Papers, 1920-1949.

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Papers, 1920-1949.

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Collection encompasses photocopies of Burden's manuscripts for several publications, including BIG GAME OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, which relates to his adventures in Alaska during 1919; and a manuscript relating his experiences collecting Komodo dragons in China, and notes about these animals. Most other papers in collection are original and include Burden's log describing his hunting trip to North China, 1920s; and letters he wrote to his mother and others from Peking and Tientsin, China. A letter from Roy Chapman Andrews discusses his and Burden's experiences in China during the political turmoil of 1926. Other correspondence written from an expedition to Nairobi, Kenya. Papers regarding Burden's involvement with films include reviews, publicity releases and other information pertaining to Burden's film "The Silent Enemy" about Ojibway Indians of Canada's northwest. Also, correspondence with Ilya Tolstoy concerning production of films and other topics, 1938-1939. Papers also relate to his Komodo dragon films. Manuscripts and information concerning Burden's plays, "The Wilderness Road" and "Pauline Bonapart;" and information regarding articles he wrote for a journal published by the American Museum of Natural History.

9 cubic ft.

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American Museum of Natural History. Board of Trustees

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American Museum of Natural History

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The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1869 to be of service to the city's public schools, advance scientific research in natural history, and to exhibit natural history objects for casual visitors. From the description of Administrative files, 1869-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155513508 Museum exhibition displayed in the Museum's showcase in 1975. From the description of Cans from pressured city exhibition photographs, 1975. (Unknown). Wor...

Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960

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Zoologist, explorer, and author. From the description of Roy Chapman Andrews correspondence, 1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449556 Naturalist and explorer, leader of the Asiatic Zoological Expeditions and the Central Asiatic Expeditions, director of American Museum of Natural History from 1935 to 1941. From the description of Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930 [microform] / Roy Chapman Andrews. 1919-1930. (American Museum of Natural His...

Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978

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W. Douglas Burden was a geologist, naturalist, hunter, filmmaker and author, affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. Burden was a trustee of the AMNH, 1926-1961, chaired a committee on the preparation of homolosine (equal-area projection) maps, and established the AMNH Dept. of Experimental Biology in 1928 (later named the Dept. of Animal Behavior). Burden formed Burden Pictures, Inc., 1928-1931, with ichthyologist Ilia Tolstoy; beginning in 1935, with To...

Tolstoy, Ilya, 1866-1933.

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