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Whitney South Sea Expedition field photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .W45
Scope and Contents

Field photographs of the Whitney South Seas Expedition.

Dates: 1929

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

Who rules the world? Insects ; Bird islands of the Pacific

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 36
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Who Rules the World? Insects. In this first segment, Mont Adelbert Cazier hypothesizes that someday insects might dominate the earth. His comments on the earth's insect population are illustrated with films of insect activity. The credits and the first part of this segment are missing. A discussion of insect destruction and close-up views of live beetles brought into the studio are also included. SEGMENT 2: Bird Islands of the Pacific. Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist,...
Dates: 1953

Whooping Cranes / LL "R.T. Peterson"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1347

Wild animal outposts

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 247
Scope and Contents Filmed during the Finley-Church Expedition to the Northland, 1926. This film was taken during the 1926 Finley-Church Expedition to the Northland, on the Kenai Peninsula and the Bering Sea. Deer are seen swimming across the river, and canoes are shown navigating the same waters. Footage of rabbits, porcupine, rock ptarmigan, and blue fox is seen. Most of the film, however, is devoted to two bear cubs, who are featured in other Nature Magazine films. This sequence of the film takes place on...
Dates: 1926

Wild Asses on the Gobi Desert / LL "Arthur A. Jansson"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 70
Scope and Contents

Illustration to accompany article by Andrews, Roy Chapman, "The Mongolian Wild Ass". Wolf standing in foreground, running asses with mountains in backgrounds. Support: Canvas. Frame: Rose painted wood, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2.

Dates: 1933

Wild birds and man ; Male fish incubation ; Bullfighting

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 73
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Wild Birds and Man. Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist, discusses the useful relationships between wild birds and men, as illustrated by the honeyguide bird used by the Wandorobo (i.e. Dorobo) to track down wild beehives in the east African forest. Portions of Edgar Monsanto Queeny's film, Wandorobo, are shown, in which the birds are seen locating and guiding hunters to the hive. They are rewarded with the honey, wax, and grubs left behind after the Wandorobo have opened...
Dates: 1954

Wild Life Films photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 539
Abstract

Photographs of animals in nature. Includes geese, swans, a woodchuck, grizzly bear, and other animals.

Dates: undated

Wild Rice / LR "Arthur A Jansson"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 908

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Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library 2645
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Photographic Print Collection 345
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Birds 271
Department Records 237
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives. 198
Vertebrates, Fossil 155
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Museum exhibits -- Photographs 121
Portraits 111
Anthropology 93
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Exhibition Videorecording 75
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Pheasants -- Pictorial works 49
Archives Microfilm 48
Field notes 48
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Mammals -- Art. 20
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Mexico 13
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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 82
Hayden Planetarium 54
Finnin, Denis 51
Beckett, J. (Jackie) 43
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 36
Catlin, George, 1796-1872 31
Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 31
Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812-1862 29
Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 28
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 27
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 27
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 27
Jansson, Arthur August, 1890-1960 27
Department of Education 25
Chesek, Craig 24
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 23
Division of Invertebrate Zoology 23
Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 21
Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 20
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 20
Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 19
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 17
CBS/AMNH Adventure Series (1953-1956) 17
Department of Anthropology 17
Hope, John William, 1889-1982 17
Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 16
Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 16
Buba, Joy Flinsch, 1904-1998 15
Mochi, Ugo, 1889-1977 15
Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 14
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 13
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 12
Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 11
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 11
Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 11
Christman, Erwin S., 1885-1921 11
Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 11
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 11
Department of Entomology 11
Kidd, Joseph Bartholomew, 1808-1889 11
Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 11
Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 10
Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951 10
Kane, Robert W., 1910-1982 10
Vernay, Arthur Stannard, 1877-1960 10
Brown, Barnum 9
Department of Ichthyology 9
Fisher, Clyde, 1878-1949 9
Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 9
New York State Roosevelt Memorial 9
Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 9
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 9
Singer, Arthur 9
Sternfeld, Ruth, d. 2007 9
American Museum of Natural History. Library 8
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 8
Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946 8
Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 8
Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 8
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 8
Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948 8
Keulemans, J. G. (John Gerrard), 1842-1912 8
Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 8
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 8
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 8
Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 8
Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 8
Puza, Frank 8
Rouland, Orlando 8
Shackelford, James B. 8
Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946 7
Correia, José G., 1881-1954 7
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 7
Kalmenoff, Matthew 7
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 7
Rose Center for Earth and Space 7
Schaeffer, Bobb, 1913-2004 7
Seidel, Alexander 7
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 7
Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 6
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 6
American Museum of Natural History. Office of Public Affairs 6
Butler, Howard Russell, 1856-1934 6
Central Asiatic Expeditions Films (1921-1930) 6
Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897 6
Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953 6
Fulda, Elisabeth Rungius, 1879-1968 6
Hyman, Libbie Henrietta, 1888-1969 6
Klein, Alfred J. 6
Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 6
Raymond, Percy E. (Percy Edward), 1879-1952 6
Root, Nina J. 6
Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 6
Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 6
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