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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
John Treadwell Nichols papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .N531-N532
Scope and Content note
The records consist mostly of the journals Nichols kept during his life. The journals record wildlife observed on his travels overseas, but the bulk of the entries are devoted to Nichols’ observations in Central Park, on the Museum grounds, and in his home at Long Island. His desk diaries consist of notes on sources and information collected for Nichols’ books, mostly his book on fresh-water fish from China. Generally, these entries have a line or two devoted to the duties and office...
Dates:
1888-1989; Majority of material found within 1890-1958
Henry Cushier Raven papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .R38
Scope and Contents
The items in this collection reflect much of Henry Cushier Raven’s species data research from approximately 1920-1944. The collection consists of handwritten and typed notes and research; hand-drawn illustrations of animals and their dissections; photographs of specimens and expedition sites; and manuscript drafts associated with his various essays, articles, and scholarly publications. Research and illustrations on various whale species, land mammals, and Raven’s data from his Australia/...
Dates:
circa 1912-1944; Majority of material found within 1920-1944
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- Anatomists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
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- Mongolia -- Description and travel 1
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- American Museum of Natural History 2
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 2
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 2
- Department of Ichthyology 2
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 2
- Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970 2
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 2
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 2
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 2
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 2
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
- Adamson, Hans Christian 1
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 1
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 1
- American Association of Museums 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 1
- Australian Expedition (1st : 1921-1922) 1
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 1
- Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-1955 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 1
- Brown, Barnum 1
- Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 1
- Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 1
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 1
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 1
- Cook, Harold J. (Harold James), 1887-1962 1
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 1
- Department of Herpetology 1
- Dodge Brothers 1
- Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 1
- Hellman, Milo, 1872-1947 1
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 1
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 1
- Lerner, Michael, 1890-1978 1
- Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943 1
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 1
- Mook, Charles Craig, 1887-1966 1
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 1
- Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 1
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 1
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 1
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 1
- Parr, Albert Eide, 1900-1991 1
- Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 1
- Pope, Clifford H. (Clifford Hillhouse), 1899-1974 1
- Rutland (Vermont) Women’s and Men’s Clubs 1
- Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 1
- Shackelford, James B. 1
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 1
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 1
- Vernay, Arthur Stannard, 1877-1960 1
- Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 1
- Young, John McKenzie 1 ∧ less
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