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James W. Atz papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A89
Scope and Contents
A portion of this collection consists of alphabetized correspondence between Dr. Atz and various professionals and organizations. Most of the letters are either personal in nature or related to research projects. There are also a number of publications, including articles, reprints, and journals. There are boxes dedicated to certain areas of research including oral brooding in cichlids, and one box of research-related items organized by species type. The material in the collection ranges...
Dates:
1949-2003; Majority of material found within 1950-1980
Bashford Dean papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .D433-.D434
Abstract
Bashford Dean (1867-1928) was a teacher, ichthyologist, and armor scholar. As curator, he headed emergent departments at the American Museum of Natural History (Reptiles and Fishes, 1903-1910) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (curator, Arms and Armor, 1904-1912) in New York City. The Bashford Dean Papers primarily consists of correspondence and sketchbooks.
Dates:
1888-1961 and unknown; Majority of material found within 1901-1902
Frederic A. Lucas correspondence, 1916 Aug. 28, 1922 July 18.
Collection
Identifier: Mss .L83
Dates:
1916 - 1922
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
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
Frank E. Lutz collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss .L88
Scope and content
The collection consists of three boxes of handwritten notes and notebooks, typescripts, correspondence and publications, with accompanying photoprints, most relating to Lutz's research, with a few personal items. Box 2 contains three 78 rpm recordings of insect and frog sounds. The bulk of the research notes involve Lutz's work on insect sounds, primarily those of grasshoppers and crickets, with some of bees and frogs; and of his experiments with ultraviolet patterns in butterflies. Most of...
Dates:
1915-1938; Majority of material found within 1933-1938
Marshall Howard Saville correspondence, 1896-1903.
Collection
Identifier: Mss .S28
Dates:
1896 - 1903
William Diller Matthew papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .M338
Dates:
1922-1926; Majority of material found within ( 1925-1926)
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- Geologists -- United States -- Correspondence. 3
- Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence 3
- Paleontologists -- United States -- Correspondence 3
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- Fishes -- Research 2
- Mammals -- Evolution. 2
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- Archaeologists -- Mexico -- Correspondence. 1
- Australia -- Description and travel. 1
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- American Museum of Natural History 6
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- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 3
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 3
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 2
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 2
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 2
- Department of Geology and Paleontology 2
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 2
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 2
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 2
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 2
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 2
- Adamson, Hans Christian 1
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Insects and Spiders 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 1
- Atz, James W. 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
- Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Brand, Albert R. (Albert Rich) 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Brooklyn Museum 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
- Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
- Clark, Eugenie 1
- Department of Education 1
- Department of Entomology 1
- Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 1
- Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 1
- Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915 1
- Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
- Garton, Richard I. 1
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
- Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 1
- Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 1
- Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 1
- Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 1
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 1
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
- Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 1
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 1
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 1
- Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956 1
- Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
- Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
- National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals 1
- New York Zoological Park 1
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
- Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 1
- Saville Expeditions to Mexico (1896-1904) 1
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
- Smith, Herbert H. (Herbert Huntington), 1851-1919 1
- Smith, J. L. B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968 1
- Smithsonian Institution 1
- Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 1
- Vernay, Arthur Stannard, 1877-1960 1
- Wever, Ernest Glen, 1902- 1
- Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1 ∧ less
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