Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973
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Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
2,000,000 J.P. Morgan gem collection ; Lampreys ; Antarctic animals, 1953, 1953
Series
Identifier: Film Collection no. 32
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: The $2,000,000 J. P. Morgan Gem Collection. Brian Mason, AMNH curator of physical geology and mineralogy, describes the museum's collection of gems, which consists of diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds. Mason discusses how these gems were cut and polished, using films produced by DeBeers Consolidated Mines Ltd. and E. J. Mauther. The reasons why the stones are so valuable are also examined. SEGMENT 2: Lampreys. Lampreys and their detrimental effect on the fishing industry in...
Dates:
1953
A list of the Tring ornithological collection / prepared by Robert Cushman Murphy., 1932
Series
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #37
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Microfilm copies of archives and manuscripts from central archives and other Science departments.
Dates:
1932
Augusta Schenck Kalbfleisch photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .K351
Scope and Contents
Tintypes of portraits of Kalbfliesch family and view of Blyweek Farm, Dix Hills, Huntington, Long Island.
Dates:
undated
Bird islands of Peru
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 16
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Brooklyn Museum's Peruvian Littoral Expedition, 1919-1920. This film was made during the expedition to the islands off Peru under the auspices of the Brooklyn Museum. Robert Cushman Murphy, who was then a curator of the Department of Natural Science at the Brooklyn Museum, led the expedition and narrates the film. The expedition went to study the guano-producing birds on these islands. Some of the footage in this film was purchased from the National Guano Administration of...
Dates:
[1920?]
Bird Islands of Peru
Collection
Identifier: FC16
Birds of Peru and northern Chile
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 17
Scope and Contents
In 1953 and 1954, Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist, filmed bird colonies of coastal Peru and Chile and the outlying islands. The bird colonies darken the barren landscape by their sheer numbers. Nests and fledglings are everywhere. There is also a sequence devoted to the extraction and exportation of guano. Penguins, boobies, cormorants, gulls, and terns are seen.
Dates:
1953-1954
Bottom of the world
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 18
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH South Georgia Island Expedition, 1912-1913. Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist, introduces this film; he presents a map of Antarctica and explains that he went to South Georgia in 1912 for the AMNH while a staff member of the Brooklyn Museum. In South Georgia's Cumberland Bay, a whaling station is filmed, as well as humpback whales swimming in the surrounding sea. Jolly penguins are shown and their life is described by Murphy. Also seen are Cape pigeons, sooty...
Dates:
1912-1913
Exploration tales for soldiers and sailors : YMCA lecture series. [microform], 1917 - 1919
Series
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #56
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Microfilm copies of archives and manuscripts from central archives and other Science departments.
Dates:
1917 - 1919
Extinction of Birds / Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy (Department of Ornithology), 1962 Jan 28
Item — Reel ac.jn 081
Identifier: DR207-081
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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.
Dates:
1962 Jan 28
Field photographs of the Robert Cushman Murphy Mediterannean Expedition
Collection
Identifier: PPC .M87
Scope and Contents
Field photographs of the Murphy European and Mediterranean Expeditions.
Dates:
1926
Additional filters:
- Subject
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives. 6
- Film Collection 6
- Moving Images 6
- Photographic Print Collection 4
- Scientific expeditions 4
- Guano 3
- Manuscript Collection 3
- Antarctica -- Description and travel 2
- Archives Microfilm 2
- Sea birds -- Peru 2
- Animals -- Classification 1
- Art, African 1
- Australia -- Description and travel 1
- Benin 1
- Birds -- Catalogs and collections 1
- Blue whale -- Antarctica 1
- Conservationists -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Conservationists -- United States 1
- Cormorants -- Chile -- Pacific Coast 1
- Cormorants -- Peru -- Pacific Coast 1
- Cumberland Bay (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) 1
- Côte d'Ivoire 1
- Dakar (Senegal) 1
- Elephant seals -- Antarctica 1
- Ethnology -- Polynesia 1
- Explorers -- Travel. 1
- Field notes 1
- Fishes -- Anatomy 1
- Fishes -- Evolution 1
- Fishing -- Great Lakes (North America) 1
- Gem cutting 1
- Guinea 1
- Humpback whale -- Antarctica 1
- Hunting -- South America 1
- Ichthyologists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Insect pests 1
- Insects 1
- Jaguar -- South America 1
- Kenya 1
- Kikuyu (African people) 1
- Kuba (African people) 1
- Lampreys -- Great Lakes (North America) 1
- Mammals -- Evolution 1
- Museum curators 1
- Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence. 1
- Natural history museum curators -- Correspondence 1
- New Zealand -- Description and travel 1
- Niger 1
- Ocean travel 1
- Ontogeny. 1
- Ornithologists -- United States 1
- Ornithology -- United States 1
- Paleontologists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Paleontology -- Research -- History. 1
- Penguins -- Antarctica 1
- Penguins -- Chile -- Pacific Coast 1
- Penguins -- Peru -- Pacific Coast 1
- Peru -- Photographs 1
- Precious stones -- Catalogs and collections -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Primates -- Evolution 1
- Pygmies 1
- San (African people) 1
- Sao Vicente -- Barlavento -- Cape Verde 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Africa 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Australia 1
- Scientific expeditions -- New Zealand 1
- Sculpture, African 1
- Sea birds -- Antarctica 1
- Sea birds -- Behavior -- Peru 1
- Sea birds -- Chile -- Pacific Coast 1
- Sea birds -- Peru -- Nests 1
- Sea birds -- Peru -- Pacific Coast 1
- South Africa 1
- Transvaal (South Africa) -- Description and travel 1
- Vertebrates, Fossil 1
- Voyages and travels 1
- Whaling -- Antarctica 1
- Zululand (South Africa) 1
