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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Archives.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Archives collections belonging to and managed by the Museum's Department of Ornithology.

Found in 198 Collections and/or Records:

Alex Seidel and Helen Ziska drawings collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn50
Scope and Contents

Maps, diagrams, pen and ink drawings for the "Birds of the Belgian Congo" (Note that volume number is not specified.) Artists: Jas. Chapin, Seidel, Helen Ziska. Also includes Seidel's "Birds of the Southwest Pacifc" drawings.

Dates: undated

Allan Brooks' original Illustrations for Dwight's "Gulls of the World" collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn53
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, a reference list, watercolors, pen and ink drawings, and pencil drawings.

Dates: 1920s

Alphonso Olalla collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn77
Scope and Contents

Includes itinerary, correspondence, photographs, notebooks, AMNH accession cards, maps.

Dates: 1922-1968

Archbold Expeditions collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn197
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, field catalogs and bird lists.

Dates: 1929-1967

Arthur H. Helme collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn128
Scope and Contents

Notes on birds in Long Island, Brooklyn, Virginia, field notes

Dates: 1902-1930

Arthur Singer collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn48
Scope and Contents

"Birds of All Oceans": Pen and ink and water color on paper mounted on cardboard. Layout sheets for the field guide,"The Golden Guide to Birds of North America":colored pencil on translucent overlay, rubber cemented on backing pages.

Dates: 1960s-1970s

Askoy Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn198
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, b/w photographs, including 2 mounted prints, and photographic slides.

Dates: 1940s

Augustus Paine and Alvah Jordan collection of birds

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn78
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, bibliographical material, journals, and notes.

Dates: 1975-1996

Austin Paul Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn101
Scope and Contents

List of collection localities in Costa Rica

Dates: circa 1930s

Australia-Buller Expedition collection

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Orn199
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, map, photograph, species list, and field notebooks from 1947 and 1948 expeditions.

Dates: 1947-1948