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Fossils

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Barnum Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: VPA 114
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Brown's correspondence, notes, images and maps relating to his field work, papers of his second wife, Lilian Brown, drafts of unfinished autobiography, notes and illustrations for his scientific articles, records of his work for the museum, including exhibition halls, records of his commercial work as well as reports from his consulting work for the goverment. The collection also contains papers of Peter Kaisen who was a long-term Brown's assistant.

Dates: 1877-1963

Department of Vertebrate Paleontology correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: VPA 105
Scope and Contents Department of Vertebrate Paleontology correspondence from 1887-1966, alphabetized by subject or author. Hundreds of scientists worldwide are represented by correspondence and include Alexander Agassiz, Glover M. Allen, Florentino Ameghino, Erwin H. Barbour, Franz Boas, Stephen F. Borhegyi, Robert Broom, Barnum Brown, Hermon C. Bumpus, Edwin H. Colbert, Thomas Alva Edison, Walter Granger, William T. Gregory, Claude W. Hibbard, D.A. Hooijer, William T. Hornaday, Remington Kellogg, Charles R....
Dates: 1887-1966

E-news (PaleoCenter), 1995 - 2004

 Series
Identifier: EXH.025
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The AMNH Department of Exhibition produces multimedia content for the muesum's public exhibitions. This collection consists of 75 distinct sets of media, mostly by exhibit, ranging from 1 tape to over 500 items of various media formats. Altogether there are a little over 3,800 items of video recordings, electronic files and digital media. The majority of sets contain master and submaster tapes, along with b-roll footage, stills, interviews and more. There are video walkthroughs of many...
Dates: 1995 - 2004

Frederick H. Pough photographic slide collection, 1948.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 410
Abstract

Mostly photographs taken in Switzerland of wildflowers and glaciers. Includes a few images of fossils and limestone.

Dates: 1948

Frick Collection

 Organization

Frick Laboratory administrative and personnel records

 Collection
Identifier: VPA 111
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Childs Frick correspondence. The majority of the papers consern his relationship with the American Museum of Natural History while running the Frick Laboratory as well as his role as museum Trustee.

There is also Frick's correspondence with other scientists and institutions that deals with both research in paleontology and Frick's financial support of their activities.

A very small number of letters are of personal nature.

Dates: 1912-1968

Eugene S. Gaffney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: VPA 133

Photographic slides of fossils, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 560
Abstract

Photographs of fossilized matter including magnolia, sassafras, brachiopod in limestone, and invertebrates. One photograph is Tar Pool, Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California.

Dates: undated

Series 1: Field diaries, 1891-1998

 Series
Identifier: VPA 101
Scope and Contents

Consist of diaries, lists of specimens found, locations of finds, records of day to day activities, and step by step findings. Individual lists can be found with both the Charles H. Falkenbach and Ted Galusha Papers. The diaries are arranged by date and filed as nearly as possible in chronological order. Notable names in the field diaries include H. F. Osborn, Walter Granger, Barnum Brown, and G. G. Simpson.

Dates: 1891-1998