Natural history museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
American Museum of Natural History state appropriation records,
Collection
Identifier: DR 001
Dates:
1884-1886.
An autobiography, with a historical sketch of the founding and early development of the American Museum of Natural History : [microform] / by Albert S. Bickmore.
Item
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #8
Conference notes during the presidential years of Henry Fairfield Osborn,
Collection
Identifier: DR 002-004
Dates:
1908-1934.
Early chapters from Jean Le Corbeiller's text for the pictorial history of the American Museum of Natural History.
Item
Identifier: Mss .L43
History of the American Museum of Natural History : [microform] / by L.P. Gratacap.
Item
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #46
William Diller Matthew papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss .M338
Dates:
1922-1926; Majority of material found within ( 1925-1926)
James Arthur Oliver papers
Collection
Identifier: DR 125-125A
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of administrative papers from the years 1959-1969 when Oliver was director of the AMNH. The files were arranged arranged alphabetically by subject, most likely by Oliver's secretary, and have been kept in their original order. A typewritten Guide to the file cabinet was found in box 1. Some miscellaneous files from the last box were interfiled. Most of the material is typewritten or printed matter, but there is a handwritten signed letter from explorer Roy...
Dates:
1940-1972
American Museum of Natural History
Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192