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Series 1: Field diaries, 1891-1998

 Series
Identifier: VPA 101

Scope and Contents

Consist of diaries, lists of specimens found, locations of finds, records of day to day activities, and step by step findings. Individual lists can be found with both the Charles H. Falkenbach and Ted Galusha Papers. The diaries are arranged by date and filed as nearly as possible in chronological order. Notable names in the field diaries include H. F. Osborn, Walter Granger, Barnum Brown, and G. G. Simpson.

Dates

  • 1891-1998

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed in the Division of Paleontology. Please contact the collection manager for access; materials are sometimes restricted. https://www.amnh.org/research/paleontology/collections/vertebrate-paleontology-archives

Extent

13.5 Linear Feet (30 boxes and 2 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The diaries are arranged by date and person, as nearly as possible, in chronological order.

Box 1
Brown; Gidley; Granger; Martin; Matthew; Osborn; Wortman - 1891-1899
Box 2
Brown; Granger; Matthew, Miller; Olsen; Thomson - 1900-1926
Box 3
Brown; Cooper; Granger; Olsen; Osborn; Sinclair; Stein - 1907-1910
Box 4
Blakesley; Brown; Granger; Gregory; Olsen; Osborn; Sinclair - 1908-1912
Box 5
Brown; Granger; Ingraham; Martin; Olsen; Sinclair; Stein; Turner - 1912-1920
Box 6
Brown; Falkenbach; Matthew; Simpson - 1921-1924
Box 7
Brown; Falkenbach; Kaisen; Mook; Robertson; Sawtelle; Simpson - 1925-1929
Box 8
Delacour; Falkenbach; Simpson; Williams - 1929-1931
Box 9
Brown; Galusha; Silberling; Simpson - 1930-1935
Box 10
Aujengar; Bird; Brown; Chaffee; Galusha; Guadagni; Lewis; Schlaikjer; Simpson; Stucker - 1935-1937
Box 11
Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson - 1937-1938
Box 12
Falkenbach; Galusha; Schlaikjer; Simpson - 1939-1940
Box 13
Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson - 1938-1939
Box 14
Falkenbach; Galusha - 1941-1943
Box 15
Falkenbach; Galusha; Klaus; Simpson; Whitaker - 1944-1947
Box 16
Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson; Sorensen; Whitaker - 1946-1948
Box 17
Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson; Whitaker - 1948-1950
Box 18
Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson; Whitaker - 1949-1951
Box 19
Falkenbach; Galusha; Whitaker - 1950-1952
Box 20
Falkenbach; Galusha; Robinson; Tiffany; Whitaker - 1952-1954
Box 21
Brown; Falkenbach; Galusha; Robinson - 1953-1955
Box 22
Chamberlain; Falkenbach; Galusha; Simpson - 1955-1957
Box 23
Galusha; Hough; Simpson; Stucker; Whitaker - 1957-1959
Box 24
Emory; Galusha; Stucker - 1958-1963
Box 25
Galusha - 1963-1968
Box 26
Brown, Roland; Galusha - 1969-1974
Box 27
Alexander; Colbert; Galusha; 1975-2000; Edwin H. Colbert Diary and Field Notes (Books 1-8) - 1946-1955
Box 28
Edwin H. Colbert Diary and Field Notes (Books 9-14) - 1959-1970; Bob Shaeffer Field Diaries (Books 1-5) - 1946-1952
Box 29
Bobb Shaeffer Field Diaries (Books 6-9) - 1954-1974; Robert L. Evander - 1994-1998
Box 30
Malcolm C. McKenna Field Diaries Mongolia 1990-1991, 1995, 1997

General

Based on Ruth Sternfeld's historic finding aid, Binder 4.

Historic Call Number: 6:2 to 6:6

Formerly VPA 38

Processing Information

The collection was created by gathering all the field notes from the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology expeditions.

Repository Details

Part of the Vertebrate Paleontology Archives Repository

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