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Waterspout in Hudson River photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .B33
Scope and Contents
Photographs of "water-spouts" taken over the Hudson River with accompanying letter from the donator, Marshal C. Bacon, the photographer's cousin.
Dates:
circa 1900s
W.H. Jackson Rocky Mountains of Rocky Colorado and Western United States stereographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .J33
Scope and Contents
Stereoscopic Views of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and early photographs of the Western U.S.
Dates:
undated
E. P. Wheeler collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss .W44
Scope and Contents
Specimen notebooks, topographical photos with transparent overlays, lab work, and publications including The Nain Anorthosite Project, Labrador: Field Report 1981. Collection includes paper, bound notebooks, temporary bindings, index cards, photographs, mylar overlays related to photographs.
Dates:
1953-1981; Majority of material found within 1954-1974
Wheels across India
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 289
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Denis-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition, 1939. Made entirely in Burma, this film records the Denis-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition led by filmmaker Armand Denis and his wife Leila Roosevelt. In Rangoon views of the beautiful Shive Dagon Pagoda and huge bamboo irrigation water wheels are seen, as well as the temples, pagoda and bas-reliefs featuring snake motifs at the Pegan ruins. Karen women carry baskets by tumplines. Their wrists, knees, ankles, and necks are wrapped with...
Dates:
[1940?]
When mountains call
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 246
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Pack-Finley Expedition to the Pacific Northwest, 1927. This film includes beautiful footage of the Northwest mountains and regional fauna: its objective is to record the splendid and varied environments of these mountains. The staff travels by pack mule through the mountains. Water ouzel, ptarmigan, and a hermit thrush feeding its young are filmed. Two staff members climb tall pine trees in order to get footage of young bald eagles in their nest. Arthur N. Pack fishes and...
Dates:
1927
Whitney South Sea Expedition field photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .W45
Scope and Contents
Field photographs of the Whitney South Seas Expedition.
Dates:
1929
Wild animal outposts
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 247
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Finley-Church Expedition to the Northland, 1926. This film was taken during the 1926 Finley-Church Expedition to the Northland, on the Kenai Peninsula and the Bering Sea. Deer are seen swimming across the river, and canoes are shown navigating the same waters. Footage of rabbits, porcupine, rock ptarmigan, and blue fox is seen. Most of the film, however, is devoted to two bear cubs, who are featured in other Nature Magazine films. This sequence of the film takes place on...
Dates:
1926
Wilhelm Mannhardt photographs Nicaraguan Expedition
Collection
Identifier: PPC .M336
Scope and Contents
Field photographs of mammals.
Dates:
1916-1917
Ronald Sterne Wilkinson Memorabilia Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mem 102
Scope and Contents
Ronald Sterne Wilkinson was a science historian, entomologist, and environmentalist, who retired from the Library of Congress in 2008 after 38 years of service. In 1975, Wilkinson was appointed Associate in Bibliography at the American Museum of Natural History Library. This collection comprises materials Dr. Wilkinson collected, reflecting his interest and work within his fields of study, particularly science history and entomology. There are 11 microscopes, along with slides and...
Dates:
1760-circa 1965
Willard Gibbs Van Name papers, 1915-1955
Collection
Identifier: DR 188
Scope and Contents
Science/Research files; conservation files; and correspondence.
Dates:
1915 - 1955
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- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 5
- Stout, Gardner D. 5
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- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 4
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- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 4
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- Smithsonian Institution 4
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- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 3
- Beals, Jessie Tarbox 3
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 3
- Brown, F. Martin (Frederick Martin), 1903-1993 3
- Burden East Indian Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926) 3
- Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 3
- Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 3
- Colbert, Edwin H. (Edwin Harris), 1905-2001 3
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- Dos Passos, Cyril F. (Cyril Franklin), 1887-1986 3
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- Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 3
- Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 3
- Klots, Alexander B. (Alexander Barrett), 1903-1989 3
- Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 3
- Legendre Indochina Expedition (1931-1932) 3
- Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 3
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