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Department of Invertebrate Zoology correspondence and administrative records, 1917-1989.
Collection
Identifier: DR 138
Dates:
1917 - 1989
Department of Invertebrate Zoology papers, 1902-1905.
Collection
Identifier: DR 075
Dates:
1902 - 1905
Department of Mammalogy correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1922-1976
Collection
Identifier: DR 077
Scope and Contents
Unprocessed correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, Visitor Log (removed for flat storage). Files include: Art & memorabilia; Budget committee; Clubs: journal, camera; Council of Scientific Staff; Division II; Education Department; Executive Office; Exhibitions and graphics; Expeditions; Fund raising; Grants; Kalbfleisch Field Station; Labor relations; Library services; Pension board; Personnel; Plan and scope committee; Plant operations; Public service/Public relations;...
Dates:
1922 - 1976
American Museum of Natural History, Expedition to China correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Mss .E973
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 16 folders of material, primarily typewritten correspondence (some carbon copies), relating to the planning, organization and progress of the Expedition to China. The majority of the letters are between Laufer and Franz Boas (a famed anthropologist who had formerly worked at AMNH and at the time was running the anthropology PhD. program at Columbia University), with Laufer supplying regular reports on his work to Boas, who disseminated and coordinated the...
Dates:
1900-1904; Majority of material found within 1901-1904
Exploration tales for soldiers and sailors : : YMCA lecture series.
Collection
Identifier: Mss .Y55
Dates:
1917 - 1919
Explore21 Expedition to Papua New Guinea Image and Video Collection
Collection
Identifier: MA.2022.003
Scope and Contents
Collection contains digital images and moving pictures captured by Paul Sweet during the 2014 Explore21 Expedition to Papua New Guinea. Content illustrates regular activities of expedition team.
Dates:
2014
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
Frontiers of a forbidden land
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 151
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH First Asiatic Zoological Expedition to Yunnan and Fukien, China, 1916-1917. This is the record of the AMNH First Asiatic Zoological Expedition to eastern and southwestern China (Fukien and Yunnan provinces), the purpose of which was to collect zoological specimens and visual ethnographic records. Roy Chapman Andrews, was accompanied by his wife, Yvette Borup Andrews, who served as photographer, and Edmund Heller, collector and explorer, who served as specimen...
Dates:
1916-1917
George K. Cherrie correspondence, 1902 Jan. 9, 1903 Apr. 11
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C454
Scope and content
The collection consists of two handwritten signed letters from Hartert, the first discussing Cherrie's collecting plans for an upcoming expedition to Cayenne, French Guiana, and the second evaluating the results. In the first letter, Hartert requests six specimens of every species of bird from Cayenne; eight of hummingbirds and swifts. Payment is discussed. Hartert says that Oldfield Thomas of the Natural History Museum (London, England) wants mammals from Cayenne, and stresses his own...
Dates:
1902 - 1903
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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- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 6
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 6
- Shackelford, James B. 6
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 5
- Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 4
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 3
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 3
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 3
- Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 3
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 3
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 3
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- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 2
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 2
- Allen, Jerome Lee, 1891-1955 2
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- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 2
- Andrews, Yvette Borup 2
- Archbold, Richard 2
- Asiatic Expedition (2nd : 1918-1919) 2
- Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition (1st : 1916-1917) 2
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 2
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 2
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 2
- Brown, Barnum 2
- Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 2
- Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946 2
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 2
- Day Roraima Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1927-1928) 2
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 2
- Department of Entomology 2
- Department of Geology and Mineralogy 2
- Dodge Brothers 2
- Ekblaw, W. Elmer (Walter Elmer), 1882-1949 2
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 2
- Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939 2
- Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 2
- Hyman, Libbie Henrietta, 1888-1969 2
- Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 2
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
- Legendre Indochina Expedition (1931-1932) 2
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 2
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
- Mission Zoologique franco-anglo-américaine à Madagascar (1929-1931) 2
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 2
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 2
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 2
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 2
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 2
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 2
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 2
- Sage West China Expedition (1934) 2
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 2
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
- Tanquary, Maurice Cole, 1881-1944 2
- Templeton Crocker Pacific Expedition (1st : 1934-1935) 2
- Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 2
- Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 2
- Young, John McKenzie 2
- Adamson, Hans Christian 1
- Akeley African Expedition to the Belgian Congo of the American Museum of Natural History (1921-1922) 1
- Akeley, Delia J. (Delia Julia), 1875?-1970 (1875 December 5-1970 May 22) 1
- Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) 1
- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 1
- American Association of Museums 1
- American Legion (Steamship) 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
- Archbold Expedition to Arizona (1940) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (1st : 1933-1934) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (2nd : 1936-1937) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (3rd : 1938-1939) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (4th : 1953) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (5th : 1956-1957) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (6th : 1959) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (7th : 1964) 1
- Archbold Expeditions 1
- Asaeda, Toshio 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
- Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Berlepsch, Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig, Graf von, 1850-1915 1
- Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982 1
- Bishop, Sherman C. (Sherman Chauncey), 1887-1951 1
- Brass, L. J. (Leonard J.) 1
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
- Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
- CAE II 100th Anniversary Rephotography Mission 1
- Campbell, William Durant, 1907-1995 1
- Cape York Expedition (1948) 1
- Cazier, Mont A. 1
- Chapman, Clark R. 1
- Cherrie Expedition to French Guiana (1902-1903) 1
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