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Ronald Sterne Wilkinson collection, 1803-1930, 1957-1975.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .W55
Abstract

Box 1: Historical correspondence & photographs collected by Wilkinson. Box 2: General correspondence, 1957-1975.

Dates: 1803 - 1975

Ronald Sterne Wilkinson papers, 1952-2008

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .W551
Abstract

Typescript and handwritten manuscript, tear sheets of articles, photographs, prints, three hard cover books, three loose-leaf books, four diaries, and correspondence.

Dates: Majority of material found within ( 1960-1987).

Herbert Ferlando Schwarz collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .S353-.S3531
Scope and Content The collection consists of 101 letters (handwritten and typewritten), 14 cards and seven photographs received by Schwarz between the years 1921 and 1957, and the incomplete typescript of Stingless Bees. Many of the letters thank Schwarz for his book (Stingless bees), which he distributed to entomologists around the world. Others are responses to Schwarz's Christmas cards. Highlights of the collection include: Letters from William Beebe; five Christmas cards with hand-painted pictures of...
Dates: 1921-1957; Majority of material found within 1930-1950

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

Harry Lionel Shapiro papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .S537
Scope and Contents Collection consists of English translations of articles written by Shapiro and published from 1874 to 1938 pertaining to anthropological research. Most articles were translated by Edward Hulles or Grace P. Eldridge.Contents of articles[Southern tip of South America] -- Les Araucaniens du Jardin d'acclimation / Deniker, M. (1883) -- Materiaux pour servir à l'histoire des Oonas indigènes de la Terre du feu / Lahille, F. (1926) -- Ein Onaschädel aus Feuerland : zur...
Dates: circa 1930s-1980s

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

The Ancestry of Anthony Morris Johnson, Volume VI, 1996.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .J66
Abstract

Genealogy of Anthony Morris Johnson, written by Robert Leland Johnson. Includes correspondence from the author with a note that states this copy was given to the American Museum of Natural History in honor of Dr. (George) Clyde Fisher.

Dates: 1996

The last Hawaiian temple : typescript [1899]

 Item
Identifier: Mss .C48
Scope and Contents

Mimeograph, with holograph annotations by the author including "& why the gods have gone to Boston" added below title and signature at end of text.

Dates: 1899

Theodore Roosevelt correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .R6673-.R6675
Scope and Content Note This collection consists of three boxes of correspondence (typed carbon copies, photocopies and originals) between Roosevelt and various individuals. The majority of the letters are between Roosevelt and Frank M. Chapman (AMNH ornithologist) or Henry Fairfield Osborn (geologist, paleontologist, and AMNH President) whom Roosevelt was particularly friendly. The correspondence generally covers topics related to the men’s shared interests in the different fields of natural history, as well as...
Dates: 1871-1937

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Entomologists -- United States -- Correspondence 12
Natural history museum curators -- Correspondence 10
Paleontologists -- United States -- Correspondence 7
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Zoologists -- United States -- Correspondence 5
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Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence 4
Naturalists -- United States -- Correspondence 4
Anthropologists -- United States -- Correspondence 3
Birds -- Classification 3
Birds -- Collection and preservation 3
Birds -- Exhibitions 3
Butterflies -- Type specimens. 3
Field notes 3
Fishes -- Research 3
Mammals -- Collection and preservation 3
Meteorites 3
Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 3
Ornithology -- United States 3
Paleontologists -- Correspondence 3
Voyages and travels 3
Anatomists -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Arctic regions 2
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration 2
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American. 2
Biology 2
Bird banding 2
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East Asia -- Description and travel 2
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Mexico -- Antiquities. 2
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Aids to navigation -- United States 1
Ainu 1
Aleutian Islands (Alaska) 1
Aleuts 1
Alytes obstetricans 1
Ammonoidea 1
Amphibians -- Classification 1
Amphibians -- Development 1
Amphibians -- Embryology 1
Amynodontidae 1
Anatomists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence 1
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American Museum of Natural History 24
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 11
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 8
Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 7
Department of Entomology 7
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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 6
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 6
Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 6
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 6
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 5
Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 4
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 4
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 4
Department of Ichthyology 4
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 4
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 4
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 4
Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 4
Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 3
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 3
Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 3
Brown, F. Martin (Frederick Martin), 1903-1993 3
Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 3
Department of Education 3
Department of Geology and Paleontology 3
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 3
Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 3
Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 3
Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 3
Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 3
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 3
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 3
Reeds, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1882-1968 3
Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 3
Shackelford, James B. 3
Smithsonian Institution 3
Young, John McKenzie 3
Adamson, Hans Christian 2
Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 2
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 2
Allen, Jerome Lee, 1891-1955 2
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 2
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Insects and Spiders 2
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 2
Atz, James W. 2
Audubon, Maria R. (Maria Rebecca), 1843-1925 2
Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 2
Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
Berlepsch, Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig, Graf von, 1850-1915 2
Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 2
Borup, George, 1885-1912 2
Boston Society of Natural History 2
Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 2
Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 2
Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 2
Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 2
Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 2
Dodge Brothers 2
Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 2
Ekblaw, W. Elmer (Walter Elmer), 1882-1949 2
Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915 2
Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 2
Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 2
Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
Lanyon, Wesley E. 2
Lee, Hugh J. 2
Martin Johnson African Expedition (2nd : 1924-1928) 2
Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 2
Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 2
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 2
Newell, Norman Dennis, 1909-2005 2
Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 2
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 2
Pike, Nicholas, 1817-1905 2
Pope, Clifford H. (Clifford Hillhouse), 1899-1974 2
Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 2
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 2
Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
Tanquary, Maurice Cole, 1881-1944 2
Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 2
United States. Department of Agriculture 2
University of Kansas 2
Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 2
Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947 2
Yale University 2
Académie royale de chirurgie (France) 1
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 1
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 1
Akeley African Expedition to the Belgian Congo of the American Museum of Natural History (1921-1922) 1
Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) 1
Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964 1
Allen, Glover M. (Glover Morrill), 1879-1942 1
Amadon, Dean 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting (1916) (New York, N.Y.) 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting (1928-1929) (New York, N.Y.) 1
American Association of Museums 1
American Eugenics Society 1
American Museum of Natural History. Committee for Chemical Brush Control Recommendations for Rightofways 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Library Services 1
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