Amadon, Dean
Summary
Worked at the American Museum of Natural History in the Department of Ornithology. Curator and Chair, and Lamont Curator of Birds.
Topics
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Beginnings of Flight / Dr. Dean Amadon, 1963 Sept 01
Dr. Dean Amadon, Chairman of the Department of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History discusses the scientific theories of how, millions of years ago, creatures living on the earth began to fly.
Birds Around the World / Dr. Dean Amadon, 1966 Feb 06
The collection contains 281 audio recordings of "Journey into Nature" episodes from 1960-1966 on 1/4 inch open reels. A number of episodes have been digitized.
Birds / Dr. Dean Amadon (Department of Ornithology), 1960 May 29
Dr. Dean Amadon, Chairman and Lamont Curator of the Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural Histroy, discusses bird life. He touches on evolution, patterns of behavior, instincts for survival, intelligence, migration, and the nesting cycles.
Birds of Prey / Dr. Dean Amadon (Department of Ornithology), 1961 Apr 16
Dr. Dean Amadon, Chairman and Lamont Curator of the Department of Ornithology, describes his expeditions to Argentina and Alaska in search of birds of prey. Dr. Amadon devotes half the program to the American bald eagle, its present, its past and its significance as a national symbol.
Birds of the Galapagos / Dr. Dean Amadon (Department of Ornithology), 1964 Apr 12
Dr. Dean Amadon discusses the bird of the Galapagos and the Galapagos International Scientific Project that he participated in.
Dean Amadon 1959 Expedition to Argentina with William Partridge and Donald Eckelberry collection
Manuscript notes, field notes, index cards, correspondence and photographs.
Dean Amadon photographic slides of birds, 1957
Slide of fence post with holes made by Acorn or California woodpecker for storage.
Heinrich Expedition collection
Correspondence, list of Heinrich's collection, clipping
New Frank Chapman Hall of North American Birds / Dr. Dean Amadon, 1964 Jun 14
The collection contains 281 audio recordings of "Journey into Nature" episodes from 1960-1966 on 1/4 inch open reels. A number of episodes have been digitized.
