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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

[Paintings and drawings] [art original] / R. Bruce Horsfall

 Collection
Identifier: RF-101-A to RF101-C
Scope and Contents

Mainly gouache paintings (black ink, many with white highlights), some done for Nature magazine. Only items 30 and 75 are full watercolors; 7 items are pencil drawings. All items are on on board except items 8, 13 and 38, which are on paper.

Dates: 1925-1943

Preparation Molds for Exhibits

 Collection
Identifier: Mem 306
Scope and Contents Molds for exhibits were created and used to prepare the models that compose the exhibits of the American Museum of Natural history, approximately from 1889 to the 1990s, first by the science departments and then by the Department of Exhibition and its different iterations. Models were meant to reproduce existing and extinct animal specimens, humans and cultural artifacts, insects and plant life. The types of mold that can be found in this grouping provide insight on the methods employed to...
Dates: Usage: circa 1889-1990s

Tengmalm's owl : Strix tengmalmi (Gmel). Noctua tengmalmi (Selb) / E. Lear

 Item — Frame: Print
Identifier: Wall or Floor TBD
Content Description

A framed print of "Tengmalm's owl" by Edward Lear published in Volume 1 of The birds of Europe by John Gould.

Dates: 1837

The Captain Marshall Field Brazilian expedition

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 23
Scope and Contents Filmed during the Captain Marshall Field Brazilian Expedition to Brazil, 1926. This film record of the Field Museum of Natural History's 1926 Brazilian expedition, financed and led by Captain Marshall Field, presents expedition life as stylish and romantic. To enhance the mood, colored film stock was used intermittently, especially blue-green for waterways. The perseverance of the scientists in the face of difficulties encountered while collecting in the field is minimized; instead, the...
Dates: 1926

Who rules the world? Insects ; Bird islands of the Pacific

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 36
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Who Rules the World? Insects. In this first segment, Mont Adelbert Cazier hypothesizes that someday insects might dominate the earth. His comments on the earth's insect population are illustrated with films of insect activity. The credits and the first part of this segment are missing. A discussion of insect destruction and close-up views of live beetles brought into the studio are also included. SEGMENT 2: Bird Islands of the Pacific. Robert Cushman Murphy, AMNH ornithologist,...
Dates: 1953

William Thomas Blanford correspondence, 1899

 Item
Identifier: Mss .B536
Scope and content

One handwritten signed letter in which Blanford discusses the taxonomy and nomenclature of the barasingha (Cervus duvauceli), the swamp deer of northern India and Nepal. Blanford claims "barasinga" is the correct spelling; he also mentions the Tibetan argali or mountain sheep (Ovis ammon hodgsoni).

Dates: 1899

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 4
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Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 3
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 3
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 3
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American Museum of Natural History 2
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 2
Berlepsch, Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig, Graf von, 1850-1915 2
Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946 2
Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 2
Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915 2
Gould, John, 1804-1881 2
Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 2
Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 2
Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 2
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 1
Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 1
Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964 1
American Legion (Steamship) 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
Audubon, Maria R. (Maria Rebecca), 1843-1925 1
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 1
Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
Batchelder, Charles F. (Charles Foster), 1898-1973 1
Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 1
Blanford, William Thomas, 1832-1905 1
Boston Society of Natural History 1
Brewster, William, 1851-1919 1
Brooklyn Museum 1
Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
CBS/AMNH Adventure Series (1953-1956) 1
Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 1
Cazier, Mont A. 1
Chapin Field Trip to the Eastern Congo (1953-1958) 1
Chapman, Clark R. 1
Cherrie Expedition to French Guiana (1902-1903) 1
Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
Cleckley, M. T. 1
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. 1
Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 1
Department of Anthropology 1
Department of Exhibition 1
Department of Herpetology 1
Department of Ichthyology 1
Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 1
Field Expedition to Brazil (1926) 1
Field, Marshall, 1893-1956 1
Finsch, O. (Otto), 1839-1917 1
Gratacap, L. P. (Louis Pope), 1851-1917 1
Gurney, John Henry, 1819-1890 1
Hall of Reptiles and Amphibians 1
Harding, W. A. 1
Hoesch, Walter 1
Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 1
Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948 1
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850 1
Instituto Butantan 1
Ipyranga (Ship) 1
Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 1
Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 1
Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 1
Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895 1
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888 1
Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 1
Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956 1
Mochi, Ugo, 1889-1977 1
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals 1
New York Zoological Park 1
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 1
Pike, Nicholas, 1817-1905 1
Richardson, Jenness 1
Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 1
Root, Nina J. 1
Sage, Dean, Jr. 1
Sennett, George B. (George Burritt), 1840-1900 1
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
Sheldon, William G. 1
Smith, Herbert H. (Herbert Huntington), 1851-1919 1
Smithsonian Institution 1
Tee-Van, John 1
Weber, Walter A. (Walter Alois), 1906-1979 1
Woodward, Anthony, d. 1915 1
Zeledón, José C. (José Cástulo), 1846-1923 1
Zoological Museum (Tring, England) 1
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