case, display text, and visitors looking at live roaches inside the exhibit.

Dates: 1973

Robert E. Logan photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 342
Abstract

Photographs taken in Ceylon and Egypt. One image of a forsythia in bloom.

Dates: undated

Robert H. Minton photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 356
Abstract

Photographs of safari animals in East Africa. Includes zebra, giraffe, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, cheetah, baboon, and crocodile.

Dates: undated

Robert Peary photographic slides of North Pole copied from lantern slides, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 394
Abstract

Photographic copies of the lantern slides made by Robert Peary during his expedition to the North Pole (1908-1909). Used to raise money for further exploration.

Dates: undated

Roloc photographic slides of Japan, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 416
Abstract

Travel photographs taken in Japan. Includes images of landscape, people, temples and shrines, farmlands, and fishing boats.

Dates: undated

Rose Center for Earth and Space construction photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 656
Scope and Contents

Photographs taken during the construction of the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the AMNH.

Dates: 1998-2000

Royal Tombs of Sipán photographic slides, 1994.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 94
Abstract

Slides of the temporary exhibition Royal Tombs of Sipán, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1994. Gallery 3. The exhibition was organized by the Bruning National Archaeological Museum in Lambayeque, Peru, and the Fowler Museum, in Los Angeles.

Dates: 1994