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American Museum of Natural History, Department of Preparation and Installation: Diorama and Hall construction
Collection
Identifier: DR 104
Scope and Content Note
This collection spans the planning and development of the Department of Preparations for the dioramas of the various halls. These folders detail the requests and expenditures for the efforts made in travel, models, and sketches. The majority of the correspondence is directed from or to James L. Clark, the Director of the Department of Preparations between the 1930’s-1940’s. Much of the correspondence from James Lippit Clark, is directed to trackers, guides, taxidermists, donors, and...
Dates:
1919-1962
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
James Perry Wilson at Devil's Tower and miscellaneous expeditions
Collection
Identifier: PSC 55
Scope and Contents
One slide of James Perry Wilson painting at Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Other miscellaneous expeditions images include the Yangtze River, excavating the skeleton of a brontosaurus, a Blue Giant Anole lizard, and a Greta Cubana butterfly.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
[Study for Black Bear Group]
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 498
Scope and Contents
Swamp in foreground and trees, coconut trees in background, sky visible above and through the trees.
Dates:
circa 1930s
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Sun Eclipse by the Earth as Seen on the Moon / LL "JP Wilson 1940"
Item — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art Survey No. 3
Scope and Contents
Painting of rock landscape in foreground, earth and stars in sky. Conceptualization of the May 14, 1938 eclipse, second version.
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Sun Eclipse by the Earth as Seen on the Moon / LL "J.P. Wilson/1938."
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1
Scope and Contents
Foreground mountainous, park landscape / middle left sun eclipsed by moon.
Dates:
1938
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
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American Museum of Natural History
Research Library
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New York, NY 10024-5192