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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
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
James Arthur Lecture on the Evolution of the Human Brain collection
Collection
Identifier: MA.2021.014
Content Description
Audio and video recordings and digital invitations for the James Arthur Lecture Series on the Evolution of the Human Brain. Recordings for 2009-2013, 2018-2019, 2021-2025.
Dates:
2009 - 2025
Harry Lionel Shapiro papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .S537
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of English translations of articles written by Shapiro and published from 1874 to 1938 pertaining to anthropological research. Most articles were translated by Edward Hulles or Grace P. Eldridge.Contents of articles[Southern tip of South America] -- Les Araucaniens du Jardin d'acclimation / Deniker, M. (1883) -- Materiaux pour servir à l'histoire des Oonas indigènes de la Terre du feu / Lahille, F. (1926) -- Ein Onaschädel aus Feuerland : zur...
Dates:
circa 1930s-1980s
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American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192