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George K. Cherrie collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn150
Scope and Contents
Field notes and catalogs from expeditionary work in Costa Rica, Haiti, the United States, Trinidad, India, the Himalayas and Turkestan, and most prominently in locations across South America, including the Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition, correspondence, itemized packing lists, clippings
Dates:
1894-1925
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
George K. Cherrie correspondence, 1902 Jan. 9, 1903 Apr. 11
Collection
Identifier: Mss .C454
Scope and content
The collection consists of two handwritten signed letters from Hartert, the first discussing Cherrie's collecting plans for an upcoming expedition to Cayenne, French Guiana, and the second evaluating the results. In the first letter, Hartert requests six specimens of every species of bird from Cayenne; eight of hummingbirds and swifts. Payment is discussed. Hartert says that Oldfield Thomas of the Natural History Museum (London, England) wants mammals from Cayenne, and stresses his own...
Dates:
1902 - 1903
[Glacier Bay] / LR "van Dyck"
Item — Box: RF-108-F, item: 1
Identifier: Art Survey No. 587
Scope and Contents
Painting depicts glacier, small boat on lower left, and mountain. Frame: black painted wood, matted.
Dates:
circa 1900-1950
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
Edmund Heller diary
Collection
Identifier: Mss .H45
Scope and Contents
The diary is dated from October 9, 1917 to January 12, 1918, with undated addenda and address lists. It contains Heller’s personal reflections and daily activities on his solo return trip from the First Asiatic Zoological Expedition. He discusses the sites and architecture, the flora and weather, as well as the culture and his impressions of the people of each country. He writes of goods for sale, with a particular interest in lantern slides and fur-skinned merchandise. Many of his...
Dates:
October 9, 1917-January 12, 1918
Edmund Otis Hovey records
Collection
Identifier: Mss .H683
Scope and Content Note
The Edmund Otis Hovey Records collection consists of approximately 50 field notebooks and journals from his and Mrs. Ettie Hovey’s travels around the Caribbean, North America, Europe and the Arctic; as well as, manuscripts of his papers and lectures notes. The collection also includes photographs, postcards, ephemera and newspaper clippings regarding the Crocker Land Expedition that took place from 1913-1917. The collection spans a period of approximately 20 years, beginning in 1890 and...
Dates:
1890-1919
James P. Chapin collection
Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn221
Scope and Contents
James Chapin's personal and professional correspondence, expedition records including field notes and catalogs, photographs, negatives and personal diaries (1918-1964). Includes collected newsclippings, "Birds of the Belgian Congo" Ph.D. thesis and published works, reel to reel tape recordings with transcriptions, address books, date books, lists of Congo birds, original manuscripts, published reviews, articles, talks, papers, notes. Also includes Biographical information, photographs and...
Dates:
1908-1964
Found in:
Department of Ornithology Archives
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
Joseph Asaph Allen correspondence, 1870-1919
Collection
Identifier: Mss .A451-.A452
Dates:
Majority of material found within ( 1899-1902)
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- American Museum of Natural History 28
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 13
- Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) 12
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology 11
- Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 7
- Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 7
- Central Asiatic Expeditions Films (1921-1930) 6
- Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946 6
- Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 6
- Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 6
- Shackelford, James B. 6
- Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 5
- Photo Studio 5
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy 4
- Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) 4
- Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958 4
- Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 3
- Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966 3
- American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915) 3
- Archbold, Richard 3
- Asiatic Expedition (2nd : 1918-1919) 3
- Carter, T. Donald (Thomas Donald), 1893 3
- Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948 3
- Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965 3
- Granger, Walter, 1872-1941 3
- Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969 3
- Legendre Indochina Expedition (1931-1932) 3
- Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 3
- Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886 3
- Olsen, George, d. 1939 3
- Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 3
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 3
- Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition (1913-1914) 3
- Sanford, L. C. (Leonard Cutler), 1868-1950 3
- Shapiro, Harry L. (Harry Lionel), 1902-1990 3
- Templeton Crocker Pacific Expedition (1st : 1934-1935) 3
- Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) 3
- Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals 2
- Allen, Jerome Lee, 1891-1955 2
- Andrews, Yvette Borup 2
- Archbold Expeditions 2
- Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition (1st : 1916-1917) 2
- Bartlett, Bob, 1875-1946 2
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962 2
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 2
- Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-1983 2
- Brown, Barnum 2
- Central African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1947-1948) 2
- Chapman South American Expedition (1st : 1912-1913) 2
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948 2
- Correia, José G., 1881-1954 2
- Day Roraima Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1927-1928) 2
- Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 2
- Dodge Brothers 2
- Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929 2
- Ekblaw, W. Elmer (Walter Elmer), 1882-1949 2
- France (Schooner) 2
- Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939 2
- Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 2
- Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 2
- Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 2
- Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 2
- MacDougall, Thomas 2
- MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970 2
- Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930 2
- Miller South American Expedition (1914-1915) 2
- Miller, Leo E. (Leo Edward), 1887-1952 2
- Mission Zoologique franco-anglo-américaine à Madagascar (1929-1931) 2
- Morden, Irene 2
- National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States 2
- Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964 2
- Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), 1883-1958 2
- Noble, G. Kingsley (Gladwyn Kingsley), 1894-1940 2
- Quayle, Ernest H., 1891-1956 2
- Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 2
- Richardson, William B. 2
- Sage West China Expedition (1934) 2
- Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 2
- Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 2
- South American Ornithology Expedition (1912-1913) 2
- Tanquary, Maurice Cole, 1881-1944 2
- Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929 2
- Van Deusen, Hobart M. 2
- Young, John McKenzie 2
- Adamson, Hans Christian 1
- Akeley African Expedition to the Belgian Congo of the American Museum of Natural History (1921-1922) 1
- Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) 1
- Albatross Expedition (1911) 1
- Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 1
- Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977 1
- American Association of Museums 1
- American Legion (Steamship) 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrates 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Preparation and Installation 1
- American Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology 1
- Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer), 1890-1970 1
- Archbold Expedition to Arizona (1940) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (1st : 1933-1934) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (2nd : 1936-1937) 1
- Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (3rd : 1938-1939) 1 ∧ less
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Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
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