E. Thomas Gilliard collection
Scope and Contents
Expedition records including equipment lists, field notes, catalogs and journals for travel in New Guinea, British Guiana, New Britain, Venezuela, Nepal, Little Tobago, West Indies, Colorado, Canada, the Philippines and Colombia; manuscripts and notes for published and unpublished work; biographical and educational information and honors; press clippings; photographs, negatives and lantern slides; correspondence; newspaper clippings; personal papers; 8 volumes; bird lists; lecture notes; scrapbooks; one DVD and 7 CD-ROMS of image files.
Dates
- 1936-circa 1970s
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed in the Department of Ornithology. Please contact the collection manager for access; materials are sometimes restricted. https://www.amnh.org/research/vertebrate-zoology/ornithology
Extent
15 Linear Feet (1 whole cabinet, 9 volumes, 8 custom boxes, 24 manuscript boxes, 3 enclosures and 8 compact disc cases)
Language of Materials
English
Condition
Good.
Creator
- Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 (Person)
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 (Person)
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 (Person)
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 (Person)
- Iredale, Tom, 1880-1972 (Person)
- Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 (Person)
- Title
- E. Thomas Gilliard collection, 1936-1970s
- Author
- Rebecca Morgan, 2010
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- 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 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Risk Assessment grant, 2010.
Repository Details
Part of the Department of Ornithology Archives Repository
Division of Vertebrate Zoology
Department of Ornithology
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024-5192 US
