Bickmore's papers consist primarily of texts of a series of approximately 100 lectures which Bickmore delivered at the American Museum of Natural History to teachers of the city and state public schools, 1888-1903. Lectures reflect all the scientific disciplines in which the Museum was engaged, including astronomy, paleontology, geology, botany (including studies of forests), invertebrate zoology, herpetology, entomology, ornithology, and ichthyology. In addition, a printed volume directed toward New York City public schools called the "Primary and kindergarten instruction: Series A: Suggestive notes upon the stereopticon slides prepared by Prof. Albert S. Bickmore." Each description of a slide is followed by a poem or song, 1898. Also, a printed copy of a petition addressed to the Commissioners of Central Park to establish a museum of natural history, 1868. Other papers relate to Bickmore's early life and include letters to his father during his travels to China, 1866-1867; Bickmore's notes and observations about life in Singapore, Saigon, Canton, and Hong Kong, 1866; Bickmore's journals describing the journey from Canton to Hankow and Shanghai, and another journey from Shanghai to Hong Kong to coastal ports; information about Japanese ethnic groups; and photographs of Bickmore.
