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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

Field and Expedition Equipment

 Collection
Identifier: Mem 305
Scope and Contents Since 1887, the American Museum of Natural History has been conducting field expeditions in every continent. This is one of the main resources for the Museum’s scientific research and collection development activities throughout all its disciplines. This grouping holds the equipment that were used during expeditions from around 1877 to 1996. Most of these expeditions required direct interaction with the natural habitat of the subject of study, which usually involves being out in the...
Dates: Usage: circa 1877-1990s

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

Papers: [microform]

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #75

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  • Names: Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 X
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Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 2
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 2
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Archbold, Richard 1
Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982 1
Brown, Barnum 1
Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 1
Cook, Harold J. (Harold James), 1887-1962 1
Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 1
Department of Anthropology 1
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Dodge Brothers 1
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
Hayden Planetarium 1
Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 1
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 1
McKenna, Malcolm C. 1
Mission Zoologique franco-anglo-américaine à Madagascar (1929-1931) 1
Morden African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1947) 1
Morden African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1953) 1
Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 1
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 1
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 1
Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
Olsen, George, d. 1939 1
Patagonian Expedition (1899-1900) 1
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 1
Pope, Clifford H. (Clifford Hillhouse), 1899-1974 1
Rutland (Vermont) Women’s and Men’s Clubs 1
Shackelford, James B. 1
Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 1
Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
Skinner, Morris F. 1
Van Gelder, Richard George, 1928-1994 1
Young, John McKenzie 1
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