Records, 1924-1961, 1924-1934 (bulk)

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Records, 1924-1961, 1924-1934 (bulk)

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Plans, diagrams, maps, correspondence and some completed chapters for unpublished reports dealing with the geology and topography of Mongolia. Papers pertaining to geology prepared by Charles P. Berkey, F.K. Morris, L.E. Spock, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, consist of descriptive accounts of surveys, lists of fossils collected, route studies and traverses of 1928 and 1930, locality studies, and manuscripts of chapters to be included in volume. Papers dealing with topography prepared by Charles P. Berkey, Leslie E. Spock, L.B. Roberts, W.P.T. Hill, Willard Wyman, and C.R. Canfield for a volume planned as a map volume with chapters about mapping problems of the Central Asiatic Expedition, history of cartography of Central Asia including Russian cartography and the Briesemeister map of Mongolia. Manuscript for some chapters, record of flora of Mongolia, faunal lists for Mongolian and Chinese fossil vertebrates, and reviews of the literature. In addition, photographic prints from Frederick K. Morris' negative albums, 1923-1925.

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American Museum of Natural History. Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930)

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From 1921 to 1930 a series of scientific expeditions in Central Asia was conducted by the Museum in conjunction with collaborating institutions and investigators. From the description of Records, 1924-1961, 1924-1934 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155509007 The Third Central Asiatic Expedition, organized in 1921, was third in a series of expeditions led by Roy Chapman Andrews to Mongolia and China to study the geography and to collect specimens in the fields of geolog...

Briesemeister, William A.

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Canfield, C. R.

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Wyman, Willard, 1930-

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Hill, W. P. T.

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Spock, Leslie Erskine, 1900-....

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Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), 1886-

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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...

Roberts, L. B. (Leo Bond)

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Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, paleontologist and philosopher, was born May 1, 1881, at Sarcenat, in the Dept. of Puy de Dôin, France, and educated at the College of Mongréin Villefranche-sur-Saô. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1899 at Aix-en-Provence and was ordained a priest in 1911. From 1912-1914 he studied paleontology under Marcellin Boule in Paris. After a period of teaching in Cairo, service in World War I as a stretcher-bearer, and further teaching at the Institut catho...

Berkey, Charles Peter, 1867-

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Berkey received the first doctorate in geology from the University of Minnesota in 1897. He achived recognition for excellence in teaching at Columbia University, geological engineering with the New York City Catskill Aqueduct, geological consultation about the world's four highest dams, & geological exploration of the Mongolian desert. From the description of Charles P. Berkey papers, 1884-1955 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 570638575 ...