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American Museum of Natural History oral history collection, 1975-2002.
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A45O73
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1975 - 2002
Roy Chapman Andrews papers, 1987 Accession
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A54
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of Andrews' correspondence, manuscripts, and transcripts of Andrews' broadcasts and talks from 1934 to1944. It also contains one folder of family and biographical documents and newspaper clippings received from Charles Gallenkamp, Andrews' biographer, in 1990. The majority of the administrative papers' correspondence concerns requests for speaking engagements about Andrews' explorations, requests for articles, and letters from the public and from companies...
Dates:
1920-1947; Majority of material found within 1934-1944
Eugene L. Garbaty "Around the World" tour photographs
Collection
Identifier: PPC .G37
Scope and Contents
"Around the World" tours. Photos of Algiers, Tunis, Egypt, Sumatra, Java, Peking, Panama, Ceylon, Agra, and Bali. Includes one letter.
Dates:
1933-1937
Gorillas ; From the neck up
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 35
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Gorillas. This segment opens with footage from the 1949 movie Mighty Joe Young (RKO Pictures), which is presented as an example of the traditional portrayal of gorillas as ferocious. At the CBS studio, James Howard McGregor, research associate at the AMNH and a noted expert on gorillas, discusses historical and characteristic aspects of gorillas. At the Baltimore Zoo by remote broadcast, Arthur Watson and host Robert Northshield play with Robert, a rambunctious...
Dates:
1953
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
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
Mutiny on the Bounty ; Otters ; The story of oil
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 31
Scope and Contents
SEGMENT 1: Mutiny on the Bounty. On April 28, 1789, a mutiny occured on the H.M.S. Bounty, resulting in a unique intermingling of Tahitian and English culture on Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. Harry L. Shapiro, AMNH anthropologist, explains the ethnological characteristics of the Pitcairn Islanders, the descendants of English crewmen and Tahitian women. This segment is hosted by Charles Collingwood. SEGMENT 2: Otters. This segment provides the audience with live and filmed views of...
Dates:
1953
Photographs of African people and culture
Collection
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note
The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates:
circa 1904-1950
Harry Lionel Shapiro papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .S537
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of English translations of articles written by Shapiro and published from 1874 to 1938 pertaining to anthropological research. Most articles were translated by Edward Hulles or Grace P. Eldridge.Contents of articles[Southern tip of South America] -- Les Araucaniens du Jardin d'acclimation / Deniker, M. (1883) -- Materiaux pour servir à l'histoire des Oonas indigènes de la Terre du feu / Lahille, F. (1926) -- Ein Onaschädel aus Feuerland : zur...
Dates:
circa 1930s-1980s
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