General records, 1900-1970.

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General records, 1900-1970.

Collection spans the extent of the Department of Tropical Research's history and activities, without arrangement by locality or type of expedition. Included are historical subjects; reports, 1916-1962; William Beebe miscellany; Gloria Hollister biographical sketch and scrapbooks; vertebrate identifications and miscellaneous correspondence, 1916-1953; copied texts; research station guest books, 1916-1971; vertebrate and invertebrate specimen catalogs, 1916-1958; catalog of color plates, drawings, and motion pictures, 1919-1940; and reference card file to literature and specimens.

2.5 linear ft.

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Beebe, Charles William, 1877-1962

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Charles William Beebe (born July 29, 1877, Brooklyn, New York – died June 4, 1962, Simla, Trinadad Tobago), American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author. He is remembered for the numerous expeditions he conducted for the New York Zoological Society, his deep dives in the Bathysphere, and his prolific scientific writing for academic and popular audiences. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, Beebe left college before obta...

New York Zoological Society. Dept. of Tropical Research.

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Hollister, Gloria

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