Scrapbook of the Senff Zoölogical Expedition to the Nile Valley
Item
Identifier: Mss .S46
Scope and Contents
Letters, visiting cards, and clippings from the expedition mounted on scrapbook pages. Many letters are addressed to Henry Fairfield Osborn and Bashford Dean.
Dates
- 1898-1899
Creator
- Senff Zoölogical Expedition (1898-1899) (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Expedition sponsored by Charles H. Senff and planned by Henry Fairfield Osborn; its main purpose was to study Polypterus and its bearing upon the problem of the relation of crossopterygian fishes to the amphibians. The expedition members were N.R. Harrington (who compiled most of the scrapbook) and Reid Hunt.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box) : scrapbook, 68 pages ; 31 cm
Creator
- Senff Zoölogical Expedition (1898-1899) (Organization)
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 (Correspondent, Person)
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 (Correspondent, Person)
- Harrington, Nathan Russell, 1870-1899 (Compiler, Person)
- Hunt, Reid, 1870-1948 (Person)
- Senff, Charles H., d. 1911 (Sponsor, Person)
- Title
- Scrapbook of the Senff Zoölogical Expedition to the Nile Valley, 1898-1899
- Author
- Iris Lee
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Research Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
Library Services, Special Collections
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York 10024-5192 USA US
(212) 769-5420
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American Museum of Natural History
Library Services, Special Collections
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York 10024-5192 USA US
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
