Photographs, 1898-1970.

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Photographs, 1898-1970.

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Photographs from the life travels of Robert Cushman Murphy (1887-1923) excluding the seven larger expeditions with took place from 1910 to 1970. Views primarily of birds, but also of lands, peoples, and animals. Includes field work with others including Jesse Metcalf, Henry Craig, Fleming, Arthur S. Vernay, and William H. Phelps in North and South America (guano industry), Europe, Ireland, and Africa. Personal collection of photographs includes images loaned by the United States Fish Commission and others. Many bird illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques, many family portraits, maps, and illustrations. Some undated images are grouped by geographic location for accessibility.

4,762 photonegatives : b&w.284 photonegatives : b&w nitrate.582 photoprints : b&w.115 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.7 albums (5,123 photoprints) : b&w.1,116 transparencies : col. ; 35 mm.Photonegatives : glass.

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United States Fish Commission

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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...

Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Robert Cushman Murphy and his wife, Grace Emiline Barstow Murphy. From the description of Letters, 1964-1971, n.d., to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155873220 Naturalist, scientist and environmentalist. From the description of Papers, [ca.1895-1965], ca.1895-ca.1965 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 156794758 Robert Cushman Murphy was a zoologist, ornithologist, and ocean...

Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969

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Phelps, William H. (William Henry), 1875-

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Metcalf, Jesse, 1887-

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Wood, Frank Higley, 1903-

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Fleming, Henry Craig, b. 1882

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