Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964

Person

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alex Seidel and Helen Ziska drawings collection

Collection

Identifier: Archives Orn50

Scope and Contents

Maps, diagrams, pen and ink drawings for the "Birds of the Belgian Congo" (Note that volume number is not specified.) Artists: Jas. Chapin, Seidel, Helen Ziska. Also includes Seidel's "Birds of the Southwest Pacifc" drawings.

Dates: undated

Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / Alex Seidel and Helen Ziska drawings collection

James P. Chapin collection

Collection

Identifier: Archives Orn47

Scope and Contents

Collection of Christmas cards from and to James Paul Chapin, watercolors, drawings, "colophons" (referenced as colophons but are actually hand drawn illustrations and considered a device), bookplates, cartoons, envelopes with Chapin illustrations. Subject matter mostly birds, also images of fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and plants. Includes watercolors done by Chapin for the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915).

Dates: 1900 -1960s, undated

Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / James P. Chapin collection

James P. Chapin species file

Collection — Container: Collection placeholder

Identifier: Archives Orn12

Scope and Contents James Paul Chapin's files on various bird species, contained in eleven file drawers. Drawer 1 is labeled "Ratites-Accipitridae (part)." Drawer 2 is labeled "Falconidae-Rallidae." Drawer 3 is labeled "Heliornithidae-Cuculidae (part)." Drawer 4 is labeled "Cuculidae (part)-Strigidae." Drawer 5 is labeled "Tytonidae-Eurylaemidae." Drawer 6 is labeled "Pittidae-Sylviidae (part)." Drawer 7 is labeled "Sylviidae (part)-Turdidae (part)." Drawer 8 is labeled "Turdidae (part)-Hirundinidae." Drawer 9...

Dates: circa 1930s-1950s

Found in: Department of Ornithology Archives / James P. Chapin species file