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Walter F. Meister papers
Collection
Identifier: DR 124
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Meister's administrative papers from 1952 through 1967, including correspondence, budget reports from the various scientific departments, contracts for research projects, and records of bequests and grants. Most of the documents are typewritten, and many are photocopies or carbon copies. Among the topics covered are research grants made by the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund and the Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund; proposals for research at the Lerner Marine...
Dates:
1952-1967
Men of science
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 212
Scope and Contents
This film introduces the scientists, technicians, artists, and their work at the AMNH in 1938. It was made by AMNH photographer Charles H. Coles and is narrated by Charles Russell, curator of the Department of Education. Though mostly filmed at the museum, scenes from AMNH expeditions are included to show the relationship between the work-in-the-field and at the museum. The film opens with a view of the exterior of the museum and a general introduction. William H. Barton, of the AMNH-Hayden...
Dates:
1938
James Arthur Oliver papers
Collection
Identifier: DR 125-125A
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of administrative papers from the years 1959-1969 when Oliver was director of the AMNH. The files were arranged arranged alphabetically by subject, most likely by Oliver's secretary, and have been kept in their original order. A typewritten Guide to the file cabinet was found in box 1. Some miscellaneous files from the last box were interfiled. Most of the material is typewritten or printed matter, but there is a handwritten signed letter from explorer Roy...
Dates:
1940-1972
Henry Fairfield Osborn papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .O835
Dates:
1877-1935; Majority of material found within 1908-1935
Albert Eide Parr papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .P371-.P375
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains a wide variety of documents pertaining to Albert E. Parr, particularly during his tenure as Museum Director (1942-1959). Additionally, the collection also hosts a large collection of his original publications, as well as an assortment of newspaper clippings, receipts, meeting minutes, drafts of speeches, and correspondence.
Dates:
1933-1935, 1942-1980
South of Winter: Scenes from Aransas Wildlife Refuge photographic slides
Collection
Identifier: PSC 89A
Scope and Contents
Slides of the photographic prints displayed in the temporary exhibition South of Winter: Scenes from Aransas Wildlife Refuge, held at the American Museum of Natural History, July 1983. The photographs for the exhibition were drawn from a book by Steven Wilson and Karen Hayden, titled "A Natural Collection" published by Entheos in 1981.
Dates:
1983
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History Collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn60
Scope and Contents
This collection contains bound volumes, notes, correspondence, photographs, log books and journals. The material has been arranged into three series. The collection is largely comprised of thirty-three Bound Volumes (Series I) that contain letters and journal entries written by the field researchers that participated in the Whitney South Sea Expedition. Many of these bound volumes store additional material including hand-drawn maps, specimen sketches, photographs and a few handwritten...
Dates:
1920-2007
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
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