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American Association for the Advancement of Science correspondence and papers, 1916, 1928-1929
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A461
Dates:
1916 - 1929
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
Frederick B. Butler collection on the 1925 field season of the Third Asiatic Expedition
Collection
Identifier: Mss .B88
Scope and Contents
This collection contains field notes written by Butler during the 1925 field season (April 11-August 20) of the Third Asiatic Expedition. It also contains a typed diary detailing his experiences in Mongolia and discussing expedition staff members. Correspondences include letters to and from Butler and his wife in Tianjin (Tientsin), China, and official correspondences. Also included are various lectures ("Speech to the Algonquin Club. Boston, Dec. 7, 1926"; "Expedition lecture with...
Dates:
1924-1927; Majority of material found within 1925-1926
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
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
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
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
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- Paleontologists -- Correspondence 3
- Mongolia -- Description and travel 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) 2
- Adventure and adventurers -- United States 1
- Animals -- Classification 1
- Australia -- Description and travel. 1
- Cartography -- Mongolia -- History -- 20th century 1
- Fishes -- Anatomy. 1
- Fishes -- Evolution. 1
- Geology -- Congresses. 1
- Geology -- New York (State) -- Long Island. 1
- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) –- Discovery and exploration 1
- Ichthyologists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Komodo dragon 1
- Mammals -- Evolution. 1
- Map projection 1
- Marineland (Fla.) 1
- Mineralogy -- Congresses. 1
- Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence. 1
- Museum publications 1
- Natural history museum curators -- Correspondence 1
- New Zealand -- Description and travel. 1
- Ontogeny. 1
- Paleontologists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Paleontology -- Research -- History. 1
- Primates -- Evolution. 1
- Publications 1
- Science -- Congresses -- Planning. 1
- Science -- Societies, etc. -- United States. 1
- Scientific expeditions 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Africa. 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Australia. 1
- Shark attacks -- Prevention 1
- Sharks 1
- Silent enemy (Motion picture) 1
- Transvaal (South Africa) -- Description and travel. 1
- Vertebrates, Fossil 1 ∧ less
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- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 6
- American Museum of Natural History 5
- Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 4
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 3
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 3
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 3
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 3
- Shackelford, James B. 3
- Young, John McKenzie 3
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 2
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 2
- Dodge Brothers 2
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 2
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 2
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 2
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 2
- Reeds, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1882-1968 2
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 2
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 2
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
- Adamson, Hans Christian 1
- Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 1
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
- American Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting (1916) (New York, N.Y.) 1
- American Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting (1928-1929) (New York, N.Y.) 1
- American Association of Museums 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Trustees 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Burden East Indian Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926) 1
- Butler, Frederick B. 1
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 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
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
- Department of Ichthyology 1
- Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 1
- Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 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
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
- Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955 1
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
- Lee, Hugh J. 1
- Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
- Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
- Morden, Irene 1
- Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 1
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 1
- Nyholm, N. Erik I. 1
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Peary, Josephine Diebitsch, 1863-1955 1
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
- Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947 1
- Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 1
- Pope, Clifford H. (Clifford Hillhouse), 1899-1974 1
- Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 1
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 1
- Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943 1
- Rutland (Vermont) Women’s and Men’s Clubs 1
- Sanford Memorial Hall of the Biology of Birds 1
- Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 1
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 1
- Templeton Crocker Pacific Expedition (1st : 1934-1935) 1
- Tolstoy, Ilia A., 1903-1970 1
- Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 1
- Whitney, C. V. (Cornelius Vanderbilt), 1899-1992 1
- Wilkins, George H., Sir (George Hubert), 1888-1958 1
- Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1 ∧ less
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