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Box 10

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

Routine office mail, 1923

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 579
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Mostly correspondence in which Chester A. Reeds addresses museum matters or responds to inquiries from the public. Also contains a museum floor plan and receipt for publications ordered.

Dates: 1923

Museum department reports, 1915-1923

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 580
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Annual reports for Department of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology. Also includes correspondence and lists of accessions.

Dates: 1915-1923

Museum department reports, 1922-1924

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 581
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Annual reports for Department of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology. Also includes correspondence, lists of accessions, and list showing geographical sources of material in the collections. Some documents were created after E.O. Hovey's death in September 1924.

Dates: 1922-1924

Museum business, 1922-1925

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 582
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding museum matters, lists of specimens loaned, report on collections, list of accessions, and notes. Also contains press release titled "The Likelihood of an Earthquake in New York City" by Chester A. Reeds. Some documents were created after E.O. Hovey's death in September 1924.

Dates: 1922-1925

Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology staff meetings minutes, 1922-1923

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 583
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Minutes of monthly staff meetings of the Department of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology.

Dates: 1922-1923

Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Australia, 1923-1924

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 584
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Materials related to Pan-Pacific Science Congress in Australia in 1923 (programs, excursion information, pamphlet on Great Barrier Reef, etc.)

Dates: 1923-1924

Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Australia, 1923

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 585
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Copies of news clippings about the Pan-Pacific Science Congress in Australia in 1923. Also contains business cards and a map of New South Wales Railways.

Dates: 1923

Photo prints of Mt. Pelée, Martinique, 1902 or later

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 586
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Photo prints depicting Martinique after eruption of Mt. Pelée, as well as volcanic bombs from the eruption. Also contains map of northwestern Martinique printed in the "Bulletin of the AMNH."

Dates: 1902 or later

Geological Society of America, 1922-1924

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 587
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Primarily correspondence relating to the Geological Society of America (GSA), of which Hovey served as Secretary for sixteen years (1907-1922). Also contains correspondence relating to W. E. Ekblaw's preparation of reports relating to Crocker Land Expedition. Includes pamphlets, reports, a newspaper clipping, a photograph, and invoices.

Dates: 1922-1924

D. Stuart Dodge, Beirut Model correspondence, 1904-1905

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 588
Identifier: Mss .H682
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to expenses for Beirut Model (construction, security and shipping). Includes receipts and lists of expenses.

Dates: 1904-1905