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Faunthorpe-Vernay Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn184
Scope and Contents
Typed catalog of birds in the Vernay Collection from Siam, Tenasserim list of birds by species and quantity, photograph of Vernay in India.
Dates:
1923-1924
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
James Paul Chapin correspondence, 1953
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C4537
Scope and content
The collection consists of letters, handwritten and typwritten, to and from Chapin, mostly concerning his upcoming trip and work. The letters are arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent. Seven letters are from Henri Schouteden and nine are from Robert W. Storer. Other correspondents (one letter each, except where noted) include Rudyerd Boulten; L.D. Branch, discussing the lyre-tailed honeyguide; Herbert Friedmann, discussing honeyguide nesting, including the species Indicator minor;...
Dates:
1953 - 1953
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
Lee Garnett Day Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn136
Scope and Contents
Bird field catalog compiled by collectors G.H.H. Tate and T.D. Carter, correspondence
Dates:
1927-1928
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
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
Peru collecting localities
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn82
Scope and Contents
Notes on collecting localities in Peru.
Dates:
1919-1920
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
Phipps-Bradley Expedition catalog
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn81
Scope and Contents
Catalog of collection of species collected on Phipps-Bradley Expedition
Dates:
1933
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
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
Sage West China Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn94
Scope and Contents
List of birds, notes and maps, letter from Dean Sage, catalogs of species, notes by Hugh Birckhead
Dates:
1934-1935
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
Steere Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn106
Scope and Contents
List of birds and mammals collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines, with localities, and brief preliminary descriptions of supposed new species; list of syntypes in AMNH collection, Philippines, compiled by Richard Sloss in 1985
Dates:
1887-1888, 1985
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
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