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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
Edmund Otis Hovey records
Collection
Identifier: Mss .H683
Scope and Content Note
The Edmund Otis Hovey Records collection consists of approximately 50 field notebooks and journals from his and Mrs. Ettie Hovey’s travels around the Caribbean, North America, Europe and the Arctic; as well as, manuscripts of his papers and lectures notes. The collection also includes photographs, postcards, ephemera and newspaper clippings regarding the Crocker Land Expedition that took place from 1913-1917. The collection spans a period of approximately 20 years, beginning in 1890 and...
Dates:
1890-1919
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
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
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
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
Journal of the representative from the American Museum of Natural History : holograph / C.M. Breder, Jr.
Item
Identifier: Mss .B74-1924
Scope and content
Field notes and itinerary of the 1924 Marsh Darien Expedition. The first entry is Jan. 16; the last entry is July 6. Breder collected specimens of fishes, amphibians and reptiles.
Dates:
1924
Legendre Indo-China Expedition collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn137
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence.
Dates:
1931-1932, 1971
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
Leo E. Miller collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn144
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, field notes, memoranda related to expeditions to South America largely with F.M. Chapman, includes maps and photo of Miller.
Dates:
1911-1916, 1988
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
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
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
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- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 6
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 6
- Shackelford, James B. 6
- Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946 5
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 5
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 4
- Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 4
- American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 3
- Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 3
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 3
- Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 3
- Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 3
- Legendre Indochina Expedition (1931-1932) 3
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 3
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 3
- Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition (1913-1914) 3
- Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 3
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 3
- Templeton Crocker Pacific Expedition (1st : 1934-1935) 3
- Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 2
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 2
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 2
- Allen, Jerome Lee, 1891-1955 2
- Andrews, Yvette Borup 2
- Archbold, Richard 2
- Asiatic Expedition (2nd : 1918-1919) 2
- Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition (1st : 1916-1917) 2
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 2
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 2
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 2
- Brown, Barnum 2
- Chapman South American Expedition (1st : 1912-1913) 2
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 2
- Correia, José G., 1881-1954 2
- Day Roraima Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1927-1928) 2
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 2
- Dodge Brothers 2
- Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 2
- Ekblaw, W. Elmer (Walter Elmer), 1882-1949 2
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 2
- Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939 2
- Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 2
- Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 2
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 2
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
- Miller South American Expedition (1914-1915) 2
- Miller, Leo E. (Leo Edward), 1887-1952 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
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 2
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 2
- Sage West China Expedition (1934) 2
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 2
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
- South American Ornithology Expedition (1912-1913) 2
- Tanquary, Maurice Cole, 1881-1944 2
- Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 2
- Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 2
- Young, John McKenzie 2
- Adamson, Hans Christian 1
- Akeley African Expedition to the Belgian Congo of the American Museum of Natural History (1921-1922) 1
- Akeley, Delia J. (Delia Julia), 1875?-1970 (1875 December 5-1970 May 22) 1
- Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) 1
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- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 1
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- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
- Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer), 1890-1970 1
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- Ascension Island, 1941-1958 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
- Bangs, Outram, 1862-1932 1
- Bartlett-Norcross Expedition (1933) 1
- Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Berlepsch, Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig, Graf von, 1850-1915 1
- Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982 1
- Birdseye, Clarence, 1886-1956 1
- Boyd-Chapin Safari (1956-1957) 1
- Boyle, Howarth S. 1
- Bryan, E. H. (Edwin Horace), 1898-1985 1
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
- Butler Expedition to Australia (1967) 1
- Butler, H. (Harry) 1
- Buxton, N. G. (Norman G.) 1
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