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Roy Chapman Andrews papers, 1987 Accession
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A54
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of Andrews' correspondence, manuscripts, and transcripts of Andrews' broadcasts and talks from 1934 to1944. It also contains one folder of family and biographical documents and newspaper clippings received from Charles Gallenkamp, Andrews' biographer, in 1990. The majority of the administrative papers' correspondence concerns requests for speaking engagements about Andrews' explorations, requests for articles, and letters from the public and from companies...
Dates:
1920-1947; Majority of material found within 1934-1944
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Audubon family correspondence, 1846 Nov. 17-1942 Jan. 28
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A93
Dates:
(bulk 1898-1914).
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Frank M. Chapman Colombian Expedition field photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .C453
Content Description
This collection documents the first of a series of expeditions conducted and managed by AMNH Ornithologist, Frank M. Chapman. The study was one of the first to study elevational differences in bird species.
Dates:
1911 - 1912
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Exploration tales for soldiers and sailors : YMCA lecture series. [microform]
Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #56
Dates:
1917 - 1919
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Frank M. Chapman travel photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .C4539
Scope and Contents
Includes New England; New York; Florida; Virginia; South Carolina; British Isles. Negative numbers are printed below photographs.
Dates:
1898-1932
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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
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Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
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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
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Nuttall Ornithological Club photographs of ornithologists and other scientists
Collection
Identifier: PPC .N87
Scope and Contents
Portraits of scientits that were used in the following publications: Origins and Development of North American Avian Biogeography, p. 392; Contributions to the History of North American Ornithology, pp.387-428.
Dates:
1995?
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Theodore Roosevelt correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Mss .R6673-.R6675
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of three boxes of correspondence (typed carbon copies, photocopies and originals) between Roosevelt and various individuals. The majority of the letters are between Roosevelt and Frank M. Chapman (AMNH ornithologist) or Henry Fairfield Osborn (geologist, paleontologist, and AMNH President) whom Roosevelt was particularly friendly. The correspondence generally covers topics related to the men’s shared interests in the different fields of natural history, as well as...
Dates:
1871-1937
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- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970 1
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- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 1
- McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
- Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 1
- Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956 1
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- Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 1
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