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Richard Van Gelder photographic slide collection of Africa, 1960-1981.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 551-553
Abstract

Photographs taken in Africa of animals in nature, mostly mammals. Includes lions, cheetahs, elephants, hippopotamuses, wildebeests, baboons, giraffes, zebras, impala, hyenas, buffalo, elephant shrews, and jackals among others. Some photographs of colleagues, native people, and city buildings. Areas include Botswana, Serengeti, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. 551. Photographs taken 1960-1975. 552. Photographs taken 1976-1979. 553. Photographs taken 1981 and undated.

Dates: 1960-1981

Robert H. Minton photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 356
Abstract

Photographs of safari animals in East Africa. Includes zebra, giraffe, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, cheetah, baboon, and crocodile.

Dates: undated

Spiders ; A day in the life of a lion

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 28
Scope and Contents SEGMENT 1: Spiders. This segment is concerned with the world of spiders and includes a presentation of a live tarantula and other smaller specimens. John C. Pallister, research associate in the AMNH Department of Insects and Spiders, opens the segment with a discussion on the difference between tarantulas and small spiders. He examines live spiders in the television studio and presents a film about spiders, and their attempts to obtain prey both with and without webs. Different types of webs...
Dates: 1953

The Archbold Collections at the American Museum of Natural History, 1928-1980.

 Collection
Identifier: Archive Mammalogy Archbold
Scope and Contents The Archbold Collections at the American Museum of Natural History is comprised of material that documents the expeditionary fieldwork of Richard Archbold and the Archbold Expeditions. It is housed within the AMNH Department of Mammalogy Archive, and encompasses a variety of formats, including photographs, slides, film, scrapbooks, correspondence, financial records, and field documentation such as catalogs, specimen lists, field notes and journals. These describe both the day-to-day...
Dates: 1928 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1964

Thomas Larson photographic slide collection, 1951.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 334
Abstract

Field photographs of South African tribes. Beuchanaland, near Okavango River; Namaqualand, Liliefontein Reserve; N'gamiland, Shakawe.

Dates: 1951

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Photographic Slide Collection 10
Animals -- Africa 4
Africa 3
Scientific expeditions -- Africa. 3
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Africa -- Antiquities 1
Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration 1
Animals -- Africa, East 1
Animals -- Classification 1
Australia -- Description and travel. 1
Birds -- Africa 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Diorama 1
Explorers -- United States -- Biography 1
Fishes -- Anatomy. 1
Fishes -- Evolution. 1
Hornbills -- Africa, East 1
Hunting -- Africa, East 1
Ichthyologists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Jungle animals -- Africa, East 1
Kenya 1
Kruger National Park (South Africa) 1
Lion -- Behavior 1
Lion -- Folklore 1
Lion -- Food 1
Mammals -- Evolution. 1
Manuscript Collection 1
Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence. 1
Namaqualand (South Africa) 1
Natural history museum curators -- Correspondence 1
New Zealand -- Description and travel. 1
Ngamiland District (Botswana) 1
Okavango River Valley 1
Ontogeny. 1
Paleontologists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Paleontology -- Research -- History. 1
Primates -- Evolution. 1
Rwanda 1
Safaris -- Africa, East 1
Scientific expeditions -- Africa, Central 1
Scientific expeditions -- Alaska. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Asia. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Australia. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Oceania. 1
Scientific expeditions -- United States 1
Sculpture -- Africa 1
Senegal 1
Silk weaving -- Cyprus 1
Spiders -- Behavior 1
Spiders -- California 1
Spiders -- Costa Rica 1
Spiders -- Food 1
Spiders -- South Africa 1
Tanzania 1
Tarantulas 1
Transvaal (South Africa) -- Description and travel. 1
Vertebrates, Fossil 1
Wildlife photography 1
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 1
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Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 2
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 2
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 2
Adamson, Hans Christian 1
Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 1
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Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) 1
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 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
Archbold, Richard 1
Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
Brass, L. J. (Leonard J.) 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
Cape York Expedition (1948) 1
Central African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1947-1948) 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
Department of Ichthyology 1
Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
Goodwin, George Gilbert 1
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
Jansson, Arthur August, 1890-1960 1
Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 1
Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
Larson, Thomas J. (Thomas John) 1
Leigh, William Robinson, 1866-1955 1
Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 1
Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 1
Mission Zoologique franco-anglo-américaine à Madagascar (1929-1931) 1
Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
Morden, Irene 1
Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 1
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
Musser, Guy G. 1
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 1
Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
Pallister, John 1
Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
Raddatz, Richard 1
Rand, Austin Loomer, 1905-1982 1
Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
Richardson, William B. 1
Rockwell, Robert H. 1
Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
Spalding-Peterson Expedition (1959) 1
Sulawesi Expeditions (1973-1976) 1
Tate, G. H. H. (George Henry Hamilton), 1894-1953 1
Tate, Geoffrey M., 1898-1964 1
Van Deusen, Hobart M. 1
Van Gelder, Richard George, 1928-1994 1
Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1
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