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The Central Asiatic Expeditions : Peking
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 150
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH Third Asiatic Expedition to China and Mongolia, 1921-1930. Film brought from the U.S. was intended for recording the expedition, but some precious film was used to photograph Peking (now Beijing), the site of the expedition's headquarters. Because of the need to conserve film, this film is choppy, but provides a record of the city in the 1920s. The varied modes of transport are shown: trolleys, ox carts, sedan chairs, rickshaws, camels, wheelbarrows, horsedrawn...
Dates:
1922-1928
Central Asiatic Expeditions records
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C446
Scope and Contents
This collection is a record of the Museum’s explorations undertaken during the 1920s in the Gobi Desert under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews. A list of the men who participated in the CAE can be culled from the expeditions’ letterheads used by museum personnel in New York. All but three of the men cited on these letterheads are represented here. Those not found are Mont Reid, a physician, James Wang, an interpreter and G. Horwath of motor transport. The variety of other correspondents...
Dates:
1916-1940; Majority of material found within 1921-1933
[Collection of sketches from Mongolian Expedition]
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 693
Dates:
1922 - 1925
American Museum of Natural History, Department of Preparation and Installation: Diorama and Hall construction
Collection
Identifier: DR 104
Scope and Content Note
This collection spans the planning and development of the Department of Preparations for the dioramas of the various halls. These folders detail the requests and expenditures for the efforts made in travel, models, and sketches. The majority of the correspondence is directed from or to James L. Clark, the Director of the Department of Preparations between the 1930’s-1940’s. Much of the correspondence from James Lippit Clark, is directed to trackers, guides, taxidermists, donors, and...
Dates:
1919-1962
[Field books of the Third Asiatic Expedition] : [microform]
Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #42
Dates:
1922 - 1930
Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930 : [microform] / Roy Chapman Andrews.
Collection
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #31
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1919 - 1930
Mammals collected in Fukien, 1925-26, for Third Asiatic Expedition, A.M.N.H., by Clifford H. Pope : [microform]
Item
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #83
Dates:
1988
Chester A. Reeds Mongolia Studies papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .R441
Summary
Eleven folders containing drafts of chapters appearing in vol. 1 of Natural History of Central Asia, as well as correspondence between Reeds and other authors of the book regarding the content of the volume from 1932.
Dates:
1932
Chester Reeds papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS .R44
Summary
2 boxes containing 52 folders of correspondence, typescript, handwritten notes, and printed images (maps, illustrations, etc.), most of which relates to the September-October 1926 issue of Natural History entitled The Romance of Fossil Hunting.
Dates:
1924-1930; Majority of material found in 1926
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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- Scientific expeditions -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 8
- Manuscript Collection 6
- Film Collection 5
- Moving Images 5
- Archives Microfilm 3
- Mongolia -- Discovery and exploration. 3
- Paleontologists -- Correspondence 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Asia, Central 3
- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) -- Description and travel 2
- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) -- Discovery and exploration. 2
- Mongolia -- Description and travel 2
- Paleontology -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 2
- Photographic Print Collection 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Mongolia 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Mongolia. 2
- Anthropologists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Archaeologists -- United States -- Correspondence. 1
- Art Survey 1
- Asia, Central -- Discovery and exploration. 1
- Beijing (China) -- Description and travel 1
- Born-digital 1
- Cartography -- Mongolia -- History -- 20th century 1
- Construction 1
- Department Records 1
- Extinct mammals -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 1
- Geography 1
- Geology -- Asia, Central. 1
- Geology -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 1
- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 1
- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) –- Discovery and exploration 1
- Khalkha (Mongolian people) 1
- Mammals -- China -- Fujian Sheng -- Catalogs and collections. 1
- Mongolia -- Antiquities 1
- Mongols -- Dwellings 1
- Museum publications 1
- Natural history -- Asia, Central. 1
- Natural history -- China 1
- Natural history -- Mongolia 1
- Neolithic period -- Mongolia 1
- Paleontology -- China. 1
- Paleontology -- Mongolia. 1
- Photographic Slide Collection 1
- Publications 1
- Rephotography 1
- Scientific expeditions 1
- Scientific expeditions -- China 1
- Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) -- Description and travel 1
- Vertebrates, Fossil -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 1
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- Names
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 12
- American Museum of Natural History 9
- Shackelford, James B. 7
- Central Asiatic Expeditions Films (1921-1930) 5
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 4
- Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 3
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 3
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 3
- Pope, Clifford H. (Clifford Hillhouse), 1899-1974 3
- Young, John McKenzie 3
- Asiatic Expedition (2nd : 1918-1919) 2
- Butler, Frederick B. 2
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 2
- Dodge Brothers 2
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 2
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 2
- Reeds, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1882-1968 2
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 2
- Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 2
- Allen, Glover M. (Glover Morrill), 1879-1942 1
- American Association of Museums 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 1
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
- CAE II 100th Anniversary Rephotography Mission 1
- Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 1
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
- Cluer, J. Kelly 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
- 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
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955 1
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 1
- Klein, Alfred J. 1
- Lee, Hugh J. 1
- M. Saandar 1
- McConnell, Robert E. 1
- McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 1
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 1
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 1
- Nyholm, N. Erik I. 1
- Peary, Josephine Diebitsch, 1863-1955 1
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
- Photo Studio 1
- Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 1
- Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Rungius, Carl, 1869-1959 1
- Rutland (Vermont) Women’s and Men’s Clubs 1
- Sage West China Expedition (1934) 1
- Sanford Memorial Hall of the Biology of Birds 1
- Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 1
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 1
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 1
- Templeton Crocker Pacific Expedition (1st : 1934-1935) 1
- Vernay, Arthur Stannard, 1877-1960 1
- Wang, Hao-t'ing 1
- Wilkins, George H., Sir (George Hubert), 1888-1958 1
- Wilson, James Perry, 1889-1976 1 ∧ less
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