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The Central Asiatic Expeditions : Peking
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 150
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Third Asiatic Expedition to China and Mongolia, 1921-1930. Film brought from the U.S. was intended for recording the expedition, but some precious film was used to photograph Peking (now Beijing), the site of the expedition's headquarters. Because of the need to conserve film, this film is choppy, but provides a record of the city in the 1920s. The varied modes of transport are shown: trolleys, ox carts, sedan chairs, rickshaws, camels, wheelbarrows, horsedrawn...
Dates:
1922-1928
Central Asiatic Expeditions records
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C446
Scope and Contents
This collection is a record of the Museum’s explorations undertaken during the 1920s in the Gobi Desert under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews. A list of the men who participated in the CAE can be culled from the expeditions’ letterheads used by museum personnel in New York. All but three of the men cited on these letterheads are represented here. Those not found are Mont Reid, a physician, James Wang, an interpreter and G. Horwath of motor transport. The variety of other correspondents...
Dates:
1916-1940; Majority of material found within 1921-1933
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
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
Korea
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 200
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Andrews Korean Whaling Expedition, 1912. Roy Chapman Andrews, assistant curator in the Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology, went to Korea in 1912 to collect various species of whales. Although he took a lot of motion picture footage, this little film is all that remains. Shown at first are Keijo (now Seoul), then under Japanese rule and called Chosen, and its surrounding hills, the South Gate (for which the city was named), trolleys, and bullock carts. Koreans in...
Dates:
1912
William J. Morden papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .M671-.M674
Scope and Contents
This collection is concerned with Morden’s expeditions to Alaska, Central Asia, and Southwest Africa and contains detailed field notes written by both William and Irene. The field notes include details of their travels, supply lists, budgets, and descriptions of artifacts and specimens gathered. There are also a number of drafts of articles and books written by both Morden and Irene about their experiences abroad.
The William J. Morden papers also include correspondences which are...
Dates:
1922-1957
Chester Reeds papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS .R44
Summary
2 boxes containing 52 folders of correspondence, typescript, handwritten notes, and printed images (maps, illustrations, etc.), most of which relates to the September-October 1926 issue of Natural History entitled The Romance of Fossil Hunting.
Dates:
1924-1930; Majority of material found in 1926
Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960) / LR "Charles Arthur Rose"
Item — Object: 1
Identifier: Art Survey No. 235
Scope and Contents
Roy Chapman Andrews in suit standing with hands in suit pockets, wearing glasses. Andrews was Museum Director from 1935 to 1941, naturalist, explorer, author, known for his expeditions to Asia. Frame: Gilt wood, gesso, laurel design.
Dates:
1937
Roy Chapman Andrews field photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A63
Scope and Contents
Personal collection of prints including fiber-based prints of Roy Chapman Andrews holding dinosaur eggs (negative numbers 108049 and 18050). Five envelopes of prints, miscellaneous content including prints from Correia's negatives, antelope running in Mongolia and various other animals.
Dates:
1923
Roy Chapman Andrews Field Photographs of the Philippine Expedition (1907-1910) and the Japanese Whaling Expedition (1910)
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: PPC-.A62
Scope and Contents
Photographic print and digitized negative collection documenting Roy Chapman Andrews' participation on the Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910 and the Japanese Whaling Expedition, 1910. The photographs in this collection were taken by Andrews on nitrate negatives, glass negatives, and safety film. Though two separate expeditions, the image records from both have been grouped together historically, particularly within the box of photographic prints which organizes images by location taken,...
Dates:
1909 - 1910
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- Shackelford, James B. 8
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 7
- Central Asiatic Expeditions Films (1921-1930) 5
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 3
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 3
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 3
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 3
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 3
- Young, John McKenzie 3
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 2
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 2
- Dodge Brothers 2
- Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 2
- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 2
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 2
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 2
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 2
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 2
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 2
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 2
- Reeds, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1882-1968 2
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 2
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 2
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
- Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 2
- Adamson, Hans Christian 1
- Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 1
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
- American Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting (1916) (New York, N.Y.) 1
- American Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting (1928-1929) (New York, N.Y.) 1
- American Association of Museums 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Trustees 1
- Andrews Whaling Expedition to Japan and Korea of the American Museum of Natural History (1911-1912) 1
- Andrews, Yvette Borup 1
- Asiatic Expedition (2nd : 1918-1919) 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
- Beckett, J. (Jackie) 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Burden East Indian Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926) 1
- Butler, Frederick B. 1
- Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 1
- Chesek, Craig 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Cook, Harold J. (Harold James), 1887-1962 1
- Correia, José G., 1881-1954 1
- Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 1
- Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 1
- Davison, Frederick Trubee, 1896-1974 1
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
- Department of Ichthyology 1
- Finnin, Denis 1
- Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 1
- Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 1
- Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 1
- Haury, Emil W. (Emil Walter), 1904-1992 1
- Heinz 1
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955 1
- Japanese Whaling Expedition (1910) 1
- Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 1
- Klein, Alfred J. 1
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
- Lee, Hugh J. 1
- Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866-1947 1
- McConnell, Robert E. 1
- McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
- Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
- Morden, Irene 1
- Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 1
- Nyholm, N. Erik I. 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Peary, Josephine Diebitsch, 1863-1955 1
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
- Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947 1
- Philippine Expedition (1907-1910) 1
- Photo Studio 1
- Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 1
- Pope, Clifford H. (Clifford Hillhouse), 1899-1974 1
- Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 1
- Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943 1
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1
- Rose, Charles Arthur 1
- Rungius, Carl, 1869-1959 1
- Rutland (Vermont) Women’s and Men’s Clubs 1
- Sage West China Expedition (1934) 1 ∧ less
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