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Department Records

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

Found in 239 Collections and/or Records:

Office of Public Affairs financial records and press clippings, 1974-1984.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 136
Abstract Contains financial records and public relations materials, mostly from the late 1970s. Financial records include requisitions, receipts, and statements for payroll, utilities, supplies, as well as printing and photography services for the museum. Public relations materials include press releases, mounted press clippings about exhibitions and events, including three folders on an exhibition about the creation of a replica dinosaur skeleton titled "The Making of a Dinosaur." Also, includes...
Dates: 1974 - 1984
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Office of Public Affairs financial records and press clippings, 1974-1984.

Office of Public Affairs papers.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 103
Scope and Contents

Unprocessed collection. AMNH press releases. Includes blueprints, negatives, and slides. Large quantity of black and white photographs. Contains encased medallion and wooden tool.

Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Office of Public Affairs papers.

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
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / James Arthur Oliver papers

Pedro W. Wygodzinsky papers, 1948-1984

 Collection
Identifier: DR 181
Abstract

Mostly correspondence, personal and general. The collection also includes grant proposals and evaluations, field notes, diaries, and photos. Most of the correspondence is in Spanish but some is in French, German, and Portuguese.

Dates: Majority of material found within ( 1961-1983).
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Pedro W. Wygodzinsky papers, 1948-1984

Periodicals relating to astronomical events, 1969-1981.

 Collection
Identifier: DR-H 12
Abstract

Various periodicals relating to famous astronomical events such as the moon landing and the Viking robot landing on Mars. Some of the periodicals include Time magazine and the New York Times.

Dates: 1969 - 1981
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Periodicals relating to astronomical events, 1969-1981.

Phelps Dodge Corporation reports, 1966-1967.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 168
Dates: 1966 - 1967
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Phelps Dodge Corporation reports, 1966-1967.

Photographs of astronomical equipment, astronomical events, and outer space, late 1800s-1967

 Collection
Identifier: DR-H 31
Abstract

Photographs of telescopes, observatories, antennas and other astronomical equipment as well as drawings of solar events, star maps and photographs of nebulae and galaxies. NASA photos and press kit for Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter also included.

Dates: 1800 - 1967
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Photographs of astronomical equipment, astronomical events, and outer space, late 1800s-1967

Pilot Charts from Department of the Navy Oceanographic Office, 1962-1982.

 Collection
Identifier: DR-H 05
Abstract

Pilot charts by month, mostly depicting North America.

Dates: 1962 - 1982
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Pilot Charts from Department of the Navy Oceanographic Office, 1962-1982.

Department of Public Instruction correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: DR 047
Scope and Contents The archive is arranged in two boxes of 42 consecutively numbered folders, covering the years 1903-1908 (with one exception: a letter dated 1909 in folder 39). It comprises correspondence, administrative paperwork, and other documents regarding the following: (1) planning, scheduling, and ticketing for school and public lectures and for the development and delivery of circulating collections for classroom use; (2) correspondence and orders from the Department to...
Dates: 1903-1909; Majority of material found within 1904-1909
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Department of Public Instruction correspondence

American Museum of Natural History Department of Public Instruction outreach and communication

 Collection
Identifier: DR 055
Scope and Contents

This collection represents six years (1906 to 1912) in the life of the Department of Public Education (at that time, the Department of Public Instruction). The collection includes letters to and from its Curator, George H. Sherwood, and various documents concerning the Department’s Nature Study Collection and visits to the Museum by schoolchildren.

Dates: 1906-1912
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History Department of Public Instruction outreach and communication
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