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Exhibition Tools and Materials
Collection
Identifier: Mem 308
Scope and Contents
Since its inception in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History had exhibitions on the natural world, human cultures, and the universe. The habitat dioramas are predominantly featured in the Museum, with the first appearing in the late 1800s. A combination of distinct methods and tools was used to create the background, foreground, and taxidermy specimens that compose these exhibits, which improved with the advancement of technology and new knowledge.The exhibition tools and...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1887-1990s
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
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
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
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- AMNH Dioramas 1
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- Australia -- Description and travel. 1
- Fishes -- Anatomy. 1
- Fishes -- Evolution. 1
- Ichthyologists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Mammals -- Evolution. 1
- Manuscript Collection 1
- Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence. 1
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- Primates -- Evolution. 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Africa. 1
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- Taxidermy 1
- Transvaal (South Africa) -- Description and travel. 1
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- Adamson, Hans Christian (1890-1968) 1
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
- American Museum of Natural History 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 1
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
- Department of Exhibition 1
- Department of Ichthyology 1
- Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
- Hayden Planetarium 1
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 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
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 1
- Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
- New York State Roosevelt Memorial 1
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 1
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
- Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1
- Wilson, James Perry, 1889-1976 1 ∧ less
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