Expeditions, 1898-1915.

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Expeditions, 1898-1915.

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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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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...

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)...

Kaisen, Peter C.

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Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930

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William Diller Matthew was a vertebrate paleontologist and geologist. Matthew joined the American Museum of Natural History in 1895 as an assistant in the Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, eventually becoming curator in 1911. At the death of E.O. Hovey in 1924, Matthew was appointed acting curator of the Dept. of Geology. In 1927 Matthew went to the University of California as professor of paleontology and curator of the paleontological museum. From the description of Papers, 1922-19...

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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