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Education Service Materials

 Collection
Identifier: Mem 310
Scope and Contents The Department of Education at the American Museum of Natural History takes Museum research and scientific data and makes it accessible to teachers and students. In 1903, the Museum partnered with schools to create a system of circulating natural history collections, developed and designed by the Museum to provide teachers with teaching materials, specimens, and artifacts to support specially designed educational readings and lesson plans on a variety of subjects in the natural sciences....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1903-circa 1970; 1895-circa1970

Elsie M.B. Naumburg notes

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn71
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes created by Naumburg on various expeditions in South America

Dates: 1912-1917

Emil Kaempfer collection

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Identifier: Archives Orn131
Scope and Contents

Notes, correspondence, write-ups of collected material, bibliographic lists, Brazilian field notes, bibliography compiled by Naumburg, notes on Caatinga species compiled by K. Duffin for L. Short, Elsie Naumburg's locality cards, Lester L. Shorts Caatinga project, data compiled by Kathleen Duffin

Dates: 1925-1927

Employee Benefits Association records, circa 1920-1979

 Collection
Identifier: DR 036
Scope and content

Bank statements, checkbooks, correspondence, minutes, membership certificates, and cash ledgers (1947-1969, 1970-1975) relating to the operations of the Employee Benefits Association. Approximately 10 bound volumes.

Dates: 1920 - 1979

Ernest Thompson Seton Paintings collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn54
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch with tail feathers, wash drawings, and lithographs.

Dates: circa 1890-1900

Eugene Eisenmann papers

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Identifier: Archives Orn8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence includes American Ornithologists Union materials, Eugene Eisenmann transfer files, bird checklists, bird field notes.

Dates: 1950s-1970s, undated

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

Expeditions, collectors, collections, catalogs, field notes card file

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn32
Scope and Contents

Detailed typed card catalog index, includes field notes, geographic cross-references and AMNH catalog numbers for various collections arranged by collector. Catalogs for collections now owned by AMNH. Unpublished manuscripts and data on deposit at AMNH.

Dates: 1870s-1970s

F. G. Carnochan collection

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Identifier: Archives Orn219
Scope and Contents

list of F.G. Carnochan collection. Tangahyika Territory, 1934-1935.

Dates: 1934-1935

Fahnestock South Sea Expedition correspondence

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Identifier: Archives Orn185
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding expedition, expense accounts, shipping receipts, news clippings

Dates: 1939-1941, 1996

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Department of Ornithology Archives 197
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library 51
Division of Anthropology Archives 6
 
Subject
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives. 198
Field notes 46
Birds -- Catalogs and collections 26
Manuscript Collection 24
Department Records 22
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Scientific expeditions 14
Natural history museum curators -- Correspondence 11
Birds -- Pictorial works 7
Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 7
Museum directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence 6
Natural history museums -- Educational aspects 6
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology. Archives. 5
Natural history museum curators 5
Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York 5
Birds -- Exhibitions 4
Education 4
Ichthyologists -- United States -- Correspondence 4
Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence. 4
North American Archaeology 4
Scientific expeditions -- South America 4
Birds 3
Birds -- Classification 3
Geologists -- United States -- Correspondence. 3
Museum exhibits 3
Natural history -- Exhibitions 3
Natural history museums -- Employees 3
Ornithologists -- Correspondence. 3
Paleontologists -- United States -- Correspondence 3
Photograph 3
Art 2
B/W Print 2
Birds -- Photography 2
Birds -- South America -- Catalogs and collections. 2
Born-digital 2
Correspondence 2
Education -- Museums 2
Entomologists -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Film Collection 2
Fishes -- Research 2
Great Gull Island (N.Y.) 2
Human resources 2
Mammals -- Evolution. 2
Maps 2
Mexico -- Antiquities. 2
Moving Images 2
Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions 2
North American Ethnology 2
Ontogeny. 2
Papers/Records 2
Scientific expeditions -- Arctic regions 2
Scientific expeditions -- Australia 2
Africa 1
Ainu 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 1
Amynodontidae 1
Anatomists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Animals -- Classification 1
Animals -- Transportation 1
Anthropologists -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Apache 1
Archaeologists -- Mexico -- Correspondence. 1
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration 1
Arizona 1
Arkansas 1
Artists 1
Assiniboine 1
Australia -- Description and travel. 1
Bimini Islands (Bahamas) 1
Biology 1
Birds -- Africa 1
Birds -- Anatomy 1
Birds -- Australia 1
Birds -- Bolivia -- Catalogs and collections 1
Birds -- Borneo 1
Birds -- Burma 1
Birds -- Collection and preservation 1
Birds -- Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Birds -- Ecuador -- Catalogs and collections 1
Birds -- Guyana 1
Birds -- Kenya 1
Birds -- Nests 1
Birds -- Peru 1
Birdsongs 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Blackfeet 1
Blackfoot 1
Borneo 1
Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. 1
Caves -- United States. 1
Caves -- Virginia -- Luray 1
Cheyenne 1
Chiapas (Mexico) -- Antiquities 1
Chontal Indians -- Social life and customs. 1
Cichlids 1
City Planning 1
Coelacanth 1
Colorado 1
Congo (Democratic Republic) 1
Costa Rica 1
Cree 1
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Language
English 253
 
Names
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 75
American Museum of Natural History 31
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 15
Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 9
Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 8
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Department of Education 7
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 7
Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 5
Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946 4
Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 4
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 4
Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 4
Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 4
Short, Lester L. 4
Vernay, Arthur Stannard, 1877-1960 4
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 3
Correia, José G., 1881-1954 3
Department of Ichthyology 3
Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 3
Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 3
Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 3
Miller, Leo E. (Leo Edward), 1887-1952 3
Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 3
Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 3
Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition (1913-1914) 3
Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 3
Tate, G. H. H. (George Henry Hamilton), 1894-1953 3
Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 2
Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 2
Amadon, Dean 2
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 2
Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer), 1890-1970 2
Archbold, Richard 2
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 2
Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 2
Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950 2
Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 2
Boyle, Howarth S. 2
Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 2
Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 2
Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 2
Chapin-Edson Congo Expedition (1930-1931) 2
Chapman South American Expedition (1st : 1912-1913) 2
Chubb, S. Harmsted (Samuel Harmsted), 1863-1949 2
Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 2
Collins-Day Expedition to South America (1915) 2
Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 2
Department of Geology and Paleontology 2
Dickerman, Robert William, 1926- 2
Dutcher, William, 1846-1920 2
Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 2
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 2
Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895 2
Lerner Marine Laboratory 2
Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 2
Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 2
Macmillan, Lindsay 2
Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
Miller South American Expedition (1914-1915) 2
Naumburg, Elsie M. B. (Elsie Margaret Binger), 1880-1953 2
Nicholson, Thomas D. 2
Oliver, James A. (James Arthur), 1914-1981 2
Partridge, William L. 2
Richardson, William B. 2
Rowley, J. Stuart 2
Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 2
Smith, Herbert H. (Herbert Huntington), 1851-1919 2
South American Ornithology Expedition (1912-1913) 2
Steere, Joseph Beal, 1842-1940 2
Templeton Crocker Pacific Expedition (1st : 1934-1935) 2
Trimm, H. Wayne 2
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 2
Adamson, Hans Christian 1
Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 1
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
Albatross Expedition (1911) 1
Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964 1
Allen, Glover M. (Glover Morrill), 1879-1942 1
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 1
American Museum of Natural History Ornithological Expedition (1988) 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Communications. Editorial 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Insects and Spiders 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Public Instruction 1
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
Anderson, Sydney, 1927- 1
Andrew J. Stone Expedition (3rd : 1903) 1
Archbold Expeditions 1
Aronson, Lester R. (Lester Ralph), 1911-1996 1
Asaeda, Toshio 1
Ascension Island, 1941-1958 1
Askoy Expedition (1941-1945) 1
Atz, James W. 1
Audubon, Florence 1
Audubon, Maria R. (Maria Rebecca), 1843-1925 1
Azores Expedition (1922) 1
Baasch, Kurt W. 1
Bandelier, Fanny 1
Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
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