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James W. Atz papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A89
Scope and Contents
A portion of this collection consists of alphabetized correspondence between Dr. Atz and various professionals and organizations. Most of the letters are either personal in nature or related to research projects. There are also a number of publications, including articles, reprints, and journals. There are boxes dedicated to certain areas of research including oral brooding in cichlids, and one box of research-related items organized by species type. The material in the collection ranges...
Dates:
1949-2003; Majority of material found within 1950-1980
Audubon family correspondence, 1846 Nov. 17-1942 Jan. 28
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A93
Dates:
(bulk 1898-1914).
Augusta Schenck Kalbfleisch photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .K351
Scope and Contents
Tintypes of portraits of Kalbfliesch family and view of Blyweek Farm, Dix Hills, Huntington, Long Island.
Dates:
undated
A.W. Cott Mt. Roraima Indian Mission of SDA photograph
Collection
Identifier: PPC .C685
Scope and Contents
Mt. Roraima Indian Mission of SDA; Potaro Landing British Guyana-Mr./Mrs. A.W. Cott with daughter Joyce.
Dates:
1927
Babes in the woods
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 233
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Pack-Finley Expedition to the Pacific Northwest, 1927. The film opens in William L. and Irene Finleys' camp, with an amusing scene showing chipmunks invading the Finleys' toiletry chest. A series of behavioral experiments with chipmunks follows. The series involves tying nuts to strings in various ways to test whether the chipmunks would be discouraged by the complex task of getting to the nuts. The chipmunks succeed in obtaining the nuts in every attempt. Following the...
Dates:
1927
Baganda music
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 258
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Queeny African Expedition, 1950. The music of the Baganda (i.e. Ganda) people is recorded in this film, shot in Uganda by Edgar Monsanto Queeny and sound-man Jack J. Clink. As the Baganda demonstrate a dance, the madinda (a form of the xylophone), the bosoga harp, the sanza (a hand piano), and various types of drums accompany them. Both the music and dance feature complex rhythmic patterns. The narrator discusses the historical importance of the madinda, the favorite...
Dates:
1950
Bali
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 201
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Lerner Australia-New Zealand Expedition, 1939. During a sidetrip to Bali, with Michael Lerner and his wife Helen, photographer James Barnes Shackelford made a film of the life and customs of the Balinese. The film opens with maps of Bali and the Lesser Sunda Islands and scenes of the Balinese engaged in everyday activities. Extensive footage is devoted to the growing and cultivation of rice on hillside terraces. The Balinese custom of imprinting ducks on humans is...
Dates:
1939
Barnum Brown Ethiopia field photographs, undated
Collection
Identifier: PPC .B761
Scope and Contents
Field photographs of Ethiopia; African prints.
Dates:
undated
Barnum Brown photographic series of North Continental Oil and Gas Corporation
Collection
Identifier: PPC .B762
Scope and Contents
North Continental Oil and Gas Corporation Series. Also includes photographs of American Museum of Natural History Sinclair expedition, SAS series.
Dates:
circa 1939
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