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Edward Drinker Cope papers, 1846-1897
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C67
Scope and Contents
Contains chiefly letters written by Cope to his family and correspondence between him and Henry Fairfield Osborn, some illustrated or with newspaper clippings attached. Also included are childhood report cards, a few mss. of his poems and essays (1854), a pamphlet by him entitled "The marriage problem" (1888), shipping notices from expedition sites (1881-1884), and a copy of his will.Box 1. Letters, 1846-1875 -- Box 2. Letters, 1876-1888 -- Box 3. Letters, 1889-1897. Cope-Osborn...
Dates:
1846 - 1897
Edward M. Weyer, Jr. collection, circa 1924-1979.
Collection
Identifier: Mss .W449
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks and manuscripts (autograph and typed) for articles and prospective books, notes for Man in the Arctic, both book and lecture series. Also includes clippings from newspapers and periodicals, audio tapes, film, photography and memorabilia as well as field notes from the Stoll-McCracken Expedition (1928). The field notes include a journal, drawings and loose pages both original and typed copies.
Dates:
1924 - 1979
Ernest Thompson Seton collection
Fonds
Identifier: amnh.arch.seton
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of unprocessed material: letters, papers, photographs and sheet music. According to biographical information, Seton's friends while working at the AMNH included ornithologist Frank M. Chapman; William T. Hornaday, the first director of the New York Zoological Park; and zoologist Elliott Coues.
Dates:
1879-1946
Eugenics papers of Frederick H. Osborn and Gladys C. Schwesinger, 1921-1943
Collection
Identifier: Mss .E8
Dates:
(bulk 1929-1940)
American Museum of Natural History, Expedition to China correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Mss .E973
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 16 folders of material, primarily typewritten correspondence (some carbon copies), relating to the planning, organization and progress of the Expedition to China. The majority of the letters are between Laufer and Franz Boas (a famed anthropologist who had formerly worked at AMNH and at the time was running the anthropology PhD. program at Columbia University), with Laufer supplying regular reports on his work to Boas, who disseminated and coordinated the...
Dates:
1900-1904; Majority of material found within 1901-1904
Exploration tales for soldiers and sailors : : YMCA lecture series.
Collection
Identifier: Mss .Y55
Dates:
1917 - 1919
F. Martin Brown papers, circa 1926-1990
Collection
Identifier: Mss .B76-.B761
Scope and content
The collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, data cards, articles, notes and other research material, and personal papers. The first group of 51 boxes has had preliminary processing, with pencilled notations on the outside indicating each box's contents. Subjects include Edwards, Mead, Fabricius, and Pike's Peak. The second group of 9 boxes is unprocessed material. A bibliography of Brown's publications is filed with the collection.
Dates:
1926 - 1990
F. Martin Brown papers, circa 1940-1980
Collection
Identifier: Mss .B762
Scope and Contents
Account books, personal files, maps, newspaper clippings, field notes, book manuscripts and mounted photographs.
Dates:
1940 - 1980
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- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 3
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- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
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- Yale University 2
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