Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 2 of 2

Field and Expedition Equipment

 Collection
Identifier: Mem 305
Scope and Contents Since 1887, the American Museum of Natural History has been conducting field expeditions in every continent. This is one of the main resources for the Museum’s scientific research and collection development activities throughout all its disciplines. This grouping holds the equipment that were used during expeditions from around 1877 to 1996. Most of these expeditions required direct interaction with the natural habitat of the subject of study, which usually involves being out in the...
Dates: Usage: circa 1877-1990s

Edgar A. Mearns correspondence, 1883-1915

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .M43
Scope and Contents

The collection consists entirely of photocopies of handwritten letters. The first letter, dated May 17, 1883, is from Albert S. Bickmore, founder and superintendent of the AMNH, concerning Mearns's proposed donation of a collection of birds. The second letter is from curator J.A. Allen, discussing details of the specimens. Other correspondents include James P. Chapin, Frank M. Chapman, L.P. Gratacap, C. Hart Merriam, Jenness Richardson and Anthony Woodward.

Dates: 1883-1915

Filtered By

  • Names: American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology X
  • Names: American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy X
  • Names: Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
AMNH Expeditions 1
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration 1
Birds -- Catalogs and collections -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
Flags 1
Manuscript Collection 1
∨ more  
Names
Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
Archbold, Richard 1
Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 1