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James Arthur Oliver papers
Collection
Identifier: DR 125-125A
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of administrative papers from the years 1959-1969 when Oliver was director of the AMNH. The files were arranged arranged alphabetically by subject, most likely by Oliver's secretary, and have been kept in their original order. A typewritten Guide to the file cabinet was found in box 1. Some miscellaneous files from the last box were interfiled. Most of the material is typewritten or printed matter, but there is a handwritten signed letter from explorer Roy...
Dates:
1940-1972
Henry Fairfield Osborn papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .O835
Dates:
1877-1935; Majority of material found within 1908-1935
Albert Eide Parr papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .P371-.P375
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains a wide variety of documents pertaining to Albert E. Parr, particularly during his tenure as Museum Director (1942-1959). Additionally, the collection also hosts a large collection of his original publications, as well as an assortment of newspaper clippings, receipts, meeting minutes, drafts of speeches, and correspondence.
Dates:
1933-1935, 1942-1980
O. A. Stevens papers and correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Mss .S748
Scope and Contents
The items in this collection reflect Stevens’ academic correspondence between the years of 1909 and 1959. The majority of the topics center on his collection of bee and wasp specimens, their proper naming, and their research value to other amateur and professional entomologists. Some correspondence also touches on his botanical and ornithological pursuits, including several letters between Myron H. Swenk, Stevens’ long time correspondent and co-author of the highly regarded paper entitled...
Dates:
1909-1959; Majority of material found within 1920-1940
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History Collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn60
Scope and Contents
This collection contains bound volumes, notes, correspondence, photographs, log books and journals. The material has been arranged into three series. The collection is largely comprised of thirty-three Bound Volumes (Series I) that contain letters and journal entries written by the field researchers that participated in the Whitney South Sea Expedition. Many of these bound volumes store additional material including hand-drawn maps, specimen sketches, photographs and a few handwritten...
Dates:
1920-2007
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
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- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 3
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 3
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 3
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 3
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
- Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 2
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 2
- Correia, José G., 1881-1954 2
- Department of Geology and Paleontology 2
- Dodge Brothers 2
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 2
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 2
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 2
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 2
- Oliver, James A. (James Arthur), 1914-1981 2
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 2
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 2
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 2
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 2
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
- Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 2
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- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
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- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
- Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Brooklyn Museum 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Bryan, E. H. (Edwin Horace), 1898-1985 1
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
- Cook, Harold J. (Harold James), 1887-1962 1
- Coultas, William F. 1
- Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 1
- Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 1
- Curtis, Charles Cutler 1
- Davison, Frederick Trubee, 1896-1974 1
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
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- Eyerdam, Walter J. (Walter Jakob), 1892-1974 1
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- Friese, Heinrich, 1860-1948 1
- Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 1
- Goelet, Robert G. (Robert Guestier), 1923- 1
- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
- Hamlin, Hannibal, 1904-1982 1
- Haury, Emil W. (Emil Walter), 1904-1992 1
- Heinz 1
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955 1
- Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 1
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
- Lee, Hugh J. 1
- Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- Macmillan, Lindsay 1
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 1
- McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
- Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 1
- Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 1
- Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
- National Geographic Society (U.S.) 1
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 1
- New York Zoological Park 1
- Nicholson, Thomas D. 1
- Nyholm, N. Erik I. 1
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 1
- Peary, Josephine Diebitsch, 1863-1955 1
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
- Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 1
- Pope, Clifford H. (Clifford Hillhouse), 1899-1974 1
- Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 1
- Quayle, Ernest H., 1891-1956 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Richards, Guy, 1905- 1
- Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932 1
- Rutland (Vermont) Women’s and Men’s Clubs 1
- Sanford Memorial Hall of the Biology of Birds 1
- Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 1
- Shackelford, James B. 1
- Smithsonian Institution 1
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 1
- Stevens, Orin Alva, 1885-1979 1
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