Accession documentation, 1869-1985.

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Accession documentation, 1869-1985.

Accession documentation encompasses material directly related to and furnishing information about each of approximately 8,000 departmental accessions and includes official Museum accession forms; lists of artifacts accessioned; correspondence describing artifacts and circumstances of acquisition, whether by gift, purchase, Museum expedition, or exchange; accounts and shipping receipts; and sketches of artifacts, site maps and diagrams, and associated photographs.

95 cubic ft.

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology

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The collection was probably amassed by James Howard McGregor of the Anthropology Dept. as the first part of a lecture on the evolution of man. The first part was entitled "Apes" and the second, "Studies of Man." Many photographs come from the Museum's Dept. of Public Education. From the description of Mammalogical photographs, [ca. 1914-1953] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155515619 Canadian geologist Robert Bell directed the Geological Survey of Canada from 1901-1906. ...