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American Museum of Natural History presidential memorandums, 1928-1934.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 144
Abstract

Contains five binders of presidential memos written by then President of the American Museum of Natural History, Henry Fairfield Osborn, to the Museum Director between the years of 1928 to 1934.

Dates: 1928 - 1934

American Museum of Natural History President's office files,

 Collection
Identifier: DR 117
Abstract

Administrative files from William J. Moynihan, including American Association of Museums Self Study materials from the AMNH President's Office. Administrative files from Ellen V. Futter's term as president of the museum.

Dates: circa 1988-2007.

American Museum of Natural History President's office files, 1960s.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 116
Scope and Contents

Bequests, Trustee correspondence, Centennial Activities and miscellaneous files.

Dates: 1960s

American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s

 Collection
Identifier: DR 101
Abstract

Press releases from all American Museum of Natural History departments.

Dates: 1933-1990s

American Museum of Natural History Printed Archives.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 133
Scope and Contents

Box 1: Floor plans, guides, leaflets, invitations.

Box 2: Lectures and public programs

Box 3: Merchandise, stationary, publications, membership.

Box 4: Education, Scientific publications list, natural history magazine.

Box 5: Museum administration, staff directories, lists, financials, rules and regulations, annual outing, trustee annual meetings, misc folder at the back.

Box 6: Early Museum Postcards.

Dates: 1920 - 1940

American Museum of Natural History proposed new buildings album, 1915-1917.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 137
Abstract

Wrapped album combines several different reports related to proposed new AMNH buildings, including quarterly report from 1916 and oral report of President Henry Fairfield Osborn to the Trustees from 1916, AMNH annual meeting regarding the Museum's need for new construction. Also includes reprinting of an editorial article from the New York Times regarding this proposal, as well as editorials from the New York Sun, New York World, and Evening Post.

Dates: 1915 - 1917

American Museum of Natural History Publications records, 1919-1929

 Collection
Identifier: DR 038
Scope and content

One notebook containing financial records including costs of publications, sales figures, lists, cost comparison reports and some correspondence pertaining to publications.

Dates: 1919 - 1929

American Museum of Natural History publicity documents for museum testing of new U.S. Army combat zone ration program, 1947

 Collection
Identifier: DR 143
Abstract

Contains press release and informational document from U.S. Army about the "Guinea Pig Test" research project and public demonstration conducted by the American Museum of Natural History to test a new combat zone ration program called the E Ration.

Dates: 1947

American Museum of Natural History publicity material and publications, 1963-1987

 Collection
Identifier: DR 155
Abstract Publicity materials, including clippings and press releases. The majority of press clippings highlight AMNH events about African culture and Asian cultures. Press releases on Margaret Mead's lectures and "An Afternoon with R. Buckminster Fuller" (May 3, 1977). This collection also contains some publications: National Geographic, Behind New York's Window on Nature, The American Museum of Natural History (1963), Curator (Volume 30, Number 3, 1987) and St. Catherine's Island Research...
Dates: Majority of material found within ( 1974-1977).

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American Museum of Natural History 332
Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. 118
Hayden Planetarium 51
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 25
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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 21
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 21
Department of Education 18
Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 18
CBS/AMNH Adventure Series (1953-1956) 17
Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 16
Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 15
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 11
Department of Entomology 11
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 11
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 11
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 10
Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 10
Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 9
Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 9
Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 9
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 9
Department of Exhibition 9
Fisher, Clyde, 1878-1949 9
Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 8
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 8
Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 8
Shackelford, James B. 8
Department of Ichthyology 7
Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951 7
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 7
Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 7
Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 6
Central Asiatic Expeditions Films (1921-1930) 6
Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 6
Klein, Alfred J. 6
Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 6
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 6
Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 6
Vernay, Arthur Stannard, 1877-1960 6
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 5
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 5
Brown, Barnum 5
Hyman, Libbie Henrietta, 1888-1969 5
Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 5
Stout, Gardner D. 5
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5
Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 5
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 4
Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 4
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 4
American Museum of Natural History. Office of Public Affairs 4
Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982 4
Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 4
Chubb, S. Harmsted (Samuel Harmsted), 1863-1949 4
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 4
Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 4
Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 4
Day Roraima Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1927-1928) 4
Department of Animal Behavior 4
Department of Anthropology 4
Ekholm, Gordon F. (Gordon Frederick), 1909-1987 4
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 4
Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 4
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 4
Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 4
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 4
Nicholson, Thomas D. 4
Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 4
Olsen, Chris E., 1880-1965 4
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 4
Rose Center for Earth and Space 4
Smithsonian Institution 4
Tyson, Neil deGrasse 4
Van Gelder, Richard George, 1928-1994 4
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 4
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 3
Allen, Jerome Lee, 1891-1955 3
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 3
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Public Instruction 3
American Museum of Natural History. Library 3
American Museum of Natural History. Trustees 3
Aronson, Lester R. (Lester Ralph), 1911-1996 3
Asaeda, Toshio 3
Atz, James W. 3
Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 3
Beals, Jessie Tarbox 3
Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 3
Brown, F. Martin (Frederick Martin), 1903-1993 3
Burden East Indian Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926) 3
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 3
Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 3
Correia, José G., 1881-1954 3
Department of Geology and Mineralogy 3
Department of Geology and Paleontology 3
Department of Herpetology 3
Dos Passos, Cyril F. (Cyril Franklin), 1887-1986 3
Ekblaw, W. Elmer (Walter Elmer), 1882-1949 3
Forrester, Frank H. 3
Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 3
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