Manuscripts and papers, 1922-1957.

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Manuscripts and papers, 1922-1957.

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Papers, diaries, and manuscripts referring to expeditions Morden (sometimes accompanied by his wife, Irene) undertook to Africa and Asia for collecting purposes on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. Included are journals Morden kept as the leader of the Morden-Clark Expedition across Asia from India through the Russian Pamirs and Chinese Turkestan to Siberia and China, 1926. Also, an account written after the expedition about the search for the Ovis poli ram, 1927. In addition, field notes of the Morden-Graves North Asiatic Expedition to Turkestan and the Amur River District in Siberia, 1929-1930. Other journals describe trips to Alaska, 1947 and 1949; another diary he maintained while on a collecting expedition to South Africa for the Museum lists expenses he incurred during the trip, 1947; and a diary Morden maintained while a Major in the United States Air Corps while in this country, describes his personal experiences, 1942.

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American Museum of Natural History

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Morden-Clark Expedition (1926)

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Morden-Graves North Asiatic Expedition (1929-1930)

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United States. Army. Air Corps

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Morden, Irene.

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Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969

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James L. Clark's field trip to the Cassiar District of British Columbia to collect a group of Osborn caribous for the Hall of North American Mammals. From the description of British Columbia field photographs, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517529 Naturalist, taxidermist, and explorer at the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Report of the Central African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1947-1948 [...

Morden, William J. (William James), 1886-1958

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Explorer and hunter; leader of several expeditions to Africa and Asia mainly to collect big game and to create film records of the fauna and people in those regions. Field Associate in the American Museum of Natural History Dept. of Mammalogy on four of his expeditions. From the description of Papers, 1922-1957. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 18538627 From the description of Papers, 1922-1957 [microform]. (American Museum of Natural History). World...

Graves, George W.

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