Desk diaries: [microform]
Dates
- 1924-1958
Creator
Biographical sketch
Naturalist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History; founder of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
Extent
15 Volumes (15 v. : ill. ;, 27 cm.)
Language of Materials
English
Location of Originals Note
Indicator 1 Holder of originals: original journals.--AMNH Dept. of Ichthyology.
General Note
Holograph.
General Note
Journals (14 v.) kept by J.T. Nichols of his work at the American Museum of Natural History. The entries are dated Mar. 12, 1924 to Oct. 31, 1958 (Nichols died on Nov. 10, 1958); vol. for Jan. 11, 1949-Nov. 15, 1954 missing. The first 3 vols. and p. 1-32 of the 4th vol. are especially devoted to descriptions of some 250 Chinese freshwater fish specimens in the Museum's collections. Each vol. consists of 152 p. (except v. [14] in which only p. 1-144 are filled), and most vols. include an index.
General Note
The collection also includes one notebook entitled "Guest book, Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History, 1922." with entries dated April 20, 1922 to Dec. 31, 1952.
Cumulative Index/Finding Aids Note
[1.] Mar. 12, 1924-June 19, 1924 -- [2.] June 20, 1924-Dec. 20, 1924 -- [3.] Dec. 22, 1924-Dec. 10, 1925 -- [4.] Dec. 11, 1925-May 1, 1930 --[5.] May 2, 1930-Dec. 14, 1931 -- [6.] Dec. 15, 1931-Jan. 17, 1934 -- [7.] Jan. 18, 1934-Aug. 14, 1935 -- [8.] Aug. 15, 1935-Mar. 4, 1937 -- [9.] Mar. 5, 1937-Jan. 19, 1939 -- [10.] Jan. 20, 1939-Oct. 23, 1940 -- [11.] Oct. 24, 1940-Mar. 23, 1943 -- [12.] Mar. 24, 1943-Sept. 14, 1945 -- [13.] Sept. 17, 1945-Jan. 10, 1949 -- [14.] Nov. 16, 1954-Oct. 31, 1958 -- [15.] Guest book.
Reproduction Note
Type of reproduction--Microfilm.; Place of reproduction--[New York, N.Y. :; Agency responsible for reproduction--The Museum: Date of reproduction--1988]. Physical description of reproduction--2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Archives Microfilm
- Department of Ichthyology
- Department of Ichthyology -- Catalogs
- Fishes -- Catalogs and collections -- New York (State) -- New York
- Fishes -- China -- Catalogs and collections -- New York (State) -- New York
- Freshwater fishes -- China -- Catalogs and collections -- New York (State) -- New York
Creator
- 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).
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
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