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Fourth Floor Fossil Hall Renovation, Final Documentation of the Interpretive System

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Identifier: DR 033
Scope and content Consists of eleven oversize binders and three spiral bound volumes for the final documentation of the museum's fourth floor renovation completed in the 1990s, prepared by Ralph Appelbaum Associates Incorporated (RAA). The final documentation of the interpretive system covers all fossil exhibitions: The Halls of Saurischian and Ornithischian Dinosaurs, the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives, which includes the Hall of Primitive Mammals and the Paul and Irma...
Dates: 1992-1996

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

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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

Edmund Otis Hovey papers

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Identifier: Mss .H681-.H682

William Diller Matthew papers

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Identifier: Mss .M338
Dates: 1922-1926; Majority of material found within ( 1925-1926)

Walter F. Meister papers

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Identifier: DR 124
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Meister's administrative papers from 1952 through 1967, including correspondence, budget reports from the various scientific departments, contracts for research projects, and records of bequests and grants. Most of the documents are typewritten, and many are photocopies or carbon copies. Among the topics covered are research grants made by the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund and the Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund; proposals for research at the Lerner Marine...
Dates: 1952-1967

Men of science

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Identifier: Film Collection no. 212
Scope and Contents This film introduces the scientists, technicians, artists, and their work at the AMNH in 1938. It was made by AMNH photographer Charles H. Coles and is narrated by Charles Russell, curator of the Department of Education. Though mostly filmed at the museum, scenes from AMNH expeditions are included to show the relationship between the work-in-the-field and at the museum. The film opens with a view of the exterior of the museum and a general introduction. William H. Barton, of the AMNH-Hayden...
Dates: 1938

James Arthur Oliver papers

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Identifier: DR 125-125A
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of administrative papers from the years 1959-1969 when Oliver was director of the AMNH. The files were arranged arranged alphabetically by subject, most likely by Oliver's secretary, and have been kept in their original order. A typewritten Guide to the file cabinet was found in box 1. Some miscellaneous files from the last box were interfiled. Most of the material is typewritten or printed matter, but there is a handwritten signed letter from explorer Roy...
Dates: 1940-1972

Henry Fairfield Osborn papers

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Identifier: Mss .O835
Scope and Contents

Accompanying the collection is a three-drawer wooden cabinet containing file cards on assorted research subjects and people.

Dates: 1877 - 1935; Majority of material found within 1908 - 1935

Albert Eide Parr papers

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Identifier: Mss .P371-.P375
Scope and Content Note

The collection contains a wide variety of documents pertaining to Albert E. Parr, particularly during his tenure as Museum Director (1942-1959). Additionally, the collection also hosts a large collection of his original publications, as well as an assortment of newspaper clippings, receipts, meeting minutes, drafts of speeches, and correspondence.

Dates: 1933-1935, 1942-1980

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Mammals -- Evolution. 2
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Natural history museums -- Employees 2
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Ontogeny. 2
Ainu 1
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Names
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 3
Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 3
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 2
Department of Geology and Paleontology 2
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
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Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 2
Adamson, Hans Christian 1
Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
Aronson, Lester R. (Lester Ralph), 1911-1996 1
Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 1
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
Brooklyn Museum 1
Brown, Barnum 1
Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 1
Central Asiatic Expeditions Films (1921-1930) 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
Coles, Charles, 1917-2013 1
Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
Department of Education 1
Department of Herpetology 1
Department of Ichthyology 1
Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
Goelet, Robert G. (Robert Guestier), 1923- 1
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 1
Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 1
Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
Lerner Marine Laboratory 1
Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 1
Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 1
Meister, Walter F., 1901-1975 1
Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
Morris, Craig, 1939-2006 1
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 1
Moynihan, William J. 1
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
New York Zoological Park 1
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 1
Nicholson, Thomas D. 1
Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
Norton, Ruth 1
Oliver, James A. (James Arthur), 1914-1981 1
Ralph Appelbaum Associates 1
Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
Reekie, Gordon 1
Ryus, David D. 1
Saunders, John R. (John Richard) 1
Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
Shackelford, James B. 1
Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
Southwestern Research Station 1
Turnbull, Colin M. 1
United States. Office of Naval Research 1
Wang, Hao-t'ing 1
Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1
Witteborg, Lothar P., 1927- 1
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