Map collection, [ca. 1880-1962], 1900-1940 (bulk)

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Map collection, [ca. 1880-1962], 1900-1940 (bulk)

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Very extensive collection of maps used or made by curators and other departmental field collectors, principally for areas in the American West; many types of geological maps such as stratigraphic maps, contour maps and those produced by the United States Geological Survey; and many aerial photographs, stratigraphic charts, published and unpublished worksheets, atlases, road maps, hand drawn maps showing collecting localities, and maps depicting sections. Most maps were used in the field by Theodore Galusha, Barnum Brown, Morris Skinner, and George Gaylord Simpson. Some maps are marked to show specific localities where fossils were found. Also, topological land reconnaisance maps prepared for the Central Asiatic Expeditions, 1920s.

ca. 100 cubic ft.

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American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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Collecting area: Records relating to the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology's activities in the field and laboratory. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155512262 ...

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...

Skinner, Morris F.

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Paleontologist; worked for the Frick Laboratory (1927-1968) and the American Museum of Natural History (as Frick Assistant Curator, 1968-1973) From the description of Collection, [between 1927 and 1976]. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 29579389 Specialist in horse evolution, vertebrate paleontologist and geologist for the Frick Laboratory and the Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History. Skinner w...

Geological survey (U.S.)

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E.W. Glafcke was in charge of a crew during the United States Geological Survey's spirit leveling activities in Wyoming and Utah from 1896 to 1912. From the guide to the United States Geologic Survey photograph collection, 1892-1912, 1898-1902, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) First organized as a branch in 1889, the Topographic Division was established in 1947. From the description of Records of the Topographic Division. (Unknown). World...

Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984

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George Gaylord Simpson was a vertebrate paleontologist perhaps best known for his contributions to the founding and further articulation of the modern evolutionary synthesis. He studied at Yale University (Ph.D. 1926), having initially worked at the American Museum of Natural History in 1924. He returned to work the AMNH as a curator (1927-1942) and later as chairman of the Department of Paleontology and Geology (1942-1959). Simpson accepted an Alexander Agassiz Professorship from Harvard's Muse...

Galusha, Theodore, 1911-1979.

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Geologist, paleontologist. Galusha helped develop the Frick collection of fossil mammals at the American Museum of Natural History. He worked for the Museum in the Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Frick Laboratory from 1935 to 1975. From the description of Field diaries, 1935-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155509777 Geologist, paleontologist. Galusha helped develop the Frick collection of fossil mammals at the A...

Brown, Barnum

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Curator of Fossil Reptiles in the Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History. He lived from 1873 to 1963. From the description of Expeditions, 1898-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155509515 Curator of Fossil Reptiles in the Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History. He lived from 1873 to 1963. From the description of Dinosaur materials, 1924-1940. (Unknown)...