Photographs, 1946.

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Photographs, 1946.

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Photographs showing the press conference held prior to the Expedition to Nyasaland, with the three expedition members from the Museum, Arthur S. Vernay, Leonard J. Brass, and Harold E. Anthony; and an adenium, an indigenous African shrub, found growing in Malawi. Photographs were taken by Harold Elmer Anthony and Thane L. Bierwert. Copy photographs by Alex J. Rota. Photographs are identified.

7 photonegatives : b&w.5 photographs : b&w mounted on file cards.

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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...

Bierwert, Thane L.

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Vernay Nyasaland Expedition (1946)

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The expedition was sponsored by the Museum in cooperation with the New York Botanical Garden and the Kaffrarian Museum. Its purpose was to collect mammal and plant specimens from Nyasaland. From the description of Photographs, 1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517180 ...

Vernay, Arthur Stannard, d. 1960

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This trip was undertaken by Arthur S. Stannard and Col. J.B. Dodge in Jan.-Feb. 1921, and was thought to be the first time that it had been done in its entirety. Vernay and Dodge were looking for samburs (large Asiatic deer), but did not find any. From the description of Asian travel photograph, 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518076 On his way back from the Faunthorpe-Vernay Indian Expedition of 1923 and from field work in Burma, Vernay stopped for a few months duri...

Rota, Alex J.

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Kaffrarian Museum

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New York Botanical Garden

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Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer), 1890-1970

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Harold Elmer Anthony (1890-1970) conducted fieldwork and wrote in the field of mammalogy about Puerto Rico and the Americas. His field work for the United States Department of Agriculture in Montana and the northwestern United States, 1909-1911, is documented in the Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_522_pid_EACP519 ...

Brass, L. J. (Leonard J.)

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Brass was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on May 27, 1900. He is especially known for his plant collecting in New Guinea. One of his interests was in the relationship between the floras of New Guinea and Australia. He collected plants for the Arnold Arboretum in New Guinea, 1925-1926 and in the Solomon Islands, 1932. Brass also took part in three expeditions to New Guinea led by Richard Archbold: 1933-34; 1936-37; and 1938-39. From 1939 to 1966 he was connected with the American Museum of Natural ...