Field journals and field catalogs, 1881-1980.

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Field journals and field catalogs, 1881-1980.

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Field journals, field catalogs, and some manuscripts for unpublished papers pertaining to ornithological specimens acquired by curators and other collectors during expeditions worldwide which were sponsored by the Museum. Collection includes documents by Rollo H. Beck, William Henry Butler, James P. Chapin, Frank M. Chapman, George K. Cherrie, Eugene Eisenmann, E. Thomas Gilliard, George N. Lawrence, Thomas Lindsay Macmillan, Leo E. Miller, Waldron DeWitt Miller, Charles Vaurie, and François Vuilleumier. In addition to a large series of field catalogs and field journals for Chapin's expeditions to Africa, the Galapagos Islands, and the Pacific Islands, the collection includes Chapin's personal diaries with sketches of his observations, date books, a photograph album, news clippings of the Herbert Lang-Chapin Expedition to Zaire (the Belgian Congo), audio tapes, his autobiography, and his annotated copy of his publication THE BIRDS OF THE BELGIAN CONGO. Gilliard's material consists of field notes, unpublished manuscripts, and lecture notes pertaining to his research on the birds of New Guinea. Also, photographs taken by Harry Watkins in Peru of collecting localities, field camps, and general scenes, 1916-1926; photographs are identified. Correspondence of Leo E. Miller, collector, pertaining to his expeditions to South America, 1911-1916; and correspondence of William B. Richardson concerning his collecting trips to. South and Central America, 1892-1927.

ca. 42 linear ft.

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

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The Department of Ornithology, sits within the Division of Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. It maintains one of the largest collections of bird specimens in the world. The research collections of the Department number nearly one million specimens; these include skins, skeletons, alcoholic preparations, eggs, nests, and tissue samples for molecular biochemical studies. A large number of type specimens and rare or extinct species are also found in its collections. The specime...

Cherrie, George K. (George Kruck), 1865-

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George K. Cherrie, field zoologist and curator. Cherrie explored and collected in South and Central America, independently and for institutions, including the American Museum of Natural History, the Field Museum, and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Cherrie became assistant taxidermist at the U.S. Museum of Natural History in 1888, and began his tropical field work in 1889, spending three years in Costa Rica and becoming curator of birds and mammals. Cherrie ...

Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964

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James Paul Chapin (July 9, 1889 – April 5, 1964) was an American ornithologist. Chapin was a former Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. At the age of 19 he took the role of assistant to the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915). This began his life-long association with that region and established his place as an expert on the birds of the Congo. A graduate of Columbia University, Chapin worked at the Museum from 1905 until his official retirement i...

Watkins, Harry, 1825-1894

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Richardson, William B.

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Gilliard, E. Thomas (Ernest Thomas), 1912-1965

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Ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Ornithological photographs, [ca. 1960] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517637 ...

Lang, Herbert

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Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950

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Ornithologist, explorer, taxidermist, farmer. Born Rollo Howard Beck in 1870. Travelled extensively throughout the South Pacific. Co-founded Cooper Ornithological Club. Rediscovered long-lost Hornby petrel in Peru. Married Ida Menzies in 1907. Led expedition to Galapagos Islands for California Academy of Sciences in 1905-06 aboard schooner "Academy." Died in 1950. From the description of Rollo Beck papers. 1885-1985 1886-1924. (California Academy of Sciences). WorldCat record id: 262...

Miller, Waldron DeWitt, 1879-1929.

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Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945

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Eisenmann, Eugene, 1906-1981

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Butler, William H. (William Henson), 1903-1981

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"Billy" Butler was a musical arranger, conductor, violinist and travel editor of the "Pittsburgh Courier." A graduate of Chicago Musical College, Butler worked with J. Rosamond Johnson, Eubie Blake and other prominent African-American musicians of the period. He also conducted several musical revues including Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds of 1939," "Rhapsody in Black" and Sissle and Blake's "Shuffle Along." In 1947 Butler started "Travelguide," a directory of public accommodations in the United State...

Miller, Leo Edouard, 1887-

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Macmillan, Thomas Lindsay.

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Vaurie, Charles

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Lang-Chapin Congo Expedition (1909-1915)

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Vuilleumier, François (1938- ).

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Lawrence, George N. (George Newbold), 1806-1895

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Ornithologist. From the description of George N. Lawrence collection of ornithological correspondence, 1865-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155485273 George Newbold Lawrence was an ornithologist and wholesale druggist. He was one of the founders of the American Ornithologists' Union and of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. From the description of Papers, ca. 1860s-1870s. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316346 ...