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Eugenie Clark photographic slide collection of Egypt, Red Sea and South Pacific, circa 1950-1959.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 172

Abstract

Mostly field photographs of marine life and native people and their habitats taken at the Red Sea Marine Biological Station, Red Sea, Caroline Islands, Palau Islands, Micronesia, Guam and Honolulu, Hawaii. Also includes images of a pyramid, Malayan Tapir in Cairo Zoo and Roman Quarry at Mons Claudianus. Few pictures of buildings in Egypt. Also included are 7 slides of sea urchins, sea anemone and marine sandworms in the United States.

Dates

  • circa 1950-1959

Restrictions on Access

Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box )

circa 300 Photographic Slides

Language of Materials

English

Condition

condition reviewed 20110826 good

General Note

Includes field photographs.

General Note

Many slides contain USDE, NEH and K numbers.

General Note

All slides have captions.

General Note

Many slides have glass mounts.

General Note

Previous numbers used: USDE 1841, USDE 2887-2889, USDE 2548, USDE 2712, USDE 2610

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Sponsor
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017). Minimal level collection record created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Hidden Collections grant, 2010.

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420