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Arctic exploration ; Indo-European languages
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 82
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Arctic Exploration. Sir Hubert Wilkins, the first person to explore the Arctic Circle in a submarine (in 1931), discusses the climate of the region and his unusual experiences in the submarine. The logistics of submarines are demonstrated with a model brought into the studio. Sir Hubert was a noted geographer and climatologist who served as consultant to the Quartermaster Research and Development Command of the U.S. Army. Highlights from his films on the historic submarine...
Dates:
1954
Arizona field photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .M437
Scope and Contents
Field photos of archeological sites, expedition members, and studio shots of artifacts.
Dates:
18--?
Army Ants: a Study in Social Organization exhibition photographic slides, 1971.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 81F
Abstract
Slides of live army ants used in the temporary exhibition Army Ants: a Study in Social Organization, held at the American Museum of Natural History. Includes preparation of exhibit, transfer crate for the live ants, and the release of them into the exhibit. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall.
Dates:
1971
Army ants ; Rodeo
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 41
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Army Ants. Under the direction of Robert Brown of the U. S. Public Health Service, a CBS expedition collected a large number of army ants (nomadic and carnivorous ants) at Barro Colorado Island in the Canal Zone and brought them to the CBS television studio for the filming of the first segment of this Adventure broadcast. Theodore C. Schneirla, curator of animal behavior at the AMNH, describes these unusual ants and their habits. Footage produced by Brown includes a huge brood of...
Dates:
1953
Lester R. Aronson collection on the Kammerer/Noble midwife toad scandal
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A76
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 9 folders of material (photocopies, clippings and reprints of articles; handwritten and typewritten letters and notes; and photographs) collected by Aronson in preparing his 1975 review of Arthur Koestler's 1971 book, The case of the midwife toad, about a 1926 scientific dispute between G.K. Noble and Paul Kammerer. The collection includes the typescript of Aronson's article, The case of The case of the midwife toad, which appeared in Behavior genetics vol. 5, no....
Dates:
1903-1990 (bulk 1923-1975); Majority of material found within 1923 - 1975
[Arsinoitherium attacked by pterodons] [art original] / Charles R. Knight
Item
Identifier: Art Survey no. 763
Scope and Contents
Four-horned rhinoceros-like animal defending itself against by two small prehistoric hyenas in foreground, another attack occuring in background.
Dates:
1907
Art in the Service of Science exhibition photographic slides, undated.
Collection
Identifier: PSC 99A
Abstract
Views from the temporary exhibition Art in the Service of Science, held at the American Museum of Natural History. Shows display cases and framed illustrations.
Dates:
undated
American Museum of Natural History art survey and checklist
Collection
Identifier: DR 201
Scope and Contents
Seven volumes consisting of computer data file printouts of the Art Survey inventory conducted in 1991 by Joel Sweimler. Volumes 1-4 contain records of art work in the American Museum of Natural History. There are two copies of an author index in three volumes.
Dates:
1991-1992
Arthur August Jansson Baltimore group photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .J36
Scope and Contents
Photographs of the rural landscape of Baltimore.
Dates:
1933
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