Map collection, [ca. 1907-1939]

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Map collection, [ca. 1907-1939]

A variety of maps, some showing locations of tribes of North American Indians and the Philippines, people of Japan and other ethnographic and archaeological maps, maps of the Central Asiatic Expeditions, and reprints of nineteenth century United States Geological Survey maps. Archaeological site maps are included in collection.

ca. 4 cubic ft.

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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...

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. ...

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...