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American Museum of Natural History Centennial Celebration papers, 1964-1972
Collection
Identifier: DR 041-044
Scope and content
Papers related to the American Museum of Natural History's Centennial Celebration, held April 9, 1969: development, research, financial records and correspondence, press kits, convocation materials, and files of Garnder Stout, President of the Museum at the time of the Centennial Celebration. Also includes entries for the "Windows on the World" essay contest submitted by elementary and college students.
Dates:
1964 - 1972
Found in:
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Department of Education booklets and pamphlets, 1918-1968
Collection
Identifier: DR 050
Scope and content
Public outreach programs and popular lectures.
Dates:
1918 - 1968
Found in:
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Department of Education children's correspondence, 1964-1969
Collection
Identifier: DR 049
Scope and content
Children's letters and responses.
Dates:
1964 - 1969
Found in:
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Department of Education oversize scrapbook, 1942-1955
Collection
Identifier: DR 052
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from children, 1908-1911 and one scrapbook from the 1950s.
Dates:
1942 - 1955
Found in:
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Department of Education photographic album, 1961-1963
Collection
Identifier: DR 053
Scope and content
Color photographs in three-ring binder documenting Hospital and Special Schools Program visits. Includes 35mm slides in sleeves.
Dates:
1961 - 1963
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
American Museum of Natural History Department of Forestry and General Botany papers
Collection
Identifier: DR 080
Scope and Contents
The Department of Forestry and General Botany papers pertain to the planning, construction, and exhibit design of the Landscape and North American Forest Halls and the planning of the Botany Hall. Most material concerns the planning for exhibit design, construction, and costs as well as notes, edits, and sketches concerning particular exhibits. There is correspondence with outside institutions such as the United States Department of the Interior and the National Park Service regarding...
Dates:
1949-1960; Majority of material found within 1953-1958
Found in:
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American Museum of Natural History Hall of North American Forests notebook
Collection
Identifier: DR 094
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents used in the planning, preparation and construction of exhibits for the Hall of North American Forests. The material relates largely to the financial aspects of exhibit construction. The contents of the box are organized into 30 folders, which were originally separate tabs in a ring-binder. The first folder relates to the hall in general, and includes an index of exhibits, a list of funds from the Department of Conservation and General Ecology, progress...
Dates:
1954-1956; Majority of material found within 1955-1956
Found in:
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American Museum of Natural History, Jesup Wood Hall papers
Collection
Identifier: DR 091
Scope and Content Note
The Jesup Wood Hall Papers consist of departmental correspondence regarding the acquisition, preparation, exhibition, and research of North American woods. Also present are department records of maintenance scheduled and conducted, plans for future acquisitions, and financial records including pricing on wood specimens obtained, departmental salaries, artistic services, exhibit budgets and estimates. The majority of material is correspondence, but advertisements and brochures, handwritten...
Dates:
1880-1953; Majority of material found within 1880-1920, 1938-1951
Found in:
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Kalbfleisch Field Research Station collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss .K35
Scope and Content note
This collection contains a wide variety of documents related to the Museum’s acquisition and operation of the Kalbfleisch Field Research Station in Huntington, Long Island, which span from 1937, when Ms. Kalbfleisch began pursuing her wish to bequeath the estate, through 1982 when the Museum finally sold the property. The collection provides a comprehensive history of the Station by featuring information related to all aspects of its existence, including: correspondence, memos, legal...
Dates:
1937-1982
Found in:
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Lectures to teachers : [microform]
Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #70
Dates:
1888 - 1903
Found in:
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