Gidley, James Williams, 1866-1931
Person
Biography
Paleontologist. Worked in the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1892-1905. Conducted field work in Wortman expeditions to the Rocky Mountains.
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Art Survey No. 697: Neohipparion / Base "Gidley 1917", 1917
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 697
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum, conducted by Joel Sweimler in 1991-1992. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. There is a physical copy of the survey that consists of seven volumes, printed from the original database. Volumes 1-4 contain records of art work in the American Museum of Natural History. There are two copies of an author index in three volumes. The...
Dates:
1917
Series 1: Field diaries, 1891-1998
Series
Identifier: VPA 101
Scope and Contents
Consist of field diaries, lists of specimens found, locations of finds, records of day to day activities. All of the expeditions listed were conducted under the auspicies of AMNH (some jointly with other organizations), with the exception of early field diaries of Richard Tedford. Tedford joined the museum in 1966, however the archive has his field diaries prior to that date.Most of the diaries from the Central Asiatic Expedition were transferred to the main museum archive in...
Dates:
1891-1998
Series 2: Field correspondence, 1891-1969
Series
Identifier: VPA 101
Scope and Contents
The field correspondence was written by field workers relaying events during excavations and expeditions. The collection includes department field communications from 1891 to 1969. The years 1960, 1962-1968 are missing.
Notable names in the field correspondence include Henry Fairfield Osborn, Walter Granger, Barnum Brown, Ted Galusha, Charles Falkenbach, and G. G. Simpson.
Dates:
1891-1969