Abstract

Slides of the American Museum of Natural History Bird halls including Whitney Hall Birds of Pacific and Conservation Group from the Roosevelt Hall. Images from dioramas. Captions describe bird names and AMNH hall location.

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Roosevelt Memorial and Roosevelt Rotunda taken by Adam Anik for AMNH Development. Images of Barosaurus model, rotunda walls, and murals. Includes three slides of the Old New York diorama, photographers listed as P. Sternberg, Frank Puza, and Ben Wasserman.

Abstract

Contains accession records, inventory lists, correspondence related to accession of art works and expedition memorabilia for AMNH exhibitions, such as Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, Admiral Byrd collection (including list of Antarctic Expedition equipment and correspondence between Byrd and curator), John Burroughs exhibit, Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar expedition. Also contains accession records book, correspondence, and master sheet from defunct Department of Geography.

Abstract Mostly images of exterior views of AMNH building taken in the 1990s as well as some historical photographs. Contains images of movie set on Central Park West April 1994 for remaking of Miracle on 34th Street. Includes approximately 40 slides received from Natural History Magazine in March 1991. Other images include models of the museum in planned and as is in 1971, the stegosaurus weather vane made by John Stark for the Natural Science Center, and the AMNH Roosevelt Memorial building taken...