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Manuscript Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Distinguishes collections in the Library that are part of the Manuscript (Mss) data set.

Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:

T. Donald Carter field books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .C376
Scope and Contents The collection includes diaries and field notebooks from the 1927-1928 Day Roraima Expedition, the 1931-1932 Legendre Indochina Expedition, and the 1934 Sage West China Expedition, as well as material on the 1946-1947 Rutherford African Expedition. There are also diaries labeled by location and year(s): Costa Rica 1914; Abyssinia 1927-1929; Africa 1938; East Africa 1958; and Ungava, Québec 1953; and some yearly diaries. Carter participated in 27 expeditions in North and South America,...
Dates: 1910-1972
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / T. Donald Carter field books

T. Donald Carter papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .C375
Scope and Contents The Papers Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, articles and reviews, clippings and photocopies relating to Carter's collecting activities for the American Museum of Natural History, and to his interests in the classification of mammals and birds, and bird banding. Correspondence consists primarily of typewritten letters and carbon copies, with some handwritten letters, both sent and received. The collection includes two handwritten signed letters from Ugo Mochi, principal...
Dates: 1916-1971
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / T. Donald Carter papers

Central Asia, northern China and the Nan Shan : account of the journeys of V.A. Obruchev, mining engineer, carried out under the direction of the Imperial Russian Geographic Society in 1892-94

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .O27
Dates: 1927
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Central Asia, northern China and the Nan Shan : account of the journeys of V.A. Obruchev, mining engineer, carried out under the direction of the Imperial Russian Geographic Society in 1892-94

Central Asiatic Expeditions records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .C446
Scope and Contents This collection is a record of the Museum’s explorations undertaken during the 1920s in the Gobi Desert under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews. A list of the men who participated in the CAE can be culled from the expeditions’ letterheads used by museum personnel in New York. All but three of the men cited on these letterheads are represented here. Those not found are Mont Reid, a physician, James Wang, an interpreter and G. Horwath of motor transport. The variety of other correspondents...
Dates: 1916-1940; Majority of material found within 1921-1933
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Central Asiatic Expeditions records

Centurie de lépidoptères de l'île de Cuba : contenant la description et les figures coloriées de cent espèces de papillons nouveaux ou peu connus ; représentés d'après nature, souvent avec la chenille, la chrysalide, et plusieurs détails microscopiques. Décade 1 par Ph. Poey

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .P64
Scope and Contents

Typescript copy of 1832 publication, with photostat of the 10 plates in the original work. Part 1 of a 2-pt. work originally published: Paris : J.A. Mercklein, 1832-[1833]

Dates: 1923
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Centurie de lépidoptères de l'île de Cuba : contenant la description et les figures coloriées de cent espèces de papillons nouveaux ou peu connus ; représentés d'après nature, souvent avec la chenille, la chrysalide, et plusieurs détails microscopiques. Décade 1 par Ph. Poey

Charles Bonnet correspondence and prints, 1772

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .B66
Scope and Contents

One handwritten letter in French, three copperplate engraving prints of Charles Bonnet.

Dates: 1772
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Charles Bonnet correspondence and prints, 1772

Charles Robert Knight biographies, before 1988.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .K57
Abstract

Photocopies of manuscripts (typed). Includes "Autobiography of an Artist" by Charles Knight, two copies, unpublished, 160 pages; "Toppy and Me" by Rhoda Steel Kalt, 129 pages; "Nonnie and Toppy: An Affectionate Memoir" by Rhoda Knight Kalt with some handwritten notes.

Dates: 1988
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Charles Robert Knight biographies, before 1988.

Clarence M. Weed correspondence, 1885-1935.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .W444
Dates: 1885 - 1935
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Clarence M. Weed correspondence, 1885-1935.

Clark Wissler papers, 1942-1943.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .W57
Abstract

Survey of the American Museum of Natural History, typescript carbon, incomplete. Also include original notes and typed drafts.

Dates: 1942 - 1943
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Clark Wissler papers, 1942-1943.

Collection of press clippings about Minik Wallace, 1894-1989

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .W3555
Abstract

Photocopies of news clippings assembled by Dr. Rolf Gilberg in preparation for his book Mennesket Minik (1888-1919): En gronlaenders liv mellam 2 verdenar, published in 1988.

Dates: Majority of material found within ( 1897-1909).
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Collection of press clippings about Minik Wallace, 1894-1989
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