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An African Safari
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 3
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Central African Expedition, 1948. Starting at Cape Town and going round the southern tip of Africa up to Mombasa, Kenya, the AMNH Central African Expedition, led by AMNH director of preparation and installation James Lippitt Clark, then traveled through Nairobi, the Mountains of the Moon in the Ruwenzori Range in Uganda and Zaire, Ripon Falls (Uganda), Bagasson (Congo) and Stanleyville (now Kisangani in Zaire), all north of Lake Victoria, then to Uganda, the Belgian...
Dates:
1948
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Diaries: [microform]
Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #15-23
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1907-1948
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Francis Lee Jaques field diaries and sketchbooks
Collection
Identifier: Mss .J37
Summary
Francis Lee Jaques (28 September 1887-24 July 1969), also known as Lee Jaques, is celebrated for his diorama paintings at the American Museum of Natural History, executed during the early and mid-twentieth century. A frequent collaborator with Museum curator and ornithologist Frank M. Chapman (1864-1945), the artist is especially associated with the Whitney Memorial Hall of Pacific Bird Life (that was co-designed with Robert Cushman Murphy, Museum curator and ornithologist). This collection...
Dates:
1925-1935
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
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
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
Report of the Central African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1947-1948 : [microform]
Item
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #24
Dates:
1948
Found in:
Research Library Special Collections
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- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 1
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 1
- Chapman, Clark R. 1
- Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 1
- Deusing, Murl 1
- Fleischmann-Clark, American Museum, Indo-China Expedition (1936) 1
- Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 1
- Morden, Irene 1
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 1
- Morden-Clark Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926) 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
- O'Donnell-Clark African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1931) 1
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 1
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
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