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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
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Field photographs of Gregory-Raven Expedition to Australia
Collection
Identifier: PPC .G75
Scope and Contents
The purpose of this expedition was to collect rapidly disappearing mammals from Australia and Tasmania. These photos document some of the indigenous mammals found there.
Dates:
1921
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
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
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Henry Cushier Raven photograph
Collection
Identifier: PPC .R38
Scope and Contents
Meshie the gorilla at three years old from December, 1932.
Dates:
1932 , circa 194-?
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Notebooks : [microform]
Item
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #30
Dates:
1913-1944
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Henry Cushier Raven papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .R38
Scope and Contents
The items in this collection reflect much of Henry Cushier Raven’s species data research from approximately 1920-1944. The collection consists of handwritten and typed notes and research; hand-drawn illustrations of animals and their dissections; photographs of specimens and expedition sites; and manuscript drafts associated with his various essays, articles, and scholarly publications. Research and illustrations on various whale species, land mammals, and Raven’s data from his Australia/...
Dates:
circa 1912-1944; Majority of material found within 1920-1944
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
The Chavantes of Mato Grosso ; Field work, snakes ; Meshie
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 38
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: The Chavantes of Mato Grosso. Edward Moffat Weyer, editor of Natural History magazine and the first non-Indian to visit the Chavante (i.e. Shavante) Indians, presents rare photographic images and observations of the Chavantes who live in the Xingu River region of Brazil. Weyer also discusses his visit to the Kamaiura Indians of Mato Grosso. SEGMENT 2: Field Work: Snakes. Robert Northshield, host, observes Charles M. Bogert, chairman of the Department of Amphibians and Reptiles at...
Dates:
1953
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin Expedition Negative Collection
Collection
Identifier: NNC .M36 V47
Content Description
914 images taken by Henry Raven durning the Vernay Hopwood Chindwin Expedition 1934-1935.
Dates:
1934-1935
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
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- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 5
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- Vernay, Arthur Stannard, 1877-1960 3
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 2
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- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
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- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ichthyology 1
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- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 1
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill), 1908-1992 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
- CBS/AMNH Adventure Series (1953-1956) 1
- Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 1
- Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 1
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. 1
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
- Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 1
- Klein, Alfred J. 1
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
- Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 1
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 1
- McConnell, Robert E. 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
- Orttung, Jane Raven 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Rungius, Carl, 1869-1959 1
- Sage West China Expedition (1934) 1
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
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- Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 1
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