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Frank Puza photographic slide collection, circa 1950s-1970s.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 412
Abstract

Photographs of various animals including invertebrates, mollusks, shellfish, worms, flowers, barnacles, fish, insects, squirrels, snakes, lizards, wallabies, wolverines, and tigers. Some taken at the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium. Also images of New York City sites and beaches in Long Island.

Dates: circa 1950s-1970s

William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .G7441
Scope and Contents The collection consists of administrative, scientific, academic and personal papers, and correspondence. Papers include Gregory's general correspondence with universities, colleges and scientists about his research topics and publications; correspondence with museums about purchasing replicas of fossils; and with students seeking employement. Other papers include lecture notes prepared for zoology classes emphasizing evolution, 1925-1926 and 1939; and manuscripts and notes for his...
Dates: 1889-1948; Majority of material found within 1906-1948

James H. Turner photographic slides of marine animal specimens, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 507
Abstract

Photographs of specimens collected in Western Australia coastal waters. Includes a blowfish, starfish, and sea slugs.

Dates: undated

Jean B. Thorpe photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 518
Abstract

Travel photographs taken mostly of animals in Africa including lions, hyena, African buffalo, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, a hippopotamus, crocodiles, zebras, and a black rhinoceros. Also includes a few images of women spinning silk in Cyprus and one slide taken in Kashgai, Pakistan, of a donkey with two riders and their possessions.

Dates: undated

Joanne Mirabile photographic slides of zoo animals, 1963.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 357
Abstract

Two photographs of an otter and pygmy hippopotamus at the New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo).

Dates: 1963

John Orth photographic slides of animals, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 389
Abstract

Photographs of animals including a beaver at Bear Mountain (New York), cows eating grass, rabbits feeding, and fawns.

Dates: undated

John R. Saunders photographic slide collection, 1957.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 426
Abstract

Photographs of animals, plants, and views from Mt. Desert Biological Station (Salisbury Cove, Maine). Animals include harbor seals, raccoons, bears, a screech owl, starfish, jellyfish, crabs, and mussels. Majority of the photographs taken in Maine, some taken in New York.

Dates: 1957

Patanal: Brazil's Forgotten Wilderness exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 157D
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Patanal: Brazil's Forgotten Wilderness, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Akeley Gallery. Featured color photographs documenting rare plant and animal life in Brazil threatened with extinction.

Dates: 1993 July 15

Rams of the rimrock ; Brontosaurus ; Trance and dance in Bali

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 27
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Rams of the Rimrock. Harold E. Anthony, AMNH mammalogist, introduces the first segment of this program while standing in front of the bighorn sheep diorama in the museum's Hall of North American Mammals and discusses the courtship behavior of the rams. This film, made by naturalist and AMNH lecturer Cleveland Grant, depicts the animals in head-on collisions fighting for mates. These rams have been known to fight for days over one female. SEGMENT 2: Brontosaurus. Shot in the Hall...
Dates: 1953

Richard Skroban photographic slides of Antarctica, 1955-1956.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 444
Abstract

Photographs taken in Antarctica. Images include penguins on ice, huskies, a Weddell seal, and a killer whale. Also includes landscape photographs and some views of the Scott campsite.

Dates: 1955-1956

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Antarctica 1
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Bali (Indonesia : Province) -- Social life and customs 1
Common wallaroo -- Australia 1
Courtship in animals 1
Dance -- Indonesia -- Bali (Province) 1
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Dinosaurs -- Exhibitions 1
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Fishes -- Anatomy. 1
Fishes -- Evolution. 1
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Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 2
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 2
CBS/AMNH Adventure Series (1953-1956) 2
Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. 2
Finnin, Denis 2
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Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 2
Photo Studio 2
Puza, Frank 2
Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
Adamson, Hans Christian 1
Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 1
Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) 1
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 1
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 1
Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer), 1890-1970 1
Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
Bateson, Gregory, 1904-1980 1
Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
Brown, Barnum 1
Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 1
Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
Denis, Michaela 1
Department of Ichthyology 1
Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
Jansson, Arthur August, 1890-1960 1
Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 1
Leigh, William Robinson, 1866-1955 1
Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 1
Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 1
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 1
Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
National Film Board of Canada 1
New York Aquarium 1
New York Zoological Park 1
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 1
Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
Orth, John C. 1
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
RKO Pictures 1
Raddatz, Richard 1
Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
Rockwell, Robert H. 1
Saunders, John R. (John Richard) 1
Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
Van Gelder, Richard George, 1928-1994 1
Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1
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