Special Films Collection: Zoological films, 1912-1959.

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Special Films Collection: Zoological films, 1912-1959.

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Zoological films are concerned with living animals. A large subseries consists of 16 films made by the American Nature Association, publisher of NATURE MAGAZINE, as lecture films, 1925-1930 and filmed by William and Irene Finley on expeditions to the American West, Pacific Coast, and Alaska. Other films in series portray African animals, lyre birds, and marsupials of Australia, reptiles of Santo Domingo, courtship activities of American grouse and birds of Antarctica. The film "Meshie", depicting the tame chimpanzee owned by Dr. Henry C. Raven, is also included.

26 films.

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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...

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953

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William L. Finley (1876-1953) was a naturalist and photographer. From the guide to the William L. Finley letters and scrapbook, 1946-1962, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Renowned wildlife conservationist William L. Finley was born on August 9, 1876 in Santa Clara, California. His family moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1887. Finley graduated from the University of California in 1903 and in 1906 he married Nellie Irene Barnhart. The Finleys lived for many years at ...

American Nature Association

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Finley, Irene

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Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944

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Henry Cushier Raven (1889-1944) began his zoological career in the Department of Preparation of the American Museum of Natural History in 1907. While there he worked with Jesse D. Figgins and Herbert Lang, noted taxidermists. When Figgins moved to the Colorado Museum of Natural History in 1910, he took Raven with him. In 1912, the Smithsonian Institution and William Louis Abbott were looking for a young collector and explorer to carry on Abbott's work in the East Indies. Hearing good reports reg...