Expeditions, 1898-1915.

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Expeditions, 1898-1915.

Final annual reports about expeditions to collect fossils undertaken by Brown and written by Henry Fairfield Osborn and William D. Matthew. Collecting was conducted in the American West and South and in Alberta, Mexico, and Cuba. Also, diary of Peter Kaisen describing expeditions on which he accompanied Brown, 1910-1916. In addition, interim reports, correspondence, photographs, maps, notes, financial records, lists of fossils collected, recollections of expeditions, and related material pertaining to Brown's expeditions to Patagonia, Ethiopia, India, Burma, Greece, Guatemala, and Cuba.

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American Museum of Natural History

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Brown, Barnum

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