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Animal courtship behavior
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 53
Scope and Contents
The courtship behavior of various animals in relation to human behavioral patterns is the topic of discussion for this broadcast. Shown are the stylized, stiff-legged dance of the male stork, the violent fights of male bighorn rams, bison and sea elephants, as well as the posturing habits of the male Australian lyrebird in front of the female, the nuptial flight of the queen bee, and other examples which point out similarities and differences in the forms of courtship behavior between human...
Dates:
1953
Animal husbandry photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .F37
Scope and Contents
Agricultural photographs and illustrations of cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, dairy products, and the dairy industry. Bulk of prints from the 1920s.
Dates:
1896-1949
Animal life in the desert
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 49
Scope and Contents
Charles M. Bogert, curator of herpetology at the AMNH, conducts a survey of American desert creatures for this broadcast. Hosted by Robert Northshield, the program highlights the struggle for survival by desert animals and current scientific research into mechanisms of heat regulation in reptiles. These cold-blooded animals are shown to adapt to environments with wide temperature fluctuations. Bogert covers the eyes of a snake and observes how the snake's heat sensors enables it to strike a...
Dates:
1953
Antarctic expedition field photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .E441
Scope and Contents
Captioned, "Antarctic island where Ellsworth found minerals" and "Lincoln Ellsworth." Latter has Ellsworth with a penguin.
Dates:
1939
Anthropological photographs of Kurdistan and Bedouin families
Collection
Identifier: PPC .N433
Scope and Contents
Black and white and color photographs mostly of women and children outdoors in thier local environment. Appears that most of the photographs were taken on site in the 1970s(?) by Sylvia A. Matheson. Three mounted vintage prints dated 1866, 1892 and 1893 with captions in English and Russian.
Dates:
1866-1970s?
Antiguedades Mexicanas photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .B757
Scope and Contents
Artifacts at the Museo Nacional de Mexico.
Dates:
undated
Arachnid specimen index, 1902-1948
Collection
Identifier: DR 190
Scope and Contents
Handwritten log sheets of gathered specimens, detailing collection locality and collector etcetera. Collecting seems to have been done by individuals from various institutions including AMNH, Cornell, New York State Museum among others.
Dates:
1902 - 1948
Archbold Biological Station photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A73
Scope and Contents
Includes field photographs of fur seals, Alaskan scenery, botany, and scientists in the field in Polovina Rookery, St. Paul Island, Alaska. Includes two government publications on fur seals.
Dates:
circa 1948
Archibald George Campbell photographs of the Lyrebird
Collection
Identifier: PPC .C31
Scope and Contents
A small book containing text and small black and white photographs glued to pages.
Dates:
1940
Archives and Manuscripts microfilm
Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #1-227
Scope and Contents
Microfilm copies of archives and manuscripts from central archives and other Science departments.
Dates:
1986
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