Field photographs, 1930-1931.

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...

Jones, Dwight Arven, 1854-1913

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Congo-Peacock Expedition (1937)

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Edson, Franklin.

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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...

Chapin-Edson Congo Expedition (1930-1931)

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Chapin's third visit to the Belgian Congo went from June 1930 through May 1931. He travelled via Brussels. Earlier expeditions were in 1909 and 1914. The purpose of this expedition was to collect material for a habitat group of birds of the equatorial forests of the Congo River area (then called Lukolela, Belgian Congo, today Zaire area), and to make other zoological collections. The habitat group was a gift of the late Mrs. Dwight Arven Jones. Chapin returned to the Congo in 1937 on the Congo-P...