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Frontiers of a forbidden land
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 151
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH First Asiatic Zoological Expedition to Yunnan and Fukien, China, 1916-1917. This is the record of the AMNH First Asiatic Zoological Expedition to eastern and southwestern China (Fukien and Yunnan provinces), the purpose of which was to collect zoological specimens and visual ethnographic records. Roy Chapman Andrews, was accompanied by his wife, Yvette Borup Andrews, who served as photographer, and Edmund Heller, collector and explorer, who served as specimen...
Dates:
1916-1917
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 Heller diary
Collection
Identifier: Mss .H45
Scope and Contents
The diary is dated from October 9, 1917 to January 12, 1918, with undated addenda and address lists. It contains Heller’s personal reflections and daily activities on his solo return trip from the First Asiatic Zoological Expedition. He discusses the sites and architecture, the flora and weather, as well as the culture and his impressions of the people of each country. He writes of goods for sale, with a particular interest in lantern slides and fur-skinned merchandise. Many of his...
Dates:
October 9, 1917-January 12, 1918
William J. Morden papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .M671-.M674
Scope and Contents
This collection is concerned with Morden’s expeditions to Alaska, Central Asia, and Southwest Africa and contains detailed field notes written by both William and Irene. The field notes include details of their travels, supply lists, budgets, and descriptions of artifacts and specimens gathered. There are also a number of drafts of articles and books written by both Morden and Irene about their experiences abroad.
The William J. Morden papers also include correspondences which are...
Dates:
1922-1957
The Central Asiatic Expeditions : Mongols
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 149
Scope and Contents
China and Mongolia, 1921-1930. The first sequence concentrates on daily life in a Mongol camp near Tsagan Nor (or White Lake). The camp is a complex of Mongolian tents (yurts) with men, sheep, and dogs milling about; yaks pull heavy logs; and a camel is being trained. The film moves to Urga (now Ulan Bator) where Khalka women with elaborate headresses are seen; a Mongol affected with gigantism enters the city and is photographed with Roy Chapman Andrews. The film then shifts back to the...
Dates:
1922-1925
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- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 3
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 2
- Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition (1st : 1916-1917) 2
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
- Dodge Brothers 2
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 2
- Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939 2
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 2
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 2
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 2
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 2
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 2
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 2
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 2
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 2
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 2
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
- Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 2
- Young, John McKenzie 2
- Adamson, Hans Christian 1
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
- American Association of Museums 1
- American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 1
- Andrews, Yvette Borup 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Cook, Harold J. (Harold James), 1887-1962 1
- Correia, José G., 1881-1954 1
- Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 1
- Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 1
- Davison, Frederick Trubee, 1896-1974 1
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
- Department of Ichthyology 1
- Eyerdam, Walter J. (Walter Jakob), 1892-1974 1
- Field Museum of Natural History 1
- Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
- Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 1
- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 1
- Haury, Emil W. (Emil Walter), 1904-1992 1
- Heinz 1
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955 1
- Hyman, Libbie Henrietta, 1888-1969 1
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
- Lee, Hugh J. 1
- Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
- Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955 1
- Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
- Morden, Irene 1
- Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 1
- Nyholm, N. Erik I. 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Peary, Josephine Diebitsch, 1863-1955 1
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
- Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 1
- Pope, Clifford H. (Clifford Hillhouse), 1899-1974 1
- Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Rutland (Vermont) Women’s and Men’s Clubs 1
- Sanford Memorial Hall of the Biology of Birds 1
- Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 1
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 1
- Stunkard, Horace W. (Horace Wesley), 1889-1989 1
- Templeton Crocker Pacific Expedition (1st : 1934-1935) 1
- Wang, Hao-t'ing 1
- Wilkins, George H., Sir (George Hubert), 1888-1958 1
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