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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

Department of Ornithology historic correspondence 'A-Z' collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn5
Scope and Contents

Historic correspondence files organized from A to Z and include articles, photographs (one slide), biographical information, bird lists and field notes. Also includes articles, expedition histories, oral history.

Dates: 1865-2002, undated

George A. Treadwell papers, 1870-1912

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .T74
Dates: (bulk 1870-1896).

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

Edmund Otis Hovey papers

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Identifier: Mss .H681-.H682

James Paul Chapin correspondence, 1953

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .C4537
Scope and content The collection consists of letters, handwritten and typwritten, to and from Chapin, mostly concerning his upcoming trip and work. The letters are arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent. Seven letters are from Henri Schouteden and nine are from Robert W. Storer. Other correspondents (one letter each, except where noted) include Rudyerd Boulten; L.D. Branch, discussing the lyre-tailed honeyguide; Herbert Friedmann, discussing honeyguide nesting, including the species Indicator minor;...
Dates: 1953 - 1953

Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919

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Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates: Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)

Leonard C. Sanford collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn97
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from BMNH Archives between Sanford, Rothschild, Stresemann, Mayr, Stein, Frost, and Dammerman concerning joint projects in New Guinea

Dates: 1927-1931

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Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library 19
Department of Ornithology Archives 3
 
Subject
Manuscript Collection 15
Natural history museum curators -- Correspondence 11
Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence 6
Department Records 4
Ichthyologists -- United States -- Correspondence 4
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Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence. 4
Natural history museum curators 4
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives. 3
Geologists -- United States -- Correspondence. 3
Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 3
Ornithologists -- Correspondence. 3
Paleontologists -- United States -- Correspondence 3
Correspondence 2
Entomologists -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Fishes -- Research 2
Mammals -- Evolution. 2
Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York 2
Ontogeny. 2
Anatomists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Animals -- Classification 1
Animals -- Transportation 1
Archaeologists -- Mexico -- Correspondence. 1
Australia -- Description and travel. 1
Birds -- Classification 1
Birds -- Collection and preservation 1
Birds -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Birds -- Exhibitions 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Caves -- United States. 1
Caves -- Virginia -- Luray 1
Cichlids 1
City Planning 1
Coelacanth 1
Earthquakes. 1
Ecology 1
Education -- Museums 1
Evolution (Biology) -- History -- Sources. 1
Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy -- History -- Sources. 1
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico. 1
Field notes 1
Fishes -- Anatomy. 1
Fishes -- Bibliography 1
Fishes -- Evolution. 1
Game protection -- United States 1
Geology -- Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Green turtle -- Morphology. 1
Hawksbill turtle -- Morphology. 1
Honeyguides. 1
Hunting -- United States -- Public opinion 1
Hunting guns 1
Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities 1
Invertebrates, Fossil -- Collection and preservation. 1
Invertebrates, Fossil -- Identification. 1
Mammals -- Classification 1
Mammals -- Classification -- History. 1
Mammals -- Collection and preservation 1
Mammals -- Exhibitions 1
Mammals, Fossil -- North America. 1
Mammals, Fossil. 1
Maps 1
Meteorites 1
Mexico -- Antiquities. 1
Mineral industries -- Arizona -- Wickenburg Region. 1
Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Wickenburg Region. 1
Mines and mineral resources -- United states. 1
Museum curators -- United States -- Correspondence. 1
Museum curators -- United States -- History. 1
Museum curators -- Washington (D.C.) -- Correspondence. 1
Museums -- Educational aspects -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Natural history -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions 1
Natural history museums -- United States -- History. 1
New Zealand -- Description and travel. 1
Oceania -- Description and travel 1
Oceanographers -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Ornithologists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Ornithology -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Paleontology -- Methodology. 1
Paleontology -- Research -- History -- Sources. 1
Paleontology -- Research -- History. 1
Pelée, Mount (Martinique) -- Eruption, 1902. 1
Primates -- Evolution. 1
Publications 1
Rocks -- Collection and preservation. 1
Rocks -- Identification. 1
Saint-Pierre (Martinique) 1
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Earthquake, 1906. 1
Saurischia. 1
Scientific expeditions 1
Scientific expeditions -- Africa. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Australia. 1
Scientific expeditions -- Oceania 1
Scientific expeditions -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia 1
Sea turtles -- Morphology. 1
Sketchbooks & albums 1
Soufrière (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) -- Eruption, 1902. 1
Teeth, Fossil. 1
Transvaal (South Africa) -- Description and travel. 1
Vertebrates, Fossil 1
Volcanoes 1
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Names
American Museum of Natural History 10
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 3
Department of Ichthyology 3
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 3
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 2
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Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 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
Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 2
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 2
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 2
Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 2
Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 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 Vertebrate Paleontology 1
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 1
Atz, James W. 1
Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950 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
Bryan, E. H. (Edwin Horace), 1898-1985 1
Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
Chapin Field Trip to the Eastern Congo (1953-1958) 1
Clark, Eugenie 1
Correia, José G., 1881-1954 1
Coultas, William F. 1
Curtis, Charles Cutler 1
Department of Education 1
Department of Entomology 1
Department of Herpetology 1
Drowne, Frederick P. 1
Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 1
Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 1
Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915 1
Eyerdam, Walter J. (Walter Jakob), 1892-1974 1
France (Schooner) 1
Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
Garton, Richard I. 1
Goelet, Robert G. (Robert Guestier), 1923- 1
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 1
Hamlin, Hannibal, 1904-1982 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
Macmillan, Lindsay 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
Nicholson, Thomas D. 1
Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
Oliver, James A. (James Arthur), 1914-1981 1
Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 1
Quayle, Ernest H., 1891-1956 1
Richards, Guy, 1905- 1
Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932 1
Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 1
Saville Expeditions to Mexico (1896-1904) 1
Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 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
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 1
Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1
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