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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 related to 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...
Dates:
Usage: circa 1887-1990s
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
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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- Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 1
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 1
- Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
- Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals 1
- Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Department of Exhibition 1
- Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 1
- Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 1
- Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915 1
- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
- Hayden Planetarium 1
- Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 1
- Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) 1
- Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 1
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 1
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 1
- Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956 1
- National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals 1
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 1
- Olsen, Chris E., 1880-1965 1
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
- Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Smith, Herbert H. (Herbert Huntington), 1851-1919 1
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall 1
- Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 1
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