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T. Donald Carter field books
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C376
Scope and Contents
The collection includes diaries and field notebooks from the 1927-1928 Day Roraima Expedition, the 1931-1932 Legendre Indochina Expedition, and the 1934 Sage West China Expedition, as well as material on the 1946-1947 Rutherford African Expedition. There are also diaries labeled by location and year(s): Costa Rica 1914; Abyssinia 1927-1929; Africa 1938; East Africa 1958; and Ungava, Québec 1953; and some yearly diaries. Carter participated in 27 expeditions in North and South America,...
Dates:
1910-1972
T. Donald Carter papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C375
Scope and Contents
The Papers Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, articles and reviews, clippings and photocopies relating to Carter's collecting activities for the American Museum of Natural History, and to his interests in the classification of mammals and birds, and bird banding. Correspondence consists primarily of typewritten letters and carbon copies, with some handwritten letters, both sent and received. The collection includes two handwritten signed letters from Ugo Mochi, principal...
Dates:
1916-1971
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
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
William J. Morden papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .M671-.M674
Scope and Contents
This collection is concerned with Morden’s expeditions to Alaska, Central Asia, and Southwest Africa and contains detailed field notes written by both William and Irene. The field notes include details of their travels, supply lists, budgets, and descriptions of artifacts and specimens gathered. There are also a number of drafts of articles and books written by both Morden and Irene about their experiences abroad.
The William J. Morden papers also include correspondences which are...
Dates:
1922-1957
Henry Cushier Raven papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .R38
Scope and Contents
The items in this collection reflect much of Henry Cushier Raven’s species data research from approximately 1920-1944. The collection consists of handwritten and typed notes and research; hand-drawn illustrations of animals and their dissections; photographs of specimens and expedition sites; and manuscript drafts associated with his various essays, articles, and scholarly publications. Research and illustrations on various whale species, land mammals, and Raven’s data from his Australia/...
Dates:
circa 1912-1944; Majority of material found within 1920-1944
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- Bird banding 2
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- Zoologists -- United States -- Correspondence 2
- Anatomists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Birds -- Catalogs and collections -- New York (State) -- New York. 1
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- Hunting guns 1
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- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 2
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 2
- Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 2
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 2
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 2
- Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964 1
- American Museum of Natural History 1
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 1
- Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
- Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 1
- Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Day Roraima Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1927-1928) 1
- Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 1
- Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 1
- Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915 1
- Gratacap, L. P. (Louis Pope), 1851-1917 1
- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
- Hoesch, Walter 1
- Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 1
- Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 1
- Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 1
- Legendre Indochina Expedition (1931-1932) 1
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 1
- Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 1
- Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956 1
- Mochi, Ugo, 1889-1977 1
- Morden, Irene 1
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
- National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals 1
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 1
- Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Richardson, Jenness 1
- Sage West China Expedition (1934) 1
- Sage, Dean, Jr. 1
- Sheldon, William G. 1
- Smith, Herbert H. (Herbert Huntington), 1851-1919 1
- Tee-Van, John 1
- Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 1
- Vernay, Arthur Stannard, 1877-1960 1
- Weber, Walter A. (Walter Alois), 1906-1979 1
- Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 1
- Woodward, Anthony, d. 1915 1 ∧ less
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