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Alex Seidel and Helen Ziska drawings collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn50
Scope and Contents

Maps, diagrams, pen and ink drawings for the "Birds of the Belgian Congo" (Note that volume number is not specified.) Artists: Jas. Chapin, Seidel, Helen Ziska. Also includes Seidel's "Birds of the Southwest Pacifc" drawings.

Dates: undated

Belgian Congo species card file I, II, III, IV

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn40
Scope and Contents

These are published records and notes that were accummulated subsequent to the publication of the relevant volumes of "Birds of the Belgian Congo." There are also records of bordering regions.

Dates: 1920s-1960s, undated

Chapin file: African Collectors and Travelers

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn34
Scope and Contents

Collectors of birds, arranged alphabetically by collector's name. Some correspondence and some photographs.

Dates: mid-1800s-1970s

Chapin file: maps and localities (PT)

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn35
Scope and Contents

James Paul Chapin's maps (arranged alphabetically) and bibliography (arranged chronologically) pertianing to Old voyages to Congo.

Dates: 1904-1966

Chapin file: people of special interest

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn33
Scope and Contents

Hand written notes on people of special interest from American Museum Congo Expedition, Congo Independent State, and Congo Republic. Includes clippings, correspondence, biographical information, some photographs, including one 3-D photo and film.

Dates: 1940s-1960s

Chapin Kivu notes I, II, III file cards

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn38
Scope and Contents

Card file notes from James Paul Chapin's sojourn in the highlands west of Lake Kivu.

Dates: 1930s-1970s, undated

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

James P. Chapin African bibliography

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn14
Scope and Contents

Files on James Paul Chapin's bibliography on Africa. Titles referenced in the files are from the 18th through 20th centuries.

Dates: 1930s-1950s

James P. Chapin collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn47
Scope and Contents

Collection of Christmas cards from and to James Paul Chapin, watercolors, drawings, "colophons" (referenced as colophons but are actually hand drawn illustrations and considered a device), bookplates, cartoons, envelopes with Chapin illustrations. Subject matter mostly birds, also images of fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and plants. Includes watercolors done by Chapin for the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915).

Dates: 1900 -1960s, undated

James P. Chapin collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn221
Scope and Contents James Chapin's personal and professional correspondence, expedition records including field notes and catalogs, photographs, negatives and personal diaries (1918-1964). Includes collected newsclippings, "Birds of the Belgian Congo" Ph.D. thesis and published works, reel to reel tape recordings with transcriptions, address books, date books, lists of Congo birds, original manuscripts, published reviews, articles, talks, papers, notes. Also includes Biographical information, photographs and...
Dates: 1908-1964

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 2
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 2
Adamson, Hans Christian 1
Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 1
American Museum of Natural History 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 1
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 1
Ascension Island, 1941-1958 1
Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
Boyd-Chapin Safari (1956-1957) 1
Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
Brown, Barnum 1
Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
Chapin Field Trip to the Eastern Congo (1953-1958) 1
Chapin-Edson Congo Expedition (1930-1931) 1
Chapman, Clark R. 1
Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 1
Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
Department of Ichthyology 1
Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
Galapagos Islands Expedition (1930) 1
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 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
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
Ruwenzori-Kivu Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) 1
Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
Seidel, Alexander 1
Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
Templeton Crocker Pacific Expedition (1st : 1934-1935) 1
Weyer, Edward Moffat, 1904-1998 1
Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1
Ziska, Helen 1
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